v TO. DAY ALL STAR CAST IN "THE RAINMAKER" nha hk a * YEAR 98; No. 170, LEVEN BOYS ARE The Daily Briti i KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 22 1926. DROWNED WHEN WAR Whig W. C. FIELDS in 1 "I'S THE OLD ARMY GAME" 1 Undsaratinididhadvadhidvaiodhiodhodnibniiih i. LAST EDITION. CANOE CAPSIZED "Lake Accident Claims vy Toll of Lives f Eleven Boys Drowned Nine Were of To- ronto, One of Peterboro and One of Galt i --Were Attending St. Andrew's Camp at Balsam Lake Near Peterboro. i) A Hea ® Pu«-bwre, July 22.--Eleven Boys, line of Toronto, one of Peterboro, 'aad one of Galt, were drowned, when 2 § ' ¢ U! & war cande capsized Tuesday night | imaginable. About two o'clock in the 1a veratt appointed he - 1een's U Balsam ILake. . I he camp was operated by tha [# 'Brotherhood of St. Andrey's and was {8 charge of Shea-Butcher, of St. 'James' Cathedral. . The Drowned and: Survivors. The list of drowned and surviving members of the ill-fated party fol- ' { Drowned-- R. Shea<Butcher, 26, nto; Oliver Mardall, 18, To- jo'clock Mm the morning therahtrate { o'clock in the afternoon after a ser- ies of most harrewing.gxperiences | morning the cand finally drifted, | onto the shore of what is known as| { Grand Island, the quartette still | grimly clinging to the upturned | {eraft. They lay on shore until day- | break in a semi-conscious state, | { when one of the four had recovered | sufficiently to search for food. At {the home of A farmer he secured | |some bread and milk, but did not | | relate the sad story of the tragedy. | He returned to his companions, but | DR. HERMAN L. TRACY Formerly Jroicasor of classics in the érsity of Manito, Winnipeg, who same post in Qu niversity, Kingston. e is a graduate of the University of Toronto. He has also the degree of doctor of philosophy from the niversity of Chi- cago. 400,000,000 BUSHELS IS PREDICTED YIELD U.S. Crop Experts Report Con- ditions Good In Western Canada. Winnipeg, Man., July 22.--Ameri- CLOSING OF THE MOWAT 1S DISCUSSED Heath Assocation Wants D.S. C.R. Patients to Remain Longer. UP T0 HOA. DR. MANION Meighen Government Depatt- ment Ordered the Immediate Transfer of Its Patients. "Moved by W. R. Givens, second- ed by J. M. Farrell, that the action of the executive of the Kingston Health Association in arranging for a transfer of the lands and buildings of the Association to the Ontario Government in consideration of $75,- 000 a year for the next two years be approved; but it is the opinion of this Associiation that the authorities lat Ottawa should at once be com- municated with in an endeavor to PASTOR WHO SLEW MAN Rev. J. Frank Norris, well known in Ontario, who is charged at Fort Worth, Texas, with first degree murder in con- nection with the killing of a wealthy lumberman named Chipps. . DISMISSED OR RETIRED Action Taken Regarding the Cus- toms Investigation. s Ottawa, July 22--The sérvices of those customs officials, nine in all, who were mentioned in the commit- tee's report confirmed by the House, have also been dispensed with either by dismissal or retirement. The dis- DOMINION GOVERNMENT COMES 10 AD OF T Supplies Scow and Plentiful Spl of Grappling the Eleven \ Who Were Drowned in Balsam Recovering the Bodies o Fenelon Falls, July 22.--The Do- minion Government has come to the aid of scores of searchers who are Scouring Balsam Lake for traces of tte bodies of the eleven young camp- crs at Long Point who lost their lives yesterday when their war can- os capsized somewhere north of Grand Island, The scow "Harwood," which has been working on the Trent Valley Canal at Kirkfield, is now on the scene of the operations, and with it a plentiful supply of grappling irons supplied by Federal authori- ties. PD This afternoon there was still no trace of the bodies of the unfortun- ate victims of the tragedy. -Search parties from Coboconk, Fenelon Falls, Victoria Road, and neighbor- | ing villages and settlements, are en- gaged in the "work. SEARCHERS Irons to Help in Campers e. celving assistance from every avails able source, and expect a erew of life-savers connected with Toronto harbor with all necessary equipment to arrive here today or tomorrow. Mayor Thomas Foster will propose to Toronto Board of Control that fitting civic memorial be erected to A. R. Shea-Butcher and Oliver Mar- dall, both of Toronto, who sacri ficed their lives in the drowning tragedy at Balsam Lake so' that others might be saved. The Mayor made this announcement this after- noon after he had expressed ths city's sympathy to relatives of tha nine Toronto boys who were drown~ ed when their war canoe capsized. Mr. Shea--Butcher, who left the canoe to'lighten the burden on if, was seriously wounded in the Great War, where he served as batman to They are re-|Sir Arthur