TO- DAY LON CHANEY in The Road go Mandalay Z a THUR FRI SAT. Reginald Denny in "Skinner's Dress Suit" 4 nis 4 i. The Daily British Whig KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1926. LAST EDITION. -- ---- NCOURAGING REPORT +" G00D MAJORITY FOR KING ON THE PRAIRIES W Horo Wil Be 137 to 98. on CRERAR 10 DROP 00T Stated That Business Interests| Prevent Him From Accepting the Nomination. Winnipeg, Aug. 4.--This 3 Of the prairies is in the geographical centre of the dominion, and its po- litical prophets claim to be in the |both parties are best position to summarize the pres- Ottawa district an After dis- [is expected the ent national situation. cussing the matter with a number of | plete. Maani- [for the two Ottawa seats, for which outstanding public men in | toba, Thé Toronto Star summarizes | Conservatives their opinions: ~ The positions of the parties in the | next house will be a reversal of the numerical strength of the Liberal and Conservative membership in the last, with skight accretions to the Progressive ranks at the expense of the Conservatives. © In other words Mr. King is given [be the Conservative candidate, | Thinks Vote in Next. capital | ERP ROP Nr OPO ee +» + THE OLDEST MON IN * SERVICE OF R.C.H.A. Mr. James Richardson, mail carrier at Tete de Pont Bar- racks, at present on two months' $ leave, perding his discharge on & > + + + * * in the sérvice of the R.C.H.A. # * S520 0200900000009 PEPP EP N The Political Field | North York Liberal. Toronto, Aug. 4.--A. J. H. Bek- |ardt, for many years intimately as- sociated with agricultural pursuits id the province, has announced his {intention of contesting the Liberal nomination in Nerth York, the rid- {Ing represented by former Premier [King from 1921 to 1925, and in jwhich he was defeated last October. i Ottawa and District. Ottawa, Aug. 4.--Candidates JY lining up in the d by next week it list will be com- Apart from the nomination have chosen anew Chabot and Stewart McClenaghan, and the Liberals E JR. E. Chevrier and Gordon Ed- wards, selections have been made in many ol the surrounding counties. In Carleton, Liberals have chosen M. N. Cummings, and it is expected W. F. Garland, ex-M.P., will again al- |Hon. J. L. | 115 seats, Mr. Meighen 98, with the [though M. J. O'Brien is bodnd to Progressives, Independents Labor the balance of the 245, or 32 seats. ing the United Farmers of [been nominated ting The leaves the |but the Liberal convention "has not Alberta ten seats, this consistently anti-Meighen vote at 137, a clear majority over the Tories without the fluctuating Alberta vote The Alberta vote generally will tag along with the anti-Meighen forges. Mr. Meighen's legislative | programme being almost entirely opposed to the platform of the U. F. A. en which the Alberta mem- ; d, ng Pro- i wr a eavor to form a coali- ent, which will have a , consistent majority and re- the house df the uncertainties eo last session. jon. T. A. Crerar, former Pro- gressive leader, will not run as a candidate in the "present eledtion. Requests from all parts of his old riding « of Marquette have been flooding in upon him, but owing to the exigencies of business he had been unable to accept the proffered nomination. As a lead to Progres- sivés throughout the west and On- tario he will however, support the Liberal-Progressive candidate, in Marquette, who is J. Alison Glenn. Marquette, Mr. Crerar's former ES geal, was won in 1925 by Col. Harry MW" Mullins, a Consevative. With Allison 3 Glenn running under Mr Crerar's wing it is said that the defeat of the Conservative is assured. In Neepawa ' another seat won by the Conserva- tives in 1922, - Robert Milne, the Progressive, will win ® back easily with the third candidate eliminat- 6d. Mr. Milne has already received the joint nomination. In Springfield and Selkirk, the remaining two rural Manitoba seats held 'by the Conservatives, joint conventions are under way and single anti-Meighen candidates will enter the field. Se Canadian Exclange o Is At a Premium New York, Aug. 4 ~Shipments of two millions in gold to Canada by ~ the Bank of Montreal is announced. The gold is consigned to the bank's ' head office in Montreal, and the ship- ment is the result of the advance In Canadian exchange to the gold ship- point, which is calculated at a fum of eleven-sixty-fourths of one per cent. The gold movement od last week and the shipments © so far have reached four and a halt millions. . Tokio, Aug. 4.