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| Collier's Toggery | Where the men 8 Vow e Daily British YEAR 87: NO. 116. FRENCH STRIEE 15 ABOUT OVE Rallroad Mea Fail to Call Out All Trans- portation Workers. VOLUNTEERS REWOER AD LARGE NUMBER OF STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. "The Situation in Northern France is Improving«-The Iabor leaders Admit Failure of Their Efforts. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 6. -- Announcement that the strike of the railway workers throughout France is virtually over was made in official quarters here. Since Saturday, traffic has been seri- ously: embarrassed but volunteers have given material ald, and yester- , day a large number of strikers re- turned to their posts. In the principal French ports the strike of naval and dock workers is almost complete. The miners in Anzin Basin have voted to go on strike May 7th, but the situation in northern France seems to be improving. Reporig re- ceived show about thirty-five per cent, of the men at work and labor leaders indicated that a complete tie-up of industry was impossible be- cause of the failure of railroad men to call. out all men engaged in the transportation service. | +> PEPER PEPE O EP adr bh STORY FALSE, SAYS HON. C. C. BALLANTYNE (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, May J5|--Absolute # denial of the story credited to 4 the Halifax Echo, "which said # that the government proposed % carrying out the naval pre- # gramme recommendéd by Ad- % miral Lord Jellicoe was made #% this morning by Hon. C. C. 4 Ballantyne, Minister of Marine. % "The story is absolutely false # and a pure fabrication from be- . % ginning to end," said the minis- % ter. | ¥ 4 3 4 i Sul Q.T.R. for Death of Son Clifford. Belleville, May 5.--The case of Mrs. Harvey Wallace, of 'Gilead, vs. G.T.R. for damages for the loss of the life of her son, Clifford Wallace, at the Corbyville crossing' of the G.T.R. on Dec. 20th, 1919, was tried Tuesday, and went to the assize jury ¢ at noon. The jury brought in a ver- dict in favor of the plaintiff award- ing $2,600 damagus. Mrs. WaHace sued as administratrix of the estate of the deceased under a will made while on active service. It will be remembered that Clif- ford Wallace and a brother were driving in a covered 'vehicle to Belle- ville when they were struck by a train southbound. Clifford died of a fracture of the skull in the hospi- tal but the brother rapidly recover- d from his injuries. From REFUSE HUNGARIAN PLEBISCITE REQUEST Allied Ambassadors Reply to Objections to Terms of Peace Treaty. (Canadian Press Despatch) . Paris, 'May 5.--The reply of the conference of the ambassadors to the Hungarian objections to the terms of the proposed peace treaty was de- livered this afternoon to the secretary of the Hungarian delegation at Ver- sailles. Neither the text of the reply nor the covering letter was given out, but it is learned that the reply is negative to the demand of the Hun- garians for a plebiscite in territories 'whieh the projected treaty detaches from Hungary. The Hungarian dele- gation has been given ten days, dat- in m to-morrow, to reply. : Mn REQUEST FOR REFERENDUM. Three Months Noy 3 Which to Pro- claim Vote. Ottawa, May 5.--The Dominion government has received a formal copy of the resolution passed by the Ontario legislature asking for & pro- vincial referendum on the importa tion of liquor into Ontario. The Dominion government now has tiffpe ths within which to issue a proc- tion, The proclamation will give the date of the poll, the date when rohibition of importation (if ecar- ried) will into effect, and other like particulars. . Following the poll, the Dominion "government will prohibit the impor- tation of liquor into the province of t A x Ontario, provided such prohibition carries "by more than half the to- tal number of votes cast in all the electoral districts." . i, , Ottawa, May 5.--The latest jump in coal prices, as announced yester- day, represents an increase of $7 a ~The prices now quoted by coal dea- Jers in Ottawa are $15.25 a ton for a ton on stove and chest- nut and $1.50 a ton on furnace on previous p. and the dealers say they are makigs ten cents a ton less 8 "ces tham oa the old. b civil servants reaching the age of |MUSN'T TALK NASTY | fenge {An Ottawa Young Man Made Date, But Fell Into - Trap. { i Ottawa, May 5.