. STRONG ARRAIGNMENT HON. ERNEST LAPOINTE CALLS PREMIER MEIG About the Cruise of the Margaret. Not Acknowledged Receipt of His to Repudiate the Calumay. a, A Denies the Infamous Story YEAR 93; No. 177, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY [The Baily British Whig 80, 1 OF PREMIER MEIGHEN BY LAP N A COWARD The Prime Minister Has Telegram Asking Hin Quebec, July 30--*I ask the Can- dian Press to send my message to | the Pacific Coast and I declare, blushing, that the Prime Minister of Canada isa coward," so perorat- éd Hon. Ernest Lapointe, ex-Minis- iter of Justice, to a 'large Liberal rally bere last evening in his honor. The declaration came at the end of @ statement dn which Mr. Lapointe "heatedly denounced what he termed | the "infamous story" concerning an alleged cruise of the Customs steam- er Margaret with which his name { had been connected in the Maritime Provinces by A. J. Doucet, ex-M.P., | speaking the same" platform as | Prenijer Melghen. "An infdmous story has been oir- { culated, t0 which repulsing details | have been added, to the effect tnat i 1 have been one of the passengers | "I immediately went to the Cus- toms Department requesting the De- puty Minister to allow me to see the book in question that I might veri- fy the source of this calumny, but I was told the book was on board that ship. Since then, I wired the Prem- fer, Mr. Meighen, also Sir Henry More Than 150 Persons Are In the Bahamas Since the drowned with the sponge fish- Ing fleet which has not been seen since it set sail three days before the West Indian hurri- cane struck the islands Monday night. Several weeks must elapse before the official toll of death and shipping and pro- perty damage is known. While conservative estimates place damage at $8,000,000, reports have not been received from several islands of the group, Missing Nassau, Bahamas, July 30.-- Ravaged by wind and wave, with more than 150 persons missing, the Bahama Islands re- mained virtually Isolated from communication with the outside world to-day while dnxious resi- dents took further count of the toll of destruction from the worst hurricane in the recorded Aistory of the islands. The majority of those miss- Ing are believed to have been $2429 0200000004 BITTER REPLY IS MADE|: Drayton, Acting Premier, and J. D. Chaplin, Acting Mindster of Customs, requesting them to have this book sent to Quebec at the Customs | House that I may see it. "I have had no answer. "I am not in the habit of talking | about myself and am sorry that 1 am forced to do so." -- Career An Open Book. | "My career is an open book, every | page of which I allow my adver. | |To What He Terms the Lib- FAVOR PROPOSALS OF THE CHUROHMAN BY HON. H. H. STEVENS eral Leaders "Dastardly Innuendo." * suggested by churchmen of the # Anglican and Free Churches in 4 The # + the present coal tie up. Ottawa, July 30.--In an open le!- , | ¥ proposals will be sent back to ter to the leader of the Liberal party, | + districts to be voted upon handed out last evening. Hon. H. H. » Stevens, Minister of Customs. dos- Hurricane STOCKS TAKE GREAT JUMP AT NEW YORK The Greatest Speculative Enthu- siasm Seen Since March. AN EXCITING CLOSING mnn-- > +|The Boiling Market Was Led By +| General Motors and United States Steel. * LJ *| New York, July 30.--The stock market bounded forward yesterday * in the most feverish trading that has been witnessed since the Mast big bull +4 | movement collapsed in March. At * the close of the day, after a demon- 4 | stration of speculative enthusiasm *e%00009400s000¢ vhich Wall Street has not been ac- [AUTO INDUSTRY MUCH AHEAD OF 1925 TRADE Production For Six Months of the Present Year Shows Great Gains. Ottawa, July 30.--Production of automobfles in Canada last month | was slightly below the record output for May, but considerably above June, 1925. Of the 21,751 units | turned out of Canadian factories in IT Interict May Be Given Offi customed to in many months, the | two market leaders, General Motors forceful opposition to the 80 ! lon a Customs boat, the Margaret, on ment's religious programme. saries to scrutinize. I only ask them | .ripeg as "dastardly innuendo" cor- one thing: [ ask them to grant me | oi ont ¥ . An early hour. a trip during. which all laws of de- | cency and morals have been violated. Despicable individuals have repeated this 'vile calummy with the same pleasure dll-breeding insects take in | spreading a plague. ; "Finally, an ex-member of Par- i flament, A. J. Doucet, has made a public statement in the presence of Mr. Meighen while he was accom- panying his chief through the Mari- time 'Provinces, that I had partici- in that excursion which be claims wae made, and that I had boarded the 'Margaret' at Quebec. Wired the Prime Minister, "I 'immediately wired the Prime : ~ Mindster, Mr. Meighen, denying ever having travelled on the steamer Margaret, and asking hm, in view of 'I Bave as yet no reply from Mr. » but Mr. Doucet, after stat- accepted my denial, has