--Several persons 'were injured, but none seriously, in ihe earthquake last night. Although It was the heaviest earth disturb. since 1924 no serious property -- was done. and {make a strong run against him. In Lanark, Hon. R. F. Preston has by Conervatives, been held. In South Renfrew, Joseph L. Murray, 'Liberal, is pitted against Dr. Maloney, ex-M.P., Conservative, while Progressives have chosen John F. Gibbons. In North Renfrew, Progressives will likely run a candidate in addi- tion to Dr. Cotnam,' Conservative, and Dr. McKay, Liberal, , In Russell county, Alfred Gaulet, 8X=M.P.,.. Evanturel, ex-M.P., have been chosen by Liberals, but Conservatives are not yet in the fleld. In Glengarry, the Liberal candi- date is J. A. Macdonald, ex-M.P., and the Conservative, D. D. Mec- Cuaig. Liberals have not yet selected a standard-bearer against Dr. Hamil- ton, ex-M.P., in Stormont. Simcoe Candidates. Simcoe, Ont, Aug. 4.--With the selection of J. Alex. Wallace, Sim- coe, who was the Progressive mem- ber for Norfolk from 1921 to 1925 as Progressive candidate for the coming election, Norfolk-Blgin will see a three-cornered fight, it is ex- pected. John L. Stansell, who sat in the last House, is already in the field for the Conservatives, while the Liberals state they will name a man also. McPHERSON CASE NOW AT A STANDSTILL Jurymen Voted to Wait for More Conclusive Evie dence. Los Angeles, Aug. 4.--Investiga- tion of the Aimee Semple McPher- son kidnapping case was at a stand- still to-day, as a result of the grand jury's refusal to take action. The jurors voted to do nothing more un- til more conclusive evidemce is ob- tained. They instructed District Attorney Keyes, however, to con- tinue "secret and efficient" investi- gation into all phases of the case. There Is Talk of a Deal In the Mount Royal Riding Hon. E, L. Patenaude did not give a definite ans when offered the Conservative nomination in Jacques Cartier constituency. It is under- stood that a dea] is on whereby R. S. White and his rival, General Smart, may MSP aside in Mount Royal and so give Mr. Patenaude a chance to contest the only seat considered safe by the Tory chiefs. pension, is one of the oldest # | and...in Presgott, Gustave | Liberal Leader Warns Meighen | i | Winnipeg, Aug. 4.--"I want to {tell Mr. Meighen that the people of | Canada want him and every one {about Bim to keep their hands off {the National Railways," declared [Right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, {Leader of the Liberal party in Can- ada, in an address here last night, opening his tour of . the Western Provinces, Thousands attended the meeting, while thousands of Qthers wete given the Opportunity of listening to the Liberal chieftain's address over the radio. Mr. King made his reference to {the Canadian National Railways fol- lowing a declaration in which he stated: "Mr. Meighen had hardly been in office an hour before he was telling the people of the Maritimes how the National Railways should be ad- justed." The Liberal Leader declared his Administration had aided the west To Keep Hands Off the CNR. "when he saw 'that the Crow's Nest Pass rates were restored." Mr. King dealt at great length with the constitutional question and particularly as to Premier Meighen's attitude, as made known in his Hamilton address, to participation in foreign wars. "I have taken the position that Parliament is su- preme," he added. "and I hope when Mr. Meighen comes here he will tell you about the participation In foreign wars." He wondered what would happen if Mr. Meighen, while'a war was on, was refused dis- solution. He would not be able to hold the election on the war issue. He reiterated that his Govern- ment had not resigned to escape a censure vote; and that all charges In the Customs Department should be investigated. Mr. King was the only speaker at the rally, an early sonclusion being necessary to permit the Liberal Leader to make train connections |for Regina, where he arrived this | morning. Escaped From the Police And Was Killed By Train Oshawa,' Aug 4.