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The Baily British Whig YEAR 89; No. 90. HAD BOTTLE OF COAL OIL Suspicious P Persons in St Mary's Basement. Caretaker Satisfied They In- tended to Set Fire to the Cathedral. The caretaker at St. Mary's cath- odral is satisfied that the five men who were seen in the basement of the church on Friday afternoon last had a bottle of coal ofl in their pos- session. On Tuesday morning, when interviewed by the Whig, the sexton stated that on Friday after- noon last when he went into the basement of the church he was sur- prised to find five strange-looking men down there. They looked very suspleious, and for that reason he told them to get about thelr business | as quickly as they knew how. They soon departed. The caretaker is sat- isfled that the men intemded to set fire to the large pile of broken lum- ber and kindling in the basement at the time. When questioned, he told the Whig that although he had mada 8 very close investigation, he haa been unable to find any traces of the coal ofl on the pile of kindling. He stated that the men had been drink- ing. When asked how he thought the strangers had been able to get into the basement, he stated that during the early part of the day some men had been employed in removing the ashes by way of the door which leads onto Clergy street. The sexton sald heard that an attempt made to set fire to Sydenham street Methodist church building, he had stayed on duty for two nights. Dur- ing the time that he was doing spe- ¢fal duty, he had not seen any strang- er around the church building. A man, who was employed to watch the third night, reported that he had been told that some unknown party was seen trying to get into the base- ment by way of one of the cellar win- dows. oN C Oonvict Liberated d to Port Huron, Mich. Mrs. Coward, serving a sontence of seven years in the Portsmouth penitentiary, was on Tuesday liber- ated for deportation to the United States. She was received by an offi- ger of the immigration branch, Mrs. Jd. Cherrier, who came from Montreal for the purpose of conveying her across the border. Mrs, Cherrier's instructions were to convey Mrs. Coward to Port Huron, Mich, from which place she will go to her home in California. COMES 10 PENITENTIARY 10 SERVE LIFE SENTENCE Charles Miller, Aged Twenty- Three, Convicted on Two Serious Charges. -~ S-- Just twenty-three years and with a life sentence over his head. This is the awful plight in which Charles Miller, who occupied a cell at the Kingston police station on "Monday night, finds himself, and he feels his position very keenly. A jury at St, Catharines after a minute's deliberation, found Miller guilty of making a criminal assault upon astwelve-eyar-old girl, at St. David's, near St. Catharines, on Nov- ember 21st last. He was also found guilty of attempting an attack on another girl. Both girls positively jdentified Miller as their assailant, and testified that he had threatened them with death if they made a nolse. that after he of age, hanging Fraser Kilpatrick was killed and several others were Injured in a mo- tor car accident at Sudbury, Canada will send twelve rifle men and one officer to Bisley this year, only half the usual number. ' Hope Is for the crew of the Canadian tug Lambton in Lake Superior, The Dublin strike was fully suc- cessful. HUSBAND AND WIFE. : My husband steps on my toes wher had been | lgnites Wood Pile | And Hangs Himself Syracuse, N.Y., April 25.-- Charles Edmonds to-day went to a barn at his sister's home, saturated two automobiles and a wood pile with gasoline, climbed to the top of the pile and hanged himself after setting fire to the wood and cars, { MONDAY IN PARLIAMENT. Aim To Tackle Unemployment in Conference. Ottawa, April 25--In the Commons yesterday the house committee on ag- riculture, appointed a sub-committee of three to confer with the law offi- cers of the Crown to see what can be' done legally towards the forma. tion of a Wheat Board. The day was private members' day. A brief debate occurred on the re- solution of J. S. Woodsworth (Centre Winnipeg) that the Federal Govern- ments should take steps to ald unem- ployment. The resolution carried without division. First readings were given two bills, {one by Mr. Kennedy, Edmonton West, which limited the time for prosecu- tion on script land sales; the other by Mr. Archambault (Chambly-Ver- cheres), which would allow aliens to count war service as years of resi- dence. MINISTER DEFENDS THE GRANTS TO SCHOOLS Hon. R. H. Grant Says Separ- ate Schools Have Not Been Favored. Toronto, April 25.--Ha¥ing pre- served silence jn the face of a bitter attack upon him for his distribution |of the public end separate rural | sohool grants, awaiting his own time to reply, Hon. R. H. Grant, in the legislature last night, made a lengthy statement setting out the explana- tion of the department for the dif- ference in grants as between public and separate schools. His statement was an emphatic declaration that the separate schools of Ontario had re- ceived only what was their due, and that no change had been made in any regulation or etatute that placed them in any better position than they enjoyed previous to the Drury gov- ernment taking office. 