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YOU CAN LIVE 13 days without food, .. 8 days without water, 3 minutes without air,or All your life without shopping at COLLIER'S BUT, WILL IT PAY YOU? 4 A A A RR A BEGIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COLIAER'S JANUARY SPECIALS IN MEN'S WEAR. Watch Our Windows The Baily British Whig YEAR 87: No. 6. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION BAD As Can B¢ From the Anti-Bolshevik Poin! of Vie, THERE ARE VERY FEW SIGHS THAT WOULD INDICATE ANY IM- PROVEMENT. -- Two Especially Menacing ments, One Being the Cutting Into of Gen. Denikine's Army. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Jan. 8.---The situation in . Russia is about as bad as could be from an anti-Bolshevik point of view, according to British War Office re- | ports, and there are few signs indi- | cating any likely improvement. There are two especially menacing | place, | Gen. Denikine's army has been cut | developments. In the first in two through the Bolshevik push to the sea of Azov at Taganrog, and its flanks have been thrust back, leav- ing a large gap. In addition comes the claim from the Bolsheviki of the « capture further east of the town of Erasnovdsk, on the Caspian Sea, and while this fs not confirmed it is gen- erally accepted as true. ------ - REQUESTS BY LABOR 'OF THE GOVERNMENT Want Eight-hour Day, Also the Encouraging of Collective Bargaining. (Canadian Press Despatch) Develop- | BOLDT CA STLE TO FIGURE IN PLAY Eighteen Actors to Alexandria Bay on Wednesday. { Alexandria Bay. Jan. 8.--Jac Brown, manager, and Robert Ellis, | director of the Selznick Picture Cor- I poration of Fort Lee, N.J., are re- | gistered af the Marsden House. On Wednesday eighteen of the players { will arrive and work will be begun {on their latest production. i The setting for, the story will be | made at Boldt's Castle at Heart Is- { land, the wood road on Wellesley Is- | land, the house and ground at Dark Arrive at k { Isitnd and the village of Alexandria | : Bay and other places in this locality { which the manager may think worth { while. { picture company has come here in | winter to produce a play and using | the winter scenery of the islands as a setting. . {| FOUR HUNDRED CHEESE ARE ON EXHIBITION | In Connection With the East- ern OMario Association's Convention at Brockvlie. (Canadian Press Despatch) } Brockville, Jan. 8.--Over 400 of the finest cheese that have ever been | shown at any winter dairy exhibition {of the Dairymen's Association of | Eastern Ontario, are on display at | | the Vietoria building, where judging | for the competition which the associ- | ation offers every year is in progress. | George H. Barr, of Ottawa, and Herb- | { ert Morton, of Belleville, are placing | {the gwards, ¥hd the' entries are in | from alt géctions, as far west as To- | ronto, { association opens to-day, with an at- | tractive two-day programme, | -- HAVE NO CROSS BENCHES . i "Cross Benchers" In Parliament Will This is the first time any motion | Ottawa, Jan, 8.---Organized labor CS oo " presented its claims to the Govern- | Now Be. Cornered, >. | ment at an annual Interview this |. Ottawa, Jam, 8.--That picturesque; forenoon, The deputation was head: i feature of the temporary House of} ed, by Tom Moore, president of the | Commons--the cross benchers--will | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SENDING RE 10 THE STRICKEN i ---- The Death List From the Mexican Ear | quake Stands at 2,000. DESTRUGTION VERY GREAT SEVERAL TOWNS AND VILLAGES ARE INUNDATED, Relief Measures Are Now Taking | Form--The Foreign {Colonies Are | Making Liberal Contributions. (Canadian Press Despatch) Mexico City, Mex. Jan. 8.--The estimated number of casualties at- tending the earthquake Saturday in the western part of Vera Cruz State still stands at fwo thousand. It is probable that the death toll will be much higher, as despatches from the stricken area do not even estimate | the damage done, mor do they give | accurate lists of the dead. | On the other hand, they 'do not { deny the reports of the disappear- | ance of the village, the total destruec- | tion of several others, and the inun- | dation of several towns by waters | pouring down the mountain streams. Relief measures are gradually tak- {ing form, and a fund has been started | in this city, foreign colonies making | liberal contributions. Military ex- | peditions with ambulances, doctors {and supplies contributed by indivi- | duals, municipalities and the Govern- {| ment have been sent into the affected | districts. | | THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From All Over Told In a Pointed and Pithy | home. Trades and chief requests were: Legidlation for an eight-hour day | and a forty-four-hour week and the | establishment of a fair minimum wage, Repeal of amendments to the erim- inal code imposing heavy fines for | "umber of waverers, will either sit|founland in the recent possession of certain Hterature. Restoration to all workers of the right to organize. Encoyragement of collective bar gaining, Proportional representation: as- sistance in formation of co-operative societies, Reearding immigration the depu- ton recommended the appointment a labor representative on the cen- tral empire rd; revision of the .aPresent method of admitting Ori- entails and elimination ny 8sys- tems of honusing for ruction of industrial workers, In presenting the claims for an eight-hour day and a forty-four-hour week, the delegation submitted a written memorandum to the effect that efforts in this connection have the most fruitful cause of strikes. It is also pointed out that the claim for an eight-hour day is recognized in the treatv of peace to which Can- ada is signing. Regarding industrial "disputes, the delegation emphasized that compulsory clauses of the Indus: trial Disputes At had been shown time and again to be really impossi- ble for enforcement. While refusing them, the Government had refrained from enforcing them, and this atti- tude brought about a disrespect for law and was undesirable. STOCK MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co. 287 Bagot New York Stocks. \ Opeaing Close Atohison , . 84% hn C.P.R. 132% Erie ... is Marine Marine, ptd. ... .. NYC 0... sass ew 133 13% 481% 111% 69% 783% 102% Pac. Union Pacific ,. Amaconda ... ... Bethlehem, Steel | Int. Niekel ... Rep. Steel ... 11.8; Steel ... .... N. Am. Pulp ... . Ss on 'Brasilian ... Onn. Cement ... .. . Steamship ... Can. Loco Dom. Steel ... ... 75 Steel of Canada ... 88 Dom. Textile .. .. 125 Dom. Bridge ... 114 FIGHT ENTRANCE EXAM. emg "Mtawa Convention Wants It Abolish ' ed in Ontario. Jttawa, Jan, 8.---War on the en- trance evamination was declared ~ by the ".rban school trustees associa- "tion in its last day of meeting yester- day. Led by Mrs. Alda Courtice, of Toronto, a lively discussiom showed that the entrance examination sys- tem had few defenders. General "applause greeted the assertion that {ity "per cent. of the children in Ottawa public schools were moved up into the high school on the ad- vice of the principal based on a knowledge of their assiduity an dy, record in classes and genera: ability. | A resolution moved by Courtice and seconded by . C. Swayze, of Niagara Falls, hl - ¥. was as far as affects 2ity school boards or other |] of education." Labor Congress. The | 0 Missed when Parliament assem-| { bles in the mew buildjngs. The lay- out of the chamber makes no pro- i vision for seats in the ggngway. | The "éross benchers" party which | numbers at least a dozen and With | prospects of being augmented by a { at the extreme end of the right side or, more probably go to a corner of the Opposition benches. The cham- ber is now being fixed up and tem- | { porary desks are being made for the i members. i | | Rumors HAS NOT BEEN FOUND egarding A. J. Small Are | All Unfounded. { Toronto, Jan.. 8.-- Persistent ru- i mors were circulated yesterday af- ternoon that A. J. Small, who disap- peared on Dec. 2, had been found. These were denied by the police and family. Somebody . even telephoned Mrs. Small from London that. her husband's body had been found in | Rosedale Ravine, Toronto, Naturally {it was a great shock to Mrs. Small, { who has suffered intensely since her husband's disappearance. "If Mr. Small is alive at this time," said Mrs. Small, "it is my opinion that he is suffering from loss of memory." Another theory is that he is being 'held for ransom but none has been demanded. MONTREAL GARAGE BURNED And Two Hundred Cars in Storage Were Destroyed. (Canadian Press Despateh) Montreal, Jan. 8,--~The East gar- age-caught fire this morning in some mysterious manner and as a result over 200 cars, which were stored i there, have been destroyed and the | entire place is pear'y In ruins. The | fire started about eight o'clock with | an explosion which blew the roof off i the building and a few minutes af- | terwards the entire building was in | flames. . | THEY FACE DEATH Sinn Feiners in Cork Jail Hunger Strike. Cork, Jan. 8.---Forty Sinn Fein prisoners in the Cork jail have began a 'hunger strike as a protest against the discrimination shown by the au- thorities in the ameliorative treat- ment promised them. Some of these prisoners have already been tried while others are awaiting trial. Go On Passed A Resolution. {Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Jas. 8.--A resolution endorsing the treaty of Versailles and denouncing the unpatriotic at- titude of Senators who would defeat it directly, or by Rullitying reserva- tions, was unanimously adopted by the Democratic National Committee in session here. : a---------------- ° James hi. Macoun Dead. {Canadian Press OD .soatca) Ottawa, Jan. 3.