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I I ------------ii : TO-DAY CONWAY TEARLE The Man of Stone YEAR 89; No. ---------- WILL RETIR FROM IT ALL De Valera Says He's Sick And Tired of All Wrang- ling. Dublin, Jan. 7.---A stormy sess.on of the Dail Bireann followed the withdrawal of de Valera's resignatior, after it had been tendered dramatic- ally yesterday afternoon. |IRKSOME RULES { MAY BE SCRAPPED Canadian Importers Have Been Annoyed by Unwise Reg- ulations. Ottawa, Jan. 7.---It is anticipated {here that one of the first action of Hon, Jacques Bureau, minister of | customs and inland revenue, will be, | to recommend the suspension or am- | endment of certain customs regula- | tions put into force, lanzely for pro- | tective purposes, by Sir Henry Dray- } ton last session, Among these regul- { ations, which® have' proven highly jirksome especially to importers, is | that which requires that goods from The Daily British KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JAN. 7, 1022. WILL FACE A CHARGE OF MURDER AT NAPANEE | s ¢ OPPOSED TO ECONO™Y UPON EDUCATION British Women Teachers at Manchester Give Hint to Government. London, Jan. 7.- women teachers at Manchester in a resolution :!rongly opposed govern- mental economy catfon, A similar resolution was passed by the Headmasters' Associa- tion, this resolution urging parents to become keener than ever on edu- cational . interests, and stating that every secondary school had a long waiting list because of inadequate school accommodation. The headmasters' gathering was 9 falling upon edu- | AA A ri TAS i Shp ALLEN Naxt Mon, Tues, Wed. "WHY GIRLS * LEAVE HOME" LAST EDITION 10 PROVIDE _ WORK EARLY -A conference of | Murdock Wants Building + (Operations to Start\ By April Ist. { Ottawa, Jan, 7.---Within the next [tow days, Hon. James Murdock, minister of labor, is going to make | real effort to provide work for sta- | tionary trades as soon as the winter be marked, Arthur Griffith charged that de | foreign countries shall . Valera was seeking an unfair vote on | branded or stamped with the name" his own personality, of the country of orizin before be- "I'm sick of this wrangling," re-|ing allowed to enter the dominion. plied de Valera, 'whatever happens | A further regulation which has I'll go back to private life." created strong opposition among im- somewhat startled by a speech from | breaks, Mr. Murdock is going to try the president of the Headmasters' |to have all agreements between em- Association, C, M. Stuart, St. Dun- | Plovers and employees for building stan's College, wherein he 'referred | trades signed up before the end of to the "'projudice of patriotism." Mr, | March, so that there may be no de- Stuart said that "if is intense na- | lay in getting to work just as soon In the excitment that minsiters in the Dail government, bitterly attacked their leader. It was clai that de Valera nad not the right to resign in this manner and dissolve his cabinet, Michael Collins claimed it was most unfair and out of order. "Three or four bullies are trying | to run the Dail Eireann on Tammany Hall principles," he declared. ' Arthur Griffith protested . to tne speaker that the Dail could discuss Mr. de Valera's proposals until the treaty had been voted upon. - Mr. de Valera protested that a vote could not be taken while the Dail lacked a | chief executive. Speaker McNeill sustained Mr. Griffith's position. Michael Collins stated that Mr. de Valera had refused his resignation from the cabinet. reference to Harry Boland's attempt to intervene in the debate, Mr. Col- lins shouted: "We will have no Tam- many Hall methods here." Mr, Collins said an attempt hy op- ponents of the treaty to table tne motion for ratification of the treaty was an attempt by "three or four bul- lies to dominate the Dail. Immediate- ly afterward he asked the speakers leave to withdraw the word bullies, saying: "I retract the term, bu: ons | cannot withdraw the spoken word." Johon Milroy declared Mr. de Val- era's resignation was uncalled ior unfil the Dail had voted on the trea- fy. Mary MacSwiney said it was for the best that the country could nave a clear issue before it. She added that it was a bombshell to her when , heard it threatened this mora- PS ne ~ Ireland a "Sovereign State. Dubl'n, Jan. 7.