--The first prose- | {cution in Ottawa for using insulting | language over the telephone was in- stituted by officials of the Bel: Tele- phone Company in police court yes- terday, resulting in a fine of $20 and $2 costs or thirty days. In jail, being | imposed on Robert Anderson, 5 | Central avenue. | Anderson picked up the telephone receiver early Monday evening and [tried to "jolly" the telephone oper- {ator. He persisted in making im- | proper suggestions, and asked the | aperator to meet him when she was ginished her work. The opérator im- | me¢diately reported the matter to her chief, who advised her to '""make the {date." She then resumed her con- | versation with the man on the other jend of the wire, and said that she | would consent to meet him in front lof the Exchange Building on*Queen | street when she was finished work. Anderson was waiting outside the building for her, and whan he made | himself known as the party who was | talking to the operator the : girl | signalled two burly policemen who | were hiding, and they escorted the young man to the police station. Anderson told Magistrata Askwith that he was under the influence of liquor at the time, but His Worship pointed out that drunkenness was no excuse." A DECLARATON ON PRICE CONDITIONS Approved by Supreme Council of the League of Nations. Ottawa, May 5.--The disorganiza- tion of the whole economic position ; of Europe, due to the war, is reflect- {ed in the rise of prices which. is at | present the source of universal dis- content among the peoples, belliger- ent and neutrals alike, says a declar- ation on the economic conditions of the world, approved by the Supreme Council on March 8, ano:tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon by Sir George Foster. "High prices are the.inevitable result of war," the dec- laration states, "and in comparison with most wars, the present situation is faf from abnormal. In the Napo- leonic Wars, prices in England rose seventy-five per cent and took eight years to become normal again. In the American Civil War, American prices rose 100 per cent and took twelve years to become normal. "As the result of this: war, the lost ntic Il in the history of ing) have advinced since proximately as follows: The United States, 120 per cent; ag rR i iv. 1913, ap- Italy and Belgium 300 per cent, Dealing with the causes for this increase in price, the declaration states that they may all be regarded as directly or indirectly due to the war. "Government action may miti- gate or disguise some of the effects of the rise in prices, but it cannot re- move the rootcause, which is the des- truction of wealth." CIRCUS LEGISLATION. Passed By Legislature To Prevent Shows Vistimizing People. Toronto, May 5.--When the Legis- lature in committee considered Hon. W. R. Rollo's bill reducing property qualification of candidates for mem- bership in municipal councils the sponser said that an amendment would provide that a house-owner resident within two miles of the mu- nicipality would be qualified for can- didature for municipal office. A second reading was given tg the bill. concerning circuses and travell- ing shows, which makes it compul- sory for proprietors of shows to take out their own licenses. - Hon, Peter Smith explained that last year war veterans and other or- ganizations had been victimized by show proprietors. FIVE YEARS MARRIED Fannie Hurst Admits Marriage With Pianist. New York, May 5.--Fannie Hurst, the authoress, made public announce- ment of her secret marriage five years ago to Jacques S. Danielson, a pianist. Under a pre-nuptial agree- ment with her husband, she said, they have lived apart since their wedding, so as not to interfere with each others career. She said they made their appointments for dinner and other engagements in a purely formal manner, "meeting as per in- clination, and not duty." They in- tend to continue that plan, she added. -------------------- "Superannuatiosi im Civil Service. Ottawa, May 5.--A proposed su- perannuation scheme that, it is be- lieved, will meet with the approval of the entire Ssdocta ica, was adopted at the meeting of the execudive o the Civil Service". tion of Ottawa last night. The ation is strongly opposed to the "retiring allowance" granted by the govern- ment to all members who entered the service after 1898 and is out to se- cure regular. superannuation for all civil servants irrespective 6f length of service. The scheme provides that all male sixty-five, and all female employees reaching the age of sixty years shall be retired automatically upon super- annuation. As a means of providing for this superannuation allowance, the association suggests a deduction of pay of 53% per cent. per annum for a period of thirty-five years of service for male members and 3% per cent. for women. The proposal includes the request that the govern- ment guarantee the solvency of the superannuation fund, 4 * TO TELEPHONE GIRLS _ Opposition is Areused By the Govers- THE SOCIALISTS ARE ACTIVE THEY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED The Premier Must Either Resign or Great Britain, 170 per cent; France, | - tion