L Mow. TUES. WED. Richard Dix in "Let's Get Married" "Skinner's Dress Suit" } LAST EDITION. - | CANDIDATE IN KINGSTON TRADE REPORT =. |The Ba Whig ily British Whig tm AT Tr eee TE T-- + AUGUST YEAR 98; No. 182. JANES HALLIDAY MAY "JAS, HALLIDAY WILL LIKELY BEJEsA -- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, 6, 1026. E LIBERAL Car DAMAGE IN 'Workers Hung to f For many years he was LIBERAL CANDIDATE IN CITY! Hallida Matter ld. W. J. B. White Hit By At a meeting of prominent Lib- ®rals held recently, a committee Was appointed to consider the mat- ter of a candidate to contest the " riding with Dr. Ross, in the coming Federal election. Mr. J. M. Camp- bell having definitely atiuounced that he was out of the running this time, Mr. James Halliday was ap- s proached and has agreed to con- Sider the matter favorably. Mr. Halliday is one of the most Popular business men in the city. Reeve of ortsmouth, has been Warden of the County, is a Kiwanian and the name of his friends in Kingston and Portsmouth is Legion Last Jan- uary, vielding to the importunities of his friends he consented to con- test a position in the Public Utilities Commission, and was suc- cessfully elected, being only 43 be- hind the high man Mr. Halliday 1s a well-known Lib- ral and a man whom the Liberals re convinced will make an excell- ent candidate, The normal majority in Kingston is under 500 either way, and with his personal popularity and a strong organization the Lib- erals feel that Mr Halliday has - a very good chance of redeeming the seat. Mr. Halliday has promised a rn niin y Crushed Between Cars 0 Ba \ 2 ; |! Yards. harles Tebworth, brakeman on the surburban train of the Canadian National Railways, was Very ser- iously injured on 'Thursday night, at the C.N.R. city yards, while en- gaged in shunting operations with the train crew. * Tebworth, whose 'work consisted bof coupling and uncoupling certain freight cars as the shunting opera- tions required, was hanging on a ladder of one of the freight cars while the train was moving down the track, after having previously plae- 0d a car on the next track. This fear had been placed close to the "division of tracks and it was clear enough for cars to pass, but not far enough up to clear a man hanging on the side. As the train moved along Teb- Worth was caught between the two cars at the junction of the tracks and the result was that he was + severely crushed. He was picked up R 8nd rushed to the Hotel Dien Hos- pital, where his condition was re- ported as very serious. His stomach 'was severely crushed. Tebworth is a native of Belleville and had been on the local trala for Some time past. He was injured a hort time ago and had Just return- to work. Tebworth was formerly : member of the Kingston Police ree. nn Injuries Were Terrible, The injuries to the unfortunate were indéed terrible. His chest crushed in and his abdominal was broken down the injury ex- ng from the centre of the ab- eR up to a line with the ribs and to the back. His intestines out altogether and were in his ele » The ribs too were crushed rien Dr. J. B. Kane took the case in charge last night he had very little hopes that he would even urvive the 'operation, so terrible 'were the injuries. During the time Dr. Kane was operating, a doctor of 7 Hotel Dieu staff was pumping lant into the veins of the in. d man, This, a war time prac. ice, proved successful and the ent picked up. The wound was > and this m worth's con y Has Been Approached and Has Consented to Give the Favorable Consideration Shortly Whea His Name --Convention Will Be Called Will Be Submitted. MR. JAMES HA LLIDAY decision in a few days, he makes up his mind a will be called and his na ward, As soon as convention me put for. oy The Political Field Supported by Liberals, Port Hope, Aug. 6.--Melville H. Staples, Orone, who recently was nominated -as Independent candidate for Dupham, Ont., was endorsed by | the riding Li convention yes- terday, and the contest will He be. tween Staples and F. Ww. Cowan, Conservative, who defeated Hon. Vincent Massey, Liberal, last tober, by a majority of. 946. Independent candidate ent in United Farmer circles was a strong supporter of Massey in the last campaign. and Mr. Mr. King in Prince Albert, Prince Albert, Sask., Aug. 6.