---James M. Ma- coun, (XM.G., chiet of the biological division of the geological survey, died this morning. He was widely known throughout Canada and in other countries as one of the best informed botanists, and as expert in the fur seal industry. Mr. Macoun was born in Belleville in 1863. A ---------------- Roosevelt's Son Albany, ...Y., Roosevelt began his political career in the State Assembly. Couple Broke Through Ice. A pied citizens who were driv- ing on the ice to Wolfe Island had the misfortune to break through near a bad crack about one-eight of a mile from the eity. . *~ oi g 3 Way. } i a---- | Nova Scotia school inspectors and { other educationists are pressing for | better salaries for teachers. Fifteen feet of snow fell in New- | storm, de- | moralizing the only railway gystem, | William Fox, New York ™ motien | picture promoter, has offered $550, 000 for the Carpentier-Dempsey bout. | Two horses and a team of mules | belonging to Bert Cowan, a farmer | near Galt, ran away into a marsh and | soon sank out of sight in it. | Eddie Fitzsimmons, who outpoint- | ed Frank Ball in tem-seunds eres) { stopped Irish . Patsy Cline in six | rounds at Détroit, Wédnesday night. | 'The Totonto Heckey Club secured | judgment against the Arena Company | for the sum of $20,000 and an order | for the return of the players involv- | © 'The Associated School Boards of | Montreal have started a movement { for a grant of at least $1,000,000 to the elementary schools of the pro- vince. GRAND MUFTI OF EQYPT | OPPOSED TO MILNER PLAN | Troubled Spirit Due to Disap- pointed Expectation Re- garding Independence. Cairo, Jan. 8.--A conversation be- tween Viscount Milner, special Bri- tish commissioner, with the Grand Mufti of Egypt, who is the religious chief of the Mohammedans in Egypt. is reported in thes newspaper Ei Misr, in which the Grand Mufti attributed the present troubled spirit to the country's * disappointed expectation regarding its independence. Lord Milner contended that a pro- tectorate was necessary to Egypt's interests, and that a discussion could settle nine of ten disputed points. The Mufti replied that no Egyptian would enter into a discussion except on the basis of independence. Lord Milner maintained that some Egyp- tians were willing to discuss the sud- ject, but fear deterred them. The Grand Mufti replied: 'Every country has its traitors. But any patriot would refuse to enter into such a discussion." 'A PLACE FOR LEWIS He Will Edit the Liberal Political Literature. {Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Jan. 8.--~John Lewis, of the Toronto Star, becomes editor of the political literature of the nation- al Liberal organization committee. according to an announcement, this morning, by Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. Lewis has been an editorial ed, and others will be closed later by TR for about thirty years. - I & NAPANEE JEWELLER'S WINDOW I8 ROBBED Special to the Whig. Napanee, Jan. 8.--Early this morning the. plate glass window of Ashley Vandewater's jewel- lery store was brokem and the thief stole some gold pendants and other articles that were left in the show window and | which he could reach. The night policeman passed the place shortly before 5.30 a.m. and the window was then all right. GETS SURPRISE AT HIS SUMMER HOME Resident Fired at by Two Men, But Not Badly Injured. Hamilton, Jan. 6.--0O. W. Cooke, Pasadena Apartments, Bold street, had a thrilling experience Tuesday afternoon. He went to make a periodical visit to his summer home at Station 4, Hamilton Beach. As he entered the house he was confronted by two men who had forced their way into the house.) One of them presented a revolver at Mr. Cooke and fired. The bullet strutk him on the left side and cut a deep gash, but glanced off one of his ribs. He was not seriously injured. The men then left by a rear win- dow. Mr. Cooke climbed into his, automobile and succeeded in reach- ing the residence of Chief Taplin a: Station 18, but when he undertook to drive the chief and his som to the scene of the alray he collapsed. Picked up by « man in.-motor car he was brought to 8t. Joseph's Hos- pital, where his wound was dressed and he was able to leave for his On arriving at the house, Chief Taplin saw the men running along the lake shore. He and his son went in pursuit, and the men tinally réalising that escape was hopeless, took refuge beneath the Elsinore Club, near Station 12, where they were located by their footprints | in the snow. They gave themselves | up, stating that the gun they used bad been thrown into the lake. They gave their names as Alfrea Semard and Alfred Augner, and said they were from B. 8. Marie. Augne: fs charged with housebreaking and Semard with shooting and wounding. An entrance was effected into Mr. Cooke's home by breaking a read window. Nothing was issing from the place and no other damage was done. HUN VICTUALLERS THREATEN STRIKE Hotels and Restaurants toClose Restrictions. Berlin, Jan. 8.