of the Polish cabinet in the near future is predicted by the newspap- ers of this city which give as a rea- son the opposition aroused by the government's peace. policy. The Soc- ialists are making insistent demands for péace and have asked that they be recognized in the government ap- pointments, Stanislas Patek, 'lance Ministet, Grabski is considered almost certain by the newspapers. Count Von Tarnow, who was sent by Austria-as ambassador to the United States in 1916, but who was not re- ceived there, is mentioned as M. Pat- ek's successor. Democratic parties are opposing the government over its insistence upon Borisov as the seat of the peace cgn- ference with the Russian Bolsheviki They say this is all that remains in the way of opening negotiations. BARBER'S BARREL Description of the Contrivance Stephens, the Bristol barber, who in- tends to "leap" Niagara Fall§ with a hand-made barrel, KINGSTON. ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1920. A discovery of great importance to deaf persons is that 10 SAVE ENGLISH BABES | BORN OUT OF WHDLOCK DURING _ AND SINCE WAR. A New Law to Provide for Their Maintenance--The Father Will Be Required to Pay for Keep. London, May 6.--A determined move to protect the thousands of in- fants born out of wedlock in Eng- land during and since the war, is be- ing made in parliament. Neville Chamberlain, backed by Lord Ben- tinck, George Thorne and Captain Loseby, has introduced a Bastardy bill and will press for its early con- sideration, Under che measure, which is based on the principle of state responsibility towards illegiti- mate children, every such child would become the d of the Juvenile co in Ko wien. court might appoint a guardian in'place of or ai- ternative to the mother. The bill pro- T0 REORGANIE meat's Peace Policy. y B¥ THE LEADERS Be 1 Says the Newspapers rable To the Phice Cho.' sen For the Seal of Peace Confer- ence. : (Canndian Press Despatch) Warsaw, May 5.--The re-organiza- gitimate conception or birth, the mother or other person responsible for the child should file with the reg- ister, a form stating the name, ad- dress and occupation of the alleged father and whether or not the father- hood be admitted,, The duty of admitting or denying paternity would be, imposed upon the alleged father. Ww mission of paternity, the father would be under the obligation of stipulat- ing the maintenance arrangements he is willing to make, which offer, if approved by-two judges, would be in- corporated in a court order. Should the man designated deny paternity, recourse would then be had to exist- ing law. A summons might be serv- ed before birth, and if paternity were admitted, the alleged father would be liable to be in payments. If pa- ternity were denied, the matter would be "adjourned" until after birth, when, if the man be adjudged to be the putative father, payments should be retroactive. The maximum order against a fa- ther would be increased by the bill from $1.25 a week to $10 a week, A mother having means and failing to contribute adequately might also be j-called upon for up to $10 a week, in adidtion to what the father might contribute. : Proceedings might be instituted by a married woman in respect to an legitimate child; and the marriage of the mother to another man would be no bar te an "affiliation" action against the alleged father of such a child, The resignation or dismissal of Premier, and Fin- Both the Socialist and National FOR FALLS' TRIP to be Used by Bristol Man, London, May 6.---Charles George will sail for poses that in-the eventuality of ille-- event of ad- | FAmerica this week. Stephens' special barrel into which he will be strapped, is fitted with special appliances to enable him to make the dangerous descent over the Fasis. The barrel is six feet, two inches high; its dia- meter at top and bottom is 26 inches;' and in the middle, 32 inches. A 100- pound weight fixed in the bottom fs expected, to keep it upright in the wa- The Russian Del ------ THE SUPREME COUNCIL 7 | TO ADMIT GERMANS Also to ., Participate or Later. ter. OIL DISCOVERED | Daily Ave of 500 Tons is covery of vast deposits of phosphates in Moroceo it is now announced that an oil field has been located jn the centre of Northern Morocco, Profes- sor Gentil, a leading mineralogist, of Zorbonne, who, for the has been lo depth of eighty-nine metres. 'The quantity is not considera flow reached 4n daily in the course of the following week. 3 troduced by Hon. W. E. Raney in the' Toronto house, jurors' fees are in- creased to $3.50 per diem, and pro- vision is made for serving jury notices by registered mail. councils are also empowered tolpay councillors $5 a day. Paris, May 5.