--Mr. Mackenzie King arrived in Prince Albert constituency yesterday and spent the day motoring and meeting | the people of the district. The Lib. eral leader will b day morning. ' Mackenzie King's Tour. Ottawa, Aug. 6.---R¢ Hon. Ww. L. Mackenzie King's campaign tour will carry him into three western Provinces next week. Meetings at which he will speak have been ar- ranged for Battleford, Sask. on | Monday, Aug, 9th: Wetaskiwin and Edmonton, Alta., on the 10th; Vie- tora, B.C., in the evening of the 12th; New Westminster ang Van- couver, Aug. 13th; and Kamloops, Saturday, Aug. 14. Peace River Liberals, Edmonton, Aug. 6. Joseph An. drew' Clarks, ex-Mayor of Edmon- ton, will contest Peace River tederal riding at the forthcoming general election as a Liberal candidate. decided not to nominate a candidate for the forth-coming federal elet- 'tion, and passed a resolution en: dorsing the candidacy of W. A. Bury nett, Progressive nominee. A Woman Candidate, Alliston, Ont., Aug. 6.--At the Dufterin-Simeoce Progressive oon- vention, Mrs. Sidney Banks, Shel- birne, was nominated as candidate in the federal elections. Miss Agnes Macphail criticized the present form of government in Canada, Stating that the big Interests selected the cabinets, She hoped the next house Would be lke the last. Then a naw form of government would in- augurated. rd Meo Sn Bglleville, Ont. Aug. Servatives of in §.--Con- and Peter. boro riding for the purpose date for ths q election. The port of Dr. A. T. croft, who was unanimously select. od as the standard bearer. of selecting a candi. federal * [it was foun { ardered an inque is promin- | here until Satur-| | Was Struck b Vine Stree Against the Driver In Police And Died of Injuries in H y an auto Driven by Mr. t, on Thursday Night -- Edward McAllister, of Charge Preferred Court--Inquest to Be Held To=night. W.l1B White, 323 avenue, well-kndwn insura of this city and for several years city alderman, died in the Hospital, Thursday evening, as a re- sult of injuries received when he Was struck by a motor car, Mr, Bdward McAllister of street, and thrown to the ground. University The accident happened on Raglan | Cj Road just between Mr, J BTocery store and Mr. B. Jenkins, shortly after 5 p.m Mr. White rode up to Mr. Eves' store on his bicycle and went in to purchase some meat. He leaned his bicycle up against the store. almost the same time Mr. McAllister drove up in front of the store in his automobile; stopped and went in to make some purchases, The two men came out Store at about the same apparently without taking any par- ticular notice of each other. While Mr. McAllister had been in Eves' store Mr. E. Jenkins had sent helper, George Smith, to tell | McAllister that he would like 8ee him. When he came out of store therefore Mr. . Me in his automobile, whic ed on the side of the ro store and facing north and put the | car into reverse intending to back up to Mr. Jenkins' shop Apparently Mr, White was just behind the car get- | ting on his bicycle and many people | believe that he had his back to the | automobile. The right rear fender | of the car struck the bicycle ang | threw Mr. White off into the road, | He Wag rushed to the hogpital but d that he was suffering re fracture of tha skull shortly afterwards. Cor- M. J. Morrison was at the the accident, and has st for Priday night. Mr. McAllister Jumped oseph Eves' the paint shop of of the time, but Mr ad next the from a seve | and he died oner Dr, scene of Struck anyone, and he, with the aid of Mr. BE. Jenkins, lifted Mr. White on to the grass. Mrs Jenkins got the head of hite was re. Hospital, in | 80 ambulance, and there the was given careful medical attention his injuries were of such a nat that from the first n covery was held out. -- Driver Tells Story. "I was backing up to Ed. | kins' shop, and I didn't I had hit anyone until York Road shouted at me Edwarq McAllister, the driv automobile. *p had no Was anyone behind the ca as he shouted, I stopped and jumped out and saw lying in the road, about out from the side of the car. When I got to him, his nose was bleeding, {and ome eye was blackened, but 1 0. seriously hurt. © the grass, ang ulance." nder of Mr, Me- © hag a strip | the injured man. Mr, W | moved to the Genera] ure 0 hope of re. Jen- know that on said Mr, er of the idea there Tr. As soon the car Mr. White four feet Bad no idea he was I helped carry him t We sent for an amb The right rear fe Allister's automobhi} n » / In Pitched Battle -- Homestead, Fla., Aug 6.