TO. DAY VAR RICHARD DIX IN "Let's Get Marvied" E---- "YEAR 98; No. 185, -- KINGSTON FIREMEN FIRE AND DELIVERY TRUCKS [Hon Charles Dunning Makes tac WERE DAMAGED IN ACCIDENT) On Campaign of the Conservatives ia . duced to denying he made his state- ee Vices Figure in I sal Mik Whie Department met dont laws dora Is Responding to. Fire Call--Large Hole Was Made in the Stone Wall at St. Paul's Church. called present prime minister "A destructionist withoyt-an equal in existence." and demanded practickl and not political solution of smug- gling problem and tariff question. The meeting was in the interests A very serious and perhaps fatal | enough, the only damage done to the of Dr. Matthew MacKay, and Joseph y Bccident was narrowly averted at the | Rysgles rack was that the fenders L. Murray, Liberal cand'dates for [Sg corner of Montreal and Queen streets | ig ge ea wa back North and South Renfrew, respect- on Monday evening, when the fire de- | than it takes to' tell, and partment was answering a call to! the truck proceeded on its way to the Stephen street. As it was, the accl- | fire, dent was serious enough, and a dg -| Fortunately no ome was injured in ery truck, the ladder truck of We | the tipple accident, and how the fire- fire department, Che Daily British Whig KINGSTON, ONTARIO. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1926. IN ODD MIXUP RESPONDING TO ALARM ACCIDENTALLY CANDIDATES STRUCK BY AN 'IN THE FIELD AUTOMOBILE UP TO PRESENT Verdict of Coroner's Jury on the Already 374 Are Nominated for Death of Late Mi. Whit the 245 Seats, COURSE TAKEN BY CAR ONTARIO IN THE LEAD Was Being Backed i Westerly With 129, Compared With 80 Direction on North Side of in the Province of Rind Yer hands. Asking what was the matter, he was told that there was an acci- dent down Raglan Road. He jumped out of his car-and ran down to the scene of the accident, Mr. White had already been carried to the side of the road. Asked if he had noticed where the bicycle was, Mr. Clenehan said that it was under the centre of the car. Edward Murray stated that he did not see the accident, but he stated that Mr. White's feét were towards Barrie street and his head towards York street. The body was lying near the car towards the centre of the street but left of the centre. He stated that the bicycle was under the car. Vera Mann was another witness called, but stated that Mr. White had been put in the ambulance, and an- other man 'was in with him by the time she arrived. When all the evidence had been submitted, the jury was charged without any commients from the Cor- omer, and the case was debated by the jury for two hours and forty-five minutes, before the verdict as re- corded above was brought in. The Pembroke, Aug. 10--Before 2,000 people, in this town, on the upper reaches of the Ottawa river, Hon. Charles A. Dunning, former minister of Railways and Canals, in the King administration, carried the battle of his party into the province of Ontar- io last night, He made a slashing attack upon what he called "Filthy, lying, whisp- ering campaign of Tories," scored George B. Nicholson, as a Conserva- tive, "Who has been foolish enough to whisper out loud and then be re- Placed a Bomb In the Home ively. Dan Jones, a prominent local Liberal, was chairman. Two candi- dates spoke very briefly. and the Ruggles | men on the Ruggles truck escaped truck 'were damaged, in addition to | injury when the truck on which they "8 large hole being knocked In the |were riding crashed- into the stone » .. Stone wall .of St. Paul's church. wall is & mystery. H R ed * The ladder truck was just crossing| The firemen, when all was as ecerv Toronto, Aug. 10.--Four weeks > Auek was released from being lock- of Ruggles truck, and there the two & locked, travelling in this way ueen street, on Montreal, when the | Ruggles truck from the lower station turned on to Montreal street. In Making the turn, the driver of the Ruggles truck saw he could not go Around the ladder truck's rear, and .a close turn of the Wheel resulted in the hub cap of the wheel of the ladder truck catching the front fender of the r a distance of about ninety or 100 feet. In that time, the Lane delivery truck, standing on the north side of Montreal street, was struck by the ladder: truck, and the rear axle of the delivery truck was sprung, and other damage resulted to it. It was fortunate that the delivery truck was struck by the ladder truek, however, for by this impact, When the two collided, the Ruggles to the ladder truck. The driver the lower station car, however, When his truck was suddenly releas. 4 2 ad from the ladder truck, and in ad- 4 ! Canadian Wheat ion $0 his own efforts to release : swerved the car directly away m the road, up over the sidewal Me Role War stove In. the wall, T the roof of the wall, and one Othe front wheels of the Ruggles tk hung over the side. Strangely straightened away, proceeded to ans- wer their call to the rear of 23 Stephen street, owend and occupied by Alexander Bois, where fire had broken out in the two-storey barn in which a quantity of hay and some 0f a Magistrate Edmonton, ' Alta, Aug. 10.