--Fong Din, a Chinaman, died in the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital yesterday morning from injuries received when he jumped from an east-bound Cana- dian National train at Newtonville, Sunday afternooh. Fong Din was being taken from Toronto to Mont- real, where he was wanted on a charge of illegally dealing in drugs, and was in charge of Dominion Po- lice Officer Noel! Courtois. The man was found by Conductor Baird, of a west-bound freight, and was brought to Oshawa. An inquest will be held. Horace Delderfield, aged fifteen, was struck by an automobile, on Wednesday while in front' of the Dominion Textile Works, and his left leg was fractured below the knee. The car stopped and picked up the boy and ushea him to the General Hospital, where he was at- tended by Dr. Austin and Dr. An- grove. The young lad, who lives at 257 Rideau street, is employed in the Textile Work, and was coming out at aoon hour when he was struck. He is reported as resting very easily. p---------------- Sterling exchange in Toronto closed Tuesday at $4.85 3-16, an in- crease of 3-16c., and in' New York at $4.85%. North York Liberals, in conven- tion, selected Harry Sifton as candi- date in Federal election. Huge ocean liner is to be built for Atlantic run. HAZARDS MET BY AVIATORS Explorers for Quebec Govern- ment Without Food for Days. nic Quebec, Aug. 4. -- Thrilling hazards met by a panty of aviators exploring great ungava territory for the Quebec government, were learn- ed from meagre gtory which filter. ed into Quebec to-day. The) tr, 'and were 'were practi- cally without food, when they were sighted by one of the planes that had @ccompanied them, and rescued. Though in greatly weakened condi. tion, the crew of the plane which crashed will in all probably. re. cover at base, where they "wére taken. Lacking One Arm and Leg, Youth Swims 8t. Lawrence Ogdensburg, N.Y., Aug. 4.--With but one arm and one leg, and fight ing & stiff curtent, Joe Broomley,; aged seventeen years, Tuesday, swam the St. Lawrence River, a dis- tance of one and a half miles. The boy lost his arm and leg in a trolley accident several years ago. ---------- Lord Willingdon was guest of hon- or at dinner by Overseas Education- al Ledgue. : Situation in Mexico Mexico City, Aug. 4.--Acute situ- ation growing out of the putting Into effect by the Government of new religious regulations, has reach- ed the stage of marking time. Pfos- pects of any immediate settlétnent are apparently falling off. General conviction is that it is most impro- bable that there will be a widespread violence or armed rebellion. 'Great uneasiness, however, exists over the outcome of the economic boycott, called by the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty, in protest against regulations. Boycott may yet be determining factor in City Has Now Reached the Stage of Marking Time dispute, though the ' extent of its effect on business is not yet known. The Department of the Interior to-day denied that secretary to Jeda and Bishop Diaz, secretary of the Roman Catholic episcopate, conferred for settlement of religious question. The Government was forced to issue religions regulations, the depart- ment continues, because the Roman Catholic clergy refused to obey the constitution. The day when regu- lations were effective "marked peo- ple's liberty from those who is name of divinity conspire and transgress Taw constantly, in order to reach more power and richness." but | exporter ESTIMATE OF WHEAT CROP LOOKS Goo Offical Report Places Yield at, 348,526,000 Bushels: SHOWS AN INCREASE Expected That the De- mand Will Be Great Owing to Shortage in Other Lands. | | i | | | { i ON CANADA'S WHEAT CROP FOR tPF 2229200000 BAN WAR CANOES. + Lindsay, Aug. coroner's inquest found that war canoe should not have been used in 'Balsam Lake tragedy and recommend pro- hibition of such in camps. 4 --Jury at bette *e0000r000000000, -- LARGE INCREASE SHOWN. The Immigration Returns Show a Healthy Increase. y Ottawa, Ont., August 4--A state- ment made public by the Department of Immigration and Colonization to- day shows that there was an increase of sixty-five per cent. in immigration | to Canada during the first five months of the calendar year, 1926; compared with the same period a year ago. The actual immigration was 58,062 in 1926 and' 35,114 for the same five months in 1925. For this period British immigration in. Ottawa, August 4. -- Canada's | wheat crop for 1926 is estimated at | 348,626,000 bushels. Last year it| was 411,376,000 bushels. The fed- eral Government today issued a crop | report on conditions in Canada, It| adds that production estimates from | eighteen countries show that this | year's