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All Taxable Linss of Men's! Wear Reduced 30 p.c. Collier's Toggery The Daily British Whig All Taxable Lines of Men's Wear Reduced 30 p.c. Collier's Toggery LAST EDITION = YEAR 87: NO. 151. -- 300-BUFFALO- VISITORS HERE : Members of the Chamber | \, of Commerce of That City - | THER FANCY WAS CAUGHT the Proposition to Deepen | By ih Lawrence and They ! Wished to See River. ..: The Buffalo, N.Y. Chamber of | ree, consisting of five hun-! dred business men, reached Kingston &t 7 am. on the steamer Kingston, | Which was chartered for the cham- | ®er's annual cruise. The Kingston Board 'of Trade, on being informed { Of the Intention of the Chamber of | Commerce to include this city in the Points to be visited desired to form & programme for their entertainment but President Edward L. Koons re- Plied that the members wished to make an informal visit and this morning they were all over the prin- | cipal streets of the city in a short | time. The vessel left Swift's whart at 11 a.m. and proceeded to Brock- | ¥ille. The return to Buffalo will be | made on Sunday nignt. | When asked whether the visit had any commercial significance, Mr. Koons said that they were just en- Joying a holiday and everybody was looking for a good time. They went | to Cleveland last year, but the pro- posal to deepen the St. Lawrence and the great possibilities that were awakened by the evidence at the Redrings of the International Com- mission, in the industrial deve:op- ment that was bound to take place on the Canadian side when the rapids | were harnessed, caught the fancy of @veryone. If this thing takes place, | as scientific men say it will, the capi- | tal invested in the Amercan side will | Surely be transferred to tha Canadian ! side, where the raw materials are | available for manufacture. But Mr. | _Soons, and the other officials with | could not talk about thess | ngs, for everyone was lookirg for | latest bulletin from the Chicago ublican convention. e officials are : Presidant, Rd. La, 3 e nt, a treas- | C BN ITTO Ty member wore a celluloid on the lapel of his coat, which #8 his name in large letters and | . 'gave their business, They were | ftended by their own band and pro. | fessional entertainers and there were | | erg M. Barthou and Captain Andre Tar- KINGSTON. ONTARIO. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920, AN AIRMAN BOMBED TRACKS. AND CAPTURED ARMORED TRAIN Italian Troops Occupy Avlona--Railway Strikes Have Been Declared at Milan and Cremona as Protest Against Alleged Despatch of Munitions to Poland. (Canadian Fress Despatch.) Warsaw, June 12.--Another Bolshevik armored train, officered and r.anned by Germans, with German machine guns,' has been captured by the: Poles near Kiev bridgehead. Its cap- ture is attributed by them to the performance of Captain Edward J. Corsi, of Brooklyn, N.Y. a nfember of the Kosciusko aero x squadron, who they say flew beyond the train and cut the track by means of bombs. Polish infantrymen later captured the crew. w Italian Troops Occupy Avioma, (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, June 12.--Italian troops, withdrawn from the Montenegro zarrison of Santi Quaranta, have entered Avlona, Albania, according to a Ceniral News despatch from Rome, which quotes advices recéived there by Epoca. In recent fighting, these the Italians lost twenty officers, including two ex- \ advices say, colonels. Railway Strikes at Milan and Cremona. (Canadian Press Despatch.) } Rome, June 12.--Railway strikes have been declared at Milan and Cremona, forty-eight miles southeast of Milan, as a protest against the alleged despatch of munitions to Poland. Troops occupied Milan station. No disorders are reported. ---- = GEN. DYER APPEALS | TO THE ARMY COUNCIL | + WIRELESS ON SAME + BASIS AS TELEPHONE Latter Likely to Justify His | Action in India--House # Paris, June 12.--France wi} Debate Postponed. | % be the first country in the world - % to place wireless on the same London, June 12.