-% Thought to have been embittered as a result of justice meted out by Po- harness had been stored. The fire made great headway, but they did well to save what they did. The damage is estimated at about $300, part of the loss being covered by insurance . The cause of the fire is unknown. Help The Firemen. One may wonder why such accl- dents happen as the one Monday evening, when the fire truck ran into the stofie wall at St. Paul's church, on Montreal street. Traffic in Kingston should get out of the way of the members of the fire depart- ment, when they are answering a call, otherwise the result will be similar to the one Monday. On Montreal street Tuesday morn- Ing, two cars were parked on each side of the road, and a coal cart was standing In the middle of the road, without a driver. If the fire trucks had come along just then; thay would have been held up, or a in: the wrong, or it might be expensive for yon. Do not crowd the road at any time, but be even more careful when the fire department is out on a call. For China Shows a Big Increase Winnipeg, Aug. 10. -- Export of Canadian wheat and flour to China will this year show an advance of at east 25 per cent. over last year's ding, according to Charles M. Sun, Tientsin, China, president of a large Chinese milling company, en route to Vancouver, where he will buy a large quantity of Canadian wheat. Mr. Sun passéd through Winnipeg today. "This, will be the biggest year yet in the grain trade history between Candda and China,™ Authorities Are Probing Suicide of a Young Girl Toronto, Aug. 10. Local au- thoritles of the .Barnado Home are investigating the death of 15-year- old Beatrice Nash, who drowned her- self near Prescott, leaving a note, now in the possession of the police, stating that she was'tired of life. Officials of the Home said that all the evidence seems to point to the fact that the tragedy was the re- sult of a sudden impulse on the girl's part and not the climax of continued misery. Statement Archbishop lice Magistrate Colonel George B. McLeod in the course of his duties, a would-be assassin crept up to the rear of the colonel's home, an hour before midnight on Saturday, and touched off a bomb against the north-west corner of the house. Col. McLeod was absent, but Mrs. Me- Leod and her ten-year-old son were in the house, entertaining a friend. The bomb exploded with a terrific roar, tearing a gaping hole in the basement in the rear door 'of the house, shattering some of the sup- ports of a porch and also splitering some of the brickwork of a garage which adjoins this corner of the house at an angle. 101by¢ the. farce ot the detonstion. The little boy was generally in bed at this hour, and his bed was covered by splinters of broken glass. It was directly against the outside wall of his bedroom 'that the bomb explod- ed, and it was only the fact that the child had been placed in another that saved bis life. Windows It 18 admitted that Magistrate" Me- Leod received some threatening let- térs some time ago. No clue was given of their sender, - WHEAT CUTTING I8 GENERAL IN THE WEST Work Will Be In Full Swing Everywhere In a Few Days. Winnipeg, Aug. 10.--Wheat cut- ting all over the Prairie Provinces, | with the exception of North Alberta, Is now general and will be In full swing everywhere within the next week of ten days. There have been heavy rains during the past week | over these provinces, and while heavy hail damage has occurred in a num- ber of sections, some of thése may recover, according to the weekly crop report issued by the Canadian Pa- cific Railway today from the office of D. C. Coleman, vice-president in Grist of Offers Boulogne, Aug. 10. -- Gertrude Ederle today recelved many offers of money in exchange for the use of her name, and it was estimatad '4at her first year's movie, vaudeville and advertising contracts would gain her approximately $1,000,000. Makers of chewing gums, choco- lates, sugars and soap were among those which sought to capitalize the advertising value of Gertrude's name today. Henry "Pop" Hderle spoke briefly regarding his New York butcher shop. ' "Well," he said, "I guess we wil sell the business now." . Early Qualities of Garnet Definitely Proved in West Winnipeg, Aug. 10.