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itive naman ¥ aily British Whig ASM A 55 IO a ---------- i --------------------------] ALLEN TO-DAY JACK HOLT "The Grim "Comedian" m-------------- 'HER WINNING WAY' The BD YEAR 89; No. 137. -- ES ---- with the men. Executives of the H ENTERED "army" last night expressed them- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1922, THIS COUNCIL SCORES selves as "entirely satisfled"' with NO FRONTIER the new arrangements by the gov- . { Against Proposed Cut Ee» . { in Pension Allowances. LAST EDITwus | roy avenones CANADA MADE FIRST OFFER Peterboro Chamber of Com- merce Would Like Agree- To Australia For Reci- procity in Trade. 4 WILL ADOPT | THE BUDGET vei "cis os The Liberals to Have Sufficient Support. i | | | { ment Suspended. | THE HIGHWAY COST eramen: | e rue a POWERS SPLIT OVER TROUBLE NOW Resolution Forwarded to Pre Collins Says "Thing mier Drury Objecting to _RUSSIAN QUESTION | Are Well Enough." | Ottawa, June 12.--Chairman Me- | <€an, of the parliamentary commit- €@ on transportation costs, announc- | ed this morning tht Peterboro {Chamber of Commerce had recom- | mended further suspension of the Crow's Nest pass agreement for three | years and that order 308 of railway Road Expenditures. -- | oy The British Do Not Look For! Success of The Hague Conference. 1 t council was on Saturday drafted in {strong " language and forwarded io! | Premier Drury and the members of | the Ontario government, protesting | against the expenditure on high- | | | i | | | | { | London, June 13.--The British | government is hopeless of the suc- The Kingston Veteraus Quite * tion of pension bonus, i tensed over the proposed thirty per ~ retary | members in order to give the Amer- Pm. 125 of them left Queen's Park . through the D. S. C. R." his war ribbons out of his pocket | Incensed At Proposed | Action. meeting of Véterans { i At the general the | local branch, Great War resolution was | lng, the following : Passed by an unanimous vote, and | tontained in a telegram to Brig.- Ueneral A. E. Ross, M.P., House of Commons, Ottawa: . on situation immediately. "This branch in general meeting |Nard for the success of the meeting | Strongly protest the possible reduc- | and in re-establishment election further aid in fccord with port In this protestation." | Duplicate copies of the telegram, However, he intends to exert all his | : Rasapt og last semtence, were | nee in agreement onthe mat- | ig Marts 3 o lig '8 a0 par- (ters which are to come before tho | | Hamentar, * lishment. y committee on re-estan- | The local veterans are highly in- | tent. cut in the general Portion | bonus, and it is expected that every &8sociation in Canada will be up in Arms over the suggested action, Sec- McNéill, of the Dominion command of the G.WV.A., is m Ottawa and is endeavoring to have the proposition dropped by the parl- lamentary committee. The veterans | Bre also asking for further aid 'in | stablishment, and the pension cut | 'ould be a real hardship in hund- | ds of deserving cases. A number of other matters per- ining to the welfare and adminiet- tion of the association were taken during the meeting of the local branch, and there was the usual 800d attendance. The visit of the Veterans from Watertown came up for discusion, and Dr. Volume, presi- dent of the Kingston branch, asked for the co-operation of the local | n visitors a hearty welcome ana make the celebration a big suc- bi ILEY'S ARMY STARTS OUT FOR OTTAWA ONCE MORE But Only 126 Strong--Doubt- ed if They Will Proceed - Far. Toronto, June 13.--The die-hards of Riley's army hit the trail again for Ottawa yesterday afternoon. At 2.30 and marched down University ave- nue escorted by a single mountie. How far they will get or what they really intend one can only guess. The march may be only a bluff as was the night march out of Ottawa when they temporarily re- fused to take the train home. Whe- ther Riley will lead them is also a matter of conjecture. Before the body moved oft he resigned, stating that he was 'out to get McDonald," the former leader of the movement whom the police had refused to ar- rest. The marchers, like the apostles of old, are without food and without money, except for the collection taken up to buy gasoline for their single motor truck. It is understood that the municipalities will not feed them again. They are taking the same route via the Kingston road 'o West Hill for the night. The decision to march came after & declaration from Riley to the con- trary. "I will not sacrifice this little body again for the sake of others," he said. "Stick together and see what they can give physically unfit men to do. You are now an organ- ized body. Go and see Col. Morrison who bas church funds to give out Then the leader proceeded to take and throw them on the ground, be- cause of the disgraee, he said, to which they had been subscribed by 80 many unworthy wearing them. "After his harangue, fin which rything pointed to the army's re- ining in the city, he suddenly aged his tune 'and asked his men they were ready to go out and p along the road. © So away they marched singing on their way. The Hike Halted. Toronto, June 13.--Riley's army "hikers" returned to the city this morning. Telegrams from Rt. Hon. kenzie King and Hon. James rdock, received by Riley late last t halted the advance on Ottawa. @ wires from thé cabinét min- advised the travelling veterans return to Toromto, where a com- re-examination of every dis- veteran is promised to com- this afternoon at the DS.C. eadquarters. Hon. James Mur- , After consultation with Hon, rl Beland, minister of soldiers' cess of the supplementary conference at The Hague which opens Thursday | because there is to be considergtion | {ot the question of reparations, re- | ductions of armies and the Russian situation. There is a feeling that since France has determined to exact to the letter the conditions of the demnity bill, there will be little achieved at The Hague to settle the pressing problems that confront the world. Premier Lloyd George is working and is giving his full co-operation to sgates i | trouble. urges | the other delegates, but without ex- pectation of any great results. His France taking the stand it does. sessions, in spite of the fact that tha three great problems, reparations, army reductions and Russian agree- ment, are not on the agenda. ting Budget Division To-night Ottawa, June 13.--The stage is set for the vote tonight on the modified budget. It was at first felt that the changes announced by Hon. Mr. Fielding might give rise to further extended debate but the opinion of members is that with eighty or so speeches already delivered the budget discussion has SS sufficiently far, and that the vote should be taken tonight. A division is ex- pected about midnight, VINDICATES RANEY IN THE HUSTON CASE Commissioner Declines to Say Whether Capt. Huston Com- mitted Suicide. Toronto, June 13.--Commissioner MacIntosh's report on Captain Hus- ten's death at Fort Francis was handed out this afternoon. He vin- dicates Attorney-General Raney and says that any charges made were without foundation, and questions the sincerity of Major Alex Lewis. The commissioner declines to ex- press an opinion as to whether Hus ton was murdered or committed sui- cide. Se ------------------ France Will Send Experts Paris, June 13--France will be presented at the Hague conference on Russian affairs by a group of ex- perts, it was announced today. The composition of the delegates will be ennounced later. British Delegates London, June 13--The British delegation to the Hague conference will leave London today. The party Includes representatives from Can- ada and other Dominfons and num- bers about forty. F. 5.5. JOHNSTON SUFFERS BURNS When His Auto Takes Fire on Westbrook Road And Is Destroyed. F. 8. S. Johnston, United States consul, had a narrow escape from a painful death late Monday after- ncon when the automobile, in which he was driving with' a friend, sud- denly took fire and was totally de- stroyed. Mr. Johnston was burned about the arme but his friend es- caped 'injury. They were driving in Mr. John- ston's car and about five o'clock rert Collins Bay by the Forty-foot Road for Westbrook. The car had b. running smoothly, but began ro back-Gre and saddenly was enverby- ed in flames. The occupants jump- ed just in time, but Mr. Johnston's arms were slightly burned. Noth:ng could be done to save the car and it Was totally destroyed. President 'Li Yuan Hung's man- date giving the premiership of China to Dr. Wu Ting Fang was cancelled on Tuesday pending the receipt of the reply from Dr. Wu to the request that he accept the office. Forest 'fires have been extinguish- vil re-establishment, decided that 're-examination of all physicaily un- t unemployed veterans would be one the fairest methods of dealing od by the rainfall in the whole pro- {vince of Quebec apart from the St. Maurice district, where they are still on but partly uadar control cer'| Russell Hopes to Bring Irish Matters to a Satisfactory Con- . clusion. London, June 13.