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PROPOSAL FOR We will stand the LUXURY TAX on our lines for 80 days 1 Collier's Toggery | he Daily Bry sh Whig We will stand the LUXURY TAX 'on our lines for 80 days. Collier's Toggery £0 YEAR 87: NO. 194. | | wy - PEACE 1S WADE The Independent Status of Iretang, Asked BREAT PROGRESS iS MADE _ "furnish Among the Irish Unionists in Favor of a Broad Policy. (Canadian Press Despatch) Belfast, Aug. 5.-- 'Provided inde-| pendent states of Ireland is recog mized, Irishmen will be prepared to international guarantees; | property incorporated in peace treaty to safeguard strategic interests of} British empire." This, according to * the Belfast Telegraph, is the propo for peace forwarded Sunday night fo Premier Lloyd George. Made Great Progress. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 5.--Premier Lioyd eorge was told at his conference ith Irish deputation he received esterday, that great progress 8 en made among Irish unioni during the last few months, in favor of a bread policy, giving self gov- ernment to people of that island, gays the Times, in reporting the meeting. The deputation was unani- mous and strong in its denunciation . _@f governments Irish crime bill, and | ] . .the northern parts of Darlington and strongly opposed to any scheme | . for partition of island. Fiscal auto-| fiomy was also demanded. Answering a question in the house today, Premier stated that the gov- ernment's decision was that Archbis- p Mannix, of Australia, should not allowed to land in Ireland. Ne- ~ gessary steps will. be taken to make ecision effective, he added. DELAY CABLE LINE * WITH SOUTH AMERICA Prodident's Orders Hold Up on * Barbados Cable Pending Formalities. Washington, Aug. 5. -- President | Wilson is understood to have issued | clusion that he had been swindled.| days by Poles, according to an an< orders to both the army and navy | departments not to permit the West- ern Union Telegraph Company to | land on United States soil a cable line | the Barbadoes until permission been obtained from the State De- ent. Construction of the cable the Barbadoes end is said 'to ve been started. cig ! The proposed cable line, it was said | here, would extend to Miami, Fla, | and would establish direct communi- | cation between the United States and | South America, eliminating the ex-| isting relay at thé Barbados station | in British territory. Complaints of unnecessary delay in messages pass- ing through Barbados are reported to have been made by American firms dealing with South America. A FIRE ALARM RAISED. The Blaze in the Court House Soon Put Out. (From our own correspondent) Picton, Aug. 6.--There was quite an excitement on Wednesday when the fire alarm was given and a fire had. broken out at the court house, Union street. However, the firemen were soon on the spot and the fire ex- tinguished. A large number of ex- cursionists came up on the steamer , 8t. Lawrence. They enjoyed a short stop in Picton and also at Glenora. The citizens are again putting up with the disagreeableness of newly- olled streets. The funeral of the late Miss Annie Kenny, Greenbush, was largely attended at St. Gregory's church. Mrs. J. White and Miss K. Moore, Holyoke, Colorado, who have been visiting Mrs. White's sister, Mrs. C. Fox, Union street, left for Kingston on the 4th inst., to visit friends near Westbrooke. ! > - Miss Vera MacDonald, Mountain Grove, was a Picton visitor on Wed- nesday, also Mr. and Mrs. J. Gates, and son Kenneth. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wannamaker and family were re- cent ylsitors at C. G. Fox's, Union street... The Chautauqua has again closed for the summer gathering. Millinery To Be Less Expensive New York, Aug. 5.--Millinery will | be less expensive this fall owing to the success of the "'four seasons for millinery" campaign, it was announc- ed here to-day at the fall fashion show of the Retail Millinery Associa- tion of New York." GRASSHOPPERS IN DURHAM. Eating Up the Grain and Roots In An Ontario District, Newcastle, Aug. 5.--Farmers in . Clarke townships are alarmed at the ravages of grasshoppers, which have acked not only the grain crop, but tatoes, turnips and other roots. Farmers' Pool Not Likely. - Regina, Sask, Aug. 5.--According | the Regina Leader, there is very ttle prospect of any immediate ps being taken by the Saskatche- Co-operative Elevator Company towards the formation of a pool for the marketing of the 1920 wheat erop. Np-------- *¥ Tayar Taken to Athens. Athens, Aug. 5:--Col. Jafar Tayar, the former Turkish insurgent leader ia Th arrived yesterday under @ Grecian escort. He was captured | 3 the Greeks shortly after their oc- oypation of Adrianople, x DEMOCRATS FACE FIGHT ON SENATOR Convention Hall, Saratoga Springs, Aug. g.