'Not one cent of money which be- longs to the public schools has been taken away from them for the pure pose of paying higher grants to sep- arate schools," he said, "and not one dent of money has been given to sep- arate schools over and above what the law guarantees them." The apparently large grants re- ceived by some sepamate schools in comparison with those received by public schools was explained by the minister in his statement to the House. He pointed out that under the statute governing the division of school grants the division Is made according to the percentage of school attendance. When that divi- sion has been made the sum set aside for each section of the ele- mentary schools is distributed under the regulations according to salaries paid teachers, sc equipment, etc. Last year the public schools of the province absorbed thelr full share of the provincial grant, while the separate schools absorbed only about fifty per cent. of a total of $140,509--their share of the total appropriation of $1,665,000. The balance, therefore, had to be divided pro-rata. Thus while the public schools absorbed their whole and left nothing undistributed there was a very large sum to be again divided among the separate schools which profited at the expense of other separate schools which did not be- come entitled to their iu share of assistance, When asked by Omotition mem- bers to justify the further distribu- tion pro rata the minister pointed out that the department was bound under the statute to divide among the separate schools their full share of the appropriation . And because they were compelled to do that in the case of separate schools they respect to the public schools in the two preceding years when the schools did not earn the full amount of the grants. Last year, however, there had been & tremendous in- crease in the amount earned by the public schools under the , J osuia- tions. . CE ¢ {No Wreckage of Missing "Tug Has Been Reported Sault Ste. Marte, rie, Mich. April 25, -----The tug G. R. Gray was in lake Superior today searching for wreck- age and survivors of the small light tender Lambton believed to have | foundered with seventeen men dur- | ing the storm of last week. No down | bound vessels have reported sightiag {any wreckage since the passingofthe {Collingwood and Valcartier Sunday | night. Morgan and Cooffer, New York, have bought one hundred million dollars worth of thirty-year five-per |S bondi of whe Dumiaion st Cane ada, had done so as a matter of policy in |! KINGSTON, FRANCE WILL NOT PARLEY Fory- Eight | Hour Uli matum fo | Russia. Poincare's Speech Causes Consternation in Genoa Conference Circles. London, April 25.__There is re- liable information, declares a Central Nows despatch from Genoa, that M. Darthou, of the French delegation, recoived explicit Instructions thts morning to fasist at the confereuce upon the tarms contained in Premier Poincare's speech of Monday. The delegation has declared it would press for a forty-eight-hour ultimatum to Russia or else break from the conference. Poincare's speech has created great consternation in conference circles. Blocking the Conference. Cenoa, April 25.--Foreign Minis- ter Tchitoherin, of Soviet Russia, de- clared to-day that it was the Adlied resistance to the Russian principle of nationalization which was block- ing the conference. It was obvious, he said, that only obstacles to peace with Russia and general reconstruc- tion were pretentions of a mer owners of property in Russia, No More Time for Parleying. Paris, April 25.--Premier Poin- care has not adopted any plan for further military occupation of Ger- many in case of default in the Ger- man reparations payment on May 31st, it was stated officially to-day. The sentiment expressed yesterday by Poincare in a speech, was echoed throughout France by leading public men at the sessions of the general councils of the dmpartment. Charles Jonmart declared that there was no more time for parleying on the re- parations question and that the mo- ment had come to act. Pretty Secretary Shot By Her Sweetheart Paris, April 25.--A panic occurred at the Gare de Lyom yesterday when a tragedy of Balkan love was enact ed on a crowded train platform. As Jivotish Voulachin, pretty secretary in the Serbian ministry of foreign affairs, stepped from the train from Belgrade, she was shot and wounded by her sweetheart, Stanislas Popo! vitch, who had come to meet her. Several women nearby fainted and the crowd on the platform stamped- ed. THE MEMASTER MOTION BEATEN By Vote of 142 to 59 In the Commons Early Tuesday Morning. Ottawa, April 25.