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ON SALE. J Special Bargains fa I sRIRTS, NECKWEAR } CAYS med HATS Our a a _ouly | Collier's hig ON SALE. Special Bargeins in SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, CAPS apd HATS Ohr best grades only "Colliet's = ri VOL. 87 : NO. 811. HE ONLY WAY | SAYS PREMIER i i b Meet Unemployment Sits ation Is One of Co- operation. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--""We have been prking along the line of some plan | if co-operation with the provinces | Ind municipalities in dealing withthe | roblem of unemployment of return- | men, and we are still at ii. | | I can. | pt think of anything else to meet | situation," declared the Right | , Arthur Meighen yesterday, in | wering a Toronto delegation | h had emphasized serious un- uployment conditions in that city id had asked for an emergency fund cope with it. What was suggested was the pay- nt of $12 a week to single return- 'men who are out of work, and np $23 to $30 a week for married n, according to the size of their Jamilies. The estimated outlay is 150,000 a week, at least. Employment Conditions. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--The department labor employment service reports t for the week ending Nov. 20th, ployment returns were tabulated § over five thousand firms, with in aggregate payroll of 717,226 per- , At the end of the previous k, these concerns had 724,962 loyees and at the middle of Jan- 694,629 persons. Since the end 'the previous week there has been § decrease in the staffsof nearlyeight pusand persons, but as compared January last, there were in- fréases to the pay rolls amounting £0 over twenty-two thousand persons. )r. the following week, further, irough some what smaller reduc- tion in employment, was expected. DOMMONS TO DEBATE THE IRISH POLICY loyd George Holds Out Both Olive Branch and Sword. London, Dec. 11.--The debate on he government's Irish policy is ex- ted to be opened in the house by Liberal leaders mext Tuesday. The wer house may be called on to de- whether the cabinet's plans re- garding Ireland are to be carried in- 10 'execution without the acquiescence Jot the legislative branch of the gov- ! ment. This question .should it jgome to vote would test the stability Of the Lloyd George cabinet. The fea- ite of the premier's speech that did #seape notice-was the fact, that, 3 et, he was holding out an olive anch in one hand and a sword In he other. It evoked some question- ing, but generally speaking was not gRgurded as banishing all hope of suc- (Gonstantine is Notified Of Greek's Wishes Lucerne, Dec. 11---Official notifi- tion of the result of the Grecian biscite and an invitation to return «Athens and reascend the Greek lhrone immediately, were received |p former King Constantine here morning. The government noti- i fled Constanting it will have a Greek cruiser and escort of warships to re- celve him and family at Venice on Wednesday. EA UAKES RAZE A NIAN VILLAGES Rome, Dec. 11.---All villages in Tepeleni district, southern Albania, have been destroyed by violent earthquakes, accord- ing to an Aviona despatch to the Tempo to-day. Two hun- ~ dred persons are reported kill- ed, while fifteen thousand have | beon made homeléss. The town of Tepeleni was completely | razed. The message reports that shocks are continuing. 'Previous messages made no mention of casualties. X Opening of Parliament. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--Thursday, Feb- _ruary 4th, or more probably Febru- ary 11th, are looked on as the likely _ dates for the opening of parliament. The Canada Gazette, of Saturday, will contain a notice calling parliament | Spm forma) to meet Japuary 24th, which is a certain indication it will not meet next month. s a 3 Saskatchewan Increases Pay. Regina, Dec. 11.--In the Legisla- ture an amendment to the Saskat- ehewan City Act passed provides for an increase of the maximum allow- ance that may be paid to any mem- 3 of a city council for one year trom $300 to $500, ttawa, Dec. 11.--In reply to a tement recently made by J. Fred arsh, organising secretary of the and Army of United Veterans, to , notably 'the United States, the pension commissioners to-day issued a comparative statement of pensions antéd 'in the various countries "It BUCHAREST UNDER MARTIAL LAW Paris, Dec. 11.---Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, is un- der martial law, according to an official announcement at the Rumanian legation here late last night. This step was the result of disorders in the city, which culminated on Thursday in the explosion of a time bomb beneath the speaker's tribune of the Rumanian senate. One member was killed and several were injured. THREE SUBSTANTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN Hamilton Education Board Gratefully Receives the Announcements. Hamilton, Dec. 11.