--Garnet wheat has proved the claim of its discoverér for early Bood yields, according to 8. L. Head, Endcli ripening and who has been conducting The Gaerne! -- INAKES: NORE PRONISES Says People Can Be Assured of Stable Government Under St. Jean Baptiste, Man., Aug. 10. --In his swift trip by automobile, across sections of yesterday, Premier Meighen travers- ed a strip of 'old Quebec on prairies. On every hand rang ac- icents of Quebec, in conversation, in hall, on streets, in signs, on 'stores. Across the hall strétched tri-color streamers, Canadian ensigns, blue, white and red of France. Blue and white flags of the Sacred Heart adorned houses and fences, and here and there colors of the Vatican. Premier Melghen said that under Conservative administration, people outhern Manitoba the the "We find that Mr. W. J.. B. White came to his death, at the General Hospital, from injuries sustained on August 5th, on Raglan Road, as a result of being accidentally struck by a car, driven by Edward McAllister, though the var was being backed in a westerly direction 'on the north side of the road, after being parked on the north side of the road." The above was the finding of the coroner's jury, presided over by Coroner Dr. R. J. Gardiner, at the inquest held Monday night, adjourn- ed from Friday night, for the pur- pose of securing further evidence. The verdict was not handed to the coroner until 10 minutes to 12 o'clock although the jury had the case under consideration from § minutes after 9. The coroner was called in by the jury twice, and the court stenographer was adso recalled to the jury room. ° In opening the inquest, Coroner Gardiner made reference to the mis- take that had been' made on Friday night, in connection with the sum- moning of witnesses, and he stated that thé mix-up had been caused * through a misunderstanding. Dr. Gardiner cleared the police of eny | "tribute to 'the help of pdlice with the work in comnection with inquests. Crown Attorney, T. J. Rigney, and W. M. Nickle, the latter represent- ing Edward McAllister, were pres- ent. Mr. Rigney examined the wit- nesses on behalf of the Crown at some length, while Coroner Gardin- er also closely examined the wit- nesses. Mr. Nickle refrained from asking any questions of the witnes- ses, during the hearing. There was very little information gleaned from the witnesses Monday night, as in most cases, none of them had seen very much of the accident. The best witness of the hearing was young Gordon Patterson, whose story of the affair was told in a clear and distinct manner. He made 8 splendid impression as a witness, and his politeness to his question- ers was not lost on the crowd which packed the court room. Edward Jenkins, the man who sent the word to Edward McAllister that he wished to see him, was the tirst witness called, but he could throw no light on the matter. He told the jury that he arrived on the J a 5 I; members of the jury were as fol- lows: F. W. Coates, (foreman), J. J. Lackie, 7. Ferguson, F. C. Beau- dry, H. W. Marshall, O. V. Bartels, C. A. Devlin, B. I. Mooney and E. Berrigan. Constable G. Merritt was in charge, and Arthur Murray was court stenographer, 10 MAKE STUDY "OF CUSTOMS Messrs. Clarkson, Gordon and Dilworth Have Beea Given : Task. Ottawa, Aung. 10--Announcement of the taking of steps towards a omplete reorganization of the De- partment of Customs ang Excise ha nr Srvioe 'in a statement fssued, states that Messrs, Clarkson, Gor- don and Dilworth, chartered accoun- tants, Toronto, employed jn the re- cent parliamentary customs probe, have been engaged under order-in- council to make a careful study of the administration of the Customs Department 48 a whole, including al] its various branches, and to make recommendations with a view to a compléte reorgunization of the de- partment as contemplated by Parlia- ment last session. The whole work, however, is to be carried on. in. conjunction 'with a special advisory and consultative committee, who will act in conjune- tion with the accountants. This com- mittee will be coOmposéd of Hon. W. J. Roche, chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Georges Gon- thier, auditor-general, or a repre- sentative in either case of thé com- mission or auditof-geéneral: George W. Taylor, acting deputy minister of customs and excise; R. W. Bread- ner, commissioner of taxation, and E. 8. Busby, chief inspector of the before nomination day, about 374 candidates are in the field for the 245 seats in the House of Com mons. Major parties are almost equal in number of representatives |already selected, 160 Conservatives {having been nominated against 15% | Liberals, Forty-five Progressives, |including a number of Liberal-Pro- |Bressive nominees, are running, = as well as seven Indépendents. Ten [Labgrites are also among the early contestants, Having the largest representation, Ontario has many more candidates in the fleld than any other province, with 129 compared with Quebec's 80. By provinces the 'seats available and the candidates offering, by pars ties, are as follows: ; Prince Edward Island, four seats Conservatives, 4: Liberals, 3. Nova Scotia, 14 seats--Conserva- tives, 8; Liberals, 7. New Brunswick, 11 seats--Con+ Servatives, 10; Liberals, 7. Quebec, 65 seats-Liberals, 56; Conservatives, 22; Independents, . Ontario, '82 