4 \§ lary College, first and second Tuesday morning. | Harry Batstone Tells Why He Returned * To Study edie at Qee's Unversity , the latter took-the dal In: the tac 4 Canada's course at the coming fm- -------- ------ YEAR 08; No, rr BAL Baily FATAL KINGSTON, 4 ? < we ET ---- Ee -- ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER Pitis 12, 1926. h Whi 0 wED THUR Dorothy Mackall Conway Tearle "The Dancer of Paris" «Thomas William $ Dies of Rugby Injury ~ Received in Practice "Montreal Cadet Made Tackle in Practice Game #® Monday Afternoon--Two Vertebrae Were Broken as Result of Dive He Took at Cadet Molson--His Head Struck Molson's Thigh. oo Cadet Thomas William Smart, son of Mr. V. I. Smart of Montreal suffered fatal injuries during foot- ball practice Monday afternoon dur- ing a practice between the Royal Mi- teams and he died in the Kingston General Hospital at eight o'clock He was injured fm\a straight tackle and two verte- brae were broken. Cadet Smart was playing snap- back for the second team in the practice. The workout was nearly completed and there were only about five minutes to go. The players had been hitting a hard pace all through the practice, évery man trying hard for a place on the regular teams. With his team in possession of the ball, Smart snapped the ball back for a kick and his side rushed under the ball to get the man receiving it. Cadet Molson, playing on the half line for the intermediites, received the ball." Smart, breaking through fast, took a swan dive at Molson as kle, Smart's head struck full at Molson's thigh and he doubled up, the fifth and sixth vetebrae being broken on. the crash. Molson, re- iving the full force " head in the dive, was hardly able to "walk after the practice. hen It was found that Smart & seriously hurt, he was picked up and carried on the stretcher to the hospital] and later on was re- moved to the Kingston General Hos: pital where an X-ray was taken. From the time he went into the hos- 'Smart. He has one sister: The re- of Smart's |. Smart pital until after the time of the ar- rival of 2B father and aunt from Montreal, the Cadet was conscious. He was conscious until five o'clock this morning when he lapsed into a state of coma from which he did not emerge, dying at eight o'clock. The terrible accident caused a great shock through the college and the ety when the news became knownl/ Cadet Smart, a rugged, well built and hardy chap, was well lik- ed by his team-mates and brother cadets at the Royal Military Col- {ege and his death has aroused gen- sral sympathy. He was very active in the athletics of the college and in inter-company and inter-platoon rugby wag quite prominent. He was 4 candidate fog the intermediate team this season and was making splendid progress. He was in his fourth year at R.M.C, Thomas Smart was born in Mon-~ treal and went to Lower Canada College before coming to the Royal Military College. He was the only son of V. 1. Smart and the late Mrs. mains were sent to Montreal on the noon train for burial. Queen's Sympathy. The sympathy of Queen's Univer- sity over the death of Cadet Smart, was expressed 'this morning by Dir- sctor of Athleties W. P. Hughes and members of the Athletic Board of Control. ® Mr. Hughes and others expressed deep regret over the occurrence and sonveyed messages of sympathy to the R.M.C. authorities. Canada's Course One of SR al (At the Imperial Conference, Premier King Says at Sea. On Board Str. 8.8. Megantic, Oct. 12. (Radio from George Hambleton Canadian. Preds Correspondent) rial conference will be the course of goodwill." This was the message Premier King sent back to the Dominion as the Megantic passed Belle Isle last night to the open sea. " "Goodwill," sald the Premier, "is what I think we should stress above 11. things, Then. our various prob. will not be difficult of solu- on." > Mr. King proposes to take 2 "teable as applied to questions affect tenance of British connection on ohe hand and 'the adequate recognition of dominion autonomy on the other. The Premier's attitude with regard to Great Britain's foreign policy will be that there should be full con- sultation by the Imperial Govern- ment with the governments of the Dominions on matters affecting all parts of the Empire. At the same time he'holds that one fowelgn po- Hey is a theory that Is impracti- ing either one dominion alone Britain alone. . or Mcleod Stewart, a former mayor of Ottawa, died Saturday. He was born 