--The threatened general food strike throughout Gei- many, fixed for January 6th, was postponed, but the negotiations witn the Government have meade no pro- gress. The hotel and "restauran:. keepers in Berlin are forming an o:x~ ganization of all tife hostelries in Germany to prepare for the general strike, according to the Nationar Zeitung. Several restaurants have been closed because they sold white rolls without cards, and the Government fhihe. of the property was mide in other ways has thrown back the gauntlet cast down by the strikers ' in Deceber. The Ashinger restaurants are be- ginning to close their branches. Within a fortnight five will be clos- fives if conditions do not improve. Each group of five shut down means nearly 300 managers and waiters out of work. ' THE BRITISH ARMY IS TO BE 300,000 Number Which the London Daily Mail Says Standing Force Will Total. London, Jan. 8.--The Cabinet this week will decide the size of Great Britain's future army, says the Daily Mail.. Military heads believe, according to the Mail, that the mini« mum compatible with national safety and bringing about fulfilment of obligations of the Peace Treaty, will total 300,000. This compares with an army of 238,000 before the war. A factor governing the decisfon 1s finance, the newspaper says, point- ing out that before the war the up- keep of the army totalled about £29,000,000 yearly. It estimates the army In the future, even with radical economy and only partial rec , wil cost about £70,000,000 annually. Sir Edmund Barton, former Aus- tralian premier, died on Sunday at ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1920. ARREST BOGUS CHEQUE ARTIST | James Hughes, Formerly of Detroit, a {ured By Chicf Baret!, Napanee. | OPERATED IN KINGSTON AND AT SEVERAL OTHER EAST- HRN ONTARIO POINTS, The Napanee Magistrate Remanded the Accused For Zight Days-- Identified as Having Visited King- ston, Special to the Whig. Napanee, Jan, 8.--James Charles Hughes, aged twenty-two years, late of Detroit, Mich.,, was arrested by Chief Barrett, on charges of passing | bogus cheques. Hughes visited a local 'bank on Tuesday, depositing a small | sum of money, and thus secured a ! pass book, and some cheques, but { unfortunately for him the did not get {a chalice to operate very much in Napanee. He obtained some goods and money by a cheque, from one storekeeper, before he was caught, all of which has been recovered. Hughes has been identified as the man who recently victimized store- keepers. in Brockville, Gananoque, Kingston, Port Hope and Pioton, by passing bogus cheques. He is a smart appearing young fellow, and a good penman, and al- ways has a plausible story to tell. His y arrest, no doubt, saved some of the tradespeople in Napanee from being deceived into handing over their goods and money for his worth- less cheques. He appeared before Magistrate Rankin yesterday and was remandéd for eight days. SELLS HER HUSBAND. Gypsy Got $5,000 For Him---Didn't 'Want Him Any More, New York, Jan. 8. --Peter Guy, a gypsy, the other day the husband of Mary Guy, also of the wandering tribe of Germany, is now the property of another 'woman. Peter was sold by his wife for $5 - 00 in gold, in addition to the pro- perty the two had collected in their wanderings. The bill of sale was drawn up in the office of a local attorney, and sae time an agreeent on the a matter of record. Tae three parties to the eternal triangle appeared in the lawyer's of- fice and stated their wants, After he had' recovered from the shock the attorney asked for explanations. "Oh, not necessary," Mrs. Guy sald. '"This woman she want to buy my husband. She have enough money. 1 don't want him any more, so I sell him." Shé went to explain that it was the tribal custom, and all of them seemed to think that the proceedings were perfectly legal. The wife asked if her husband could now marry the woman who had bought him. When told by the attorney that he would have to obtain a divorce, she merely smiled and nodded. The sale was not the first one in which Guy had figured as human chattel, his former owner told the lawyer. A SPLENDID GIFT. To Teach U.S, History in British Uni. versities. New York, Jan. 8.