--At the opening at today's session 'of the Dail, Speaker MacNeill read a motion prepared by himself calling upon the Dall to af- firm that Ireland is a sovereign state, de. iving its authority from the will of the people. It is expected the mo- tion will be pu' through, if the treaty #8 ratified. v Quilty of Piracy If They Violate Submarine Law wh a Washington, Jan, 7.--Considera- tion of submarine questions was con- cluded yesterday by the five Powers' naval committee with adoption of the , final Root resolution declaring sub- marine commanders who, with or without orders from their govern- ment, violate the existing interna- tional law on submarine warfare, to be guilty of piracy. B. T..R. Express Collides With Engine at Brockville Brockville, Jan. 7.--Entering the Brockville yard at 3.30 o'clock ta's morning at a mo rote rate of speed, 'Grand Truuk Express No. 20, from Toronto to M.n'real, collided with the rear of a light engine. Fireman Arthur Newsam, Lingham stree!, Belleville, was thrown against the firebox and sustained injuries to hi» left side. and hip. He was able '0 leave for his home. followed, | Colkns, Griffith and Burgess, cabinet | Speaking with | porters is that which province that for purposes of valuation, no greater { depreéiation in the value of any coun | try's currency than 50 per cent. shall | be allowed. This particularly affects | goods from Germany, Austria, and Italy, where currency has depreciat- {ed to a.much greater proportion than | that. The regulation, it is held, is of more or less arbitrary character and {subject to abuse. As it is, German | goods are being shipped to Holland | where currency is fairly well at par {and being transhipped to Canada. | Many imports are gwiS0 coming via the United staesf sad paying two | duties. PHYSICIANS" AGAINST ALCOHOL. | / ergs ERWOOD UPTON SHERWOOD UPTON Three Kingston youths who will be taken to Napanee next hearing on the charge of having murdered Night Constable Rij August 28th last. The Upton boys are already under sentenc penitentiary for burglary in Kingston, while Bryant has been charge of receiving stolen goods. A FRED BRYANT week, for their preliminary chard Beard, at Napanee, on ce of four years each in the committed* for trial on a TO ELIMINATE MANY INSURANCE AGENTS THE. OPENING IN FEBRUARY Ontario Department Seeks to End System of Camouflag- ed Rebating. v 4 | But the Majority Against Whiskey Is Slight. ! Chicago, Jan. 7.---A majority of | | physicians in nineteen states repres- | {enting all sections of the country, | replying to an alcoholic question-| |alre sent out by the Journal of the| | American Medical Association, 'as-| {sert that they do not regard beer | land wine as necessary therapeutic {agents in the practice of medicine. | |A majority of the physicians maae a | {similar assertion in regard to whis- key. About four-fifths of these physic- fans declared there were no in- stances in. their practices where suffering or death had resulted from enforcement of the prohibition laws and 'about three-fifths favored" re- strictions in prescribing whiskey, beer, and wine. . In the nineteen states, 6.797 phy- sicians replied they did not consider whiskey a necessary the agent in the practice of medicine and 6,519" asserted that they had found it of value. Beer as a thera- peutic agent was' supported by 2,668 physicians and opposed by 9,982, PROF. C. W/ MITCHELL 5 70 LEAVE QUEEN'S | Damase Racine and He Will Retire From His Clas- sical Work at Close of Session. ---- | George W. Mitchell, M.A., profes- sor of Classics in Queen's University, has tendered his resignation to take effect at the close of the present ses- Fsion. Pfof. Mitchell has been with | the college since 1906 and has been | head of the olassical department since 1913. He is one of the strong men of the college and sincere will be the regrets of all who have come under his influence to learn that he purposes severing his connection with the university in which he train- ~ Prof. Mitchell bas not yet decided on his future course though he has a strong inclination to literary work, He has already found a place in lit- erary circles and he enjoys the work, Giving full scope "0 the predelictirus there is no doubt that a successful future is before him. Prof. Mitchell is brainy, genial, an admirable thin- | {His Hands Tied Behind His! Ontario Legislature to Meet on Probably the Second Tuesday. Toronto, Jan. 7.