total world crop will prob- | ably be 2,175,700,000 bushels, com- | pared with 2,201,6500,000 last year. | Judging by general conditions in| other countries, the report says that | "the gemeral outlook appears to. be for a strong demand for the Can-| adian crop, now in its critical stages, | so that the Canadian yield will again | be a very important factor." There is an increase this year in sown acreage of one and a half per cent. In countries other than Can- ada and the United States the sown aereage is less, but the increase of | 699,000 acres sown in Canada, and | 5,487,000 sown in the United States recovers the balance. Commenting on world conditions, and leading up to the prediction that thére will be a strong demand for the Canadian crop, the report says that "it does not appear likely that Russia, will figure largely #8 a wheat this.year,"' although exports Soviet are expects ed to be equal to last year's (20,512,- 000 from August 1, 1925, to June 30, 1928), and, therefore, "indicates the possible redppearance of the Russian countries as a definite factor in the world's wheat trade." The French crop is reported 'un- officially as below. the 1925 yield, creased from 15,878 to 21,909, immi- | gration from U.S.A., increased from | 6.535 to 7,860, and from other ed from 12,701 to | ------ | "CONFESSION" DISCOUNTED. countries increas 28,293, Tom Smith, Who Admits Murders, | Not Wanted in B.C. Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 4.--Inspec- | tor Forbes Cruickshank of the Brit- | ish Columbia Provincial Police de-| clared that he discounted the "eon- | fession" of slayings in British Co- | lumbia made by Tom Smith over the | week-end 'to Seattle police. : "There is not a double unsolved | murder in the province and I do not | recall any shooting affray at Hazel- ton at the time Smith speaks of," he | told the Canadian Press. He added | thaf the man was not on the "wanted | list" of the provincial police. | Billions i ns in Gold Hidden in F ---------- Paris, Aug. 4.--According to fig. ures L'In publishes tos day, there still fa French savings' "stockings" gold and silver coins totalling more than two. and one-half billion francs of pre-war value. That makes, roughly, half a billion dollars. The figures are calculated as follows (all fig- ures pre-war gold): Bank of France statistics show | city of at | hour, and France probably will be an im- porter this year. Foods are exported from Germany "India" adds the report, "is not expected to be able to spare any appreciable quantity of wheat for export." Hordes of Caterpillars Are Menacing London Park London, Aug. 4.--Hordes of cater- pillars recently have taken posses- sion of Hyde Park in what an of ficial describes as "the worst plague of its kind for years." Whenever a breeze blows great showers of cater- pillars drop on passersby from thee park trees. Men are forced tq -turn up their coat collars, while / Women find their sunshades the , only ef- fective way of keeping tpe® pests off. An army of caretakers/ armed with pails of parafin an brushes, have been battling with the swarms. An Appetite foor Nails Led tio Cow's Undoing Cobourg, A ug. 4--A few days ago a valuable cg W belonging to William Stevenson, Baltimore, died from some caused which could not be de- termined bd its owner.. A veterinary made an (examination of the cow's stomach, gind found in it, it is saiq, & plece of | wire about two 'inches long an inch pifece of nail and two smaller 'pleces of § slate or nail. Evidently this hard diet proved to be too much for §the bovine, although where she found§l it all remaing a mystery. A -- ------------------ Jolson Divorced. ork, August 4 --It Was re- re today that Mrs, Alma Yoelson had divorced her Asa Yoelson, better Known 0, in Paris. The report oc- little surprise among in- had be divorced beca bil ty. ------ gone use of Debt. Aug. 4.--The not g|# SETS THR a 1914 &jx billion franes gold dis- appeared from circulation into hid- den, secret hoarding places, chiefly | among the French peasantry. Two and one-half billion was produced + remain hidden safely | 1926 LINER SWEPT BY TERRIBLE HURRICANE Twenty-Four Injured on Orizaba | in West Indies. | g CAPTAIN TELLS 'STORY C at Wi + Waves Were High Sr | Was 100 Miles an Hoar. 3 New York, Aug.