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4 2X © J4PAGES YEAR 86: NO. 185 THE BiG iG 5 ON 10-00 Both of the Contestants Ave Ready For the Great Battle, WILARDS, TE FAVORITE IN THE BETTING AT THE LATEST REPORTS. Carpenters Were Still Busy This Morning Finishing the Huge Ampi- theatre to Hold 80,000 Spectators. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Toledo, Ohio, July 4.---At 3.30 o'clock this afternoon, Jess Willard, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Jack Demp- sey, of Salt Lake City, Utah, will meet in a twelve-round boxing match here to decide the heavyweight champion- ship of the world. At their respective quarters this morning, jt was stated that both 'had slept well and were ready for the contest. From mana, gers and principals came renewed ex- pressions of confidence. The road to the park was alive and bustling at dawn. Policemen and soldiers were early at their stations, In the arena, carpenters were still busy putting on the final touches to the vast ampitheatre with its eighty thousand seats. Thausangh of these were still on sale, this rning. De. tectives from all the principal eities of the land were mingling in the crowds, 'while five thousand Toledo citizens were sworn in to aid the regular eity police in maintaining order. Willara was the favorite in the betting to- day. At noon the erowd was rapidly gathering, the arena being about one. third filled. Among the thousands of coatless and eollarless spectators was a good sprinkling of women. At 12.45 p.m. the thermometer at the ringside showed 112 degrees. By oon the vertical sun was serving up 0 the attendance on the casserole, A small blaze was started at the ring- side by a cigarette stump. It was extinguished "by a pafl of drinking water which happened to be at hand, A member of a big party trom On. tario was totally blind, but paid $60 for.a seat, & shi he could only hat 'his friends told i {fights oF 0 fr Hi aR Tram memerion of AEC earlier days before he was imprisoned in darkness, It was so hot inside the arena that n brass band Wad to give up an at- tempt to play, as they could not hold their instruments in their hands, "The fight starts at 4.30 p.m. (To- routo time). Col Show, Cobourg, July 4.--Hon. Senator Clive Pringle is offering a cup to be 5 known as the Roderick Pringle Me- meri! Cup, which is to be competed for at the Cobourg Horse Show, As 'the late Roderiek Pringle, was par- ticularly inte: in thoroughbred horses and in racing, it is probable that this cup will be donated as a special prize for the Red Coat Steeple 'Chase. It is expected that the cup will be awarded in annual competi tion, to be held by the winner for one year, who will also receive a cash prize from {he Cobourg Horse Show Association. 7 "ys Cobourg Battery Beunion. (fobourg, July 4.---At a meeting held at the armories of the men who enlisted in the Cobourg Heavy Bat- dery during the war it was proposed Abat i 'reunion be held here with a|aboard Jnilitary tattoo at night. A com. mittee: was appointed to secure the ames Of the men who went from Co 'bourg in the eleven drafts that were recruited here and communieate with Mr. Donevan's Prophesy. Brockville, July 4.--The predic- tion that should he again be select- od as a candidate for the provincial riding of Brockville he would be re. (elected by a larger majority than ae was made by A. E, Donevan, M. P.P., speaking before four hundred ; SonsLtutonts Bt. a strawberry social sheld under the auspices of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. sen. on July 1st, Miss m, daughter of rs. Austin Gilham, was t Archibald Mek elvie Shaw, gn Aand Mrs, A. Shaw, Ham- on. SRR : Heavy rains during the lust week- 'considerable of the 'months after | peace. Pringle's father, | THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM P---- Tidings From Ail Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. The French soldiers and sailors killed in the war numbered 1,366, 000. The Privy Council decides that the courts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta bave powers to grant divorce. Fred Alford, who was thrown out of a side<car at the twilight meet at Brantford, Wednesday, died of in- ternal injuries. © Wiser of Prescott, was robbed of Jewelry and silver valued at betyeen $1,600 and $2,000. Pormer Premier Viviani has been chosen President of the Commission of the Chamber of Dephties to ex- amine the Peace Treaty and report to the Chamber, . ignatius T. Lincoln, former mem- ber of Parliament, who has been in prison in London since 1916, as a self-confessed spy, will soon be de- ported to Hungary. The G.W.v.A. aecided to keep clear of party affiliations, refusing D. D. McKenzie's invitation to send delegates to the National Liberal Convention in August, The rattling of barrels on his wag- gon frightened Albert Pritchard's team, in London, causing them to run away, and he fell through the waggon, being fatally injured. The council of five held a brief! conference Friday, so as to give the members an opportunity