seats--Conservatives, 4: Liberals, 42; Progressives, Saskatchewan, 21 seats--Liberal 16; Conservatives, 13; Progres- sives, 8. Alberta, 16 seats--Conservatives, 10; Progressives, §; Libetals, 7; La. bor, 1 British Columbia, 14 seats Liber. erals, 12; Conservatives, 12; Inde pendent, 4, and Laborites, 3. : A Comservative and Liberal are already contesting Yukon's one seat. Registration of voters for the fed- eral election, September 14th, co menced at hundreds of regist: stations throughout the province yesterday, and will continue up to and including August 14th. Revision of the voters' Hsts will get under way on August 24th. Ties f a person is not on any of the municipal or provinélal lists now in existence, he must apply to the re gistrars to quality for the franchise at the general election. In order quality, a person must swear tha he is at least twent Canada for the ~ In Mexican Trouble New York, Aug. 10--In a copy- righted statement by Archbishop Jos Mora Y Del Rio, in the New York World today, Mexico City prelate de- claréd that requests to mediate its differences with Roman Catholie Church, ;have Been received by the Mexican government, from "Highly qualified personages," but have not been published or brought results. The Archbishop denies that the church is { charge of western lines. fo ------ Says GQ. B. Nicholson Was Correctly Reported Toronto, Aug. 10.--The Canadian Press has today {ssued a statement to the effect that recent report of the speech of G. B. Nicholson, former M.P. for Algoma East, made at North Bay was correct. Mr. Nicholson had been reported as saying: "Do you want to endorse a condi- ¢ | ton in which ome of the chief pub- He buildings in the country tn Ot- tawa is partially turned into a bawdy house and the kesper of that _| bawdy house is on the« payroll of the country at $3,500 a year." The Canadian Press statement ex- plains that the reporter submitted Would be assured of an honest and stable government, and Canadians would find work at home, "I have been painted too often," sald Mr. Meighen, "as one who has no sympathy for French-speaking citizens of our country. I have re- peatedly challenged our adversaries jto point to a" word or deed of mine which showed 'the slightest sem- blance of emnity or anything but triendship for those of the French tongue of this Dominion. Never has the challenge béen accepted." Mr. Meighen warmly de- nied that he posed to amalga- he said, ------------ E Portland, Maine, Fire, ; Portland, Maine, Aug. 10, -- Breaking out in New England Grain Company's plant, early this morning, © flames swept through a large three- Storey frame structure, jumped to a other wooden building, and also Ae fire to the steamer Baccahat, a ipping board vessel. The fire is believed to have done damage to: falling 300,000. y scene after the accident, and helped to carry Mr. White from the road, where he had been lying, to the lawn on the north' side of the street, He was unable to tell exactly, the ister's statement is as follows: ci "i "In order to give proper effect to PASSENGERS JUMPED: ) : uy, Henry Stratford, the next witness; of Customs, it has been found that stated thaht he was too late to see very radical steps have to he taken |® : there; study. ig . h. : a don. Patterson, who was on "An order-in-council has Just been "Toronto, Aug. 10.--Nineteen- . nths-old Shirley Jones, of Wood- the Hospital for Sick tional issue," Mr. Meighen pursued, 2 | committee, are now engaged ' to make dren, and the hospital doctors referring 'to the Liberal campaign, a careful study of the administration now trying X-ray treatment. ; ed : A ------ Department of Customs and Ex-|tlon, and' in the electoral district for cise. : at least two months prior to the 18 The text. of the acting prime min- |Suance of the writ. : © | the recommendations made by the position of the body, as it was lying special committee on smuggling for on the.road. the reorganization of the Department Bad een out She wit, | hich woul" sarently ues had been taken away when he got | Any changes and 'much careful d, under which Messrs. Clark: CL me Raglan Road, near the scene of the | T¢lease Cor Asie the Canadian National with the | accident, was first attracted to the | 20%. Gordon and Dilworth, the char. i Mina C.P.R. 'They raised the constitu. tered accountants employed by the |. 5 : "so that you won't hear anything of the department as a whole, in- about the customs inquiry." cluding 'all its various branches, and a -------- to make recommendations with ® French assembly Is In session to. , to consider new Sinanten Spain and Italy have ed treaty of neutrality and friendship. PANA----------------.- L200 r Teta RItRee Aug. 10--Hon. W. F. ¢ 'Toronto, S640 4 . 2 fis if Ed I the statement to Mr. Nicholson after. holson had endorsed it as correct. ------------ a ---- He Hus Arrived in Toronto, But Ts ot 5. he had writen it and that Mr. Niel,