Currie. en ener et epintl fi sarin Fear Ill-Feeling OTTAWA M.L.A. ON tinction between the two methods is that the former are not entitled to superanuation or retiring allowance. The others are not excluded from consideration in that respect, but nothing is likely to be done in a hurry. fo; Jack Wiggington, 16, Torom- | collapsed before he could tell them |° | . ean Frank Burkitt, 14, Toronto; | where te go for food. Later in the | IE Burgess, 16, Toronto; Gor- morning they were sufficiently re-| Conadian grain flelds, wire their | patients from the Sanitorium, bh Heale, 19: Toronto: Yorsor | [houses that they are finding much | Agter discussion this was the final covered to get their canoe in shape | i 'Glarke, 16, Toronto; Joe Edwards [Sava wheay: west. and: soutiwas: of | action at the monthly meeting of the 18, Toronto; Harold Bakewell, 16, | crop experts, inspecting the gion the immediate transfer of the and with some planking and 'a paddle. Saskatoon, in 'drives of over 100 : N they had picked up, they reached | Kf ' { Association held in the Board of (miles, with an estimate yield- run-| Trade rooms, with the president, J. Toronto; Ray Allen, rry Mills, Galt, t; George W ller, Toronto; Wil- liam Wigginson, Torouto; Leonard PY O'Hara, Toronto, 'Word of !the . tragedy § known only yesterday b.came miles through the bush | was unfolded. Search For the Bodies. Fenclon Falls, July 22--Under-a | Peterboro; | Long Point Shore. A tramp of two | ning from 15 to 25 bushels per acre. finally | | bi Survive Arthur: 8. Lambden, brought them to camp where the tale een reported the districts that have as having suffered severely from- droughts and heat. There are also local interests, who These are jare in constant touch with Western conditions, who still believe that Western Canada will produce a total aftarioon, | sweltoriug sky, scores of searchers |yleld of 400,000,000 bushels or bet- hen four Surviving members of the | led by Dr. F. A. Logan, coroner of | ter. Whereas last year these United staggessd Into t'wir Long summer | camp, . after their craft had upset | squall. PR oll op k 4 ; 2 , slo , July 23---The part ed By two of the victims, Shea- Butcher and Marshall, was one of 'the greatest bravery and heroism, ac- | Vigtor County, and Provincial Police | | Officer Storey of Lindsay, started out | 8W fly damages in Western Canada, seventeen | they have not reported anything of again this morning in an endeavor! to 'lotate the 'bodies of the eleven young lads, members of the camp conducted at Balsam Lake by St. James Cathedral, Toronto, branch of | { Hrotherhood of St. ' Andrew, who! | were drowned early yesterday morn- | | Ing after their war canoe capsized in | States investigators found rust and the kind this year. nh L STEACY'S GREAT SALE DRAWS LARGE CROWDS prding to accounts of 'the tragedy | deep water. Of the fifteen lads in the | Pgople Appreciate the Splen- ated by survivors. These young en, realizing after the canoe upset that there was not room for all of party to cling to the upturned leBnoe, sacrificed their own chances if safety by jumping into water and making way--for two of the younger 'lads. Shea-Butcher could not swim, and he sank shortly afterwards, while Mardall swam a short distance ind then was lost to view. Both per- shed. © Arthur H. Lambden, Galt, camp 4 adjutant, who survived, also played A notable part in ap effort; to keep up the morale of the lads who were clinging desperately to the upturned canoe. He swam around the craft, shouting words of encourpgement, and as the result of his trylug ex- fperiences, he was terribly exhausted hen he reached camp again. 3 Lambden was taken to Lindsay ' 'hospital last night and had so far re- ."eovered from the shock that he was able to leave for his home in Galt is morning. brs Coroner Dr. F. A. Logan visited & Point camp and investigated, "but up until the present time he has made no arrangements for the hold- ing of an inquest into the tragedy. The Fatal Trip. {The party of fifteen boys and yo ung men, in charge of A. R. Shea- utcher, camp director, left Long camp early Tuesday evening in war canoe 30 feet in length, and of o-deck type known as a semi- d the camp for the Camp Coboconk, to secure camp '| eause it may mean "| Millerand to pe p | eratt, only four were saved. one of | them the camp adjutant, lying in| ; Lindsay hospital in a serious condi-| tion, Sorrowing Relatives Arrive. | Reports received here early today | wera to the effect that no bodies had | been recovered following the tra-| gedy, which is the worst aquatic dis-/ aster in Ontario for somq years. Bal-| sam Lake in some places is forty feet | in depth and residents of the locality | are apprehensive that some days may | elapse before all the bodies are found. The sorrowing relatives young campers began to arrive here and at villages in the vicinity of the lake, and together with farmers and summer cottagers assisted in the seareh, § | | Another French | Cabinet Resigns Deputies Refused Confidence in Herriot Ministry--Poin- oare Is ned. ts ---- 5 Paris, July 22.