40 1847. when Ottawa was By- down and his father represented Bytown in the old legislature of Canada, 5 Gegory Zinoviff and Leon Trot- sky are reported arrested in Moscow and their immediate banishment to Siberia is expeateed. George Sisler, two years manager of the St. Louls Browns, will not be course which combines full main retained in that capacity next year. The followlig is a statement issu- hy Harry Batstons this morning Queen's University, which gx- tans fteelf: The Editor, 4 Daily British Whig, City. Dear Sir: So much bas been said ding my decition to study Me ine at Queen's, that perhaps ibis falr to the Argonauts, to 'sand to myself, that 1 should a statement. I do not see that er interest has the right to "ny Medicine, I took up both questions seriously in Toronto and at my home, and finally decided to proceed to a study of medicine. +H Queen's foothall team needs me, I will play and work for her sue! cess as any other student or grade- ats would do for his own Alma Ma- ter. Athletics should be kept in their proper place, and Medicine comes first with mae. hy H. L. BATSTONE, Kingston, October 12th, 1926, The above letter of Mr. Batstone! should end the criticisms that have | been appearing in Toronto and Mon- | treal newspapers. It is a study of medicine that this great athlete wishes to make, in order to self for his life work. all the honors y ragny, and no ) thought tor one minute that play rugby. He ia » GUTHRIE WILL BE THE TORY HOUSE LEADER He Was Chosen by the Ottawa Convention Monday. NATIONAL CONVENTION To Be Held Next Spring for the Selection of a Permanent Party Leader. Ottawa, Oct. 12.--Hon. Hugh Guthrie, former Liberal, was last evening chosen to lead the Con- servatives at the forthcoming ses sion of parliament. The resignation of Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, leader for the past six years, was ac- cepted with manifestions of re- gret, and a committee was named to make plans for a national conven- tion in the spring, at which a perfhament leader is to be selected. .These were the three ouisisnding events at the Dominion-wide Con- servative conference composed of senators, members of the new parlia- ment and defeated candidates. Mr. Guthrie was chosen on the {third ballot by the senators and members elect, the defeated candidates hav ing withdrawn from the following the acceptance 4f Mr. Meighen's resignation and a decis- ion to hold a national convention to make a final choice. A statement concerning the resignation of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen was given out at the Con- servative headquanters last night, Jt said in part: ) + Mr. Meighen's Statement. "Mr. Meighen's Leh t 19. dhe conference was sim a : He referred to the eircumstances under which, 'In the middle of 1920, he assumed thé leadership and re- view three comtests which had ia- tervened. The Conservative party, he sald, was historically, and must ever remain, the great national party of Canada, and as such {ts strength must be drawn from every province and every sedtion of ovr people. 'There must be unity be- hind its leader, if such universa! strength and power for service was to be attained. It was his duty, Mr. Meighen emphasized, to contribute everything in his power to bring about that harmony and unity of action necessary to, success. After the 1921 contest he submitted his resignation to a conference similar to that which met yesterday, at the same timé he placed his services af the disposal of the party shouM they desire him to continue, On this occasion, such was his conviction that the best interests of all con. cerned could be promoted by his retirement, that decision announc-] ed two weeks ago was definite and admitted of no conditions." National Convention. A committee was appointed tt» prepare for a national convention at a time and place to pe arranged later. Every province is represented on the committee, the personnel being as follows: Senator John An. thony McDonald of Shediac, N.B.; Hon, W. A, Black of Halifax, N.8.- Hon. J. K.. Fleming of St. John. N.B.; Senator Beaubien of Moni- real, Que.; W. A. Boys of Barrie Ont. Senator Sharpe of Manitou, Man.; Senator A. B. Gillis of White- head, Sask.: Hon. R. B. Bennett of Calgary, Alta, and Hon. H. H | Stevens of Vancouver, B.C. | #0 the weifare of the oppowi- , panty. For over an hour, Hon. Hugh Guthrie and Rt. Hom, meeting { HON. HUGH GUTHRIE Blames Mother-in-Law For the Estrangement New York, Oct. 12.