--Grateful ac- | quickly retaliated with a powerful | of | Earl of Granard arrived in Otta- | ceptance of three scholarships was made by the Board of Education Thursday night. Sir John M. Gib- son appeared and stated that the International Harvester Co. would donate $750 for five years for the best results in mathemaics, the first prize to be $400, and the second prize $350; the Steel Co. of Canada | pe right upper cut, which landed on | Victory | geckett's chin and sent the British! would donate $5,000 in bonds, which, with the Interest thereon, was to be distributed $750 a year as long as the fund sufficed, for the best results in physics and chemistry. Both of these scholar- ships would be administered by the Board of Education. Speaking of his own scholarship, Sir John said it amounted to $4,000, to be distri- puted at the rate of $220 per annum for the best results in arts. This scholarship would be administered by the University of Toronto. CPR. Train Hands Had Narrow Escape Brockville, Dec, 11.--Adam Halpin and David Lee, Cana- dian Pacific train hands, nar- rowly escaped death here. Both were severely injured when the crew of a way freight shunted two coal cars onto a siding. These cars struck a standing car, under which Halpin and Lee were working. They és- caped death by clinging to the "under rigging of the car until it came to a standstill. Farewell to Pastor. Petrolea, Dec, 11.--Rev. J. D, Me- Crae, B.D., who for the past four rs has been minister of the Pres- yterian church here, 'has Almonte, having accepted a call to the Presbyterian church there. Be- fore leaving, Mr. McCrae, at a fare- well social," was presented by the congregation with a purse of $200 and Mrs. McCrae with a purse of $50 and an ivory electric lamp by the young people of the church. Both Mr, and Mrs. McCrae will be greatly missed in Petrolea. ------------------ Cannot Be Compelied. New York, Dec. 11.--A house- wife whatever her age may ve, is uot compelled to attend school in this city, according to a decision just handed down in the Municipal Term Court by Magistrate Brough in the case of Mrs. Rose Stefano, fourteen years old. Mrs. vwidno was arraign- ed on complaint of the Bureau of Attendance of the New York Board of Education for the purposes of | establishing a precedent of this kind. It was brought out at the hearing that the young housewife had mar- ried with her parent's consent. The charge of truancy was dismissed. Belleville Likes Guelph's System. Belleville, Dec, 11.--A mass meet- ing of citizens, after hearing an ad- dress by Ald J. E. Carter, of Guelph, unanimously endorsed the city man- ager system of municipal govern- ment and reconfmended that the city council arrange for the holding, of u referendum on that question at the time of the annual clections in January. The meeting also recom- mended for adoption here the sys- tem of electing aldermen now in force in Guelph,-that is to say, that the aldermen shall be elected for a period of three years, one-third of the entire membership of the council retiring each year; the mayor to be elected from the board of aldermen annually, and the en- tire membership - of the council to consist of nine members. ------------ Poolrooms Promise Propriety. Windsor, Dec, 11.--The Windsor police commission and the pool- room proprietors of the city had a conference following complaints from citizens, at which the proprie- tors pledged their best etforts to have profanity and other offensive talk, and misconduct barred from thetf.egtablishments. h------------ To Incorporate Synod. Ottawa, Dec. 11.----A bill is to be introduced the coming session of parlianrent to incorporate "the Gen- eral Synod of the Church of England in Canada for church government purposes and to enable it to acquire and dispose of property." ------------ Montreal Car Victim Dies. Montreal, Dec. 11.-- Alphonse Soucy, one of the fifteen injured in the street car accident on Gouin 'Boulevarde last Sunday, died last night, the first fatality from the ac- cident. A fractured rib had pene- trated his lung. Grain in Store Increases. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--Graln in store at different public elevators through- December 3rd a KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1920. MORAN KNOCKS OUT BECKETT | | British Heavyweight Champion | Defeated in London Fri- | day Night. London, Dec. 11.