--Facing a bit. ter fight for the senatorial nomi. nation in the September primar. ies, the Democratic unofficial state convention adjourned yes- terday after recommending a state ticket headed by Governor Alfred E. Smith, and Including Miss Harriet May Mills, Syra- cuse, for secretary of state, and ailopting a comprehensive plat. form based on Democratic state and national. programmes, in- cluding a 2.75 per cent. beer plank, There will be two and per- haps three candidates before the Democratic electors in the Sep- tember senatorial primaries, Mayor Lunn reiterated his deter- mination to fight for the nomi- nation despite the action of the convention in "recommending" Lieutenant-Governor Walker. Three northern counties, Clin. ton, Essex and Franklin, on the convention floor, pledged their support to former Lieutenant- Governor Thomas Conway, of Plattsburg, if he determines to be a candidate for the nomina- tion. . SWINDLER ARRESTED BY FEDERAL POLICE Secured $12,000 From Father in Coughlin Kidnapping Case. Philadelphia, Aug. 5. --vFederal authorities announced that the man arrested at Egg Harbor, N.J., in con- | nection with the kidnapping of the] infant son of George H. Coughlin is the individual who wrote letters to | the Coughlins and signed himself "The Crank." Other details were re- fused for the present. "The Crank' not only wrote let- ters but he used the telephone. He succeeded in convincing the distract- ed parents that he had knowledge of | the whereabouts of their baby. The | father was induced to proceed at mid | | night to a lonely spot where he plac- | | ed $12,000 and then went home to | await to return of the chibd. Then the search began for "The Crank." According to postal secret service men they have him under arrest. He recently started another letter writing campaign, this time demanding $10,000 for the return of the child. x SOKOLOWSKY SLAIN; BODY GUARD OF CZAR New Haven, Cann., Aug. 5.-- Information which the author- wities have bearing upon the mur- der of Frank Sokolowsky, a.la- bor leader, by poison alleged to have been thrown jin his face by his wife, Alexandria, who is un. der arrest in New York city, pur. ports to identify him .as .one Orloff, or Orloffski, once of the private bodyguara of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, and also at one time head of the secret police in Petrograd. ROCKEFELL BY KEEPS FIT ING FOOTBALL | Passes With Family Thrugh Chapleau; Other Notable Travellers. Chapleau, Aug. 5.--Throwing and catching a large football is evidently one of the means used by John D. Rockefeller, jun., America's multi- { millionaire, for keeping fit and in good condition. Passing through Chapleau with his family, travelling east on the C.P.R. in their private car "Pioneer," they indulged during fifteen mintes' stay here in this plea- sant exercise in evident enjoyment and amusement at occasional lost catches, preparatory to luncheon, whieh was served as the train pulled out. : Travelling on the same train in another private car,were Hon. F. L. Wanklyn and Hon. Dr. Reid. Parleys a Blind To ) Cover Drive 'Washington, Aug. 5.--Armis- tice conditions will be submitted to Poland by the Soviet regime only to forward the good of the Bolshevik campaign, accord- ing to an order said to have been issued July 28th by the Soviet military staff on the north-west. ern front, intercepted by Polish agents and forwarded to-day to the Polish legation here. Addressed to Comrade Kranklis, commissioner of the Twelfth army, the order was signed by Skalin, member of the revolutionary committee of the Soviet front; north-west, and read as follows: "We shall put forward the armistice conditions to Poland only to forward var good. Une til a formal order is issued by the military staff, you can fight the Poles. Pay no attention to the obligatory condition of the armistice." After | many days he was forced to the con-| {trom higher vassengec and KINGSTON, ONTA TELL THE PEOPLE OF REAL AFFAIRS | The Franco-British Mission to Poland Is Urged to | Act. THE DESIRES OF POLAND --n € { In Regard to the Peace Terms | to Be Made With Soviets. ; s (Canadian Presse Daspatch) ; Warsaw, Aug. 5.--The Polish gov- | ernment has asked the members of the France-British mission to retura | and lay before their respective g0V- | | eramenty the real situation in Pol- | | and and give their epirion as regards | suitable aid. Poland's council of de- | fence has sent a Jispatch to Moscow | stating .that Poland was ready to send a peace delegation to Minsk on condition that the Polish delegates be permitted to communicate freely | with the Warsaw goverument and | that the Soviet agrees to accept, in | principle, the terms Poland will pro- | pose. o The Russians have reached Ost- | rov, "fifty-three miles northeast of | Warsaw. Should Accept Proposals. (Canadjan Press Despatch) London, Aug. 5.