--The refusal of his mother-in-law to leave him alone with his 16-year-old wife, "Peaches," is now one of the reasons advanced by Edward W. Browning for marital troubles he has experienced during the past week. The wealthy real es- tate operator in an interview yester- much to start a suit for articles pur- porting to relate the intimacies of their married life, which she is now having published, Ban on Cemetery > Petting Parties Hamilton, Oct. 12---Spooners and peters looking for some Dlace to park had better keep away from cemeteries here, or Abe. w ; in dit-- "ferent cells in the police sta: tion. Already two men have been charged and fined for trespassing on the grounds of the Woodlawn cemetery and more cases are likely to follow. The city is Incemsed over the disorderly actions of the voung- er generation in burying grounds. Broken beer and whiskey bottles have been found and deep indentations where auto- mabiles have passed over, Resolutions Repealed, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 12.--Two reso- lutions urging the modification of United States immigration. laws to permit the admission of aliens seek- ing refuge from "political or religious persecution," were rejected to-day by the American Federation of Labor convention after a heated debate. Maritime Rights Report. Ottawa, Oct. 12.-- The report of Sir Andrew Rae Duncan's commission on maritime rights will not be made public before the opening of parlia- ment, it was definitely learned here to-day. Stole Valuable Jewels. Chantilly, France, Oct. 12. ~~Jewels valued at approximately 90,000,000 francs ($2,700,000) were stolen last aight by burglars who robbed the famous chateau of the Duc D'Aumale maintained as a national museum. QUEEN MARIE SEES ERRANT EX-PRINC Oarol Calls on Her Before Her Departure From Paris for America. Paris, Oet. 12-- Reconciled to her errant son, the former Crown Prince Carol, whom she embraced in ardent motherly fashion at their parting. Queen Marie, of Réumanias swept majestically out of Paris this morn- ing. emroute to America. The gueen was visibly moved when Carol, whose visit had heen expected at any time during her week's stay in the French capital, finally turned up at the station a quarter hour before neéct with the Leviathian. Mother and son went into her compartment in the royal Rumanian coach, at- tached to the Cherbojirg boat train and talked in 'Private. The train was held several minotes fo allow them to prolong their interview, Carol | departed as quietly as he had come, while the queen smiled from the ! ear window in acknowledgement of official farewells. ws Upon her arrival at the station, the queen was greeted by a throng tlemen. od women from. the Roumanin col a an athletic. ony of the Fremeh capital curtsied 18 a billowy wars. day said he loved his child-wife too! © | mentally. fe he could not get less. i her train left for Cherbourg to con- | HT TERM: IN JAL GIVEN A BANK CLERK 'Who Stole $30,300 From Mon- treal Bank at Galt BANK NOT BLAMELESS Justice Hera Rules-~The Money Recovered---No Premeditation Was Shown. Kitchener, Oct. 12.--""The bank fs {not entirely blameless, and the sen- {for officials above this young .man jalso are mot free from criticism. 1 am at the same time not khsing eight of the fact that it was a breach tof trust apd stealing en employer's money is a serious thing," Judge BE. {J. Hearn said in passing a three {months less one day semtence.on Harold MacNell, twenty-year-old bank clerk, of the Galt branch of the | {Bank of Montreal here yesterday afternoon, for the theft of $30,300 item days ago. "If understand that every dollar 'has been recovered by the bank. Now the quesitom is, what shall be done with this young man ? Shall 1 {send him to the penitentiary or to {the reformatory ? + I may be oriti- jolzed for the semtemce 1 will impose, but I am prepared to meet that, and to give this boy a chance. I think {that justice will be served in this extraordinary case in which too {much temptation was placed on a) {boy who is not strong physically or | There is mo evidence to | {show that he premeditated this joréme. Nor is there any evidemce showing that it was not his first of- {tenoce. I think a sufficient lesbon will Ih Talight Hm and others: by- giviog |him a, three-months' sentence, less a |day, in the county jafl. You, Mr. | Governor, will see that he is given | plenty of work and keep his mind | occupied," said Judge Hearn in con- lelusion. : | D. G. McIntosh, counsel for the (defendant, made an eloguent plea {for the prisomer, claiming that the levidence showed the young man was {born six months after his father died and that owing to the effect on | the mother he had been subject to | illness quite frequently in early life land in recemi years. 