--The Cabinet of Edouard - Herriot resigned at ten- thirty o'clock last night. The Cabinet fell by an adverse vote of the Chamber 290 to 237. It was formed only two days ago to succeed the tenth ministry of Aris- itide Briand-and to rehabilitate the financial pagition of France. ] The reverse the Radical leader met with was all the more serious isince it followed so quickly upon ths of the assault he made with | Briand cabinet last week, and te- did Bargains 'Offered and Are Buying Heavily, The big sale, put on by Steacy's Limited, which opened to-day, has so far been an unprecedented success, both from the standpoint of Steacy's Limited and alse of the Hundreds of customers who thronged 'the store all during the day. Many lines of merchandise were cleared out in the first few hours of the sale, but thous- ands of bargains are Still piled high on the counters and every indication points to.an even greater crowd on Friday. > The weather during last Spring was anything but seasonable, and |Steacy's Limited. who had stocked up very heavily in many lines, were unable to dispose of these goods. It is now mid-summer and we have Just begun to have warm weather so that again there was six weeks of sum- mer weather when people could not be induced to buy, In Just a few weeks the Fall goods will begin to come 'in and Steacy's have no place to-put them. For this reason 'they are sacrificing their entire stock. When the big advertisement ap- peared in The Whig, Wednesday evening, many of the people of the district were surprised atthe very low priced. but when they saw the quality of goods offered at these prices they were amazed, and many pople bought halt a dozen of some articles where they had only intended buying one. Watch for more of Steacy's big sale advertisements in The Whig. New bargains will be announced every day. | ; ¢ | M. Campbell, in the chair. Dr. A. E, Ross and W. R. Givens were on hand to protest against the "outrageous" way the D.S.C.R. men were being treated in being pushed out uncere- {moniously, and withéut apparent regard for them, or their families. Df. Ross insisted it was cruel, unjust, unfair, and he wanted to know why the Association had acted so precipi- tately Mr. Givens, toe; was insis- tent that the ex-soldiers had been horribly treated. They were appeal- ing to Ae is 4 cp ; osiant thy Shissna. doy sani too, 'wanted to know why such swift action was taken; why not give the patients time to leave orderly. -- Up to Hon. Dr. Manion, Dr. J. C. Connell, Mr. J. M. Par- rell, Mr. Du Moulin and J. G. Elliott took part in the discussion, pointing out that the removal of the D.S.C.R. patients was as much a surprise to them, as members of the secutive committee, as 'it was to the others. The orders for transferral were not given by the executive, but came from the department at Ottawa, now under the ministry of Hon. Dr. R. J. Manion. Dr. Hopkins had received the instructions as to the transfer of the D.S.C.R, men, and proceeded (to prepare the infirmaty eases for ftravelling. Al arrangements were made at Ottawa, and were unknown to the executive. The directors of the Health Association were as de- sirous as those who had spoken, to make it easy, comfortable, and care- ful for the transfer, and were ready to keep the Sanitorium open so long as was desirable.' They joined the protestors in asking Hon. Dr. Manjon and his départment to slow down. 1t was because of the orders from Ot- tawa that 'the executive acted to close out with speed. -- At Desire of Province. The secretary, in 'carrying on negotiations for the transfer of the property was also attacked, but it was agaln shown that this was the re. Quest of the Provincial parties. They ited the matter closed up before any announcement was made. The Health executive had complied with the request. - It was for the mem- bers of the Association 'to approve the transfer, The executive fal' it was not possible to carry on with Jueh 8 big plant and so small » num- of patients, and to SRE Those whose services are dispens- ed with because of delinquency are, R. R. Farrow, Deputy Minister; R. P, Clerk, Inspector of the Port of Mon- treal; A. E. Giroux, Superintendent of Customs and Excise, Montreal; John Landy, customs: officer, Mon- treal; BE. Brownlee, Collector Beebe, Que., and Marvin Sawyer, @stoms officer at Rock Island. Those who cre retired are W. 8. Weldon, ¢ollec- tor and Henry McLaughlin, surveyor of the port of Montreal. TRUSIRATIV ONTARIO HEAT WAVE One Death in Brantford--Mer- cury Registered 96 De- grees in Hamilton. Toronto, July 22.