--Frank Moran, | Pittsburg, knocked out Joe Beckett, English heavyweight, in the second round in Albert Hall here last night. In the first round, Moran tried a left {lead, but was caught with a right to |the jaw. Moran then led with his {right and clinched. He was warned {by the reforee. Beckett got in some i good work in the second round, and {again Moran closed in, trying short {arm jabs which failed to land. Moran got in a hard smash, bu! Beckett | right to the jaw. Beckett was floored | with a crashing uppercut during 18 | when, ie failed to rise. The end of the bout came amidst | intense excitement. The knockout | blow was Moran's first effort at real | fighting. He put all his strength into i champion to the boards, where he rolled over and over, until counted out. THE BRITISH FLAG RAISED UNDER SEA A Ceremony That is Certainly Very Unique In Its Character. Victoria, B.C., Dec. 11.--The Bri- tish flag has been raised under most unusual circumstances in the past, but probably the conditions were ne- ver stranger than those of a recent ceremony held at Swanson Bay, when two divers, nearly 100 feet below the surface of the sea, hoisted the ship's ensign on the tlagstaff of the sunken Prince Rupert, which is now in pro- cess of being salvaged. One diver bent the colors to the halyards and slowly hoisted them, while his mate stood at the salute near by and sent to the surface through the telephone connected with his helmet the strains of the National Anthem. Two divers of the Pacific Salvage Company had gone down into the stern of the wreck to a depth of near- ly 100 feet. The diver's tender sud- denly announced that he could hear "God Save the King' coming up through the telephone which connect- ed him with the man below. Wonder was expressed at the occurrence, but the mystery was cleared up when the divers rose to the surface again. While going around the stern one diver had found in a box at the foot the ship's ensign. ling emblem from the repository, bent it on to the halyards, and slowly hoist- ed it. Standing at attention, his hand raised to the salute, his mate sang the National Anthem, and it was this that the man at the surface had heard. Many a fine ship has gone down with colors flying, but to the Pacific Salvage Company will accrue the uni- que honor of raising a vessel with the British flag mastheaded. RED CROW"S WIDOW OFF TO THE GREAT BEYOND The Old Veteran Was the Last of the Old Indian Fighters. Lethbridge, Dec. 11.--The death at Galt hospital here, of the Indian squaw, Mrs. Red Crow, removes an association linked with the fame of Red Crow, a renowned warrior chiof of the Blood Indians, whose name is still regarded with reverence in that it was passed onto the Prince of Wales when, in his visit to Leth- bridge, he was created a chief of the Bloods by the Indians at that time assembled in the city. The late Mrs. Crow, was the fourth wife of the famous Red Crow, who died some 20 years ago. Red Crow was the last.of the fight- ing warriors of the Bloods, and made a name for himself in the part he took in 'the tribal feuds of the old days between the Bloods, the Crees and'the Grovans of Montana. Chief Red Crow was the first of the peace chiefs of the Bloods. He received his status and a wedal from Queen Victoria. In spite of his many marriages he loft ho issue and his name is carried on by an adopted son who goes by the name of Frank Red Crow. { CANNOT LIFT EMBARGO But No Slur Implied on Health of Canadian Cattle. London, Dec. 11.--Lord Lee, sec- retary of the ministry of agriculture, said in the House of Commons that his attention had been drawn to a statement by Hon. Manning herty, Ontario minister of agricul- ture, in Toronto, that the British embargo on cattle was a gross injus- tice to Canada. He reiterated his in- ability to remove the embargo, al- though he denied that any slur was implied on the health of Canadian cattle. Lancashire Ope es Face Prospect of Hard Christmas London, Dec. 11.--Lancashire cot- ton mill operatives are facing the prospect of a hard Christmas. Eighty thousand are already reported to be out of work, and other mills are ex- pected to close for a protracted per- fod. - Severa] other industries in the north of England are also feeling the 'effects of the depressed business conditions, but it is reported that the building trades and iron founderies are unable to obtain a sufficient sup- ply of labor. : i ti Eight thousand Lancashire cotton mill operators are out of work. ASK COURSE FOR BUTTER MAKERS Toronto, 11.--One of the resolutions passed by the convention of the Ontario branch of the Canadian Cream- ery Association here yesterday, requests the provincial govern- ment to introduce at Kingston and Guelph an annual six days' course for butter makers. M. CASENAVE LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON { French High Commissioner Has Been Guest of Their Excellencies at Ottawa. Dec. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--M. Casenave, the French high commissioner to the Utlite! States, who has been a guest ome infighting and was counted out | | Duchess of Devonshire since Wed- | nesday, left yesterday for Washing- wa and is a guest at the Government House, Countess Granard, formerly Miss Mills, New York, did not accom- pany her husband owing to ber re- cent bereavement. WAS A MEMBER : OF "TERROR SQUAD" A Man Arrested at Polenza, Italy, Makes That Boast. | | Bologna, Italy, Dec. 11.--Police of- ficials at Polenza have arrested a man who boasts that he is a mem- ber of a 'terror squad," which is composed of twenty-four men who have plotted the assassination of pub- lic authorities. He asserts, accord- ing to the police, that he escaped from this city in an automobile with Municipal Councilor Armando Gossl, a communist, and a Bolshevik "teach- er" named Martelli, Both of them, he says, left him at Rimini, from which city they fled into the Repub- lic of San Merino for refuge. Perfect Prune Will Soon Be Grown in America Willmington, Del.,, Dee, 10.--The "perfect prune" is soon to be grown in the United States, Prof. L. R. Detjcn- of Delaware College, an- nounced in an address before the 34th annual convention of the Peninsula Horticultural Society. Describing his super-prune, which is to be evolved from 'a domestic plum, Prof, Detjen said.it would be the first time an American variety has been adopted to prune purposes, the output hitherto having been grown from European varieties. Prof. Detjen explained that his plum, while of no commercial value now, will be ca: ily until it comes the torgot a tes prune which, said, will be the "breeding stock for a new and harder race of prunes for Eastern America." =| Silence of Poet Laureate Discussed in Commons London, Dec. 11.--Horatio fot- tomley, in referring to the silence of the poet laureate, Dr, Bridges, on the occasion of the declaration of peace, the unveiling of cenotaph or other great events of the war, ask- ed would the premier consider the question of appointing a national poet whose muse was more attuned to the soul of the British nation. Mr. McNeill asked whether, if the position was to be declared vacant, the government would appoint Bot- tomley to fill it. Lloyd George said that, so far as he was aware, the poet laureate had written nothing, but Dr. Bridges had written many poems during the war. It was not considered necessary to make any change. Colonel Claude Lowther asked if the post should not be offered to Rudyard Kipling. Several members galled out "No." Slang Mocks Flag; Flag is Changed Ottawa, Dec. 11.--Ribald com- ment by sailors of the world bas caused the. government to have the house flag of the Canadian Govern- mént Merchant Marine changed. So far the house flag has display- ed on it the Canadian beaver, but the likeness of this industrious am- mal to another rodent caused sailors the world over to refer to the Cana- dian government service as 'Che Rat Line." Hereafter the house flag will dis- play in place of the beaver a cross enclosed In a circle. Mr. Payne Denies Report Of Refusing Registrarship Brockville, Dee, 11.--G. Arthur Payne, of Cardinal, the defeated U. F.0. candidate in Grenville riding at the last provincial election, denies Do-1' nat it had been reported hors re- tly that he had the refusal of the vacant registrarship of Leeds county. 'The report of my refusal of the registrarship is absolutely wrong," says Mr. Payne. "I iever asked for this directly or indirectly, and had mever given it a thought." Gift Voted by Ontario "To University of Montreal Quebec, Que., Dec. 11.--Hon. L. A. Taschereau, Premier of the Province of ebec, has received a cheque for $20,000 frond Premier Drury, of Ontario, the amount voted by the Ontario government for the Univer- sity of Montreal. A letter accom- panying the cheque requests that it be forwarded to the university au- thorities. Canal Work to Continue. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--Hon. Dr. Reid today denied the rumor that work on the Welland Canal will be discontin- ued at the end of December. COAL EMBARGO PARTLY LIFTED of their excellencies thé Duke and, | by officials of the bord Exports From Canada Per- mitted Under Individual | License System. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--The situation in 3 : A regard to supplies of bitunrinous coal in Canada has improved to such | | an extent within the past few weeks | that it has been found possible to | ¢(xports of bituminous coal Canada, and shipments under indi- | | { vidual license will now be allowed | from the maritime province. How- ever, should circumstances arise at | any time to. hinder the production | or distribution of bituminous coal | in Canada, these licenses may be | refused by the Board of Railwaycom- | missioners, who are in charge of fuel | control and distribution. Unless some difficulties at pre- sent unforseen next couple of months, again prohibit | be unnecessary to but the necessity | {the export of coal, | of securing a license for each ship- ment of coal out of the country will | be a guard against any danger of | shortage. The production of bituminous coal | in all the mining areas of the Do- minion is stated to have shown a splendid increase during recent weeks, and little fear is now felt that there will be any shortage of bituminous coal to deal with. In some regards the anthracite | situation is also brighter, though some sections of the country have | been experiencing difficutly "in the matter of obtaining their full sup-| plies. = The amount of anthracite | coal brought into Canda to the end of November this year was about | 200,000 tons lower than the amount imported up to the same date last | year. To November 30th, 1920, imports totalled 3,442,000 tons, against) 3,- | 6122,000 tons last year. However, | while some districts have received | less anthracite this year than last, | othérs have had slightly more, and | there is said to be a growing ten-| dency among coal users to substitute | bituminous coal whenever there is | an indication of shortage of supply of the anthracite. MADE HIS WILL ' -- On A Phonograph Record--Is It Legal? Chicago, Dec. i11.--Earl H. Reyn- olds, of the South Bend Elevator | Company and . iuember Of tue boaiu of Trade, has made his will on a phonograph reco... Attorgeys Joan cis J. Callahan dictated tures" of witnesges, . "The voice is mightier than the pen," said Attorney James KE. Cal- lahan. "The judge before whom a phonograph will is offered for pro- bate can tell whether the testator was strong or weak from the tone | of his voice, as reproduced by ihe record, He can also judge whether the testator was of sound and dis- posing mind, from the fluency of lack of fluency evidenced ,by the re- cord." The Illinois statue provides for a written will. FLOOD OF CANADIAN COIN Ogdensburg Merchants to Apply Discount. Brockville, Dec. 11.--Because of being ffooded with Canadian silver currency, the merchants of Ogdens- burg, and practically the only centre in Northern New York where Cana- dian silver has taken, at par, are pledging themselves to take silver at the prevailing discount and pass it out ou the same basis. The mer- chants, who do a large Canadian trade, claim that hundreds make a practice of taking silver to the Cana- dian side and exchanging it for Cana- dian currency, realizing handsomely on the transaction, and then flooding the Ogdensburg money market witk Canadian silver. They claim that it is a rare thing in that city to see United States silver in circulation. BABY BURNED TO DEATH Forces Lanip Fell on Crib, Setting Clothing on Fire, Brockville, Dec. 11.--The eight- month's-old child of Mr. and Mrs. William Taber, of Brier Hill; N.Y, was burned to death by the over- turning of a lamp on the table. The lamp fell on the child's erib and set fire to its clothing. When the moth- er returned to the room after an absence of a few minutes, she found the crib a mass of flames. The child lived but a few hours. Bding Money To Ottawa. Edmonton, Alta., Dec. 11.--~The | total proceeds from the recent school land sales throughout the provinve are now announced by the depart- ment of education as $2,049,153. This represents an aggregate of 115,- 608 aores of wild land, which sold at from $7 to $70 an acre, with an average of $17.15. The enfire pro- ceeds of the sales go to Ottawa and will be ddministered as part of the school trust fund, interest at five per cent. being credited to the pro- vince for educational purposes. Liberal Meeting Next Month, Ottawa, Dec. 11.--At a meeting of the National Liberal executive yester- day, presided over by Hon. Mr. King, it was decided to call a meeting of the Ni nal Liberal committee, for somet in January. The meeting dispersed feeling enthusiastic over Liberal prospects and the work ac- complished by the pational officers in the past year. Hamilton controllers directed as edrly a start as possible on sewer from | been constructior to relieve unemploy- MARTIAL LAW IS PROCLAIMED London, Dec. 11.