--The McMaster resolution was defeated in the House of Commons at 1.10 this (Tuesday) morning by 142 to 59. All Liberals, except Mr. McMaster himself; all Conservatives, one Independent and two Progressives voted against the resolution. The Independent who voted against the resolution was A. W. Neill (Comox-Alberni), and the Progressives were T. G. McBride (Cariboo), and A. L. Beaubien (Pro- vencher). Crowded galleries and a full at- tendance of members demonstrated the interest taken in the debate, when A. R. McMaster, Liberal mem- ber for Brome, moved "that in the opinion of the House it is desirable in the public interest that all min- isters of the crown on their appoint- ment as such should resign all direc- torships held b¥ them in banks, trust companies, insurance companies or large public corporations, and that should ministers of the Crown retain their directorships in com- panies other than those herein above mentioned, such companies should have no business dealing with the Government of the Dominion of Can- ada, or with any department thereof, or with any rallway or ship owned or controlled by said government; it being understood that such prohibi- tion should not affect the use by such company of the public services afford- ed by the said government, or any department, 'or by any such railway or ship." : No Liberal seconded the resolu- tion and Mr. McMaster found his main supporters among the Progres- sives, for O. R. Gould (Assiniboia) was the der. Roch Lanctot was named as the seconded by the Speaker in the ordinary course of routine, but objected, and Mr. Speaker went across the floor to the Progressive group for the necessary formality. The deer hunting season is advane- 168k. few for-| Set btre rar r be ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, Fighter Dies From a Knockout Bow New York, Ape April 25.--Lew Brody, lightweight fighter, died in Brooklyn hospital today fol- lowing a knockout at the hands ° of Frankie Pitcher, a local boy, whom he met last night. Physi- cians declared the cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage, An investigation wiil be held to- day. KINGSVILLE CHURCH TO HAVE RADIO SET Donated by a Citizen--First Canadian Church 8o Equipped. Kingsville, April 25.--Kingsville's Methodist church will probably be the first church in Canada to have installed a radio outfit ag part of its plant. A new $2,500 Sunday school hall will be started in May and it has been decided to equip it with the best radio receiving set which can be secured. The set has been donat- ed to the church by a prominent cit- izen, who was interested in this lat- est invention. It is the plan of the church authorities to turn on the radio and give a concert for meetings of the Epworth League, prayer meet- ings and at church tea meetings. SEPP 4 PFFPFOREIESIESY U. 8. FLAGSHIP SAILS FOR CHINA Manila, April 25.--The United States flagship Huron of the Asiatic squadron has received rush orders today to said to China because of disturbed conditiofis there. ® * + <* + > » + J + * * SPPRPEPPPIPRIGPIIOS CROP PROSPECTS FINE, Outlook Excellent in Eastern Town- ships This Spring. Sherbrooke, Que., April 25.--Con- trary to general expectations the re- cent spell of cold weather will not have much effect on the work already begun in the farming sections of the Eastern Townships, and the only in- convenience likely to be experienced will be in the nature of delays in carrying on the farm work. Taken on the whole, it is cpntended that forme work is much more advanced than it was at the same period last year, and prospects for good crops are stated to be excellent, Many Join Steamships. Montreal, April 25.--Gossip men- tions the names of Robert Hobson and Sir William Price as likely di- rectors on any reorganized Canada Steamships' board. -|ity, Juga-Shavia, {tage of their present strength. To- 1922, {FRANCE MUST If It Brings. ona Eu ropean ! War. Lloyd George's Warning-- Frank Simonds Presents a Striking Analogy. Genoa, April 25.--Telegraphing to the London Times, Henry Wickham Steed says the allied note to the Ger- mans was adopted unanimously by the oor of the ten pow- ers present at the meeting aftersthe insertion of H." Barthou,.the French representative of the ante- -penulti- mate clause reserving the right of the allies to declare null and void | any clause in the Russo-German ing treaties and the final sentente that the ineident might now be re- garded as clesed. After recounting Lloyd George's uttertnces of Saturday, to the effect | that he was getting tired of crises and that if they oontinued he would be forced to explain who was re- sponsible for them, Mr, Steed said. Conversing with some of the delegates, Lloyd George declared that if France broke up the confer- ence she would bring on a European war in which England would take {no part; Frence would end by being crushed. He was determined to show where the blame lay. It was pointed out: by him that this was a catastrophic policy and if England, France and the little entente and Italy, held together, they were strong enough to separate Germany from Russia and: evemtually settle the Russian question in their own way. 1014-1922 Analogy. Washington, - D.C., April 25.