--Interviewed prior to his departure for London, | . Association, held on Monday even- [Versailles treaty on the German in- | Which he reached today, Michael Col- lins declared that 'things are well enough and I trust we will bring 'matters to a satisfactory conclusion |with the British government." He | intends to take up the Ulster border | empha- | He was no frontier "Everything that happen- led was a result, not a cause, and the { sized that there | en [optimism is of the brand that will | cause was Belfast where there were : : ing the border situation 10 i A - not down, but it is evident that he |MeR US Kingston veterans except your sup | feels little can be accomplished with | destroy the situation created by the {treaty." Cut Off His Whiskers. Dublin, June 13.--Three armed young men entered the home of Dar- rell Figgis last night despite the pro- tests of his wife, and told him they had instructions to remove his whis- kers, which they did. Mr. Figgis is chairman of the Irish constitution drafting committee. | | ARBUCKLE NOW PLEADS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY | | Famous Comedian Presents a | Pitiful Picture--Wants Chance to Come-Back. | Los Angeles, June 13.-- Fatty" | Arbuckle, broken completely, wants {to come back. Barred from the time following {his trial for manslaughter, Arbuckle | {Hon. A. K. Maclean Suggested once wealthy, has lost his fortune, his home and $25,000 automobile. "Fatty," backed by his friends, plans an appeal to "czar" Will Hays for reinstatement in the only game for which he is qualified. = He de- clares he 1s so heavily in debt that his only chance it to be permitted to make new pictures to get square, "I am not hoping," 'Arbuckle said. "Mr. Hays has said my pictures are banned pending investigation, and I'm sure he will find Im the victim of persecution. But until he makes his decision I'm making no plans for the future." Employees of the United Studios, who knew Arbuckle when he wad- dled across the cinema lots, monarch of all he surveyed, say the comedian has become a pitiful hanger-on. He has nothing to do. He walks about the studio, looks on at the filming of comedies in which he was wont to star, and since his ar-| one scenario which he wrote for Buster Keaton. Arbuckle"s wife, Minta who came back to him dur trial, after the death of Virginia Rappe, is not with him. She is in New York, but Arbuckle expects her to return soon. "Fatty" believes he could win back his place as premier fat com-; edian of the screen if permitted to work, Thousands of letters from film fans testify to his popularity. "I hope some day to prove to these people that I'm worthy of the confidence they place in me," Ar- buckle declared. ---- BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE. Proposal by French Premier Is Re- Jected. London, June 13.--Great Britain, in a note to France, has rejected Premier Poincare's proposal to force Russia to withdraw objectionable memoranda before The Hague con- ference. The British government agrees The Hague conference should not be political, but refuses to back France in the latter's proposal that all Rus- sian agreements be reached by the allies before the Bolsheviki are called in. The British note stresses the necessity of co-operating with the Soviet leaders, and says the memorandum of May 11th, to which France objected, had been super- ceded by others more conciliatory. Demand Change In Budget To Aid The Farmer -- Ottawa, June 13.--The electors of County were warned by members of the Progressive party to be in readiness in case the gov- ernment went down to defeat on Tuesday when the vote on the budget may be taken. R. H. » Pro. gressive member for North Ontario, stated that the government would be forced to change the budget in order to ald the farmer. He said the change would be made, even if the farmers had to bring about an elec- tion in pressing their demands. Winnipeg Tory Candidates Winnipeg, June 13--Representat- ive meeting of Winnipeg Conservat- Ives last night selected seven cand- idates, including two women, to contest the local seats in the forth- | | | | ways. It was moved by Thomas Sullivan, reeve of Adelaide. The at- tention of the government is drawn to the fact that Premier Drury's party was elected on a palicy of eco- nomy especially in regard to high- way expenditures, whereas more money is now being spent for such purposes than ever before. A. L. CROSBIN Of the bond house of Oldfield, Kirby and Gardner, Winnipeg, who has been elected president of the Bond Dealers' Association of Canada. --------eeen: THE RIDEAU AMAL NOT T0 BE PARTED Wh That the Dominion Pre- sent It to Ottawa. Ottawa, June 13.