'Further, he | betiongs to a race which is noted for {gts impulsiveness! This crime was the result of impulsiveness and the moral crime of his superiors, They put temptation before him." | Case of Mail Carrier. I Crown Attorney D. S. Bowlby in lasking for the semtence of the court |satd: "I appreciate the facts as given iby my learmed friend with regard! But the fact | to the boy's early life. remains we have an employee seiz- ing the opportunity to get money ithe property of his bank. Supposing we accepted that argument as an excuse. What would happen ? You {would have men saying, well others {put the temptation in the way. Uf 1 get away with it, well and good. 'T will take a chance. We would be | setting a precedent in undue len- itemey. Now: I do mot wish to press for an unduly hard sentence but 1 {must point out this was a breach of {trust. The other day we had a {gharge against a mall carrer in { Kitchener who got three years for stealing $4 Im a lettqr. The cannot look at this case too light y. I am not asking you to look at this = {tee severely But at the sans time | mot too lightly." i § Plowing Matches, Niagara Falls, Oct. 12.,~ Crack | plowmen from Canada and United 'States will compete here for four days lin international competitions com- i menecing to-day. Three hundred and : fitty level acres of sod will be turned | horses | {over by teams of oxen. {and by tractors. The prizes tot $40. 1 000, ' S Game Was i Wilmington, Del, { Babe Ruth wenl(tg/bat In the last ! inning on SundayMeith two men out | the excitement was fatal to William | McDowell, aged sixty. He wasiwatch- | Ins 4 newspaper scoreboard and | dropped dead of heart failure. i - : ae 12--When lessees t00000s ie {# TWO GANGSTERS KILLED '# AND LAWYYER WOUNDED 14 ------ i$ Chicago, Oct. 12.--Maghine 4 {# guns barked yesterday af Chi- ¢ '4 cago thugs reopened thelr gang 4 i# wounded and two gangsters ¢ (® were killed 7 * 13 ia : : 'SBE PEP F2P92000 0S Their Excellencies And Terrier Musty ; i | i | } ! | I i | | Lord Willingdon, newly-appointed | Governor-General of Canada, with {Lady Willingdon and Musty, the ter- rier, arrive to take up official duties lat Ottawa, Musty's duties, it is said, have not yet been' defined. THE TENTH VACANCY IN THE LEGISLATOR: Caused by the Sudden Death of R. L. Brackin, K.C., at Windsor. Toronto, Oct. 12.--R. L. Brackin's {sudden death yesterday ma%es an- other vacancy. in the Ontario legis- lature, making a total of [8h vacan: Windsor or Essex ridings at the next provincial election. At the last session of the legls- lature, Mr. Brackin made what was termed by many the cleverest speech | of the session, {end of an all-night sitting of House, hut he spoke to a full gath ering of members. treated by the press as equal in im- portance to that of the leaders of the various parties in the House. I' took the form of an attack on the 0O.T.A. One of MrMRrackin's first acts af ter his election Wis to seek a meas- ure of freedom from strict pari: ties, kn Robert Livingston Brackin, K.C., {was born In Newmarket on 110th, 1882. After graduating from { high school at Chatham, he proceed- (ed to Osgoode Hall returning to { Chatham to take up the practise of {law. In Chatham he has held at | various times the positions of schoo. trustee, alderman, mayor and chair. | man of the public utilities commis ston. He has always been active politics, and .in 1914 presented him self as Liberal candidate In the pro: vineial election. He was defeated by 13 votes, but rhn again in 1919, and was elected to the Ontario legisia- {ture as member for Kent Wem { career. Father and Son Instantly Killed London, Obi, Oct. 12. Bdgar C Clark, aged forty-eight ymars, and his son, Kenneth, aged five years, of concession 2, Nissourl towaship, were instantly kilied at ndon to-day when a truck in which tie§ were driving was struck by C.P.R. pass anger flyer No. 21, en route from Montrewl to Obicago. The accident joccurred at the CPR loofiosssion 2, Nissougl township, be- {tween Thamesford and Crumdin. | i The Irish Free State i Seeking Independence Free State Government will pay 'at the Imperial Conference. which opens in London om Oct. 19th, the at iliaved that Desmond Fitzgerald. {irish Free State minister, intends to of top-hatted and frockcoated gen-'# war. W. W. O'Brien, former # off Premier Hertzog of South Africa As, she advanced slowly & state lmwyer, was seriously & and Premier King { along the station platform, assembl- {they reach Losdon i | miemt of : dominion pendence. staiussto Inde seats. It was freely stated in Wind- | sor of late that Mr. Brackin would! be a Liberal candidate in one of the | it came towards the | the | His address was | July in| crossing at Dublin, Oct. 12.