--L. Kamenoff, | president of the Moscow Soviet, Js reported to have sent a message to his government asking that Russia | accept immediately the original Bri- tish armistice proposals for an armi- stice. with Poland. There is Much Anxiety. (Canadian Press Desdatch) London, Aug. 5.--Among the Brl- tish officials and diplomats of other | ¢ nations here undisguised anxiety is| felt over "the Russo-Polish situation. One high official said: "The situa- | tion is as grave as that in August, 1914. The Poles Are Withdrawing.» (Canadian Press Despatch) Warsaw, Aug. 5.--Lomza, about seventy five miles northeast of War- saw, has been taken by the Bolshe- | viki after being defended for many | nouncement at the foreign office. | Poles have evacuated Brest-Litovsk, but hold west of the river Bug, Fur- ther south they have evacuated Ko- vel and are withdrawing to line of Bu ver. Prien armistice and peace de- legation have left Warsaw for Minsk, today, according to advices received here. : To Cut Corridor to Port. Paris, Aug. 5.--The French mili- tary advisers at Warsaw have report- ed to the government here, that the prime objective of the Bolshevik army operating against the Poles at the moment is to cut off the Polish sea corridor, including Danzig, rather than the capture of Warsaw, which they say would follow soon after- wards. The cutting of the corridor also would mean the severing of the one direct railroad lime extending from Danzig to Warsaw over which the vast bulk of munitions for the Polish army ig arriving, and also the other | railroads running from Danzig into | Poland. The Bolsheviki cavalry was less than 30 miles from this railroad last Tuesday The experts add that the Bolshe- viki are boasting that they will offer the territory of the Polish sea border to Germany as the Bolsh&viki do not recognize the treaty of Versailles. FIRE AT VENNACHAR. Herbert Ball Fought the Flames and Saved the Property. Vennachar, Aug. 5.--Fire on Sun- day destroyed the barn and outbuild- ings on the Cowan homestead, occu- pied by Archie Rosenblath, and the conflagration might have been more serious had it not heen for the ef- forts of Herbert Ball, who arrived on the sceme scortly after the fire had made headway. The buildings contained a quantity of hay and straw, equipment and maple syrup, and the roof was on fire when Mr. Ball arrived and started the firefight- ing. The owner of the buildings was John Cowan, Alida, Sask. and a small amount of insurance was car- ried. APPOINT A. E. WARREN. To Take Charge of Amalgamated . C.N. and G. T. R. Lines. Winnipeg, Aug. 6.--A. E. Warren, present general manager of the Can- adian National western lirfes, is to b® placed in charge of the co-ordinated Canadian National Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Sys- tems jn western Canada. Vast Railroad ments, New York: Aug. 5.--Americdn railroads propose to =pend §$7,000,- f00 for improvements and better- ments this yaar. Money will be rais- od from increased carnings resulting freight tariffs. Bette: service is promised, with some 106 lines included in the Nupdertaking. ° Railway executives haye decided to make new passenger and freight rates effective Aug. 26th. Arrange League Conference. Washington, 'Aug. 5.--The inter- national communications conference to be held in Washington under the auspices of the League of Nations, has been set for Sept. 15th. Ay Asks $1,000,000. New York, Aug 5.--Allan Ryan has filed suit for one milion dollars against the governors of the New York Stock Exchange for alleged 10, - THURSDAY, AUGUST, 3, 1920. LAST EDITION OPPOSE ST. LAWRENCE | SHIP CANAL SYSTEM Saratoga, N.Y. Aug, 5.--~Op- position to the proposed Cana- dian-American St. Lawrence ship canal has assumed serious pro- portions at the New York State Democratic convention in session here. Convention leaders are insisting on a plank in the party platform asking for new appro priations for the New York state barge canal system. The plank is sponsored by the oppon- ents of Mayor Lunn, Sechnccta- dy, who has been a backer of the internationas development plan. Mayor Lunn heads that element in the convention which is opposed to Governor Alfred Smith and Tammany, -- REV. DR. AARON WATKINS Germantown, Ohio, nominee the Prohibition party for the 'U. Presidency, and 'Mrs. Watkins. f o S Turks Fear Dispute May Cost Them More Land Constantinople, Aug. , 5.