--One death in Brantford, and sgores of prostrations from heat are reported from south- western Ontario where temperatures range from 90 to 96 degrees. Wind- sor and London recorded the highest levels, while the mercury, after soaring to 90 at midday in Toromto and district, commenced to decline and at 2.30 p.m. was three degrees lower, : mI Scores of Prostrations. London, Ont., July 22---8cores of heat prostration cases have been treated by London doctors in the last 24 hours, but there have been no fatalities. The temperature "about one «o'clock was 96 and was climb ing slowly. It was 98.5 yesterday. Ten thousand adults and used playground bathing pools yes- terday and the hours have been ex- tended. ---- 5 96 in Hamilton. Hamilton, July 22.---With the thermometer registering 96, two prostrations from heat were report- od hére yesterday. Andrew Vootz fell at the corner of King and Hugh- sen streets, overcome. by the Heat. Arthur Bughy, another heat victim, was found unconscious in Dundura Park. 3 Drops Dead From Heat.' Bragtford, July 22. -- James Harpér, an Smmgyee of The) Brant ford Municipal -Ballways, drop: post-holes ee terday morning. Heat prostration is children | May Be the Result LONDON, July 22.-- The de- bate in the House of Commons on Monday regarding the British debt settlement and despatches from the United States reporting the irritation there at the contin- yed clamor of a section of the British and French press with regard to the attitude of United States on the situation, had led to extended editorial discussion of the matter here. ed continual éarp! he no- sition of the United States will lead to widespread ill-feeling in Great Britain and that country. Flve Women in Open Boat Adrift for Three Days Killarney, Ont., July 22.-- After drifting for three days in a disabled gasoline launch on Georgian Bay and then marooned for hours on West Roek, a party of fivé womed and a boy are at hime here recovering from their harrowing ordeal. They luft Killarne; on Sunday to visit the lighi- keeper on ionely Island. A few hours out they 'engine stalled. and they were buffeted around. Georgian Bay until Tuesday, when the wind drove them ashore on West Rock. Here they were held prisoners until a passing boat saw their signals of dis- tress. & DIE AFTER DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE John MacDonald and Reuben Upper Victims - of an Impure Drink. St. Catharines, July 22--John Mac- Donald and Reuben Upper are dead and Charles Durham is {ll but ex- pected to recover from the effects, according to Welland county authori- ties, of drinking an impure alcoholic heverage. All men belong to Allan burg, where it is stated they were found in Upper's 'apartment this morning in a serious condition. All were removed to Welland county hos- pital where MacDonald and Upper It is clear aniloos. Poineare| york News, Malton, Pulcsance. HIGHER EDUCATION Mr. Harold Fisher Oriticizes - Broad Curricula of Col- + leglate Institutes, Ottawa, July 22-7 think that ia Ontario we have failed to devise a secondary education suited to the': Deeds of the country," remarked Harold Fisher, K M.L.A, in collegiate gets fle. Eat algebra, a little geometry, and little of many other things. Will any- one seriously contend that this is the best possible education for the pupil who ends kis school days with the collegiate?" asked Mr. Fisher. He urged, however, that it ought. to be possible to give some direction to the individual pupil with the obs Ject of seeing that he is not wasting his time, but is getting something. that really meets his needs. : Mr. Fisher urged that character building is much more important than 'teaching Latin, and the ques- tion is whether conditions such as exist in' these big schools make for the desirable Intimate personal cone tact between teacher and pupil. P : ew Su I om has Ottawa, July 22. -- Approxi- mately 75 passengers, - mostly Canadian National Railway em- ployees, of Montreal, on thelr annual excursion, were forced to clamor through the open 'wine dows when their railway coach caught fire in the station here this evening a few minutes be- fore it was scheduled to leave on the return trip to Montreal: The fire was caused by one of the old-style ofl lamps boiling over, the flaming oll quickly set- ting fire to the woodwork and upholstery and preventing exit by means of the doors. The pase _ sepgers lost most of their person al sects. - Vessel-Movements, Port Dalhousie, July 22.-- D Dalrymple 11.30 am., Wedn Thom, 12.30 p.m.; Aube 1.30 fiton 2.30; Niagara 3.30; Lake verse 5.30; hasten 74 Torian 9; ton, 11; Sinding Midnight Ceda: 2 a.m. Thursday; Saskatoon, 3; In canal,