--A gift of $100,000 from Sir George Watson, noted British manufacturer, for the establishment of a travelling pro- gessorship in American history in the various universities of the United Kingdom, was announced to-day by Lord Glenconner at a luncheon given In his honor by the Sulgrave Inmstitution. The purpose of the donation is to cement more tirmly the friendship between the United States and Great Britain. Red Cross Societies to Meet. Geneva, Jan. 8 ~--Henry P. Davi- son, chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies, has issued a call for the Jfirst meeting of the general council of the league, to be held at Geneva on March 2nd. Representa- tives of the twenty-eight countries which are members of the league will be Francisco Villa is surrounded by Mexican federal troops in the He- chiro Desert and his capture is ex- Sydney, NS.W. x re ~Br own pected any moment. LAST, EDITION Shoce (SHIPPING 800 CASES: EACH DAY Ontario is- Getting a Fair Liguor Supply |. [rom Montreal. NOT IMMORAL FOR WOMEN TO SMOKE New York, Jan. ing of cigarettes by women was judicially decreed yesterday as not immoral. The decision was made by Supreme Court Judge Mullan in a separation suit in which counsel for the husband tried to show that cigarettes had beén found in the wife's dressar sions drawer and that this constituted evidence of "bad character." OFFICERS ARE WATCHING TO i | "It is not immoral for women | to smoke cigarettes," declared | | TO SEE THAT SHIPMENTS ARE i PROPERLY MADE. the judge. Some of the best wo- men in the'country and in the { world moke cigarettes. to biti 5 Bi | The Object is to Prevent Shipments | at Montreal Going to Other Than the Private Individual. wouldn't make any difference if Montreal, - Jan. §.--Complaints she had a thousand packages of cigarettes, 'This isn't Hick- | {from Toronto to the effect that nut ville out in the centre of the farm country." y |@ great deal of liquor is trickling in {from Montreal, lack confirmation POLICE CIRCULAR ING MAN | here, except, as one liquor man put it, Toronto people have got big ideas Distributed Broadcast at Re~ as 0 what Samet utes A. propar sup- quest of Ambrose J. Small's |® y. % © water situation here bay Relatives. | not affected the liquor supply in any way, and each day since New Year's Toronto, Jan. 8.--One thousand | approximately 800 cases of all kinds Slrculars, sah Seating a Bholograph {of "hard. stuff' have been going out 0 mbrose J. Small, the millionaire | theatrical man, who has been missing | u Mosk feu} by express to Toronto. trom this city since December 2, a it one apparently going by freight. description of him and the signature | This dally apount ig not as much as of H. J. Grasett, chief constable of | desired probably, and does not be- Toronto, were started in circulation | gin to touch the great rush of Hquor to-day at the request of Mr. Small's | into Ontario just previous to the or- relatives. They will be sent broad- |der-in-couneil of April 1st, 1918, cast throughout Canada and the | when there was only a certain time United States in the hope that some |in which to get liquor into Ontario, trace of him may be obtained. {The situation, however, to-day 1s The description in the circular |totally different. The ten importers states that M$. Small is fifty-three | of the province of Quebec may legally rears of age; five feet nine inches ship into Ontario, and there is mo in height; one hundred and fifty to limit as to time, consequently the one hundred and sixty pounds in [necessity for a wild rush is not so weight; . has blue eyes, reddish com- | apparent. There seems to be no end plexion, brown hair and mustache [to the orders from Ontario, so much streaked with grey, is quick in his [so that orders have to be split up, a movements, and when last seen was case or two being sent on account wearing a dark tweed suit and dark |instead of the whole order, with bal- overcoat with velvet collar, and also [ance to come. Then again a good soft felt hat. deal of the liguor ordered from the Opera House here and had other extensive threatical interests. Just before his disappearance he received a cheque for a million dollars from the Trans-Canada Theatres, Ltd., of Montreal, to whom he had disposed of all his interests throughout On- | tario, . RUSSIAN ADMIRAL EXECUTED BY REDS Fought Britlianth Against the German, Fleet in 1917. Berlin, Jan. 8--The Russian news- paper Prisyne, a copy of which has been received here, contains a res ported execution of Admiral Bak- hireff, who fought brilllantly against the German fleet in 1917. © The ad- miral, says the newspaper, was accus- ed of plotting against the Soviet Goy- ernment. Admiral Bakhireff commanded the Russian fleet in October, 1917, when the Germans achieved a. victory with preponderating tonnage in the vi- cinity of Riga against what we.e described as old type vessels, fore- ing the Russians to retire into the interior of Moon Sound, and then to withdraw from the fighting. PROF. E. MACKAY DEAD AT HALIFAX Ist Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia. Halifax, N.S. Jan. 8.