--On an appro- briation of $4,000 for a storehouse for the Rideau canal at Ottawa, Hoa, K. Maclean in the House suggest- A. fa that the minister should make up Ris mind to p 'with this waterway and presemt it to Ottawa, reserving the lower portion for rail- way purposes, "It is as idle as a painted ship on a painted sea," he said, "the money spent on it might just as well be spent in purchasing soap bubbles." Hon. J. A. Stewart, (Cons., Lan- ark) maintained that it was of com- mercial advantage and urged further that it was presented to Canada by the British government on condition coming provincial election, that it would be maintained. There should be a conference with Britain rest has not made a penny, save for before action of the sort suggested was taken. R. Forbes (Progressive, Brandon) Durfee, asked whether the canal was not built ing his|as a military work. It was true, answered Mr. Stewart, that the canal had been built as a military work, but it had been con- structed at great cost and it was of !commercial advantage to the terri- tory through which it ran. J. L. Brown (Progressive, Lisgar) said that as far as he could discover the sum of $1,205,534 had been con- tributed by the people of Canada to the upkeep of this canal during the six years, and that the revenue de- rived from it was $40,798 'during the same period. It was certainly not a commercial proposition. Hon. George Graham, minister of defence, said that there was a dan- ger in regarding everything from the dollar and cénts point of view. The Rideau canal passed through one of the most beautiful lake districts on the North American continent. Tour- ists from the United States were at- Fielding Modifies Stamp Tax And Allocations In Some Excise Dues. 13--Modifications i | | June | Ottawa, {have | commission be abrogated, Questioning of W. D. Lanigan, gen- eral trafic manager of the C.P.R., {continued all morning. W. M. Qer- {man asked him if it were true that {the railway commission had found | that a railway was entitled to earn- been made to the minister of {ings sufficient to meet fixed charges | With Australia was t Statement Made in the Com- mons By Premier Reply- ing to Meighen. 13--Reciprocity ouched on in the | | | | | | { | | June Ottawa, {finance in the stamp tax and alloca- [F3Y a dividend and provide a surplus. {House yesterday afternoon when Mr. {tions in excise dues on autos |other commodities, No matter how large the cheque, and | Mr. Lanigag replied that this was the i Meighen referred |case, Mr. German then asked whether it the Crow's Nest Pass agreement to the recent | statement of the minister of finance {that 'negotiations between Canaaa fhe tax cannot exceed two dollars, | ad been in force since 1918 and an |and the Commonwealth had been in- | There is a new stamp tax on receipts. Bonds also must now bear a tax. | The excise on soft drings, confec- |tionery and automobiles is altered {somewhat to conform with the ma- |Jority of opinions of deputations {which met the minister. The cigaret jtax is lightened. Mr. Fielding gets over the depreciated currency clause in a unique manner. German goods or goods from a country where tha currency is depreciated must be as- sessed at English value, and the duty 0 levied. < My. Fielding's modification, believed may be of a character to appeal both to Conservatives and | Progressives, many of whom would welcome an excuse for abandoning | {their hostility. i | There is no question of the budget | | passing. Two British Columbia Pro- | [gressives and one Independent from | that province, will support it, while! lit is believed that 'some {from the Ontario wing of the |ers is more than probatulity, * | {At the beginning of another week | {in parliament talk about getting | | through is quite pronounced. The | | Optimists hope for it 'n two weexs | {and there is a dominant spirit or! | {compromise | i "ign it 1s | support | Farm- | | | Freight Rates Question | | If the budget is disposed of ex-| { peditiously, the only thing that out- | |stands--apart from the Wheat | Board compromise calling for form- jal ratification--Is the freight rates question. In regard to this also, in- fluences