--The debate on | + basis as the -telephone, accord- the. Hunter report on thé Amritzar|® ing to plans announced by Min- massacre was postponed to give Ge- | ister of Posts Deschamps. Un- neral Dyer a chance of being justi-{ # der the scheme outlined, a chain fied by the Army Council, to which of wireless stations through- he has appealed for a hearing. The + + + * + + + > + + + out the country would replace # Cabinet found it expedient to agree all telegraph lines and stations, # to this, owing to the practically un- probably within 'the next few # animous feeling among the coalition | years. The Indian Secretary's (Edwin statement that he discussed the In- TO TORONTO POSTIES Montagu publicly declared he had party that Dyer deserves reward in- | + + stead of censure. | PEPPER PLL REP OPP PPI IRe Samuel Montagu) position is also compromised by Sir Michael Dwyer's ROWELL MAKES THREAT dian disturbances fully with him in 5 -- | June, 1919, in London; / whereas Ir They go on Strike the Gov- heard nothing of Amritzar until the newspapers' disclosure in November. | | | | Ottawa, June 12.--That if the det] | ter carriers of Toronto go on strike | the Government will treat such | Clemenceau Charged With Sacrifices [gy rixe as their resignations and that | ing French Rights. their positions will be filled, was Paris, June 13. --At a. session of the announcement of policy made | the foreign affairs committee of the yesterday afternoon by Hon. N. W.| Chamber of deputies, Josie Basthop Rowell at the end of a statement charged that former er Clem- a d allow, s of enceau had abandoned France's | showing the pay an lowance: ri; ' Er / sion grew agrimonious between "TIGER" IS ORITICIZED lar work.. diew, when the latter defended M. lenfencean. Captain rdieu read at vom Cle ént in Which? 2e¥ are ready to accept his Shak | "Had I known the valwe of Mosul !e08e and fight for their demands. | and Mesopotamia I would never have | traded them off THE FRENCH TO | { GET SUITS AT $0 Toronto, June 12.--The oStles are ineensed . at the. Rowell .t reat, the *| + | | whiels FERGUSON HAS LITLE T0 SAY | | | 'With Regard to the Charges | | Made Against Him Over | Ontario Timber Limits. | HE WIL MAE FUL REPL uy He Appears Before the | Riddell-Latchford Com- | i mission--To Clean Up. | ---- 3 | | i | Te ; Kemptville, June 12° Looking fit] jane well, ready to battle with his ac- | cusers, answer any charges, and ap- ' pear before the Riddell-Latchtord | | Commission, Hon. G. Howard Fergu- | son, former Minister of Lands, For- | ests and Mines, arrived at his home | here Thursday night after a trip to | the West Indies. | Although questioned he refused to express his opinion of the Svigente brought out before the timber in- | Quiry, and seemed to be more anx- | | | | + ious as to how the Ontario Legisla- | ¢ | ture carried on during his absence. 'What I have to say will be said | | before the commission," said Mr. | | 'Ferguson. "I have seen very little of | | what has been said before the Som- | mission, as I got no mail while I was away except one cablegram telling | me of certain criticism regarding my- | self and which I answered by cable | | to Mr. Justice Riddell." ! | "What have you got to say regard- | | ing mining claims being recorded in | | which there were no minerals, but | {in which there was 'good timber | | which was cut?" i "I shall be able to dispose of all | [that kind of talk when the time { comes." Nay { "Is it true you took a lot of letters {and other documents down south | with you?" "What would I do that for?" said | Mr. Ferguson, who denied the report, | | while Mrs. Ferguson added: "I pack- | 'n& ernment Will Fill Their | ed for him and there was nothing of | | the kind." Positions. | 3 Took Nothing Away. "It is said Hon. Thomas McGarry and you received letters from aif-| ferent people advising you that min- ing claims were being recorded on there were mo minerals but goole timber was being cut and that yo. lid not answer these letters. It Wa. suggested the letters i Tings u "l am not going before them til I have read the evidence. I will give my evidence then and élear up a lot of charges." | "What about the alleged shortages | of timber cuts made to the Govern- | ment and the Doyle rule?" "As regards the Doyle rule, that has been'the custom for years. At * 1 | steel integral parts thereof, musical | | ot Iroquois, VESTED INTERESTS IN ONTARIO RETARD DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES The Government Refused to Carry Out a Timber Sale, Declares . J. Carrick, of Port Arthur--Judge Riddell Thinks Everybody Should Live Up to His Contract. Port Arthur, June 12.