--In the death of Prof. Ebenezer MacKay, at the Halifax Infirmary, Nova Scotia loses one of her foremost educationists. He was for more than two decades tenant of the chair of chemistry and mine ralogy at Dalhousie University. He was taken fll with pneumonia over a week ago. He was 58 years of age, and was born at Plainfield, Plctou County, in 1864. His first educa- tion was at the .Pictou Academy. Next he came to Dalhousie, and was awarded his Bachelor of Arts with first class honors in 1886. He was also awarded the MacKenzie gold medal. From 1886 to 1892 he was principal of the New Glasgow High School, leaving that position to un- dertake special studies in his chosen field at Harvard and at Princeton. In 1896, ten years after his graduation, he obtained a Ph.D. at Johns Hop- kins, and came to Dalhousie as Mac- leod professor of chemistry and mineralogy. He was unmarried. Buy Clothing Factories. Detroit, Jan. 8.---As a move to lower the cost of living among its members, the brotherhood of main- tenance of way employees and rail way shop laborers, the third: largest of the railroad brolhcrhoods, an- nounce the purchasa of four clothing factoties from which goods will be sold at price reductions ranging from 25 to 60 per cent. Negotiations are under way, it was sald, for the pur- 'hase of two other mills. The fav tories taken over are two underwear companies at Ypsilanti, Mich, a glove at Williamston, Mich., and a epresent ment of approximatel y$1,000,000. Escorted Out of Town. Jersey City, N.J.; Jan. 8. Victor Li" fve-elect in Chicago Daily News. { A Very Prominent Education= | Mr, Small wallowner of the Grand | Importers in this province is held in | the province of Ontario, and it is not | necessary to ship it to Quebec and [then reship to Ontario. An Ontario {man need only send his order down | here, and the order can be transmit. [ted to an agent who holds the stock |in Ontario, this constituting an inter- provincial transaction against which there is no law. Only the ten importers, or agents, authoriged by the Quebec Prohibi- tion Law, are allowed to ship into | Ontario and other provinces, though | 80 far practically everything Is ing to moisten the neighboring Pros vince, and steps have been er since the beginning of the year by the provineial officials to see that no one else does ship. In this way there is the certainty that the liquor is going to domiciles of private in- dividuals only, and then, of course, the Ontario prohibition officers are on the watch to guard against others than private individuals getting a supply. Liquor going out is all pro- peorly labelled and stamped with the name of the respective importer who {is shipping, and watch is kept for this at the express companies' ship- ping points. FOREIGNERS MAY OWN LAND IN JAPAN Alien Steamers to Be Allowed to Engage in the Costal Trade. Tokio, Jan. 8.--In addition to pro- posed legislation permitting foreign- ers to own land in Japan, it is said there that the Japanese Government contemplates the removal of certain other anti-alien restrictions which have been judged by foreigners as constituting a form of discrimina- tory treatment. It is sald the proposed laws have been favored by the treaty revision committee, and that they will in- clude the removal of the prohibition against foreign owned steamers em- gaging in Japanese coastal trade. Bela Kun's Family For Italy, Vienna, Jan. 8.--The wives and families of Austrian Communist leaders, among them 'the wife and family of Bela Kun, have been re- leased and taken to Italy. This was brought about through the selicita- tion of five mayors of Italian cities who are in Vienna supervising the transfer of 10,000 children to Italy as guests of various Italian cities. : Spent $15,000,000, Sydney, N. 8., Jan. 8.-- Fifteen millions of dollars has been spent in Cape Breton on coustruction work by the Dominion Steel Corporation during the past year. The ture includes erection of plate mill and power house, extending the ben- zol plant, increasing the capacity of reservoirs and alterations to the Sydney and Louisburg railway line - Clothing men are given until Feb- questionaire of the Board of Com- merce. : ; Th p--------------t------ i NEWS IN BULLETIN, The steamer Petosky, of the Cros by Transportation Company, Mus kegan, Mich, is long overdue. + 5 -- ks RE The Washington police cate L. C, Martens, self. Bovis ambassador. Marten is the real head of the communist party In the United States. * 'Hamilton retall grocers have formed an organization to fix prices. ¥ D. B. Hanna, of the Canadian Na- tional Railways, speaking 'the Stratford Chamber of Commerce, sald that increased freight rates are abso- Iutely ruary 15th to send replies to the