-- Frank H. Simonds makes this com- ment: Not éince July, 1914, has Europe been in the presence of a political crisis as acute as that of the present hour. Not one, but several wars are within easy view, and despite the lavored optimiem in. certain official quarters at Genoa, there is no mis- taking the fast that the process of disintegration is going on steadily. Moreover, Lloyd George, the last re- straining force 'in Europe, is. daily losing influence at home and abroad. Between the 1914 situation agd the present there is a close analogy. Then Austria, under German advice, placed Furope in the presence of an accomplished fact intolerable to several great powers, by her ulti- matum to Serbia, Now, the Russo- German coup has created a condi- tion which will as little be endured by France as the Serbian programme of Austria could be bore patiently by czaristic Russia, The simple situation which has been created is this: Whether the Russo-German alliance is now re- pudiated or reaffirmed by the pant- ners, the fact of the association of these two nations has been estab- lished and this fact threatens two things: the immedite ruin of all the smaller states lying along the Russian and German frontiers and the ultimate destruction of France. Therefore, it is a matter of life and death for France, Poland, little entente states, that is Rumania and Czecho-Slovakie, and in all probabil- to take advan< day there is nothing to prevent French armies from overrunning Germany and completing the task unfinished in the last war. If this is done a German attack upon France, always inevitable, may be postponed for a generation at least. Druggists Seeking Cut In Excise on Alcohol Ottawa, April 25.--Members are being besieged by telegrams from druggists, seking that a change be made in the excise on alcohol. At présent druggists pay excise of $9 a gallon; while the armaceutical companies pay only $2.50 a gallon. The druggists say they are being discriminated 'against, as they can- not make preparations as cheaply as the drug companies. CANON SCOTT RECOVERED. Popular Senior Chaplain Officiated at Morning Service, Quebee, April 26--- Lisutenant- Colonel the Rev. Canon Scott, senjor chaplain of tre Canadian Expedi- tionary Force in the great war, has now fully recovered from the opera- tion which he underwent recently for appendicitis, Canon Scott, who is rector of St. (Matthew's church, officiated at the morning service Sunday and looked {as well as usual. ~ Boxers to Meet Third Time. Kansas City, April 25. --Stanis- laus Zbyszkl is to get a chance here tonight to regain the world's wrestl- ing championship when he meets Champion Edward Lewis. This fs the third contest between the two men, aq each has a win to his credit, FIGHT ALONE treaty declared as contrary to exist- | Irish General Shot Dublin, April 25.--According to a statement issued by the headquarters of the Irish reg- ular army today, Brigadier-Gen- eral Adamson, commanding the Athlone brigade of the regular republican army, was shot and killed today in the streets of Athlone, by mutinous troops. He was confronted by armed men who ordered him to throw up his hands. When he com- plied his assailants deliberately fired into him. mutineers' rested. officers have been ar- MOUNTIES WITH IRON MEN, Police Will Be in Charge of the Pari- Mutuels, {-<Ottawa, April 25. ---Mounted Po- {lice will again ba in oharge of the { pari- mutuel machines at the jockey |club meetings this year. Many of | the clubs have exercised pressure to utilize the service of civilians, ad- | vancing a variety of arguments, in- |cluding employment for a number of { men. | The minister of agriculture takes | {the grouud that the police have been [trained for the special work, and that \if, as suggested, the work be divided between them and civilians, friction | might develop. Another reason is that there is no appropriation for spe- cial men whereas the police are regularly on salary. 'RURAL POWER BONUS tive Schemes as Well as Hydro to Get It. Toronto, April 25.--W. H. Cassel- for Dundas appears to have won his fight to have the bonus for rural power lines adjusted so that it can benefit indirectly, at least, private generating companies. Mr. Casselman has a bill before the legislature which would extend to private companies the 50 per cent. bonus towards the cost of rural pri- mary lines which the Hydro system ment is likely to introduce a bill that will extend the bonus to municipail- ties or other co-operatives schemes that will serve the farmer. Under the government which it would become Hon. Col. Carmichael's duty to introduce, a township or a group of farmers can put up the rural primary lines and make a contract with some private company to supply them with power for a term of years. The difference between the origin- al Casselman proposal and the amended government plan would be that the title to the primary lines measure, the people and not in the company. But the company would benefit by | getting customers without fresh cap- ital expenditures on its part. It is said that down in Dunaas county, where Mr. Casselman lives, a company stands ready to deliver power under such an arrangement at rates lower than the Hydfo could ai- ford. PRESS WINS OVER PULPIT Rally of Christian Endeav- aor Union. "Resolved, that the pulpit has more power for good than the press," was the subject of one of the most interesting debates held in Kingston in many a day, at Calvary church, on Monday evening, the the quarterly rally of the Christian Endeavor Union. Messrs. Loney and Parkhouse upheld the affirmative for Princess street church, while Messrs. K. Weir and M. Veal debated on the negative side for Bethel church. The judges, Messrs. Donnelly, Capt. ney and Henry Bryant, gave the cision in favor of the negative, The debate brought about a very lively discussion, and. many fine points were