are at work to bring about a gettlement. ane _Blati, hat the Crow's Nest Pass agr 'be fur- ther suspended and replaced by an undertaking for general reductions on basic commodities througnout the country, as distinguished rrom the prairies alone, While members from the three prairie provinces are disposed to ad- here to the old agreement, the influ- ences looking to a general reduc- tion are strong. For exampie, nemn- er the Ontario nor the British Col- umbia wings of the Agrarian pa:wy are in a position to support the Western members in insisting upon the Crow's Nest Pass agreement, when as an alternative. a scheme of | general reduction is available. | The east wants to get in on any | cut that is going. It is recognized, | however, that if the question goes to | the house with majority and minor- ity findings, the discussion will be protracted and delay the end. In consequence, every effort will be made to negotiate such a settlement, along the lines indicated, as it wit be pretty generally acceptable and tend to expedite prorogat.on, -- { To Discuss Canadian Embargo London, June 12--Replying vo questions in the commons last night Hon. Austen Chamberlain said he would endeavour to tind an opport- unity for discussion of the embargo on Canadian cattle in about two! weeks. At Mount Holly, N.J., Mrs. Doris Brunen, widow of circus owner, John Brunen, who was shot dead ast March, is under arrest on a charg: tracted by its beauty. The vote was passed. of murder, Here is Captain Roald Am which set out from Seattle last Saturday on the first lap of her six-years' drift over the Arctic circle. I FROM NORTH POLE. undsen's schooner Maud, Maud will wire- amount sufficient to earn this sum had not been earned. would it have been necessary to make this up by in- CFeased, rates in other portions of the country? Mr, Lanigan replied 'Yes, that the money would have had to be made up through increased freight and passenger rates." Questioned as to the value of Mr. Symington's sta- tistics respecting operating expenses in the west as compared with those in the east, Mr. Lanigan said that they merely related to operating, but as they were not accounting figuresthey were not an accurate statement of facts, pany"s operations for a given year was contained in its report, INDIANS THREATEN TO RESUME CONFLICT Historic Point Pelee May Again Become Scene of Open Warfare. June 13--Historic Point Pelee, the acene in bygone days of bloody conflicts between the red men and the whites may again become the centre of open warfare for the possession of the valuable soil. Three hundred Indians from the vicinity of Alvinston have gerved notice on the park police that they will on June 13th take possession of the Point in defiance of law and or- der, Indians in great numbers have been seen here recently and it is un- derstood that camp equipment, arms, etc., will arrive by wagon train on Tuesday noon. It is not known what action the government is taking, but the people are thor- oughly alarmed. JUMPED 24,206 FEET WITH PARACHUTE IN GALE Captain A. W. Stevens Breaks the World's Record at Dayton, Ohio. Drayton, Olio, June 13 Lashed and whipped about by a 120 mile- an-hour gale more than four and a Leamington, | half miles above the earth, on the verge of suffocation caused by the loss of his oxygen tank and compel led to cling to ropes and straps at- tached to the parachute for fear that Cross currents might cause them to break, are several of the "mere' details related by Captain A. W. Stevens, McCook field, who yester- day broke the world's parachute jumping record when he descended 24,206 feet and landed twenty-five miles from where he left the plane. ------ TRIBUTES PAID. General Currie Stands Behind French-Canadians. Montreal, June 13.--Anglo-Sazon solidarity with French-Canadian united support was the keynote of a dinner given at the Windsor hotal by the visiting members of the Ro- h , N.Y., Chamber of Commerce, during their trip to Montreal. Gen- eral Sir Arthur Currie, in a special reference to the conduct of the French-Canadians during the war, said: "I happen to be in a position to speak categorically on this subject, as one who commanded the Cana- dian corps during the war, and I tell you emphatically that I have reason to know that the French-Canadian is neither a slacker nor a coward." Lenine Able to Walk And Write, Moscow Reports Moscow, June 13--"Lenine has not lost any of his faculties and is progressing satisfactorily," Dimitri Oulianoft, the premier's elder bro- ther told a correspondent today. "All rumors that he is paralysed are unfounded. He is able to both walk and write," he said. Precedes Preacher, Re-establishment of the com- | the | Porcupine i Calgary, June 13.