--J. J. Carrick, company promoter, former member for Port Arthur, declared before the Timber | Sir Henry Drayton Has Not Yet Commission yesterday afternoon that Herbert Holt, one of the Made the Necessary Motion strongest financial men in this country, had told him he would : in the Commons. not invest a dollar in Ontario because vested interests in the province' were retarding the development of natural resources. Carrick said he himself made a contract in February with the Through Retailers Will Pre- vent Undue Enhancement Ontario government to purchase the Bruton limits in Campbell- ford district, Northumberland county, for $225,000. After completing the payments in three months, according to the agree- ment, the Hydro-Electric, who were the vendors, told him that the government had instructed them they would not carry/éut the sale and were willing to return the money. of Prices tg. Consumer. Mr. Harding : "From whom did you buy this?" "From Gaby ; ' . (Canadian Press Despatch) and Pope for the commission." Ottawa, June 12.--Although Sir ° Mr. Justice Riddell : "Everybody should live up to his con- | Henry Drayton has given formal no- tract. This must be threshed out in the proper tribunal." | tice of proposed amendments to the Mr. Justice Latchford : "No legislation should ever restrict | luxury tax resolution; he has not yet the rights of any private individual to &gt justice in the courts." | introduced them in the House of | Commons and the origmal resolution | stin remains operative. Yesterday | the house, in committee of the whole, | discussed the principles underlying | the tax resolution and the amend- (Subdued applause.) ments to be offered. A number of FEEEEPFEIR IERIE IFPI OEP | members took the finance minister at + 4 + SUGAR PROFITEERS * ' ARE FINED $35,000 {his word and suggested further al- | terations in the resolution H. H. > -- # Charleston, W. Va., June 1% | Stevens, of Centre Vancouver, wished ® --The Sehon-Stevensons Com- pany, a wholesale grocery con- cern of Huntingdon, yesterday was fined $35,000 upon convic- ti t i eso profiteeriit in a | to include hats and caps with articles Pritchard said he was imposing | of apparel to be taxed finally only in the heaviest fine the Lever law | respect of the amount by which their Permitted. | selling price exceeds a specified price. | Thomas Foster, of East York, urged ----ri rn en {that taxation upon musical instru- GERMANY IS SENDING butcher, is head poultry man: | ments pe reduced and the amount of ITS METAL TO CANADA | George Armstrong, carpenter bY [exemption in. the case of electrical | - trade, is supervising the build- | fixtures for home be Increased. A Also Musical Instruments -- | ing of hen coops. W. A. Pritch- (number of members took up the pro- | Jolt position that all luxury taxes be col- Austria is Contributing | @ardand R.J. Johns are working ected from manufacturers, whole- Hops and Jeweiry. { In the fields as farmers. Ald. salers and importers and that retail- -- | John Queen is wielding a slédge | ers be relieved of the duty of Ottawa, June 124--The articles | in the construction of fences. |collecting a number of counter being imported from Germany into | | taxes. " Canada at the present time are chief- i TAX REDUCTIONS oT INTRODIED IVENS IS GARDENER QUEEN SWINGS SLEDGE Winnipeg, June 12. -- Men convicted at the recent trials in connection with the big Winni- peg strike are employed in con- genial work at the prison farm, according to a report made by Robert Ringland, secretary of the Domjnion Labour Party, at a meeting of the party. William Ivens, former prescher, is head gardener; R. E. Sray, former aa ELT TFS * * +» + * * FEF PREF PRES OPER P PEP EPS Freee : aa en; ihe an ¢ . Sir Henry Drayton, on the other y metal, for yse inclusively in min- { hand, contended that the collection i or metallurgical operations, | LIGHTNING KILLS { taxes through retailers would as machinery composed wholly or in! FIVE IN DETROIT | op; undue enhancement of prices part of iron or steel, and iron or | se s [to the consumer. The purchaser | Would know exactly what amount he { Was called to contribute to the trea- Sury on account of the tax. Late in the evening Hon. T. A. Crerar, leader of the farmers group, i after commenting upon the amount of bookkeeping which would 'be ine volved 'in the; system of collection cme probably fatally, when lightning through retailers of the country, of- struck a tree under. which they. had ered an amendment that the tax be paid by the manuta the:progress. of | op at the time of the sale 'sien' seated under. a tres onl ns at ; 'struck. They], will recover. The storm, Which 'swept 'Detroit and surodmslings for more than 'an hour, started seventeen fires in the city and caused considerable proper- ty damage. An old elm with Jarge, drooping G. H. Davy, reeve of the village | branches, beckoned as a haven of re- was yesterday at the |fuge from the downpour. The a ; Four Boys and Young Woman instruments an precious stones; | while the importation from Austria is | She Vist: 8h Kk. ors practically confined to electric insu- | uffer oc lators. This information was given in answer to a question by Fern- | and Rinfret (St. James, Montreal), in the Commons. For the first three | months of 1920, the articles of- chief value coming ftom Germany were: Garden and field seeds in ckages, vi of ufacture of : man re Hes, man- Detroit, June 12.