presented both sides. The attendance at the rally was very large, the church being filled to the with very keen interest. Rev. A. F. Brown conducted the devotional exercises, assisted by Rev. J. 8 LaFlair, Calvary Christian Endeavor So- clety won the highest percentage In attendance for the quarter, so it was announced. During the evening, a mixed quar- tette, composed of members of the Calvary church, rendered a very fine selection, and George Allen rendered a solo. Very Rev. Dean R. E. M. Brady, | D.D., rector of St. Basil's, Brant- ford, and among the old established clergy of the city, died Saturday of double pneumonia. . Lady Astor expects to visit Toron- to about the middle of May, By Mutinous- Troops Several of (the i LAST EDITION QUEBEC CURB ON AUTOISTS Must Stop At Points For Examivation. And Secure a Route Certifi- cate--Thelts Will Be Checked. Quebec, April 25.--An innovation which the province of Qu is the first probably to pt in America in regard to the enforcement of motor vehicle law, results from an Orders |in-Council, which will be enforced in [the first days of May. The Order-in- Council says: "Every person driving a motor vehicle in this province shall stop at the following places, when a sign or indication is posted up, and allow the constable or reyenue offi- cer, who is then statfoned at such WILL BE EXTENDED Municipalities and Co-opera- man, the belligerent U.F.0O. member gets, This bill he will have to avan- don. Bat in its place the govern- under .the second plan would be in| IN INTERESTING DEBATE tetrouen co-operation this year, they cannot get these through the . Which Was Held at Quarterly doors, and the debate was listened to * | pdace, to ascertain if the provisions |of the law have been observed.' This legislation follows the deci- | ston to prevent automobile thefts, | which last year ran very high, and {also to eut down speeding. There {will be two constables located at the i points mentioned in the Order-in« | Council and automobiles will have to stop on leaving their first point and obtain a route certificate showing where they intend going. At the points they will pass they will have to get this certificate examined, and the time they left the previous point and the time they reach this new point, will be carefully examined by the officers so that their average speed will be easily controlled, CHEESE PRICES ARE FIRM |Started at Fourteen Cents-- Frontenac Cheese Board Outlook Good. The cheese market has opened with prices firm. Sales were made at the Napanee board on Friday at fourteen cents and while the Fronte- nac cheese board does not open until Thursday several lots representing the first output of the local tactories were sold over the week-end at Napa« nee board price, viz, forteen cents. Very few of the Frontenac county direct to Montreal through the eo» operative plan so that the number of cheese boarded in Kingston aur. ing the season is expected to be ex- ceptionaMy high. "The buyers, L. W. Gibson, George Thompson, R. A. Ha- {milton and George Smith, will be on {hand to look after the interests of {their companies. 'The price of 10ur- | teen cents is considered a fairly good start, considering the lack of ord- {ers for local demand. The dairymen are looking for an advance, however, {as the season's output increasés and foreign orders for large quantities are received. The Dairymen's Co-operative Alen. ition Sales at Montreal' was d to take a share of the business out of the hands of the group of pro- duce dealers who had complete con- trol of the export trade, and the com- petition thus brought about was ex pected to secure to the factory pats rons better prices. This did not - terialize last summer and the oe ducers are looking for better results it auction sales in Montreal, they will reach out and sell direct to the wholesale and retail trade in Bng- land. They have sufficient cold storage space in Montreal now and they will demand that the dominfon . department of agriculture erect or secure cold storage warehouses in Liverpool and London to enable them to secure the best results from the sale of Canadian cheese and dut- ter on the European markets. Tho superiority of Canadian dairy prod- ucts is shown in the London quota- tions. Canadian cheese always brings higher prices than that from New Zealand, and the Canadian far- mer received higher returns because - {New Zealand cheese has to carry en- e- |ormous freight charges, and our pro- duct will always bring a higher price if the quality is maintained. . ---------------- P0409 990%000009 » 4 THIS PRINTER'S DEVIL GETS $2,000,000 2 tuila, Okla. Aprtt 25. Thar % ry McCoy, 15, printer's devil, with a telegram in his pocket saying he was joint heir to $2, 000,000, refused to work today. Tharry promptly told his boss he "wouldn't be back" when he received the wire, which came from his mother in Greenwood- 8. C "Fm going 10 get 4 Motor oar * and an education," he asserted. & The estate which Tharry and & | his mother inherits, is that of 4 his mother's second husband. 4 The court decided in their favor 4 when other relatives tried to ® # break the will. ' 3 TESTIS TITS * oe resescanresen . tes re tes see factories are reported to be shipping . + Murphy, John Ad