afterwards to attend various functions cele- brative of the fourth of July. There will be no modifications in the Order<n-Council! prohibiting rac- ing during the war and for six Sir Robert Borden so stated in the Commons on Thursday. ~ | ; Joseph Michener, an unmarried farmer, seventy years of age, fell from a load of hay he was building, breaking his back and fracturing several ribs, and be died shortly aft- er. A woman said to be a Brooklyn music teacher, has paid a Hemp- stead undertdker $110 to pay for cre- mation of the body of Dr, Waiter Keene Wilkins, convicted wife mur- derer, who committed suicide in jail, at Mineola, N.Y, DIRIGBLE NEARS CANADIAN SO Pousnbimine gis ITT Wil Cross Newlomdand Fat Marth. of ST. Jas, T0 PROGEED DOWN GULF AND CROSS THE CANADIAN MAIN. LAND FROM P.E.L The Flying Oonditions Are Good and the Dirigible Should Reach Mineo» Is om Saturday. (Canadian Press Despatch) St. John's, Nfid,, July 4.--The British wireless has received a re- from thé R-34 saying the dirig- ible expects to cross Newfoundland far north of St. John's, passing over the southern extremity of Notre Dame Bay, thence proceeding to Bonpe Bay on the west coast, going down the Gulf of the St. Lawrence and reaching the Canadian mainland from the direction of Cape Breton or Prince Edward Island. At 3 a.m. pife dirigible was just east of Newfoundland and flying at a height of 1,000 feet. All were well y | w- i Flying Conditions Good. Washington, July 4.----In response to the wireless from R.-34 the Unit- ed States weather bureau to-day fur- nished the airship with complete meterological reports for the Atlan tic coast and forecasts of wind and 'Weather. The weather bureai' mes: The residence of Mayor Isaac P.| sage indicated excellent flying condi- tions for the next wenty-four "hours, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUL Major L. L. Anthes (left) rontg men, who were added to McCready Company, Limited, DEMOBILIZED BY END OF AUGUST (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, July: 4.--In the Commons this morning Major General Mewburn announced that from the-armistice to the edd of June, 289,627 men had been demobilized. There were still in England about 43,000 Canadian soldiers, of whom 20,- 000 would have been home now, but for strikes. He ex- peeted: all to be demobilized by the end of August. CUT TO PIECES. An Aged Dairyman Meets Near 'Eastwood, Ont. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Ont, July 4.--William Merkle, aged 74, well known dairy man living near Eastwood, Ont., was cut to pieces by a. fast east-bound Grand Trunk . express early this morning while crossing the tracks Ii is thought Merkle mistook the express for a milk train. The train Aid not stop and the engineer knew nothing of the accident till he found Andieations on the co weatcher when the train reached Brantford. : BASEBALL ON THURSDAY, - Death bs Blige Edis AG a Re, Chicago, 17; Cleveland, 1. Detroit, 3; St. Louis, 1. Washington, 1; New York, 0: Boston, 8; Philadelphia, 2. ---- - National League. Cincinnati, 4; St; Louis, 1. Pittsburg, 4; Chicago, 2. . Brooklyn, 6; Néw York, 3. Boston, 3; Philadelphia, 2. International League. Rochester, 4; - Toronto, 2. Newark, 6; Jersey City, 4. Baffalo, 9; Binghamton, 8. Baltimore, 7; 'Reading, 6. IT IS OVER-MANNED. The Inside Civil Service In Need of n. (Canadian Press Despatch.) ¢ Ottawa, July 4.--A special com- mittee of the Commons, Which inves- tigated the imside civil service, has reported that over-manning of the inside civil service exists to a con- siderable degree in many depart ments, and leave of absence is per. mitted and practised to an unreason- able degree. The investigation will be continued next session. ; Olt Lady Trusts in God. . 'Halleybury, July 4.--Within two or three miles to the west of Halley- bury one aged lady, with the forest fire only two hundred feet away| and W. M1 the board ol th Montreal. 530000 10 BE EXPER IN ENLARGING |THE KINGSTON GAS PLANT. sb ¢ Ames, Holden, V 3 i. ER Chairman Elliott © of the Utilities Commission Makes a Satisfactory Settlement With Gas Engineer Burnett. 3 At a meeting of the Utilities Com- mission = on Thursday afternoon gmtification was expressed by members at the #plendid settlement made by Chairman R. - F. Elliott with Frederick Burnett, gas consult- ing engineer, Toronto. The com- mission might have béen involved in a legal action, swiich it would pos- sibly have won, but Mr. Elliott made a complete settlement with Mr! Bur- nett and engaged him to draw the plans and specifications for the new purifiers, manufacturing setts, = ex- hausters and other gas appliances which are necessary to put the local plant in such condition as to be able to take care of the great demand. The present equipment is insufi- cient, but by November there will be lots of gas for the consumers. General Manager ©. €, Folger, who by the way is adian Gas Assoc mn, will superin- tend the erection. of the new gas plant, which will Sost $80,000, Ten- ders will be 'called for at once. It was moved Mr. Rigney that the commission | $2,000 as its share of the 'of tis city offi- required, : % » en OF LONDON" FOR EX-KAISER (Canadian Press Despatoh.) London, July" 4.