oon- tinued to shamelessly declare he had seen the log book Margaret, wherein it appears wna Mr. Lapointe and his friends em- barked at Quebec to participate in . that supposed excursion. the homage of truth and spare me defamation and lies, "Mr. Meighen has just given the citizens of this country a despicable, example, first, he hid behind the Governor-General instead of shoul- dering the responsibility that is his for the violation of the Constitu- tional charter of this country. And now, he hides behind a slanderer to throw mud at an adversary that al- ways met him.in honorable, combat, Ladies and gentlemen, speaking to- night before an immense gathering in the old city of Quebec, where live the descendants of the two great races that fought on an historic soil, glorious battles, where have been preserved in their full purity the traditions of honor and fairplay that guided the knights of old, I regret : | of my country is not a loys - sary, nor is he even a gentleman: he is a coward. "Thank God T stil have the strength, required to defend myself and to slap, it need be the grinning faces of my slanderers," The meeting was presided over by Premier L. A. Taschereau, of Que- bec and other speakers were: Hon. Lucien Cannon; C. G. Power, former M.P, and George Parent, former M.P. ~ To Give Warning By Putting Out a White Flag If They See a Body Floating. i Diving operations and search for 'the body of the late W. H. Smith Were continued this morning, and at The diver and those helping him went out to the scena of operations and resumed their labors, stopping for the noon recess at 11.35. The work was resumed agaiy this afternoon. ' "The harbor was comparatively calm, and the diver, George Brawley, 'Was able to carry on his work with greater satisfaction. From his sub merged platform where he works, Mr. Brawley is able to see a great distance under water, and can see cans and other things lying on the m, but no trace of the body. In the meantime, the motor boats keeping up their searsy of the re line, believing that the body have drifted down the river, or the causeway, My Card, of + has his boat on the go ually, and this morning search- wR a the head of Howe on the first trip, and later in ing scoured the shor. lines Bay, Deadman's Bay and tor ce down the river, but ~The Political Field G, B. Nicholson Chosen Sault Ste. Marie, July 30. -- G. B. Nicholson, of Chapleau, was un. animously nominated to contest the riding of East Algoma at the Libera}- Conservative convention in Espanola Mr. Nicholson held the East Al. Soma seat in the last Parliament. ; ---- A. A, Heaps Nominated, Tuesday. Winnipeg, July 30.--A, A. Heaps, who slong with J. 8. Woodsworth, represented labor {n the last House, Was nominated to contest North Win- nipeg constituency in the forthcom- ing federal election, at a meeting of the Independent Labor party here last might. Unanimously Selected. Brandon, July 30. -- David Ww. 'Beaubier, a resident here sincs 1882, Was unanimously chosen to represent the Brandon Conservatives {a the forthcoming federal election. will oppose, Robt. Forke, former Pro- gressive House leader, who was given the Progressive nomination hers 5 Other Nominations, + Bigin West, Ontario--Willlam 8. Tolmie, Liberal. : : Lambton West, Ontario -- Joseph Armstrong, Conservative. Lisgar, ~~W. J. Rowe, Con. servatl a Burrard, B.C. -- W. F. Hanbury, Liberal, ? Cariboo, B.C. ~~ Joseph Graham, Liberal : : Alta~D. ¥. Kellner, Athabasca, Progressive, = 3 a sain remarks made by Rt. Hon. Ww. SIX POISON LIQUOR L. Mackenzie King in his Sarnia ARRESTS ARE MADE speech. Mr. Stevens declared that Mr. King attempted in that speech "to fasten in the public mind the thought that I am personally respon- sible for the death of these thirteen victims .of alébholic poisoning." He quotes extracts from Mr. King's speech as a basis for this declara- tion. . Mr Stevens states that Iimmedi- ately after taking office, he gave orders that not another ounce of de- natured alcohol was to be released from any Canadian bond and that this order was being strictly observ. ed, "therefore," he continues, "if any of this poisonous alcohol is still to be obtained in the inion of Can- colleagues released om the ulisuspect- ing public, and 1 may say that from the middle of December last up to your inglorious exit from office your government distributed over 175,000 gallons of this Poisonous concoction for beverage purposes." REPLY OF HR. KING 10 COSTONS MINISTER Unfair to Hold Any QGovern- ment Wholly Responsible For Smuggling. Two in Toronto, Two In Nia- gara Falls and One In Hamilton. Toronto, July 30.