--The Ontario Leg- islature will open about the middle of February, probably on the second Tuesday, with two vacant seats, Rus- sell and Southeast Toronto. The late John O'Neill, who occupied these respective seats, were both liberals, and their loss re- duces the Liberal membership to twenty-five, The voting in Kingston constituency is to take place Feb- ruary 6th. Toronto, Jan, 7.--Regulations of insurance agents upon a basis that will eliminate many of those who are now licensed to write insurance was decided upon in principal by the special committee of the Legislature means that power will be given to the department of insurance to put an end to a system of camouflaged | rebating under which many large corporations have been able to get regular agents and thus save com- missions, The committee, however, | prepared to go as far as was advo- cated by .some insurance men on Wednesday, when the eliminaticn of -| part time men in all the larger cen- tres was proposed. It is realized that there is a legitimate field for the part-time us 'e agents, and uo move will be made to refuse them' licenses, provided they are bona fide agents. Discussion of members of the com- mittee indicated that the proposal to differentiate between agents and brokers will be dropped. Under the | License Act now proposed, which will permit an agent to represent a nums+ ber of companies, the agent will be able to act as a broker if occasion requires, as he has been doing in ac- tual practice in the past. BEER AND WINE MAYOR Must Accept Reduction. Toronto, Jan. 7.--Representatives of Division No. 4 of:the railroad de- 'partmefit of American Federation of Labor, which has jurisdiction over the shop trades of the Canadian rail- roads, has been informed by the Canadian Railway Association that the union workers they represent must accept as permanent the wa es reduction of eight cents an hour, temporarily made last July, or the railways will insist upon the re-open- ing of the agreements at once. MAN FOUND IN A SHED STRANGLED TO DEATH Back--S8nowden Junction, Que., Event, Scraps Prohibition and Vice Enforcement 8quads--Re- duces Soft Drink Licenses | , ---- Buffalo, N.Y. Jan. 7.---Frank X. Schwab, former brewer, elected ma- | yor of Buffalo, following a cam- | paign on the issue of prohibition en- forcement, is carrying out pre-elec- - { Montreal, Jan. 7.--The 'body of a | well-dressed man, about twenty-five | years old, was found in a shed at| Snowdon Junction, early this morn- | ing. His hands were tied behind | back, and a rope with which he ha evidently been strangled was four about his neck. Running Gun Fight causing "dry" advocates to wonder Between Police and Burglars| Mayor Schwab has announced that -- jall "dry" laws will be enforced and Toronto, Jan. 7.--After a running | has asked the corporation counsel to gun fight between police and alleged {draft an ordinance that will enable burglars, up and down Rosedale ra- | him to reduce the number of licens- vine and through the fashionable | ed soft drink places from 6,000 to | streets of the locality, between four | 1,000. and five o'clock this morning, Mayor Schwab's first act was to a appointed to consider the proposed: | revision of the Insurance Act. This | { Insurance placed without going to | is not | A STARTLES DRY FORCES 1phus at Buzuiuk, | tion pledges with a speed that is | George Hoser was shot in the arm Strap the former system, abolishing wl RUSSIA FACE NEW HORRORS { { --ne | Possible Deaths From Famine ~ kstimated As High As | 10,000,000. Moscow, Jan. 7.