Baily Briti YEAR 08; No. 155. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1926. E POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE ISSUED FURTHER ST TENE v raqui i Crossing a Great Shock; Welle Scales and Baby and Mrs. Harry er of Codirey Los Their Lives-=Mr.Scales ve on Crossing Without Seeing Train--Car and Locomotive Crashed Io Sunday afternoon the bodies of Melville Scales, of Godfrey, and F little baby both reposing in the @ casket were borne to their grave L cemetery at Godfrey. This oon (Monday) the body of Harry Snider, the third victim the automobile accident, which d at the Cataraqui railroad ng on Saturday morning, was ed in the same cemetery. accident in which these three 'were lost and-in which Morine was severely injured, came shock to the people of Kingston his shock was felt even more ly in Godfrey, the community these unfortunate people were <knoWn, As a reflection of the pathy of the neighborhood for bereaved husbands and-families attendance at both these fun- was very large and the floral ngs were numerous. rs. Snider before her marriage Miss Gertrude Kitson. She is ved by her husband and a fam- f six ehildren; the eldest of fom. is 12 years old. Her mother d five sisters and one brother also lying. The sisters are: Mrs. Thompson, of Mountain ove} Mrs. Clancy. of Dead od iW el, of . Mrs, 1 ok, of 'Mrs. BH. Rennety. of brother Joseph, -of ucted by Rev. C. D. fngston. One brother, met with a fatal ac- of years ago while v Scales' maiden name was Gila Goodberry. Her husbend and family of six small children sur- as well as her father, Mr. Ran- Goodberry, of Verona, and five ers and one sister. The sister rs Jobs Amey, of Verona, and are: Lorenzo, at Ver- , and Howard, Frank, George and m, 'of Niagara Falls, N.Y. The of Mrs. Scales which was from her late home 'was con- d by Rev. Richard Babcock of ktord, an old friend of the who happened to be visiting frey. He was assisted by Rev. Ball, of Kingston, and Rev. Mr. minister of the United Church Diane Intend Coming. Saturday morning Mrs. Snider no prvi fy of coming to King-| n but Mr. and Mrs. Scales with { id hildren came along in stopped at the Bnider he suggestion was made Mrs. Snider should come to shopping to do and a and came. The were not coming to the anyone but simply to pplies for the next Saturday morning about 11.20 o'clock. When Mr. Frink reached a point within-three hundred yards of the C.N.R. crossing, he noticed a passenger train coming from the east. He Immediately applied his brakes and stopped his car a short distance from the track for the pur- pose of allowing the train tq pass. As he was In the act of stopping his car, he saw an automobile coming In the opposite direction, and na- turally thought that the driver of the car would see the train in time and stop his motor. When the Scales car reached the track, the C.N.R. engine was only a short dis- tance away, but nevertheless Mr. Scales drove the front wheels of his puto right up on the right rail of the west track. Mr. Frink thinks that when Mr. Scales got the car in that position he noticed for the first time the approaching train. He is of the opinion that Mr. Scales became excited, with the result that the en- gine was stalled right in the path of the approaching train. When Mr. Scales found that his car was stalled, he jumped out of the auto and went directly in front of it thinking that he would be able to push it back off the track and avoid an accident. When asked it. was the] car would not back, Mr. Frink stated that after the impact he ex- car and found that Mr: Scales had Levidently put on the emergency brake with the result that it would be. impossible to move the motor vehicle in either direction until the brake was made free. Mr. Frink stated that when he and his wife realized that there would be a very bad accident unless Scales would bring his car to a stop béfore getting on the track, he called at the top of his voice for the purpose of warning him of the approaching train, but he does not think that he heard the warning. As the crash was about to occur Mrs, Frink became hysterical and until Sunday she had not recovered from the shock. ked by the Whig repre- gentative if the engineer on the train sounded his whistle, Mr. Frink stat- ed that he thought the whistle was sounded but wot until the locomo- tive was very close to the crossing where the accident happened. If the 'whistle was blown at a point some distance east of the crossing Mr, Frink said he did not hear it on Track. Frink the fromt {car were all Front | According to wheels of the Scal that were on the t travelling at a reduced ra due to the brakes being ap the engineer, struck the m: it appeared as though the car was drawn in against the right hand side of the train, evidently due to the she | suction. § Mr. Frink realized that the occu- pants had either been killed or ser- the y lously injured, and ran over. to the ero that section she was | amined the brakes of the wrecked | $290v9esevasuecony { + 4 BUDGET CHANGES GO > 3 IN EFFECT AT ONCE # 4 Ottawa, July 5.--8ir Henry 4 Drayton announces that penny # postage, the reduction of five # per cent. excise tax on tos # under $1,200 and other such # budget changes will all go into % effect at once. Sir Henry states % it is a matter of administration. # The Government has the right # to reduce but not to raise and # the will of the people as ex- % pressed by both Houses of Par- # liament will be carried out. * PEP P9490002% 049 PEPE PPP PEREGO OS LATE FALL SESSION. Of the New Parliament Is Considered Likely. Ottawa, July 65.