<~The Daily News says the éx-emperor will be brought to London and placed in the tower of London. If found guilty at the trial he will be banished to St. Helena. THE TOWN OF NAPANEE. The Sudden Death of Mrs. "Gideon "Garrison, (From Our Uwn Corréspondent.) Napanee, Ju 4~--~The Sparks Circus, visited panee on Wednes- day and an immense crowd gathered An town for the event. Mr, and Mrs, W. A. Daly are spending the week in Toronto. Miss Kathléen Cowan of Barrie is spend- ing the vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Cowan. The death occurred on Monday of Mrs. Gideon Garrison after but a few hours" fliness." She leaves a husband but no children. Deceased from her buildings, refused to = he temetery. taken away, declaring that she had piaced her trust in God and He would bring her h to safety. appeals of the Mayor and of a loeal preacher were of no avail. g - Have a New The ssident of the Can-| Y 4, 1919, SURVIVORS COULD NOT BURY DEAD Influenza's Frightful Ravages Among the Labrador Eskimos. 86 DIED OUT OF. 100° SICK SURVIVORS' GATHERED AT MIS- SION, LEAVING BODIES TO DOGS, Reports to Hand From the Northern Missionaries--The Bodies Were Taken to Sea, the Ice Cut and Re- mains Passed Into Deep Water. St. John's, Nfid., July 4.---Details of the inroads made by influenza among inhabitants of Eskimo séttle- ments In Labrador last winter, and the difficulty of, disposing of the dead, are furnished in reports from northern missionaries, received by the colonial 'secretary. They tell a story of depopulation referred to as another step nearer the end of the Labrador' Eskimo," 'and of terrible conditions in the wake of the plague. Bishop Martin, of the Moravian missions, writing from 'Hebron, said that all of the 100 Eskimos in' that settlement became ill and in 8 week eighty-six died, leaving only eight children, five women and one man. i "In the mission house," he. con- tinued, "we all have been sick, too, but not so severély as the Eskimos. At the beginning of the epidemic the bodies were put into our small dead house, but that was soon filled up, and as there was nebody strong enough to remove the dead from the houses, most of the HEskime huts were filled with bodies. The fourteen survivors found refuge togéther in our house, "For five or six weeks we were unable to do anything in regard to the bodies; we were so few, and too weak to do any hard work. Our situation was awful, Some men who arrived came from Saeglek to help us clean the houses and the station, "After all the inhabitants of some houses died, the dogs broke into the huts and ate some of the bodies. When they had done so they got very vicious and dangerous. We killed the dogs at the station (about 100) but could not destroy them: -all. Therefore, the dogs and the graves had to be watched day and Eo i Satter rue , icid@d to 'bury the bodies in the sea. By sledge we'éarried the bodies on the lcé to very deep water, made a hole through the ice and buried them there" Reporting that 70 of the 320 in. habitants of the district of Sandwich (Bay were victims of the plague, Rev. Henry Gordon gave a similar account Of sufferings. 'He said the orphans fhad been distributed among the dif- ferent, settlements. TORONTO STREET CARS , ARE NOW RUNNING Men Get Higher Pay--The City May Buy the Road. t (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, July 4.--After nearly two weeks of trolly carless streets, To jronto enjoyed a regular schedule. of street car services to-day. ' The em. ployees have all returned. to work on. a basis of fifty-five cents an hour for men of more than one year's standing, with slightly less for learn- ers. The previous maximum . was thirty-nine. cents an hour.:' At pres. ent the service is being operated un- der the direction of the Ontatio Rail why Board, with R. C. Harris, civie commissioner of works, as general manager, There will be no Increase in fares just now, . It is expected that negotiations will be opened shortly with a view to the purchase of the Toronto railway com- pany's properties by the city or the Hydro-Electric Commission. Lieut. T, M. Dussey of the British Ha ArIRy: defeated Major Paul Withing- Mrs ton, U.S.A. to-day for the King's wooden: : sculls in the Henley regatta. 'Dussey won easily by three lengths. The time was 9 minutes, 16 > 1 aal convention Monday. deliborntiof we de-| $100,000 FOR TRADE SCHOOL. Will Provides for Erection of Insti- tution at Ogdensburg. Ogdensburg, N.X., July 4.--The will of the late George Hall contains a bequest of $100,000 for the erec- tion and equipment of a trade school in Ogdensburg, to bp under the juris- diction of the Board of Education. He also endows it. It will be called the George Hall Trade School. The estate is valued at half a million. He also gives $10,000 for the erection of a fireproof addition to the library building, for the purpose of housing the Remington collection. HOOVER HAS RESIGNED. There Has Been Reorganization of Corporation. HERBERT HOOVER New York, July 4.