--Four boys rang- ing in age from 14 to 18 years and a young woman of 24 years, were killed and seven others were injured, factures of wood, labels les boxes, etc., photographs, chromos, etc, manufactures of papers, braids, etc., toys of all kinds; musical instru ments, precious stones. From Austria the chief articles were hops, lamp chimneys and jow- elry. e d saler to his Majesty with such regulations as may be pre- scribed." Mr. Crerar's amendment Was defeated by 39 votes to 25. Some interesting statements were made by the finance minister during the discussion. He felt called upon | to oppose an amendment offered by -- rs. of tm- © 5 ¥ | IN N GRE! N po t three representatives of Buf- | (UNITY IN GREAT BRITAI Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, providing that soldiers who had seen active service overseas and their dependents kl i 3 | and spectators ran over to it. | Paris, June 12.--Men's suits at 45 | one time I suggested there should be County Court sittings at Cornwall | players an I 3 - and the Times, the latter In Stronger Position Than Any Other of obtaining money by false pre- | themselves. on a bench under the n 3 0 newspapers, the News, po aor. | francs (In normal times about $9) [a change from that, but Aubrey | honoradly acquitted on three charges | As many as could squeeze in seated | the photographer. | Es n dsked whether the Kingston | _ Board of Trade was entertaining the tore, the secretary, W. i. Mac- (Wee, stated that J. M. Campbell, the | _ president and some members, walted | Wpon them, but no formal pro- | Wramme was carried out while the | Sisitors were in the city. At Brock- | # & programme has been arranged | for the reception and entertainment | Of the Americans. | | Student Tried Burg To Test 'EMolency { | Middlebury, Vt, June 12.--Albert | A. Houghton, who while a senior at | 'Middlebury College, twice broke in- | to a store and each time stole | a suit of clothes, was given a sen- | of two to three years at hard | ~ labor in state prison to-day and then . Was placed on probation. The de- | . fense of the young man, who is a son | of Rev. 0. H. Houghton, of Walling- | ford, was that he commited the bur. | | lariés to test the efficiency of the | local police as compared with' the 3 Police connected with the army training corps at the which he had command. | students' | college of Jury Would Absolutely 3 Prohibit Crime Films | . Cobourg, June 12.--The Grand Jury at the Quarterly sessions of the - County Court, held here this week Defore Judge Roger, with Mr. Ww. | F. Field as foreman, recommended | its presentment that all moving- | ture films depicting crime be | utely prohibited, and . that | up to the age of tweaty, con- of crime, be put in te utions from hardened crimin- and be taught useful trades. ; -- in Agreement On Treaty With Britain | Honolulu, T.H., June 12.4-The diplomatic consul has ac- | the terms of renewal of the | liO~Japanese offensive alliance, | § agreement having been | d in the negotiations at Tokio, | Rg to a Tokio cable to the | Jiji, Japanese language, news- + here, 59 TRIED TO BLOW UP THE EGYPTIAN PREMIER * (Canadian Press Despatch.) ~ Cairo, Egypt, June 12---An unsuccessful attempt was made this morning to assassinate the Egyptian premier by means of a +» Pe400040 000 | there had been five governments, in will be possible in Paris, according to newspapers, if a campaign being conducted by them is successful. The government is holding more than 2,- 000,000 yards of cloth suitable tor | clothing, and is being urged to re- | lease sufficient for 700,000 suits, un- | der an agreement with manufaetur- ers and unions by which each suit should be made at as low a cost as possible; | Country, London, June 12.