--When Rev. R. | | ftiated, but that-no definite progress | had been made. Mr. Meighen quot- |ed a cable in the Times of June na [from Melbourne stating that the {Australian government had submitt- | ed proposals on the subject to Can- | ada. "Is this so?" he asked, "and if 80, {| what advance has been made?" | "It is correct," answered the pre- { mier, 'that the two governments { have been in correspondence by cab- le, but I do not think fit in the pub- [tie interest to disclose the nature of [it at this particular moment." "Was Australia's proposal (on June 1st?" Mr. Meighen | back. { "It is the other way about," said Mr. Mackenzie King. "We made the 'original proposal and theirs is }in the nature of reply." { Speaker Lemieux ruled that T. L. {Church's question regarding the | Lake of the Woods Control Board would have to be re-drafted, inas- | much as in their present form they | made assertions which are the sub- | Ject of argument. He quoted Bouri- { not in support of his duling. | Afterwards the house tent into | committee and passed the* annual | Contagious Diseases Act, Mr. Moth. erwell announcing that compeneat- {lon for the slaughter of a pure bred | animal woul made came d be raised to $200 { |A FAMILY OF 8IX WIPED OUT BY TRAIN Which Struck Auto on a Level Crossing Near Atlantic City. Atlantic City, NJ. June 13.--A whole family was wiped out near here Saturday afternoon in a collis- fon between a train and a motor car {when John M. Stratton, a printer, of | this city, his wife, 'and one of his | four children met instant death and | the thrae others suffered terrible jn- Juries, which proved fatal. Their automobile, which Stratton attempt. ed to drive across a level crossing two miles from here, in front of « | fast Pennsylvania express was crusi- {ed into a twisted shapeless mass as [the engine caught it, flung it from the rails, overtook it and tossed it ahead once more, rammed it a third time, and finally flung it to the op- posite track, Mr. and Mrs. Stratton and Francis and Carrie, aged nine and eight years respectively, lay in the wreckage. Of the four, only Car- rie showed signs of life when 'they were removed, but she expired very shortly afterwards while being brought here. A third child, Dorothy, and Joseph, an eighteen months old baby, were sprawled on the railway tracks. Although terribly Injured, both of them lived until noon Sun- day when they succumbed. BRITISH COAL CHEAPER. The German Mine Owners Complain of Imports, London, June 13.--German mine owners are complaining that large quantities of British coal are being imported into Germany. Exports for last week from the Scottish ports were unprecedentedly large, the orders being mostly for gas-works and state raliways, but in. dustrial concerns are also buying con- siderable quantities. It Is reported that British coal is selling in Ham- bung cheaper than Upper Silesia coal, Hubby Opposes Bobbed Hair 80 Wifey Tries Suicide New York, June 13.--Because her i husband reproved her for having her | hair bobbed, Mrs. Tillie Livingston attempted suicide by inhaling gas in her home at 45 Sixteenth avenue Jersey City. She was taken to the Newark City Hospital. But her con- dition is not serious. 3 She told the police that she had wanted to have her hair bobbed, but that her husband, Jacob, had object. ed strenuously. Then she decided to day to have it done and a family | quarrel followed. Highest Honors for Prince. Cairo, June 13--King Fuad har less reports: to civilization every day, beginning next October. Her call-sign is LWZ, wave-length 600 metres for spark and 2,000 metres for continuous wave. Under exeeptionally good atmospheric conditions next winter, it is possible some W. Alexander went out to take the conferred the Order of Moh; 4 service at Springbank church on Sun- | Ali on the Prince of Wales. This #s , day a porcupine waddled up the the highest Egyptian honor, and the church steps in front of him and went | Prince of Wales is the first recipient right up to the pulpit. One member lot it. of the congregation had tos use a ---------- broom to drive it out. It left the! The Irish problem is nearing solu local amateurs will hear messages from the exploration parlyy oY church strewn with quills, I tion,