--The Turks are manifésting uneasihess over the disagreement between Maly and Greece regarding the Dodecan- ese islands. They fear it may result in Italy obtaining the Adalia dis- trict absolutely instead of as a zone of influence or that the Greeks may take Meandera valley. Some of the| nationalists are delighted at the dis-| but the Constantinople | agreement, government and the more thoughtful nationalists are anxious Test the aif ferences be settled at a far greater cost in Turkish territory. WAR CAPTIVES DYING IN RUSSIA Paris, Aug. 5.--Thousands of prisoners of war in Russia, Si- beria and Turkestan must die, according to Dr, Fridtjof Nan sen, who was sent recently by the League of Narrons to Russia to handle the question of repa. triation of prisoners. .Dr. Nan- sen added that there were 175,- 000 prisoners remaining and that it would be necessary for in- terested nations to supply $2, 750,000 to repatriate them, Prohibitory Degree. Queenstown, Aug. 5.--Emigration from Ireland without written autho- rity from the "Home Secretary of the Irish Republic" is to be prohibi- 'ted by a decree which will shortly be issued by the Dail Eireann (Irish Re- publican Parliament) according to announcement by Vice-Chairman Hennessey of the Queenstown urban council. "Mounties" Not to Keep Ontario Dry Ottawa, Aug. 5.--Recent cor- respondence between Hon. J. W. Calder, president ofthe Privy Council, and Hon. A, G. Raney, attorney-general for Ontario, regarding the prohibition of ram runing on the border round Windsor and other points. has brought up the question as to what are the s and juris. diction of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 3 Mr. Raney has requested tha the Federal authorities send members of that body to prevent disorders occurring at such points. Mr. Calder expresses his willingness to send members of the force to quell trouble at any order for the utilization of the - Mounted Police for general pur- poses of enforcing the Ontario Temperance Act." | [hold out as long as he thought his "(ture of a revolution. EBERTS POSITION "15 IMPOSSIBLE Strain of ""Red" Dangers Is | Proving Too Strenuous For His Health. REVOLUTION ON THE WAY, The Pendulum in Germany ls Violently Swinging Back Towards Reaction. Rerlin, Aug. a Ebert's evident determination to retire from | his high office as the first president of the German Republic, and take up {nis former occupation as a master |saadler, has caused considerable un- | easiness here, not only, among the | masses of the "people, who admire | ithe truly democratic manner of the | | kaiser's 'successor, but even among! the leaders of the parties of the | Right, whose plans are yet in a state | |of flux, and who are in no way pre- {pared for a new presidential cam- | paign. | The reason why the president | wants to retire is known to everyone | {in German official circles--the nerves lof Herr Ebert have proved absolutely {unable to withstand the strain of the enormous responsibility of his office, land the onerous duties have com- i pletely worn him out, until hé now |1goks like a shadow of his former | robust and jovial self. | Not long ago Ebert told a personal friend that he was determined to {remaining in office was necessary for Germany, but he added that he had long ago come to the conclusion' that | {his position between the upper and | nether millstones was untenable, and | {the result of the recent elections, | {with the pendulum swinging back: {violently toward reaction, brought | | matters to a head, and his official re-| {quest for a presidential election at the earliest possible moment féllow- ed. The present conditions in Germany are more than chaotic. Practically all the papers on both the extreme wings of the parties are predicting the in- | evitable coming in the very near fu- SYDNEY COAL MINES: BEING UNIONIZED Non-union Men Are Forced into U.M.W. by Threats ~~ of Tie=Ups. Sydney, N.S., Aug. 5.--A victory for the U.M.W, is announced by the union officials, who state that six- teen non-union miners have signed the membership roll, thus averting a general tie-up of No. 2 Colliery, the] biggest coal mine in Canada. The U.M.W. had given these men, who | were recently imported from the old | country until six o'clock yesterday to make up their minds to join. If they refused the union men threa- tened to come tothe surface and leave the big colliery idle until Thursday. This is the second trouble of the kind within the past few days. The first was at Reserve where a number of non-union men joined the union in the face of a threat to tie- up No. 9 and No. 10 Collieries. | | Alaskan Oil Fielas May Supply Pacific Fleet Washington, Aug. 5.