--A London despatch : to the Temps says that in Supreme council circles there is an inclination to ensure continuation of the work of thie Supreme Council by making it an international governmental or- ganization. It is even probable, the despatch declares, thay the admission of German delegates to the Counefl would be considered, Russian dele- gates also being admittted sooner or later. : 'Thus, according to the despatch, an international governmental organiza- tion, co ~of the Premiers of each state, would exist outside the League.qf Nations. ' SIGNATURE REFUSED Bill to Legalize 2.95 P.C. Beer Is Boston, May he Senate pass- i ble, but thé ed the bill to make 2.75 per cent. average of two tons | beer a From Series of Wells. Paris, May 5.--Following the dis- past tén years the mineral » his signature. The measure had been Jurors' Fees a Day. Toronto, May 5.--Under a bill in- | cannot go to the governor until Pre- sident McKnight's signature is affix- -------------- ' Three thousand of the seven thou- sanfl carpenters who struck at Phil- . adélphia on Saturday returned to work oh Tuesday. . County passed by the House, previously, but| of H. Gernsback, of New York, who has developed the "Physiophone,' by means of which a deaf person may learn to "feel" music, aif™ Iso any other sounds, human or otherwise. ments with a phonograph and electrig wires. The subjects, totally deaf, by grasping the wire soon learn to distinguish between tunes without hearing any sound whatsoever. The vibration of the phonograph needle is felt through the wires, a sensitive microphone heing used. Due to the rhythm felt, it is claimed that a deaf person can now dance without any trouble by means of the "physiological music.' POLISH CABINET Mr. Gernsback conducted his experi- COMMONS TALKS ABOUT MERCER Of Steel Aad Steamship Companies in British Empire Corporation. CALLED STOCK. WATERING {R. L. RICHARDSON TERMS IT WIND AND WATER." Mr. Bristol Defends Merger as Neces- sary fn Order to Fight Other Big Combinations. Ottawa, May 5.--R. L. Richardson, Springfield, Manitoba, moved the ad- journment of the. House yesterday afterngon to discuss "an urgent mat- ter of public importance," the merger of steel and steamship companies in the British Empire corporation. Mr. | Richardson said his attention had been specially called to the matter by a letter from a Toronto capitalist, who said that the. deal was put over | by London and New York manipula- | tors with which the U.S. Steel Com- | pany is connected. The Toronto | capitalist also described the merger |as "another gigantic stock watering | enterprise," and expressed a fear that |it would result in raising profits on | "one hundred millions of wind and j Yate" | Mr. Richardson said he had looked over the application to the State Department for incorporation of the: company with a capital of $200,000,- 000,but notice was given that it would be increased to $500,000,000 and | possibly a billion. The company | claimed assets of $450,000,000. Mr. | Richardson said the scheme involved | the capitalization of forty millions {into 500 millions. The difference {would be "wind and water." The | company was seeking incorporation under the Joint Stock Companies Act. Correspondence showed it had pro- tested against the fee of $100,000 at- tached to a 500 million charter. The company's lawyers claimed that they could "get a charter from Parlia- ment for $50,000," but the depart- | ment had refused td cut down the | fee. Mr. Richardson said that the Gov- ernment had a special duty in these circumstances. The Canadian peo- ple had been exploited to such an extent that the time had come when a limit should be placed on capitaliza- tion. It might ;be said that the Board of Commerce could protect the public, but the board was at present impoicnt.. It had been betrayed, and unless given full power not much could be expected of it. . Bristol Defends M , Dr. Michael Clark asked if Mr, Richardson had any suggestion to make to Government. 3 Mr. Richardson replied that he brought the matter up with the un- that Parliament is su- preme.. Edmund Bristol defended the proposed ger vigorously." He said that Lloyd Harris, whe was re- presentative of the Guvarnment, had a part in it, and was proud of having brought the English and Canadian steel interests together . Dealing with the question of capi- talization, he said the stock to be issued was $203,000,000. Behind this were assets valued at a quarter of a billion, the valuation being made by expert valuators. : The U.S. Steel common stock had fothing behind it but a genius for making money. In this merger, bind the $90,000,000 of con stock, there' was $350,000,000 assets. { Mr. Bristol said that a big steel merger in the British Empire was on of | necessary to enable the Empire steel | {trade to compete