--It Is expected that immediately after the election whatever party is returned will make arrangements for a fall ses sion. The House will reassemble be- fore the new year by reason of the fact that little supply has been passed and the country's business in the interval between now and the holding of another session must de carried on by governor-general's warrants. These are only permitted to be issued for actual emergency purposes, such as the payment of salaries, etc. It is understood, how- ever, that some money will be avail- able through Interim supply for the Hudson's Bay Railway and other works, under capital expenditure. THINKS THE LIBERALS: WILL SWEEP COUNTRY View of Hon. Ernest Lapointe --Hon. W. R. Motherwell Sure Too. Ottawa, July 5.--"We have a great issue on which to fight," said Mr. King, on emerging from the caucus of the Liberal party. "We ought to sweep the coun- try on such an issue," said Hon. Ernest Lapointe. Both were referring to the question of résponsible gov- ernment, dealt with in the state ment issusd by 'Mr. King, snd" on which the fateful division in "the House was voted on. Label Still There. Ottawa, 'July B5.--Hon. W. R. Motherwell has been elected the Liberal party's chief optimist. On Saturday Mr. Motherwell drifted over to Mr. King's offices, on the door of which there is still a plate reading, "The Prime Minister--Le Premier Ministre." "You still have the label on the door," said a press correspondent to Mr. King's secretary. "Sure," said Mr. Motherwell, "it isn't worth while taking it off, ft would only have to be put back on again before next session." HE FEARED TO THE comions T0 SIT Ottawa, July 5.--An interesting encounter occurred Saturday when Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen and Ro- bert Forke met on the steps of the parliament buildings. The question was raised as to: what would hap- pen, to legislation passed by both houses, but not assented to by His Excellency, the Governor-General. Off-hand Mr. Meighen exfiressad. the opinion that it would have no force in law, "Then," sald. Mr. Forke,- "why did you not allow the House to sit before dissolution so that His Ex- cellency could have given assent?" 'What would have happened if had done Hats asked co iam hn pl a BYNG DID NOT SEEK ADVICE FROM LONDON But Acted Upon His Own Per- gr DECISION IS 18 RESERVED By Privy Cone as to Whether Profits Are 1a yn London, July 6--Editorially dis- cussing the constitutional Issue for Canada the London Times states spe- cifically Lord Byng did not soek ad- vice of the Downing street. "In the whole of this crisis," it states, "in the refusal of dissolution to the lead- er of one party and the granting of it to the leader of other, the gov- ernor-general of the Dominion ap- pears to have acted, as he was, right in acting, solely on 'his personal judgment, and on the advice of his constitutional advisers. It is a fact that he did not consult the Imperial Government, and that they have made no attempt whatever to inter- fere with or influence his action." Decision Reserved, London, July 5--Their l6rdships of the judicial committee of the Privy Council today reserved judg- ment on the appeal of the Minister of Finance of Canada against Ceell Smith of Windsor, Ont. The case involves a decision as to whether profits derived from "bootlegging" operations are Mable to taxation. bable Dats "of the Elections. x Ottawa, July 6.--80 far, it Is learned, the actual work of prepars ing for the coming general election has not yet been started by the chief electoral officer. The first step in this respect is usually the issue of writs, following which work on the new voters lists begins. Last year preparation of the list for the October election occupied approxi- mately fifty-three days; and about the same amount of time, it is esti- mated, will be necessary to put the lists for this year's election Into shape. September 21st is regarded In the capital as the probable date of the elections. TO CONTEST ALL SEATS w The Conservatives Prepare for the Cam in A Montreal, July 5--The Comnserva- tives will contest. all seats in the province of Quebec at the coming general elections, it was announced at Conservati headquarters here today. Preparations were being made for nomination conventions in all parts of the province. At Liberal headquarters, it was thought that all candidates, successful or otherwise, at the last election, will automati- cally be socepted as candidates. Premier Meighen, who did not speak in Quebec during the 1925 election campaign, is expected to address a number of gatherings here during the summer. CPPS NS * CS LPPP PPP PP PEPSI Peete Canada's oldest A. MacDonald died here to-day in his ininety-first year. | paralytic stroke. Glasgow, Scotland, and came to Can- ada with his parents when seven years of age, settling in Pinkerton, Bruce joined the Orange lodge in 18586. MOTOR CAR RAFFLING Crown Attorney Rigney become prevalent. your county or district must stopped at once and reported here. Iugenfous schemes for evading the law must not be permitted, but pro- moters warned that prosecution may follow. CANADIAN TRADE CONDITIONS GOOD Despatches to Dun's Review from branch offices of R, G. Dun & Co. in leading Canadian cities state that, while the abnormally late spring Te- stricted demand greatly in cer- tain seasonable lines, record railroad earnings, a substantial increase in bank note circula- tion, favorable corporation re- ports, and other trade indices indicate that business, on the whole, has been quite satisfact- ory in volume during the first half of the current year. CPEB PPLPLPL 2020000000 CPP P0000 0000000 OLDEST ORANGEMAN IN CANADA I8 DEAD John A. MaoDonald, Toronto, Joined the Order In 18856. Toronto, July 5.._Reputed to be Orangeman, John Death followed a He was born in County, Ont., where he IS NOT PERMITTED Is Qiven Instructions to Stop It. The following telegram has been received by Crown Attorney T. J. Rigney from the Deputy Attorney. general: T. J. Rigney, K.C., Crown Attorney, Kingston: Motor car raffling is said to have Any raffilng in be B. Bayly, Deputy Attorney-General. TORONTO BOY KILLED. 