--Naval and geological survey officials are inves- tigating recently discovered oil sup plies in Alaska, Secretary Daniels an- nounced today upon his return to Washington after a tour of Alaska and the west. It is hoped, he said, that the Alaskan oil lands eventually will yield a large part of the oil sup- ply necessary for the Pacific fleet. Coal deposits totaling between 400,000 and. 500,000 tons aré al- ready in sight in the navy's coal re- serve lands in Alaska, Mr. Daniels said, with good prospects for a very much larger supply. The interior de- partment also would develop large deposits of coal on government land for commercial uses, he said. Want Churchill Arrested. London, Aug. 5.--A remarkable motion, demanding that the govern- ment arrest and impeach Right Hon- orable Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, at the Bar of Par- liament 'for violating the constitu- tion by using British military re- sources to assist reactionary ele- ments in Europe to make, war ainst ' Soviet Russia without the consent of the British parliament or people," will be submitted by the Independent Labor party at the an- nual conference of the Scottish Lab- or Party In Glasgow, Sept. 25th. This announcement was made by of- ficials o [the Independent Labor Party. Make a Good Record, Ottawa, Aug. 5.--Canadian fisher- fes, both in amount of product and value, made a good record for the first six months of the year ending June 30th. Sea fish landed on both coasts amounted to 2,887,424 cwt., valued at $10,564,146. For the same period last , the 'catch totaled 2,546,773 cwt., valued at $9,393,495. Governorship Vacant. Los Angeles, Calif, Aug. 5.--A proclamation pronouncing vacant the governorship of the northern district of Lower California, was received here from Mexico City, according to an announcement by Eduardo Ruiz, representative in Los Angeles of the de facto Mexican Government. The grasshopper menace ip the west 1s now considered past. WILSON TO RETIRE : FROM SHEEP RAISING Washington, Aug. 5.--Presi- dent Wilson has decided to retire from the sheep raising business. The White House flock of forty- eight prize sheep which has kept the lawns cut for three summers, is to be sold. ; The yield of wool has gone to charity--this year to the Salva. tion Army. In 1918 the flock produced ninety-eight pounds of wool, which was sold by the Red Cross throughout the country, bringing in more than $43,000. The original flock of eighteen head was obtained from William Woodward, of New York, who has a farm near Bowle, Md. where it was said at the White House, George Washington ob- tained a herd of deer to stock the grounds at Mount Vernon, SUES W. H. RUSSELL FOR CUT TIMBER Ontario Government Demands Damages For Exploiting Pulpwood Resources. Toronto, Aug. b5.--Suit to re- cover a large amount of money from} Walter H. Russell, Port Arthur, Ont.,, who is charged with having cut timber in New Ontario on lands | to which he had no right, will be be- gun shortly, according {to an an- nouncement made by Attorney-Gen- eral W, E. Raney. The amount which the Government proposes to sue for was not stated by the At- torney-General. "It will be for a large amount," he is quoted as say- ing, "but I cannot tell now, even approximately, how much." Hon. Mr. Raney stated that ac- tion would be taken also to cancel the patents granted by the Ontario Government to Mr. Russell. The Government's action is being taken as a result ofthe recent interim re- port made by Justice W. R. Riddell and Frank Latchford as commis- sioners investigating timber limits irregularities. They reported that, in their opinion, "upon the admitted facts, proceedings had been taken to cancel the patents improperly ob- tained, and also to recover the value of the pulpwood, and for damages generally. The commissioners found that Mr. Russell and his companies had ex- ploited the pulpwood resources of the province. In the meantime the Government | has seized from the Russell interests a large quantity of pulpwood, cut and ready to float down stream. It is estimated at between 15,000 and £5,000 cords. "TY" COBB WILL MOUNT DEMOCRATIC STUMP New York, Aug. 5.--"Ty" Cobb, star outfielder of the De- Y troit Baseball Club, will appear as a "'spellbinder" in the coming presidential campaign .if plans of Senator Pat Harrison, chair- man of the Democratic National Speakers' Bureau, materialize. Senator Harrison announced to- day that he proposed to take Cobb with him on a proposed "swing aroumd the circle" in the interests of Cox-and Reese velt. LEAGUE TO HAVE "GENERAL STAFF Will Be Composed of Ablest of Minar and Naval en. San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 6.