--The police dragnet closed in this morning on Canadians who were indicted yes- terday at Jamestown, N.Y., on charges of violating the prohibition law and who are Supposed of being connected with the poison-liquor trade which has caused the death of eighteen persons in Canada and a larger number on the American side. Toronto police took into custody Max Wartzman Henry Goldstein ¢ Ki 0, Bi from their beds this morning, James Sacco, aged 25, single; John H. McRae, aged 53, contractor, and William Herbert, aged 32, salesman. All six men are held on charges of manslaughter without bail. WILL INVESTIGATE MARGARET'S CRUISE In View of Hon. Ernest La- pointe's Depial That He Was Aboard. Ottawa, July 30--While the cus- tome investigation is mot scheduled 'to open until after the 15th of Aug- ust, inquiry into the cruise of the government steamer "Margaret," may be made at an early date. In accordance with the terms of tele- gram: received here from Premier Arthur Meighen, Sir Henry Drayton, acting Prime Minister has wired R. L. Calder, K.C., counsel, requesting him to take up with the commis- sioner, Sir Francois Lemieux, the fix- ing of an appointment at the earliest possible date to the investigate "Margaret" cruise. Request is made because of reported protests and dendals from Hon. Ernest Lapointe, former Minister of Justice, that he Windsor, July 30--R¢. Hon, W, L. Mackenzie King, on his arrival here today, handed out a statement in reply to the open letter published this morning by Hon. H, H. Stevens, minister of customs, which dealt with what claimed to be "innuen- does" against Mr. Stevens made by the leader. of the Opposition in his speech at St. Mary's. Mr. King says in pert: "With the Ferguson Government in office will we make a new issue in the campaign on lquor smug- gling? If I made that kind of an appeal it would be similar to the pre sent Conservative campaign. "The very point of my remark was as. the context of the report will show, to make' it clear that it was was om the ship. manifestly unfair to hold any Gov. . ernment responsible in all particul- ars for smuggling and its conse-{8ir Richard Cruise quences, and to make clear to the 2 Gran orceé public mind just how unfair were 1s Gray ted Div London, July 30---Sir Richard the methods beling adopted by Mr. Noon, 12d. other members of. the » Lo2den. July king's ocullst, has been granted a divorce from his wife ad in seeking to place responsibility upon my col- on the grounds of misconduct with Admiral Sir Guy Geunt. Sir Guy has leagues and myeel? in the late ad- in England for several ministration for certain smuggling got bee operations which we were doing our months and was last heard of in Vie- . toria, B.C., where he was equipping utmost to Suppress." a vessel for a long Pacific trip. We ---------------- Paris, July 30.--The Chamber of {and United States Steel, had ad- {vanced to the highest price levels in | their history and showed a net ap- preciation in market value for the week of more than $180,000,000. It was a market which in many respects has no parallels. The trad- ing, vast in its proportions, con- verged very largely upon the two leaders, General Motors and Steel. Pools and professional traders were in command, the public an interested bystander," The great bulk of the transactions" Were paid for in cash, indicating that the operators were fortified with tremendous resources. While the trading was proceeding with a violence that has seldom been equalled, many of the leading brok- erage houses were almost empty of stomers. Lp all day" From the opening, when speculative inter- est was quickened by an accumula- tion of buying orders; until the clos- ing bell, the trading was of such an excited character, as to recall the thrilling days of last winter. The eager traders massed around the Steel and General Motors posts un. til the confusion made the execution of orders difficult. - General Motors' uprush- was so swilt that specialists on the floor refused to aceept stop- loss orders unless they were given immunity from responsibility for prices. The transactions in General Motors totaled 373,700 shares and in Steel 309,600. ' The former at its peak for the day showed a net gain of 123 points at 191%. Steel touched a high of 14614, showing a gain of 3% and closing with a net gain of 3. Many other industrial issues Joined in the upswing, seme of them rising Spectacularily. The activity in this department of the market served to litt the general list, although the close showed a scattering of minus signs. American Can and Texas Gulf Sulphur were among the issues attaining the highest prices in their history. Allied Chemical and Dye, American Brake Shoe, Dupont and Mack Trucks responded vigorously to aggressive buying operations and showed wide gains at the close. -------- NO BEER FOR WOMEN Vancouver Hotels to Bar Beverages to Fair Sex. Vancouver, July 30---Women will be excluded from beer parlors in Vancouver after August 15, the Bri. tish Columbia Hotelmen's . Associa- tion decided last night. Placards will be placed at the en- trance to all beer parlors stating that women will not be served. The order affects only Vancouver establishments, but a recommenda- tion had been issued by the 6880- ciation urging members in. other parts of the province to take similar action, Shot Man And Gir} June, 6,610 were open cars, 11,175] {closed models, 2,586 