'When His Bicycle Collided With An Automobile. Toronto, July 5.--When a bicycle which he 'was riding was struck by an automobile at Unionville this morning, Orville Windsor, aged 19, Scarboro, was so severely about the head and internally that he died after being removed to the To- ronto General Hospital, WHO WILL CONTROL injured ELECTION MACHINERY? 'Were Returning Officers Per- manently Appointed Last Fall ? The control of the election mach- inery is not the vital factor that some people imagine in deciding el- ections. In 1921, the Conservatives had control of it, and everyone re- members how badly they were beat- en, baving only about fifty members in the House, and the majority of those from Ontario. In 1825, ection machinery was controlled by the el- The Question Arises As: To Whether Parliament Was Legally Dissolved Liberal Leader King Issues a Statement on Con- stitutional Question--E. J. sive, Calls Meighen Government [ New Cabinet Not Ready for Week or Two. ------ Ottawa, July 5.--Declaring that a "serious question arises as to whether Parliament has been legally and constitutionally dissolved, see- Ing there was no prorogation, not- withstanding that both Houses of Parliament were in session, and His Excellency Governor-General was present in the Capital at the time," Right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, ex-Premier, last night issued a state- ment on the cong'!tutional question. Commenting that the only notice that Parliament was dissolved was a letter to the Speaker from the Under Secretary of State, and that the "senators and members of the House of Commons were informed by mes- sengers and page boys that their presence was no longer required,' Mr. King adds: "This method of assuming dissolve Parliament is quite trary to constitutional usage and law." After quoting authorities ot procedure to support his contention. Mr. King adds: "But Canada's pres- ent Prime Minister is apparently not Bampered either by British or Can- adian constitutional law and prac. tice. After a declaration by the Commons on the night previous that their actions were 'a violation and Intringement of the privileges ot the House, Mr. Meighen's acting mifiisters could not face parliament even for the purpose of having it prorogued or dissolved. He, there. tore, advised the course which woulda not be tolerated in Great Britaly and 18 in violation of comstitutionai to con- Father of Ploture | Postcard Is Dead London, July 5.--8ir Adolph Tuck, who introduced the picture post- card into Great Britain, died here Saturday. Sir Adolph Tuck entered his father's art business in London in 1869 and later inaugurated the first of a series of original Christmas card designs which were exhibited at the Dudley gallery. He introduc ed picture postcards into the Brit: ish Empire in 1804. His Christmas card exhibit stirred so much Interest that several well known artists of thie Royal Academy acted as judges. Sir Adolph was born in 1854 and "was actively connected with the picture postcard industry most of his lite. Morine Scales Received Scalp Wound and Bruises. Morine Scales, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. Melville Scales. of Godtrey, who was injured in the au- tomobile wreck at the Cataraqui rail- way crossing on Sathrday n.oruing, is making very Mulsiaciory progress in the General H The girl suffered a rather long scalp wound and several bruises, but aid not lose consciousness during the accident. She is now sitting up in '| bed, and it is thought that it will law and practice in Canadj. and has assumed responsibility for an act ot the Crown which is in contempt ot the rights and dignity of Parlla- ment.' Progressives' Denial. A further denial of the story pub- lished of the repudiation by the Pro- gressives of their undertaking given the Governor-General to permit the Meighen Government to cotfflude the business of the session was made !y BE. J. Garland, acting Progressive leader, lastnight, The Progressives' explanation of their repudiation of their assurance is that they found after three days that the Meighen Government had not been properly installed, and sd they held themselves free to accept the chance of turning it out before it could take up the work of the session. Mr. Garland alludes to' the Gov- ernment installed by oH lency as usurpers of the rights of Parlia- ment, and speaks of it as stealing the legislation of the session and rob- bing the Progressives of the frults of five years of effort. He advances a number of why t not have done as he did. - Premier Arthur Meighen let it be known that he does not expect to have his Cabinet completed for a week or two. He will have to consult sasony 'his leading associates as to the selections of ministers he will make. A number of these are in (close communication with bial) SUPPLY VOTED POR THE PENITENTIARY Nearly Half a "a Million Dollars Put Through Before Adjournment. So far as Kingston is concerned it is not expected that anyone will suffer any inconvenience because of the fact that the acting government of Mr. Meighen was unable to got through all the supply {tems because of its unconstitutional compositio Among the items successfully pa sed before the uneonstitutionality of the government was exposed, was an item of $449,474.00 for the Kin sfon Penitentiary, also between three d four million for National De- ence. Whatever other money needed to carry on the various gove ernment institutions will likely | passed by Order-in-Counell, Mr. Meighen completes his Canadien Textile Washington, ors Canada was increasing imports more than $19,000,000 total of $184,762,000 4 Governor-General should. . 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