--Three en were shot and killed yester- day afternoon in a Ditched battle with seven federal prohibition agents on Cape Sable Road. None of the Fédéral men were injured. The dead are N. Merritt, former constable, Clide Parrish and J. A. Brinson. Re. ports are that three men opened fire on Federal agints, who killed them in exchange shots, . -------- Ice Cream Treat kL Punta Gorda, Fla. Aug. 6.---An annual ice cream' treat for 'the chil- dren of this city is assured under the terms of the will of Albert W. Gil. christ, former Governor. The will, probated here, gave the Masonic Lodga $5,000, the principal to he kept intact and the interest used for charity. R the children's tendered by the assembled at Marmors | 7" nce agent | a! where it General | driven by | Vine | At | pr his | to | the | Allister got | h was park- | | to the staff as Senior | vice and received ma | | out of his : | | Tree Men Killed | about two inches wide, and about nine inches long torn out of it, came in contact with some part of the bicycle. He feels very { keenly the unfortunate positio | which he has been placed. Remanded Till Monday. Edward McAllister appeared | ty Police Court on Friday morn- ing, charged with causing serious | bodjly harm and death. He pleaded | "not guilty," and Was remanded un- til Monday. Mr Wy M. Nickle ap- peared for Mr McAllister, and | Crown-Attorney T. J. Rigney for the osecution { His Military Career. The late Mr. White was with the | 14th Regiment, as a Major in the early eighties, and also Company | Officer, Quarter-Master and later | adjutant for seven years During his | f time in this regiment, he was on two | Bisley teams, the second year being | within two of the King's prize. He was one of the few outstanding shots that have ever been stationed here. At the formation of the Army | rice Corps in 1902, he 8 | ferred from the Adjutantey of the | 14th, and formed the first Army | Service Corps in Military District | | No. 3. He was Supply Officer at the | | first camp held at Petawawa in | | 1905. Afterwards he Was transferred | Army Service | Corps Officer, in Military District | No. 3. Major White had a long ser- | ny decorations. | He was transferred to the reserve in | 1911, and was the time of his best years of h the service. on the reserve until | death. Some of the | is life were spent in| ---- | Served n Council. From 1914 , Mr. White re- ented" se ard int City Counell, and during that period much of his time was devoted to the work of the property Committee. In respect for his civic services, the flags on the city buildings are to. day flying at half mast. Deceased is survived by his wife | and two daughters, Vivian Sylvia at home and by two da ters of his first family, Marlatt of Trail, B.C, Charles Douglas of Ottawa. brother, Dr. Napier White, of South Ostelic, N.Y., and one sister, Mrs: Harry Sewell, of Billingham, Wash. The funeral will be held from his | late home on University avenue 2.30 on Saturday afternoon. In the curling club where he was | one of the most enthusiastic mam- | bers Mr. White will be greatly miss. od. He was a life member of the Ancient St. John's Lodge, AF. & AM. Mr. White's whoie business Was spent in Kingston, where carried on the insurance busin started by his father, the late Aldermen J. T. White. He wag an Anglican in religion, and a me ber of St. George's Cathedral. ugh- One| lite | ha | GOVERNMENT wiLL CHECK UP THE CAMPS Inspector Will Make Rounds of Various Boys' and Qirls? Camps. ug. 6. -- Hon. WwW. H. attorney-general of On- tario, announced today that pPrepara- tions were under way time in the departmen the various boys' and in the province with the ing what precautions are to safeguard the lives of the children when on the water. The department, In the course of a few days, out questionaires, Probably graphic form, to which will be later supplem 2 personal visit from the government ; inspectgrs | ------ Heavy damage is done by forest fires throughout the west, is. { 3200000000 ev0s0as . y : ON SEPT. oto Toronto, A Price, acting t to check up| view to see- n! f | hundred per cent. was done to crope | do damage, althon | "Breaking upo: and | p | the Regina arles | damage that Mrs.