trucks, 1.354 Form by the Pope | chassis and 26 taxicabs or buses. & | Almost twice as many closed models | | pared with June, 1925. The produc- tion of open models showed a mark- ed falling off. The value of the cars made, in the . | arst half of 1926, based on connee |All Catholics LA. price .f.0.b. plant, was about §16,-| a Move To- | ~-Authorities Fear Move the same period last year. 4 > Canada imported 4,904 cars in wards Forceful r June last, and exported 4,584, leav- ----_ |ing, with home production, 22,071 Mexico City, July 30--EI U) | cars available for use in Canada, In|Sal Grafico says that Attorney-g the first half of 1926, 16,604 cars|®Tal! Ortega has issued orders for throughout Mexico because of and 38,833 exported. The apparent consumption in Canada, during that Dor . that some Catholic Frou wy six months, was 102,649, compared di ne tas. meetings 1 ; with 65,255 during the same period | Pital, causing the au : in 1925. the poseibility of their Pp : Omer Perreault Gave Up After Sixteen Hours Fight In Rough Sea. London, July 30--Omer Perreault of Montreal, was once more forced to give up his attempt to swim the struggle through rough seas. Perreault, commenced his attempt yesterday evening, after six weeks' intensive training, at Malo Bains, a seaside village, a few miles from Calais. Weather conditions were ex- and in a few hours he ell away from the French Coast, imming a strong side-stroke. After ten hours swimming he was more than half way across but the wind freshened and made the water slow and his task more difficult. He maintained his effort but after 16 hours in the water, the roughness of the waves, which buffeted him about, rendered success impossible and Perreault was forced to leave This is the best attempt ne Las made since 1921 when he first es- sayed the Channel feat, Sixteen hours swimming represents a dura- tion record for him, In his best previous attempt he were made in June this year el AN ORDER T0 DISA 000,000, or 27 per cent. higher than were imported into the Dominion, | disarmament ot all T0 SWIM THE CHANNEL English Channel ' after 16 hours' cellent when he entered the "water choppy, thus rendering his progress the water, was in the water 14 1-2 hours, HOSTILITY TOWARD BRITAIN IN FRANCE The French Ignorantly Ate tribute Increased Prices to Pound Sterling. London, July 30--The British Government is seriously exercised by the flood of anti-British propaganda which is spread all over France stimulated by the fall of the franc. While Paris has shown particular antagonism to Americans, the French people in the country sttri- butes the rise in the cost of living to the pound eterling are still inclined to regard most foreigners as Englishmen. The result is a feel. ing of irritation and hostility to- ward Britain all over France. This is due, of cpurse, to ignorance of the situation but its existence is never- theless disquieting. A BiG IPROVENENT IN UNEMPLOYMENT There Were 20,609 More Persons on the Payrolis Sg nJ It 1s customary in Mexico many persons to carry pistols. police to help them in thelr the newspapers say, will be ed with Msts of all the mes 1 members found in the ffles of League for the Defente of ¥ 3 | Liberty and other Cathole ties The secretariat of Arch! Mora y Del Rio yesterday ed that Friday will be the of ceremonies in Roman © churches in Mexico and &h priests will be withdrawn vices will cease on Saturday of on Sunday as previously p Several foreign diplomats, ing the Fremch and Spanish tions, are seriously eo starting a movement to. 'plomatic corps here offer. J vices as friendly mediators present religious struggle in Complete Suspension. id Rome, July 30--A condition of | most complete suspension of lta cal and sacramental Christian | virtually amounting to an already exists in Mexico in quence of the Mexican Govern: prohibition of the celeb masses and other religious fus a Vatican stateman declared It is distinctly possible, he re he added, that this interdict will given official form by an met of Pope at a moment not yet dec upon, either before or affer 1, 80 as not to interfere with world-wide prayers for the 1] Catholics set for that date. It is ed at 'the' Vatican that the pra will be followed by events will make such a serious step essary. The Catholic church uses : means to express its disapproval acts by individuals and gov. namely excommunication and x dict. The interdict jis defined % "An ecolesiastical censure by whi of certain sacraments, from all di vine offices, and from Che burial." LIBERALS EXPECT TO ~ WIN TWO OTTAWA SEAT They Lost Them Both * Ottawa, July 30. -- Te Cit . says: . Only forty-three per cent the available vole in Ottawa polled in the election last Oct according to local ealculations. : the election that will take place September, the result is likely to very different. sin addition to the Con tive a tion which last ye ope most efficiently, the Lill erals now have a new and nited op ganization, manned by young me and women who are to see