--Russia has be- | gun the year 1922 with eight montis | of unspeakable horror before her and | the terrible dread that next summer's {crop may only slightly relieve the | gnawing famine, At Tsaratsin, Saratoff, Samara. { Ufa, Orenburg and Kazen frozen | bodies are stocked high awaiting bur- ial in trenches which workmen can not prepare fast'enough for the viec- tims of the famine, exposure aud ty- | Phus--and every day the situation is growing worse. American relief workers, who ori ginally cautiously placed the number of probable deaths in the famin. area this winter at" 2,000,000, -mow many say 10,000,000, or even more. {may be swallowed up by the famine This is possible, particularly since the shortage of horses, oxen and ca- mel, makes it impossible to reach the more' remote sections, and since it is predicted the typhus epidemic prob- ably will be the worst that Russia has ever suffered. The United States is feeding near- ly 1,000,000 children, and the #iri- tish and various other orgawizations | are furnishing nourishment Zor at least 100,000 under the most danger- ous conditions, ° Dr. Reginald Farrar, of the Epi- demics Commission; Miss Mary Pat- | terson, of the English Quaker Re- 'lief Mission and Dr. Guertner, of the | German Red Cross have died wighin {the past week of typhus contracted lin the famine area. Miss Nancy | | Bobb and Willlam Kenworthy of the! | English Quaker unit, are ill with ty- { MINERS' DISPUTE TO | GO BEFORE SMUTS | Attempt of Chief Inspector of Mines to Effect Reconcilia= | tion Ineffectual. ---- | London, Jan. 7.--Reuter's Johan- | nesburg correspondent cables that | the chief inspector of mines has | made an ineffectual attempt to bring | tionalismis again p ipitated with such a horrible orgy of devilment as we have just experienced, then edu- cation is a failure." : WOULD TAX WORKERS ¢ LIVING OUTSIDE CITY A Montreal Alderman Propos- es to Put on a Levy of $25 a Year. Montreal, Jan. 7.--A tax of $25 will be levied on all persons work- ing in Montreal but residing outside the city limits, if a motion to be con- sidered by the: city council at its meeting next Mofiday brings the re- sults hoped for by its sponsor, Alder- man Savard. If passed, the matter will have to be dealt with by the Quebec Legislature before becoming effective. DIED AT AGE OF 110. Indian Chief's Daughter and Widow of Hudson Bay Man. Kamloops, Jan. 7,--Mrs. Mary Ann Macauley, the oldes* resident of British Columbia and probably of Canada, died at the home of her granddaughter here aged 110 years. Daughter of an Indian -.chief, Mrs Macauley was born at Savona, B. (., in 1811, and alan early age married Donald Macauley, a Hudson Bay em- ployee. She is survived hy four children, eighteen grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren. A Big Liquor Seizure, ew. York, Jan. 7.--The t raided Jack's restaurant police Bota oiin that 5,000,00 is a low estimate and | ®t Sixth avenus and Twentysthird street and hauled away almost one hundred thousand dollars worth of liquor, THE MOVIES OFFER HY FABULOUS PAY More Than $150,000 a Year Dangles Before Eyes of Postmaster-General. Washingtou, Jan. 7.--Posimaster- General Hays said he had not yet de- cided whether to and accept the new position he was offered in the motion pic'ure intustry and was not likely to make decision within the next 10 days. He has not yet discussed the sul:- ject a' any length with President Harding and does not intend to ace | until the wishes of his chief are fuliy understood. Details of the offer made by the motion picture people are to he dis cussed with them by Mr. Hars on Jan, 14th and he has told his assos!- ates in official life here that he in- tends to hold an open find un'il af- ter that conference. » The postmster-general partively poor man. Published figures to the effect that 'he motion picture is a com- leave the cabinet | producers have | | as the snow goes. The minister takes !the view that there should be no de- lay this spring in building operationg in any part of Canada. : During the coming session of par- liament there will probably be ap- pointed a parliamentary committee to make a complete investigation of the banking conditions and of the banking act. A revision of the latter will not occur until 1923, The last revision occurred in.1913. It was preceded during the 1912 session by a parliamentary investigation, | DEATH OF G. W. BOYES. | ---- |One Brother Lives in Kingston--- Some Personal Paragraphs. (From Our Own Correspondent) Napanee, Jan, 7.