with the U.S Biggest in "World. | Mr. Bristol went on to say that ex- | perts had reported that the company | {could not compete with the 'United | States steel without an outlay of 25 milliens, and this was now to be pro- vided. The projected - industry would be the biggest of the kind in | the world. i "Business is like war; you have to | have combinations to fight big com- | binations." i Dr. Clark entered into an argument to show that the creation of this or | other mergers was possible only "by | the operation of the protective | tariff." ' } He wént on to say that the United States Steel Corporation made mil- lionaires, while its employees worked twelve hours a day. He added: "We are increasing the cost of iron and steel to Canadians, for the benefit of British connections, If you make steel dearer, you increase the diffi- culty of building railways; producing | agricultural machinery, and generally | you restrict its population and | wealth. The only way to handle it is to get rid of protection." E. W. Nesbitt argued in favor of mergers, but urged that the Gov- ernment should see there 'is no stock watering. Mr. Vien, of Quebec, entered into a defence of the merger, saying it was justifiable as a merger of farmers, demanding a minimum price for their wheat. BURY PRETENDER IN LISBON VAULT Duchess of Oporto Wishes to Transport Husband's Body to Portugal. London, May 5.--The Duchess of Oporto, widow 'the the pretender to the throne of Portugal, who has been | staying at the Ritz here in strict in- | cognito for the last five weeks, will leave for Madrid in a few days to seek the personal. intervention of King Alfonso of Spain with the Por- tuguese government with a view to allowing her to transpixt her hus- band's body from Naples to Lisbon. She wishes to inter it in the eight centuries-old vaults of the Bragan- za family. Under Portuguese law the Duke's family is exiled from Portugal for six | generations, and therefore the Duch- ! ess must obtain permission from Por- | tuguese government to allow inter- | ment of her husband's remains in | Lisbon. The Duchess is a great fa- vorite of King Alfpnso, but in case he fails to secure the coveted permis- sion she intends to go to Lisbon per- sonally and plead with the Republi- can regime. : © HAS TOST EFFICIENCY The Submarine Menace is Sure To Be Overcom e. London, May 5.--Submarines have lost two-thirds of their efficiency tince 1914, according to Lieutenant W. S. King-Hall, R. N., in a recent address at the Royal United Service Institute on '"The Submarine And Future Naval Warfare." . The speaker maintained that the advantage previously possessed by the submarine was steadily on the wane, Whereas, at the beginning of the war in 1914 it was as 9 to 1 against the surface ship, it was only 7 to 3 In 1919 and was likely to be only 6 to 7 in 1930. He was of the opinion th&t within the next few years there would be a great deve- lopment of submarine detecting ap- paratus which would give large and important ships a certain measure of protection against tactical attack by submarines. He regarded as impracticable the proposal that battleships should be made submersible. He ventured the opinion' that the use of gas might : eventually revolutionize naval war- fare much as gunpowder did when first Introduced. It might be dis- charged with deadly effect on an en- emy cbastline. It was actually sug- gested during tlie German occupancy that the Belgian coast should be "gassed' but the plan was abandon- ed "in deference to Belgium's sus- ceptibilities." ESTATE OF HALF-MILLION Left by Late Robert N. Slater, of Ot- taw a. Ottawa, May 5.--According to pa- pers filed at the court house, an es- tate amounting to almost half a mil- lion dollars was left by the late Rob- ert Nicholas Slater, of Ottawa, who died at 'La Jolla, California, on March 29, 1920. The value of the personal property in Ontario was $442,412,10, and the value of real estaté' $26,200. In addition to this there was a considerable amount of property in Quebec. Australia Grain Crop. y London, May §.---Owing to the bad season, there is'féhr that Australia may have to'import 'wheat in 1921, says a despatch to.the London Times from Sydney, N. S. W. The wheat board recently asked Great Britain to forego the halance of 1,500,000 tons owing her, but she refused. It is still hoped, says the despatch, that Great Britain will defer requiring the ship- ment of this wheat until the visible supply in Austria is assured. West Australia arealdy has refused to con- tribute toward the British shipments, and other states aré being urged to take the same course. : -------------------- Shell Found in a Log. Vancouver, B. C., May 5.