| ands of dollars, | with western exposu at| though the extent is not i Sewers, streets ess JUST say GOOD-BYE | ex- "|The Fall Styles Show That | Birls" camps! tri being taken gant, more exact. will send | for the little felt hat in tele-| little felt hat that did 5 camps | didn't need such a ented by | adjnsting #| foundedly popular. ® | tight head size is as ospital, THE Wes py HAIL STORM Moosejaw, Regina and Brandon Districts Suifer. -- "LASTED A SHORT TINE Loss to Crops Estimated From, Five to a Hundred Per Cent. | in Different Sections. | Moose Jaw, Auzx 6 --Damage ranging from five per cent, to one | by the hailstorm which struck the | district south, north and east of Moose Jaw yesterday. In the city the storm was slight, although in| the east end there was heavy hail for about five minutes. A storm of hail and a deluge of rain which broke over the 1im- mediate Brandon district about noon damaged uncut ripening grain on a number of farms northwest of the city and in the Kemnay district. The extent of the damage is diffi- cult to ascertain, as investigation is somewhat curtailed owing to the wetness of the fields which were | flooded, so Quickly did the rain de- | ascend. One farmer, north of Brandon, | estimates the damage to the ripen- | ing wheat crop in his district as | one bushel-to the acre. He says the oat crop escaped. The hailstorm was | at its wdrst in the northern part of | the city and district and west of | here. The south and eastern por- | tions did not get sufficient hail to | 8h all parts got a| Gardens in the city amage, and the rain The, storm, which y LE Lhe "rainfall in this one storm tota'led 62 inches. Harvest operations il be delayed until the end of the week owing to the storm. f A report from Regina says: | n the city from the | est.early yesterday morning, the] eaviest hail Eterm experienced in district in years did will amount to thous- | heavy shower. escaped hail 4 was welcome, i w "Hail stones of exceptional size crashed through thousands of win- | dows in city homes, especially those | res. Crops in| the district sustained damage, al. | yet known. | and cellars were | flooded. The fire department pump- | ing engine was brought out ana kept | at work for some time. | "Information gathered over avail: | able telephone lines Indicates that | the. Regina district was well covered | by hail and rain." | | TO LITTLE FELT HAT| Hats Are to Be More Elegant. | New York, Aug. 6.--The little felt | hat has had its day. There ig no | doubt about it now. | The fall fashion show of the Re-| tall Millinery Association of America | held at the Hotel Astor, has proved it beyond a doubt. The convenient little hat, so trim and so plain, at! last has had to make way for the pompous creations of other and new at the present | lines. Velvet hats, big and little hats, mmed and plain hats, are the mode for fall. Hats are more ele-| But for all their splendor, a mere consumer here and there shed a tear of long ago, the everything and confounded lot of | Hats are real and hats-are ey ost. Exelusiveness of use is their goal. The hat you wear for shop. ping is never the hat you can wear to dinner, and the chapeau for the office will have to be changed before you can go to tea. The idea is still so con. But the Smooth, dead as the dodo. or they are lopsided, {dow ifty Feet | rom the Ground F OR CANADA coms LOS GOOD Exported Three Tines as Mach As Inported | In Juge. FIGORES ARECONPARED Ottawa, Aug 6.--Clinging by fingers fifty feet above the of thé main rotunda inside the Victoria Memorial Museum, William R. Williamson, plasterer in the em- ploy of the Public Works Depart- ment, and his helper, Peter Lavisky, had a narrow escape from being | dashed to death when a plank of a scaffold on which they were standing collapsed yeSterday afternoon. When the plank gave way, both men had only time to grasp a win- sill under which they were working, and when rescued from the precarious position by fellow- workmen were in a state of exhaus- tion. * ) Their shouts were heard through the open window by a workman on a | scaffold on the outside. He looked in the window and, seeing the men's plight, immediately grasped a hand |, t ' + of each and held on until his cries | he United Kingdom three Hue attracted the attention of other men. | oop ied 32 Se Fupotted iv fuse Then both men were pulled through | 'af -anadian-made goods to the the window onto the outside scaffold. | their floor Port to the United Kingdom | Was Agriculture. Ottawa, Aug, 6.