- 4 --Thrilling stories of the recent hurricane which swept the West Indies were told yesterday by Captain J. B. Jones, his officers, and six round trip | passengers aboard the Ward MNHner Or: izaba, which docked yesterday from Havana. On her way south she spent more than sixty hours in the | centre of the storm, and was the first ship to arrive in New York with first hand accounts of it. ' "It was a typical West Tadtan hur. ricane," sald Captain Jones, "but it came at least three weeks ahead of time. I got into it by going, ta the aid of the Ansaldo San Gioglo. 1 would have been able to run out of it it it had not been for the Italian | ship." According to the captain the waves were high enough to sweep the bridge, which is 53 feet above the water, and the wind had & velo- least 100 'miles per "One sea rolled us 45 degrees," he said. "It caught us forward and thea amidships and spun us like a pin wheel," ' Othe? officers called tha captain's estimate of 100 miles an hour too conservative. * "When the w d starts ricane. It is then 90 , : When it starts grunting, you know something is 'happening, That wind was grunting already. It must have had a velocity of at least 125 miles an hour." undamaged, she: lost forty feet of railing. Nine members of' her crew were injured when a wave smashed in a hatch cover and flooded , fher "glory hole." One hundred and fitey drums of compressed ammonia between 1915 and 1918 in response to patriotic appeals by the Govern. | ment for help during the war. This | left about three and a half billions | hidden. > | Careful investigation of gold | movements justifies the supposition | that, roughly, one and a haif billion | were collected secretly by profiteers, | exported or melted into ingots. | Therefore, there remains two billion 0-day, to which must be added over a billion in silver coins. this huge gold reserve pro- ducoliand added to the present re- Serves Mf the Bank of France i would gougy the currency, Come Up Wy Ratification, Paris, Aug. 4.~The gent settle- | ments between Fram and the Unit-| ed States and between France and | Great Britain now appear Mkely to! come up for ratification by the French Parliament Muring the pre- sent month, r towards stabilization of { | Gananoque, Aug. 4.--Chief Chevis received word last evening that sup- posedly ome of the mem connected with the attempted Luxenburg burglary was caught at Smith's Fails while attempting to break into a second-hand store there. The man, so it is alleged, confessed to the chief of police there that he was one of them, and it {s believed the other fellow in the car was wounded by one of the bullets fired by our chief. The car was & stolen one. Chief Chevis also found the owper of the big sedan that had been abandoned put at the railway bridge about ten days ago. The gentleman resides in Montreal. 4434900800000 0 4 * Leader, Sask, Aug. 4. What constitules. a8 record Saskatchewan was the # ing of some of the 1926 crop by Michael Hill, this district, Monday, July Mr. Hill cut fhe threshed it at The first day he Barvested bushels, *ee 5 : 2 €020000000000 ff fis 8 ® lashed on C deck broke-loose, and six of them went overboard. Fore tunately none of them exploded, or every person aboard the vessel might have suffocated. Twelve barrels of oil stored abaft the engine room were smashed to pieces. According to one of the officers, "A Ford broke. loose from its moorings, and chewed 'up at least 200 barrels of potatoes." ~ In addition to the nine sailors, eight<passengers, six waiters, and the ship's barber . were injured. Eighty-four Chinese passengers in forward hold were fright. They Jay huddled together too miserable to pray. : The vessel entered the storm at 10.30 p.m. on July 26th, and did not leave it until 10 a.m. on July 28th. During that whole time, accoraing to the passengers, the officers and crew carried out their = duties as 1) nothing was happening. fular meals could not be prepared the stewards brought the 5 coffee. . _Bhe received warniy the sat, and aX hove to: off 3 25 miles m Nassau dup the worst of ft. . "When we reached Nassau w found the harbor strewn th wreckage." sald Chief Officer G "Every iret on the is'and be down and there was not a ho left in the harbor. The keeper told me that he sa: seven sponge boats blown past to sea. He said that the =» on board these could be seen | #00dbye and singing or praying. 1 the harbor & steamer had been lifie ashore, its bow smashing a five wall, It ended in a cases of Although the Orizaba's bull was | paralyzed with