-- Resignation of Herbert Hoover as chairman of the board of directors of the Food Ad- ministration Grain Corporation and reorganization of the corporation un- der the name of "U.S. Grain Cor- poration," was announced at the an- ual meeting of the stockholders here yesterday. Hoover's place as chair- man will be filled by Julius Barnes, wheat director, who also is president of the corporation. OVER EXKASER Radicals Want Him Tried. By a German 7 Socialist Tribimal. ATTITUDE OF THE DUTCH OONCERNING « WILLIAM HOHEN. ZOLLERN IS CLOUDY. Belief Expressed, However, That the Holland Government oJ Give Him Up When the All Demand Him. London, July 4 <The attitude of the Dutch Government regarding ex- tradition of Wilhelm is now cloudy. Statements by various officials in Holland have shown an inclination against turning him over to any oth- er than the German Government, but the belief has been expressed in un. official ¢€irclés at The Hague that when the Allies' demand is actually presented, the Duteh will accede to it--through fear of pressure from the Allies, "if for no other reason. Unofficial despatches report that unusnal activities were observed at Amerongen Castle, where thé former kaisér is at present interned. This is interpreted as indicating he intends to move, though possibly only to an- other point in Holland. : Germany is divided over trial for With6lm, the military caste bitterly opposing it and the radicals openly advocating that he be tried by a Ger- mau Socialist tribunal. The German Officers' Assoclation recently sent a communication to the Dutch Gov. ernment, urglpg that extradition ot the ex-kaiser be refused and = an- nonnéing that its members were de- seconds. tegmined {o protect him from trial ppointmen of (Dougall, master of - |assistant to Dr. Wa LAST &DITION TEN MILLION 10 BUILD. BOATS I$ Incinded in the Fouse of Commons Stppicmentary Estimates. TE TOTAL IS336723,12 PROROGATION MAY NOT BE POS. SIBLE SATURDAY, The Sum of $2,500 Is Provided to Pay the Salary of a Secretary For the Leader of the Opposition. Ottawa, July 4.--The supplement ary estimates brought down yesterday are unusually heavy and make im~ probable prorogation this week. They total $36,728,120, Under the head 'of public works $400,000 is voted for two improve ment schem at Toronto harbor; $250,000 for §t. John harbor; $82. 000 for protection works at La~ prairie; $100,000 for harbor lm- provements at Hamilton; $1200,000 for dredging in the Maritime Pro- vinces; $100,000 for 'a bridge at Burlington Channel; to combat ven- eral disease $200,000; to the air ser< vice $250,000; for battlefield memori- als in France and Belgium $500,000. The largest item is $10,000,000 for the construction of vessels in: ses cordance with the Government's ship- building programme. In view of the enlargement of the North-West Mounted Police Force, an additional sum of $1,195,961 is asked to cover the cost of administra: tion of that force. There is a $15,000 grant towards the expenses of the Canadian athe letic team at the International Olym- pic games at Antwerp in 1920. A vote of $9,605,405 is provided for the outside service of the Soldiers' Civil Re-establifiment Department Of this amount, $3,500,000 will spent on medical treatment for sols diers and sailors, $5,600,000 on yo cational trafning and the remainder on artificial limbs. The supplementaries include $2;« 500 to pay the salary of a secretary for the leader of the Opposition, the appointment to 'be ma by the leader. : 3 The House concurred in a of a special comuiittee: which > place inthe new { Juiidings of a memorial to the late + Har! Baker, member from Brome, who feil at 8t. Julian. . " PRAISE LLOYD-GEORGE OVER HIS SPEECH Which Fully Answers. the Ob- Jections to the Peace : Terms. ¢ Canadian P: Despateh. : (Canadian Press ch.) London, July 4.--With one or two exceptions, the mniorning newspapers express satisfaction with Premier Lloyd-George's. speech in the House yesterday. Several, including some ~y mos fendly to the Premier, to its "defence" of the peace treaty, there is a general agréement that h gave a good answer to those: 2 oring for more drastic terms. as well as those objecting to the oppressive features 'of the peace treaty, The Laborite Herald alons 8 ly condemns the speech, asse, it to be unsatisfactory to 5t IL "and Liberal members of the House, The Liberal Daily" News, he hn er, while continuing to criticize certain terms of 'the treaty, says the validity of many of the Premier's arguments are incontestable and wal declaration of faith in the, nations. Only a few col announcement of the € mer German emperor, sal Allies are honoring En tation; for fair play lived up to. in the peighborhood of Ypr Canadian authorities for the: of a war memorial and calling 'the sacrifices adian troops on the war. The a Normal school at 'North of public schools, meed. 3 ferit, G,W.V.A., mended the ereetion; in a1 ot Ho prominent