--Rt. Hon. An- drew Bonar Law, speaking at a political meeting in Birmingham said he believed there was more unity of purpose in the present government than in any other government dur- ing the war. In Amirica the moment the war was over they reverted to th old party dissensions and the result was that America was playing . no part in the great work of reconstruc- tion; that was a calamity, In France -------- The third reading was given with- | out division, Friday afternon in the House of Commons, on the race track bill, which seeks to eliminate bookmakers. All betting must be done on pari-mutuel machines. Italy four; that was not beneficial. ------------------ Fires are still raging In Cobalt district. a ct tA eens. . SOME CABINET CHANGES ARE RUMORED GOUIN MAY JOIN THE GOVERNMENT | (Canadian Press Despatch.) Ottawa, June 12.--Various political rumors are flying about in parliamentary circles affecting members of the cabinet. It is stated to be all framed wp that if and when Sir Robert Borden retires from the premiership, of which his intention is not yet indicated, he will take the chief justiceship of the supreme court, succeeding Sir Louis" Davies, who is due to retire whenever he feels like it. The rumor will not down that Mr. Rowell is going to Wash- ington as minister plenipotentiary, and it is now said that Hon. J. A. Calder is developing ambitions to become high commis- sioner, in succession to Sir George Perley. The successor to Sir | statements on the matter at all." | have then half of th White, who had been Deputy Minis- | ter for years, advised against it, as| that had been the rule for many | years, and it would be inadvisable to | change." "What have you go to say about the granting of timber limits to cer- tain people?" "What I have to say will be said | before the commission and nowhere | else. I am not going to make any "According to evidence some com- panies reported to the Governmetit e timber?" | "I think we will be able to explain | it all when the time comes." -- NEWS IN BULLETIN. The Poles drive Bolshevik troops beyond the Berestinar River. The Bolsheviki must evacuate Per- sia or givelup trade. British negotia- tions with Krassine are to end un- less the Bolsheviki retire. Banker Otto Kahn, of New York, Just returned from Europe, is very optimistic. He says Britain is pros- perous and going ahead rapidly. Col- lapses of the Bolshevik oligarchy is looked for in eighteen months. Robert Borden, it is suggested, 'will be an outsider, Sir Lomer Gouin, who is due to retire next week from the premiership of Quebec, will, it is said in Liberal circles here, eventually join the federal party, the French members not being impressed with the leadership of Mackenzie King, and desiring some provincial leader apart from Ernest Lapointe, who is re- garded as having deficiencies. SENATOR HARDING OF OHIO The fiftieth Irish police victim was shot to death in Limerick Friday. A mail train was held up near Killar- ney and the mail bags were seized. 'To Charge for Phone Advice. Montreal, June 12.--At a meeting of the Medico: Chirurgical Society here it was decided that when a doc- tor receives a telephone call asking advice, he shall be entitled to make such charge as he usually makes, in the same way as a lawyer. An all- round increase in the scale of pro- MAY EVENTUALLY BE CHOSEN blican Presidential Candidate--@Gen. Wood Led on rst Four Ballots, but a New Man May be Brought Into the Arena. (Canadian Press Despatch.) ' Chicago, June 12.--Four ballots were taken at the Republi- can convention last night, without a decision. General Wood was the leader in each count. Senator Harding, of Ohio, emerged to-day from all-night conferences of the Republican chieftains as the man expected to break the imminent deadlock on the presidential nomination. On him they plan to concentrate their strength should the con- vention fail to break through the blockade established yesterday by four ballots. Senator Harding participated in the conferences. He also saw Senator Johnson, in'the latter's private apartments, but the California senator described the visit as a "convention call." The results of the meeting were not disclosed. It gained significance because backers of the Harding movement are look- As the fessional fees was urged. . *e Ottawa, June 12.