--The death oc- curred on Friday afternoon of George Walter Boyes, youngest son {of the late Robert Boyes, Deceased was forty-five years of age and leaves a widow but no children. For {a number of years he carried on a | grocery business on John street and about a year ago, owing to ill-health, he disposed of his grocery ' business. | Four brothers and one sister surs vive, J. L.. Boyes, Napanee; A. R. | Boyes, California; Charles H. Boyes, | Kingston, and W. E, Boyes, Mont- real; and Mrs, J. A, Wilson, Napan=- ee. The funeral will take place on {Sunday afterrioon. Interment in | Riverside cemetery. | Messrs. Herbert Asselstine and | Peter Weese are leaving on Monday |to spend the winter at Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Earl, formerly of Napan- |ee, has been visiting friends in Nap- aneee for a few days, Harold Dug- | bat, Detroit, has been visiting iaunt, Miss|B. Dunbar. Mrs. W, B. {Cronk, Guelph, was suddenly walla lon Tuesday, to be with her mother, | Mrs. W. H. Meagher, who had the {misfortune to fall on the icy walk {and seriously injured "herself. | Maurice Madden returned to North | Bay yesterday after spending the {Christmas week with his father, {Judge Madden. Mrs, George Dut {lop is spending a week with her son, Harry, in Toronto. Mrs, C, Shorey and her daughter, Miss Vera, enters tained a number of their friends Friday afternoon at "Bridge." teem} |Woman Crushed to Death By Auto in Toronto | Toronto, Jan. 7.---Mrs, Bessie Sol- | way, aged fifty, Toronto; was crushed | between an electric light pole and a | motor car driven by Archibald Mit- * | chell last night, and died a few minu- | tes later. Brings Suit Against Kaiser, Berlin, Jan. 7.--Princess Joachim of Prussia, widow of the former Ger- {man Emperor's youngest son, who {committed suicide in 1920, is bring-" {ing action against William Hohen« {zollern for a maintenance allowance, on the ground that her marriage 200s | tract, concluded in accordance with the laws of the Hohenzollerns, en | titles her to. the means of subsist~ | ence, ) Predicts Long Winter. ¥ the parties in the colliery dispute to- | Suggested $150,000 .a year to begin | n gether, the only result being that the | With are said to be somewhat under | Montreal, Jan. 7..--A Montre striking coal miners haye definitely | the sum now in prospect, as the bil | Who hag just Seturned from allied. themselves with the gold min- | has been increased upon the postias- [North country brings with him ers, and have refused to submit to |ter-general's hitherto repea'ed refus. | news that the Indians hold out I arbitration the question of the reduc- | 21: hope for an 'early spring. as and arrested. prohibition enforcement and vice squads, and effecting many changes in the police force. He then put en- forcement up to the regular police force acting under an advisory com- S00 CL 220495 9% 998 keranda decidedly clever speaker, o* : ARMS TAKEN: FROM +* - IRISH VOLUNTEERS # ; J + And Arrange Committees And Ap- ALDERMEN MEET. . May Be Recalled, + Peking, Jan. 7.---Relations be- tween the Chinese government and pointments for the Year, {the British legation, interrupted be- mittee of one person from each of | * I & Dublin, Jan. 7.--8ix hundred # Irish volunteers who were dis- +! A caucus of the new aldermen was _# persing after a review at Dre- + held at the city hall on Friday even- | 4 more, county Tyrone, yesterday ¢ ' Ig and the committees were struck. | @ were stopped by the Ulster spe- «| The slate as agreed upon will be # cial constabulatary, and the # Presented before the first meeting of # Royal Irish Constabulary, and + the council on Monday morning and # their revolvers and equipment % formally endorsed, until which time # were seized. Eleven were ar- #|it was agreed not to hand any names # rested. 