--A plan proposed by M. Leon Bourgeois, the French spokesman in the Lea- gue of Nations Council, and the French General Fayolle for an inter- national general staff as part of the League of Nations, has been adopted here. The staff is to be composed of the ablest of military and naval men, who will act as agents of the League, The members will be in conference as often as need be, and in event of impending difficulties which might mean armed conflict they will draw up plans in advance( so as to be ready for emergencies. ment to go to Angora and at- tempt to reconcile the National ists. ! The Turks are .reported to have evacuated the Adana area, where the French have been Fi memes After Dr, Cowan and THOUGHT BODY WAS JUST A DOLL Body of Infant Almost Thrown _ Away After the Discovery at Yarker. -° THE DISTRICT IS STIRRED Over the Finding of the Body of a Dead Infant in Mill Sluiceway There. (By Staff Reporter) Yarker, Ont., Aug. 5.--The find- ing of the dead body of an infant in the sluiceway of Benjamin's Mill here, on Tuesday night, has eaused a big stir, As stated In Wednesday's Whig, the body was found by a lad. It was at first supposed to be a doll, | and was almost thrown away. Fur- | ther particulars regarding the grue- some find were made known here to- day, The body is that of an infant, about two or three days old, The body is very badly decomposed and has one leg and one arm off. It was found by Stuart Alton, aged fifteen, a eon of Elmer Alton, who was employ- ed cleaning out the weeds in the sluiceway. Young Alton did not know what it was and told another lad, George Richardson, aged fifteen, son of the well-known barber at Tam- worth, about his find. The two youngsters were of the opinion that it was a doll and were about to throw it away when the Richardson boy told Dennis Smith, the blacksmith, about the matter, and the latter discovered that it was the body of an infant. On a close examination being made of the body, it was found that a piece of cloth, resembling an apron string, had been tied around the baby's neck, and evidence also pointed to the fact that a stone had heen attached to the end of the ming: Coroner Dr. G. H, Cowan was noti- fied, and he opened an inquest, and after viewing the remains, an ad- journment was made until next Tues- day. The following jury was empan- elled: Samuel Winter (foreman), R. F. Burgess, Albert Holland, B. D. Garri- son W, Murphy, A. Alton, J. A, Wright, F. O'Neil, J. B. Sanderson, . Fraser and M. Foster. The general opinion is that it will be a very difficult task to trace the identity of the body, but the people of this district are shocked over the affair, and have asked for a thoroug investigation. The stream supply ing 'power to this mill covers a dis- tance of thirty miles, and the body could have been thrown into it at any point within this distance, and this makes the work of following up the case all the more difficult. The body of the infant was re- moved to Babcock's hall, where the inquest was held, and the hall was' filled to overflowing, with an inter- ested gathering of péople of the e members of his jury had viewed the remains, an adjournment was made until Tuesday. The remains of the infant were interred in the come. tery at Yarker on Wednesday. Not in some time has Yarker and district been so stirred over any happening there. -- ~ - A Renfrew Merchant _ Loses Much Drygoods Renfrew, Aug. 5.--Good to the va lune of at least one thousand dollars have been stolen from Alex. Fraser's dry goods store, consisting of suits, shirts, sweaters, underwear, ties, suitcases, valises and other articles. Burglars obtained entrance from rear of the store, Inference is that a conveyance was necessary for such a haul. Local pe- lice are working but have failed so far to obtain a clue. Chief Ross, Ot- tawa, was notified by Alex. Fraser, but no results obtained. Cole Bros. shows were in town yes- terday, and at first suspicion poin to persons in their following, b! Fraser is inclined to the opinion that it was a prearranged robbery, and plans laid by persons well ag- quainted with the store and the loca- tion of the stock. > A First Hebrew Divorce. : Fredericton, N.B,, Aug. 5.--For the first time in the history of the New Brunswick Divorce Court, absolute decree of divorce was g . ed to a Jewish resident of the pro- vince. The decree wah granted this morning by Justice Crocket, in the case of John Sheppard vs. Ethel Sheppard, an adjourned case from the July sitting. NEWS IN BULLETIN Bradford, a raflway centre near Dayton, Ohio, was completely wiped out by fire early on Wednesday morn= ing. The loss is over one miilion dollars. Urgent telegrams were sent to Al- lied ambassadors asking them to re turn to Paris to attend a meeting of the ambassadorial council, which is being held to-day. Hungary and Roumania are mobi- lizing troops, probably to go to the assistance of the Poles. : : Soviet agents in London are su- thorized to make peace with Great Britain. The Bolsheviki are enveloping Warsaw simultaneously from ne north and east. The Poles forced to abandon balf their 'The Bulgers are said to be pre : paring to join the Russians. ; rsm--t