--The opin- fon that there should be a more marked general modification in 4 prices of lumber, shingles and ¢ 'other building material is ex- ¢ ressed in the memorandum is- ¢ ee by the Board of Com- 4 | Of These 419 Are Practising in Ontario--Information Obtained ences. three, the others standing close by. THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL GRADUATES NUMBER 1,072 IN TWENTY YEARS | be exempted from luxury taxes for a ~= | period of five years. He did so be- cause such an exception might lead to frauds by persons representing themselves as returned soldiers or soldier "dependents" and also com- 'Plicate the system for the collection | of the taxes. He added, however, | that the question of exemption was | receiving consideration. Again the | finance minister intimated that if the Foundation. | new taxes morked satisfactorily they ler Foundation, on Eat remain in force for a consid- ical director of the Rockefeller Foun source of | erable period, wn teet---- for the Medical Director of the Rockefeller i Dr. R. M. Pierce, med his recent visit to Queen's Medical College, wished to khow the college's students and the distribution of her 'graduates for the last twenty years. To show this graphically two spot-maps, one of Ontario and the other of Canada were especially prepared by Dr. Asseitine and Miss Jessie Gordon, assistant secretary of the medical faculty, to show this |p Smit stated yesterday that he information. | doubted the story t v The places from which the students, since 1900, came were marked | buyers were Ic United Seales with small black pins, and places where the doctors who graduated from | sula for strawberries. He thinks Queen's since 1900 are. practising were marked with red ones. This work the crop will be large and cheap required painstaking care and hoth Dr. Asseltine and Miss Gordon are | as owing to the sugar shortage they to be congratulated on the fine app earance of the maps. will not be canned to the usual ex. Some interesting data is shown. The total number of students who | {ent have attended here is 1,072. Of these over 813 came from Ontario, 61 from ------ Saskatchewan, 129 from the United States and over 46 from the West | indies. ' Frontenac county leads all the other Ontario counties in the| The Presbyterian General Assemb- number of Queen's medical students and graduates. | 1y fixed thé salary of jis treasurer, The number of graduates since 1900 is 806. { Rev. D. Robert Laird, at $4.000. From Halifax t. Victoria, Queen's graduates are practising in all the| The British Labor Delegation to cities and largs towns of Canada. In Toronto and its immediate vicinity | Russia urges the removal ot tae em- 37 Queen's men are practising, 70 around Kingston, 13 around Hamilton bargo. and 17 around Montreal. Italy artillery Tize United States claims 129 of Queen's graduates and of these over | lage of Ouzati. 37 are in New York. Fifteen graduates are in England and four in| Australia. Besides these, several graduates are doing medical missionary | Fra Ex Cheap: ho Hamilton, June 12.--Senator BE. bombards the vil work in Japan, Ching and India. | The table below shows the territory from Which the medical college ! ves its students and the distribution of the graduates since 1900 : Distribution. deri Ontario Quebec Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland United States 'West Indies ....: British Guiana British Columbia Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Newfoundland a United States . .. Re -- West Indies Have You Any- thing for Sale ? Anything-- from a mouse- trap to a pile driver, a diamond ring or a steam shovel---may be sold with the aid 'of a Whig i Want Ad. : | As soon as any article be- comes no longer useful to you, why not tarn it into cash ? No doubt you will find many discarded things in your garret which you could turn into money to-morrow. Just telephone your adver. tisement to The Whig and a Want Ad. will quickly put you in touch with buyers. Phope 243. Total .... NINE MILLION DOLLAR MEDICAL SCHOOL GIVEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. : (Canadian Press Despatch.) Rochester, N.Y.. June 12.--A nine-million dollar school of medicine, surgery and dentistry, including a 250-bed teaching hospital, has been : given the University of Rochester. by the Rockefeller General Educatjon | Board and George Eastman, of Rochester, it was announced here last | night. The board contributed five million and Mr. Eastman four milion. In addition to these outright gifts, the Rochester Dental Dispensary, | which was built and endowed by Mr. Eastman, will furnish school clinte | PEEP 4 990000000004 ing to Johnson supporters for aid if their plan materialize. : for the study of dentistry. | eee-- i