--A great log, that appedred sound and clean, cost a mainland sawmill $260. When the big circular saw bit into the tim- | ber it flew to pieces, and inevstiga- tion showed a twenty-five pound shell imbedded in the center. The tree had been brought from a point up the coast and had probably been used years ago as a target for guns of British naval ships cruising on the gulf of Georgia. The shell is of the type by the navy about twenty. five y ago . | into the legislature option LAST, EDITION TINE SIGS FROM BELGUM Bou 0 Rtas And Steamships 1s Expected From Brussels Radio. THE PLAN 15 ENDORSED BY THE ALLIED OOUNTRIEES -- DISTRIBUTE EXPENSES. Railway and Sea Catastrophics May Be Averted. During War Eiffel Tower Sent Out Dally Signals to Whole World. Paris, May 5.--Wireless 'telegra- phy may yet prove to be the means of preventing many railway and sea ca- tastrophes. To this end, in fact, an International Time Bureau is being formed in Brussels, which intends to develop .methods. of transmitting throughout the world time signals of the greatest precision, z The bureau Is in charge of M. Big- ourdin, member of the French Acad- emy of Sciences, who for many years has been attached to the Paris obser- vatory. Discussing the aims of this new organization, Mr. Bigourdin has called attention to the fact that all through the war the Eiffel tower sent daily signals that were picked up in the remost quarters of the globe. "It is essential that navigators know at every instant the procise time," says Mr. Bigourdin. "Exten- sive experiments have been carried out in the last year and we have rea- son to believe that the efforts will lead to unexpected discoveries coh cerning the variations in actual long- itude similar to those known to exist' with respect to latitude. With pre- cisé knowledge of the time, the sun's* location and the consequent phical position ships will more easily avoid dangerous areas." M. Bigourdin is confident that many sea accidents have been due to the impossiblity of ships picking up accurate time signals. He points out also the necessity for the most reliable records for despatching trains in all countries, Further ex- periments will be conducted with in- termittent Hertian waves, approxi- mately 2,600 metres long, to replace those of shorter length now used. M. Bigourdin, whose investigations are receiving support in all' Allied coun hopes to create a system whereby the expenses will be distrib- uted among all nations, for it iS ob- vious that once the signals begin to work there is nothing to prevent any mariner from taking advantage of an organization in which French sclen- tists are taking an important part in putting into operation, Has a Cemetery to Fill. Washington, May 8.--In returning his agricultural statistics schedule to the U.S, Census Bureau, a Pennsylva- nia farmer made no mention of When the bureau inquired, he gay this explanation: "The population near and about my farm has a tendency to relieve the owner from the labor of gather- ing his own crops. This altruistic impulse is so predominant that I have refrained from planting 'any- thifig for the past twenty yeats. Am Just now turning about forty acres into a cemetery and hope to till § soon." 3a Not Good Eating. Paris, May 5.--A music hall-fave- rite ate roast lion for her luncheon here recently at a social gathering at Marguerry. The dish was introduced between frqgs and snails but, accords ing to an epicure who attended, Non filet will never become popular. The aims), 4 young lioness, known as mascot in a local menagerie, - cidentally killed by her tratner. The Meat was sald to be "tasteless and stringy." Gets Responsible Post. Ottawa, May 6.--P. W. Ward, for merly private-secretary to Hom. A. K. Maclean, leaves for Cape Town, South Africa, on the 7th. Mr, has been appointed assistant commissioner to South Africa. Ex-Kaiser to Remove to Doorn. Amerongen, Holland, May §.~ May 11th, which is exactly a year and a half after former Emperor Wil- liams' arrival in Holland, has been set for the day upon which he will move to his estate at Doorn, | NEWS IN BULLETIN, Premier Drury is opposed to In- creased salaries for legislative mem- bers. Discussion lasted until 1.30 La Wednesday, but no vote was taken. : = GenerakGonzales has gone over to the revolutionists in Mexico. He was Carranza"s right hand man. | The Canadian and Greek govern- ments have come to an understand. ing over wheat prices, which will be. given a fifty-cent raise on the bushel. Premier Drury introduced a bill , giving muniei- palities local . in e certain improvements from taxation. President Wilson will not secept the United States senate's peses treaty with Germany and will veto it when it reaches him. We - Major-General Sir Donald A. er, Of v Mac- donald died suddenly, aftér- noon, at 'the Hotel Laur) Dra. :