--Canada exported tick to Goats. { Aug. 6. --~George C.| ncession at a Will § New York, Harding, owner of a co local amusement park, learned he has inherited $200,000 and celebrat- ed by purchasing two dozen rain- coats for friends "so they will have something for a rainy day." For him- self, Harding saiq that he would stick to the goats which he hires out! to the youngsters for riding. | MACKENZIE KING SPEAKING IN WEST Outlined Steps Taken by His | 2 Government on Hudson Suded June, 192 | country was yn Bay Railway, |and iron prod ---- [$21,263,396 of Prince Albert, Sask., Aug. 6.-- | ang non-metal Steps taken by his government to 907,743 more, the total of the twa Proceed with construction of the being tore than half-the sum of § | l=: udstn Par. Railway, ports. In exports during that -- King, fn an address in his own con- which stituency there 1 ast night, From the United States Canada brought in June nearly twice as many goods as she exported to that country. Imports totalled $62,089,- 523, of which $25,400,000 were free goods. Exports to the United States Were $37,329,312. A comparison of figures for the twelve months ended June 30 last shows that exports to. the United Kingdom in that period ' totalled $514,877,691 48 compared with §339,740,608 in the previous cor- responding twelve months, In the current twelve-months ex ed States from Cane 9,836,509, compared 17 in the 12 months 5. Imports from that usually high. Irom ucts accounted for the imported goods ¢ minerals for $11,- with $429,238 1 was wood and paper, He promired that when the Lib- | a eral administration was returned, , the United Kin work would be pushed to completion tural and vegetah as fast as possible. Ooacetvatives| 720 280 for $31 i i 1 ne. to Fun TE, Ieation than two-thirds of the total exports, ministration of one department, he | said. | "When a great political party | must choose an issue of that kind | and fails to offer you great policies, | . it shows to what small things the | AWAY FROM HOME party can be reduced to," said Mr. | 3 King, at the ap-| Col. Mr. King also said th pointment of Sir Henry Thornton, | Regarding the Request ommended | Made . n Canada's exports gdom was agricul. le products, which 1,181,822 or more 4s railway chief, was rec by Rt. Hon. J, H. Thomas, one of | foremost English rallwaymen and the dominion's secretary, in labor government. a -- Ottawa, Aug, 6.--*1 am thetic to any Suggestion th extend the privilege of voti those who are anxious to Senator's' Widow Is Dead, | their franchise, but I can on Sarnia. Ont., Aug. 6.--Mary Elea- | out the Dominion Elections nor Pardee, wife of Senator PF. F.| 4 stands," said Col, Pardee, is dead here at the age of | chief electoral officer sixty-one years. Surviving are her | husband, one daughter, Mrs. Jonn { quest from the Dominfon Marine As- Cowan, Sarnia, and two brothers, | 3 sociation that special provision be Harry Johnston, Toronto, and | for taking th t 7 3 George Johnston, Vancouver, B.C. | made for taking the vo os of sallorg " { away from home at polling day. Mrs. Pardee was born in Goderich. Col, Biggar has written A Car of "New Ma nitoba Wheat. Wright, president of that association, Winnipeg, Aug. 6.--The first car | that the act provides for advance | of 1926 wheat from the Rosenteed | Polls at which those voters who may; district was shipped from that point | P® absent from their home yesterday. stituency on polling day may mark their ballots in the two or three days previous. § ically In sympa- at will ng to exercise ly carry "Act ag 0. M. Biggar; , today, He was interviewed regarding the res "The law has been ident i | its present form ever since 1920, added Col. Biggar. "This is the third general election on which the pro- visions have applied, and all I ¢ {do {8s to administer the law ag # Istands. 1f changes are wanted, their desirability ought to bs represen ed to Parliament." Col. Biggar remarked that, so far esirability of regards advan broached in tx ast two Par) New York, Aug. 6.--Harry Hou- dini squeezed himself {nto a six and a half foot galvanized coffin yester. a aw, She 4 day at 12.09 pm. The coffin was polls had immediately lowered to the bottom | PF during th 1 of the swimming tank of t | House uring the he Shelton | nis Hotel, 49th street and Lexington avenue, Biggar Explains the Law | | The Chief Item of Canada's Ex- A con. +8