4! out for publication. When interview- * » ed regarding the caucus Ald, R. I. | cause of the Amoy boycoit incident, EPP P2 LIER EESS HUSBAND AND WIFE. 'My husband calls me "OM Gir." =P. 0. : 'What Does Your Husband Do? { Kent, dean of the council, stated that | there was perfect unanimity among the aldermen and he felt that the arrangements proposed and whina would be adopted on Monday would prove most satisfactory. : REDUCE CASH PAYMENTS Provided Germany Makes Up The Difference in Kind. Cannes, Jan. '7.---The allied su- somewhat cleared by yesterday's de- cision 0 get together in the econo-| mic conference. 3 Both Belgians and French are ops posed to a- moratorium for Germany, but the French are inclined to agree to a reduction In cash payment, pro- vided the difference is made up hy preme councl planned to begin con-| the city wards. The mayor's platform favored the sale of beer and wine, but until this is. legally provided for he 'takes the ground that the present law must be enforced. Killed by Brother's Death; Both Die of Heart Failure Saskatoon; Sask., Jan. 7.----Receipt of a telegram announcing his broth- er's death from heart failure, caus- ed the death of Dr. F. G. Spafling through the same disease. The double bereavement of one of Saske- toon's pioneer families wis revealed in telegrams from Minneapolis. Dr. J. H. Sparling died in Boston, Mass.. and Dr. F. G. Sparling in Minnea- polis, where he was spending the winter. The brothers were closely | associated in busines for mdny years. The deceased of the late Rev, J. W. at "one time pastor of street Methodist church. have not been resumed, and it is hinted that the recall of the British minister may be requested." were sons , D.D., (TOE ORS death's door in Tokio. ble. his death, bi he was {deliveries of reparations in kind. Tiving. Dut war gee A ty vive. : ! tion of 5s per shift, was to have be- | come operative on January 1st, on which date the strike in the Wilbank district began. The whole question of the miners | is being laid before Premier Smuts, of the Union of South Africa. It is announced that the mining regula- tions have been enforced with the utmost strictness, and that this is tantamount to he closing of he coal | mines. -The strikers are showing | very strong resentment at the use of | native labor to keep the mines go- | ing. | FIERCE STORMS RAGING. | ' | Heavy Snowfalls Reported Through. | out United Kingdom, ! London, Jan. 7.-- Severe weather | is being experienced throughout the United Kingdom. - Heavy 'snowfalls in the highlands are reported and in : the eastern - counties (he railway | storms are sweeping over the Eng- lish Channel. Gales on the Yorkshire coast have endangered ives, as wel! 8g vessels, and lifeboat rescuers have performed splendid feats in prevent- ing drowuings. In addition to the storms in this country, influenza is disturbingly prevalent at present, Another contributing factor tow- ard a favorable decisision is the ract | that Mr, Hays regards the opportuni- | preparations for an {ties for public service in the new poci- tion as very great. trains are blocked by snow. Fierce | - JOHN O MPP. For Southeast nto, and -former Toronto city contgoller, who dled at his home on Friday. | beaver, the muskrat, brother bruin land even the wild geese have mad unusually lon winter. or To Meet On January 10th. Paris, Jan. 7..--The Council of the League of Nations will meet in Gen= eva on January 10th as schedul whether or not the allied supr council has finished its work at nes, Vincent Massey, head of the Mas sey-Harris Company, has been elect: ed a director of tHe Bank of Come merce. : PEPFEP44 520040004 * 3 Ld MORE RESULTS, + gi , % A member of the Whig staff & + lost two Waterman fountain # 4 pens on Thursday evening. In % Friday's issue he placed an sd- 4 vertisement in fie lost column # and had recovered the lost art- « % leles before six o'clock, Iidss 4 then two hours after the paper # had been printed. If this is not % geiting quick results, then what 4 can beat it? * 1990004000000 00 x v