--Martial law has been proclaimed by Dublin Castle over the city and county of Cork, the city and county of Limerick, and the counties of Tipperary and Kerry. Under the proclamation, persons who, without authority, possess arms or unauthorized uniform, must surrender them within a certain period, or be- come liable to court-martial and the death penalty. BACK TO MAN WHO PAID $5 FOR HER Woman Leaves Farmer for Him Who Had Bought Her From Husband. St. Catharines, Dec. 11.--Yester- day afternoon a man of about sixty- five, came to town and enlisted the aid of High Constable Richard E. Boyle, as agent of the Children's Ald Society, in getting back his wife, should arise in the |who, he said, had three weeks ago it is hoped | taken a job with a bachelor farmer that it will | to husk corn, and had failed to re-|;..q he, the priniople of countervail- turn home. Agent Boyle and the man drove man. "This man wants you to go back home with him and attend to your duties as his wife," Mr. Boyle told her. "Oh, he does, does he?" replied the woman. "Well, I want to tell you I'm not his wife at all." "But 1 know myself you living years or more," Mr. Boyle said. "Oh, that's all right, too, but fif- teen years ago.this man came to my right husband and said he'd give him $5 for me. My husband said 'all right,' and so we made the bar- gain. This man here has promised to marry me, and we're engaged, so 1 guess I'll stay with him." Mr. Boyle, however, finally per- suaded her to return to her 'old home, and the corn owner was left disconsolate. A BIG PROCESSION have TO MARRIAGE ALTAR italian Brides Met at Ellis Island by Prospective Husbands. New York, Dec. 11.--Just before closing time in the marriage license bureau to-day the door swung open and in came Father G. Moretto, of | St. Raphael Society, which cares for Italian immigrants. "Ten on Monday, eleven to-day," said the priest to Eddie Hart, the clerk. Then came a regular procession. enty-two of them. The women, all Italians, arrived from Italy dur- ing the day, were met at Ellis Island by their prospective husbands, and taken immediately to the marriage bureau by the priest. After obtain- ing their licenses they were escorted to the chapel of St. Raphael's, where Father Moretto united them in mar- riage. The weddings were the culmina- tion' of war romances. The bride- grooms were soldiers. in the Italian army who had met their fiancees while in the services. British Prime Minister To Get Salary Increase London, Dec. 11.--1It is understood that the Parliamentary Committee, which is revising the ministerial sal- ary list, will recommend that the prime minister be granted ten thou- sand pounds yearly, without the right to claim a pension, and that other ministers be paid about five thousand a year. A system of grad- ing, with the aboltition of certain sinecure offices, such as the chan- cellor- of the Duchy of Lancaster, will. it is said, make possible the salary readjustments without an ad- ditional burden on the taxpayer. Jury "Tested" Pint Of Stolen Liquor Trenton, N.J., Dec. 11.--A jury trying Edward Kuhn, of this city, for stealing fifty-one cases of whiskey valudd at about $4,000 from a ware- house here, returned a verdict of guilty, after a policeman had been put on the stand and testified, fol- lowing his drinking of some of the stolen liquor, that it was real whis- key and after the jury had also taken a pint of it into the jury room to test whether or not it was real or spur- ious, the point on which Kuhn's con- viction hinged. Surgeons Strongly Hopeful On Thyroid Giand Operation Chicago, Dec. 11.--Surgeons who grafted the thyroid gland of a monk- ey into the neck of Mary Sembeck, nineteen year old, "dungeon girl," re- fused to-day to predict success for endeavor to alleviate her arrested development, strongly hops=iui, The girl was hid- den by her parents at Joliet, Illinois, in a cellar from babyhood until a few month ago, and had the body and mentality of a child of four years. physicians declared, when she was found, After the Blind Pigs. Ottawa, Dec. 11.--It is announced | that the newly incorporated citizens league will inaugurate a. campaign against hundreds of blind pigs, which are claimed to be doing business In Ottawa and Hull Brockville Minister Retiring. Brockville, Dec. presbytery Wednesday passed a reso- lution in appreciation of the work of the presbytery clerk, Rev. H. Came- ron, on his retirement from the min- dstry after many years of service. with him for fifteen | but said they were | 11.--Brockville | LAST EDITION. CRERAR GIVES TARIFF VIEWS The National Progressive Party Sticks to Elimina- tion of Protection. Winnipeg, Dec. 11.