--The part which | m ie | | much discussed in Dublin. It #s be-| of Canada when | . The Irish Pree State fu Mtecested in the develop this year, and at a meeting of the | Civie Property Committee, held on | Monday attefpoon. & communication was received from R. J. Bushell, The lease of the Fair Grounds, for > the Kingston Industrimi Fair expires | manager and secretary of the exhibl- tion, asking that the tended for two years. lease be ex- The members of the tommittes | expressed themselves as being favor able to an extension for the time | Specified, and it was decided to re commend that the lease be extended | for the two years, subject to reason able conditions, so if the recom mendation of the committees is pass &d-by the City Coyncil, it mesns that the fair directors will have the use of the Fair Grounds for two years, free of rental, and under other reasonable conditions. It is the tommittee to discuss conditions. The fair directors had a deficit of 34.094 in 1925, owing to weather, and this has not yet been cleared off ras bad weather'had to { be contended with again this fall. ' Under the old agreement, the di rectors had free use of the gronhds 3 likely that the directors will meet wet | while in the matter of any expendi | ture authorized, the city paid ¢ {oll F 8VEFY doflaF ekpended Bb theglair directors d Reid pointed out that he favored extending the lease of the fair directors, but he felt that the city should not be called upon to meet any hazard that might occur during the exhibition Ald. Anderson | extension of the lease, and stated that the conditions could be outline ed by the city solicitor The eity, he felt, should be safeguarded in the way of insurance and any acéident that might occur. tion that the city should take over the fair grounds and rent it to the fair directors. He was quite favor. able, however, to the lease being extended so long as the city's inter- ests were safeguarded. The matter, no doubt, will bring forth an interesting discussiop when | the recommendation of the commits 'tee comes before the City Council, o------ Another By-Law Likely. During the discussion there was a genera] feeling that at the coming municipal election the electors may be again called upon to vote on =» by:law for ralsing, by debentures, a sum of money for improvements at the Fair Grounds. At the last elec tion the people voted down a by-law to raise $25,000 for Improvements { to the Grounds, and turning it into | an amusement park The meeting of the Property Com- mittee marked the first session fol lowing the summer vacation The | chairman, Ald. J. E. Johnston, pre- { Reid, Dunphy and Bennett, Columbia Wins, | Gloucester, Mass., Oct. | fishing sehodner Columbia, Capt. | Ben Pine, yesterday wou the first of {three races with her sister of tha Gloucester fleet, the Henry sailed on a 40-mile course off her, ficial finish time was 2.49.56; Ford, 2.51.00. -------- Hume Cronyn, K.C., London, Ont, says Canada must carefully select its settlers and place a Hmit on those from Middle Europe. CELE 202 200090000 Colutubla * + QUEEN MARIE GETS A PERMANENT WA or Paris, Oct. 12--Queen Marie of Rumania, who will shortly sail to visit Canada and the United States, had her hair permanently waved yesterday. For three hours and a half she submitted to the ministrations of the most noted of Parisian colffeiira. The result was des eribed by the hairdresser as 4 "very chic -- something be 4 tween 8 shingle asd & bod -- #4 parted alightly in the middie 4 and brushed straight back on 4 both sides." : * 4 i 4 ISR PRPR0240000001 oR Pests rates ttt eet also favored am Mayor Angrove made the sugges * aw | Which district he continued to rs-| aided, and also present were Mayor A . | present during the remainder of his! Angrove and Alds. Allen, Anderson, 12. ~The Fora, The start was at 10 am, and the ofs il Asda bt Rane #