--Speaking at |a~ public meeting here last night, {along with Premier Drury, Hon. T | A. Crerar, defining the position of the National Progressive party on the tariff, said: "Our eyes are set on the goal of elimination of protection as a prin- {ciple in our fiscal policy. We pro- | pose to reach that goal by stages {that will make it as easy as possible | tor our industries to adjust them- |selves to it. During this period, | revenues will, of course, come from | the tariff, and there is no reason why |customs duties cannot continue as {in Britain to afford a very consider- |able portion of our revenue, and, if |ing the excise tax can be applied in this way, compelling the home manu- {out to the farm and found the WO-|facturer to contribute his share to {the national treasury." | ARE ORDERED BACK ; INTO CHURCH FOLD Twenty-six Christian Scien- tists Had Been Expelled From Church. New York, Dec. 1l+--Twenty-six {members of the congregation of the First Church of Christ Scientists oly Manhattan, who had been dropped from the rolls because of their al leged failure to regularly attend ser- vices, procured their reinstatement yesterday in Supreme Court. Counsel for trustees of the church consented to application of writs of mandamus obtained before Supreme Court Justice Hotchkiss yesterday and the deposed members automati- cally were restored to full rights. They claimed they had been dropped without due notice and an oppor- tunity' for a hearing. This conten- {tion was sustained by the trustees' attorney. It was claimed by the twenty-six members that they were not guilty of charges made bu trus- tees that they failed to attend church which the church bye-laws provide | for dismissal. They asserted the reat | regularly for a year, in violation of cause of their being thrawn out of the church was a factional quarrel. The Kitchener Firemen Prefer Two-platoon Plan Kitchener, Dec, 11.--As a result of the petition which has been sign ed by the members of the fire department and which will handed to the mayor and council this city will be saved at least §6,- 000 a year. The petition sets forth that the members of the local de- partment are opposed to the one day off each week, as provided in the recent act passed by the On- tario legislature in regulating the hours of labor in all fire depart- ments in Ontario. The law requires that a municipality cannot force the members of the department to work any more than six days a' week, which action provides for a weekly holiday for all firemen. The members of the local department are perfectly satisfied with the two- platoon system under which they are at present working, and which al- lows them to work in two shifts, the men working nights for two weeks and then changing about and work- ing days. 3 DOCTOR 18 ACQUITTED French Refused to Convict in Deaths of Girls, Paris, Dec. 11.---After a fori: night's careful consideration the French judges at Nimes have decided] that a non-committal verdict is best in the case in which the parents of two girls brought suit against a doe tor for damages for the death of the girls while under his medical care. The case against the doctor was that he employed an unskilled nurse, andi did not fallow the préBeribed treats ment. The father of the girls, Com~ mandant Arnaud, sued for 200,000 francs, and a charge of criminal hom- fcide was brought against the doctor, The couyt has brought in a verdiet acquitting" the doctor, refusing dam- ages to Commandant Arnaud and at the same time refusing the counters claim for any franc damages brough by the doctor. Commandant Arnaud will have to pay the costs. Will Not Train Orientals. Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 11.--Orient- als will not be permitted 'to train as nurses in the Vancouver General Hos- pital, at least until the matter has been given further consideration. This was decided at-a meeting of the board of directors, which referred the whole question back to a special committee. Dr. MacEachren, super ntendeént of the hospital declared that the train- ing of the Orientals presented many good features, and was undoubtedly desirable when they intended after- wards to nurse In their own coun- tries, yet the prospect of arousing dis- cord and disturbing the harmony and co-ordination of the staff uilitates against it. For that reason the gen- eral 'superintendent was opposed to the introdoctida of Oriental pupils, -------------------------- Big Wheat Surplus. Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 11.--- It is estimated by the Australian wheat board that 5,000,000 bushels of wheat will avatlable for ex- port before the next harvest. The: acreage under wheat this year is 11, $552,000, which nearly cgnstitutes a record, having been peded only | once, in 1915-16. The outlook for the coming crop is comsidered ez ceedingly favorable. pall