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% The Daily British Whig - ALLEN TO-DAY Helene Chadwick "Yellow Men and Calg" TO-DAY Helene Chadwick "Yellow Mes and Gold" LAST EDITION. RAIDS YIELD 16 ARRESTS In Connection With Wil son 'Assassination. A Couiicaey Discised to Take Lives oy Pron PEFINPEIEIISIISIGISIOIOS + YEAR 89; No. 146, KINGSTON, ONTARIO. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1922. = enn FINE LEVIED | ON DOCTOR For Breach of 0.TA. Prescription Rules. A Provincial Inspector Swore That He Got Two Pre- scriptions. In the police court on Friday morn- : ing, Dr. W. McCarthy, of this city, " faced two charges, of having unlaw- fully issued prescriptions to enable parties securing the sald prescrip- tions, to evade the provisions of the . Ontario Temperance Act, rr -- hr ror come veo SINN FEINERS | coi | CHURCH PROPERTY TAKEN WILD G | From Methodist Conference When | ! Unions are Effected, { Winnipeg, June 23. -- Thousazdy |of dollars' worth of property owned { by the Methodist church in Manitolu | 5 48 placed in jeopardy by the creation | {of independent union churches | { throughout the province, it develod- | POLICE DISCOVER GREAT CONSPIRACY London, June23.---The po- lice, investigating the assassina- % tion of Field Marshal Wilson, Tevolvers and a policomad. Who at * have come into possession of revolvers and a po Seniun who a documenta, 3 the Central 1empted a2 bait a oi ¥as sho '+ News to-day, disclosing a con- through the stomach. #+ spiracy to take the lives of a "The assassins proceeded about | # ; tio hooters =at=iye jt number of prominent persons urSrite eis; shoopg 4 and to conduct a campaign of tervals. They wounded a civilian in 4 outrages. their fight. ® : "An unarmed policeman ahead of . 3 ers eee the murderers awaited their ap- *ceeece Sh ce * Ptah Shract coruel 3 Londod, June 23.--Fifteen men : y 3 rrested in and struck one of them on the head and one woman were arres MRS. ANNE D. OLESEN First woman ever nominated for the United States Senate. When a news- paper reporter called on her to enquire when she would commence her election i campaign, he found her busy with The first charge was dismjssed, | CAD! pail and duster. cleaning her and on the second the doctor was { house from attic to cellar. She might found guilty and fined $100 and [Zoriorm 8 seri) similar service on the €osts, or one month, Thecomplaints | ___ __"____ __ __ _ __ _ _ 5 Were lodged A Sovernmen: inspec: {asked him questions and he told me | tors, acting un er 8 3h he { just how he felt. I did not take his CR. Webster Spndusiod he Rigse Itemiperature, as he might have had eutlon, and Ambivze a apy {a chill, ana this would not show fn 'as counsel for 3 8 Bou told about | Bis temperature: - As a result of the Government. insp { examination I. judged he needed an ge ns 6 Dn MeCaviuts office. and | order for some liquor, and I gave it being " amploved {to him. I also told him he would James 8. Jones, employ have to take out an affidavit and also < + + * FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY H. WILSON "> Assassinated at his home in London, England, on Thursday. THE SLAYERS | * : % i . . A H S ted at the Methodist conference here, Of Field Mars urricane We | following the submission of the | . i. { It was de- | , Through Winnipeg. |clared that not only land, but par- | ge I'sacred vessels have been sold and |" . | have passed out of the jurisdiction of : The Blow Came Early in the tne churen. British House of Commons ' Morning And (Caused { future, although it was stated that . y [it was not the intention of the con- Adjourned As a Tribute | ference to antagonize these union Winnipeg, June 23--A hurrican that belon th gt ni ged: to © Methodist ndon, June 23---News of the Struck Winnipeg about four lok | a2 3 is preserved until organic eu of Field Marshal Wil- this morning and left in its wake a| union with the Presbyterian body fs | SIE ulti el rough pokes branches, unrodiey houses : Sutherland communicated it to dismantled billboards and tumbled | i urer Ip x chimneys. The wind registered a| Provine al Treas | Prime Minister Lloyd George and per hour and three-fifths of an inca The premier was so shocked that of rain fell in a few minutes | Renfrew, June 23.--Hon. Peter! he failed to reply to a question re- While the wind was at its height | Smith, provincial treasurer, spoke at | garding the recent honors list, and ried down in sufficient Agricultural Society of that village | Asquith crossed from the opposition sever ComInTCRtTOT GEL wea i And the-U.F.0.of-North- Renfrew. He | to the treasury-bench,-and sitting be- south and it was not possible this | Yigorously defended the policy of tiie {side Lloyd George, discussed the the storm : to new government banks and the grouped together earnestly discus- A boy was killed when he grabhed | {3X on racetrack gambling. He said |sing the situation. The usual parkia- a live wire which had been blown to | © Was not normal enough to wish to | mentary questions and answers {church property report. i i Wil on. sonage furhiture, church pews and enry : A definite check will be kept | | Much Damage. of Respect {churches, but to see that property reat number of uprooted t d| b up 2 {eds an | consummated. the House of Commons. William maxium velocity of eighty-four mries | Favors Race-Track Tax | Colonial Secretary Churchill. telegraph poles and wires were car-| Cobden at the joint picnic of the|there were cries of "answer." Mr. morning to ascertain the extent of | PTUrY government, paying attention | news with him. The Ulster members the grou. His name is not known, | 2P0lish racing so long as it yieldad | passed unnoticed. After a time Mr. | . CIP FR VE PSP P EL Pee as an| ' tions as those fssued by the doctor. on Fo Here. Witness did not say ne was inspector under ' the OT.A., gave| evidence. He said he was He went there with! * another officer working for the pro- vincial license board. The two wait- ed for about half an hour to see the docter. Witness said that when Dr. | McCarthy arrived, he said to him: "How are chances fof getting a pre- | 'scription for liquor?" Witness also | i | remarked about it being a dirty day, | "stating that a drop of liquor would do him no harm, { Goed Orangemen. "The doctor smiled," added the witness, and said, "are you with the convention?" I said, 'yes', and then the doctor said, 'We have to look fter the Orangemen. How do you fellows find me: out.' The doctor en sat down and taking out his prescription blanks asked my name. 1 told him my name was Thomas 'Moore, and he wrote out an order for a quart of liquor." Witness sald that afterwards he Dr, McCarthy for a prescrip- - he had. ahs dows tor hesitated, stating that he not hink he could issue the prescription "as this last prescription he had is- . sued was the 94th he had given out . during the month. Witness then ~ Said, "Yqu know, ddctor, one bottle * will not go far with a crowd," whereupon the doctor said, "You are right; it won't go far." Got Second Order. Witness then declared that he got . the second order for his friend, giv- ing the name of his friend, and that he paid $2 to the doctor. Witness identified two prescrip: ~ Witness sald that he never told the - doctor he was sick, or had an ail- ment. Witness also stated that every prescription issued by Dr. McCarthy -had to be accompanied by an affi- davit before the order could be filled by the vendor. Mr. Shea remarked that there was a great mixup in names in the case. The previous witness had given two wrong names to the doctor, and he wanted to know If the witness was instructed to give wrong names, whereupon the witness said, "no.' "This is just a 'double shuffle on your own," remarked Mr. Shea. "If you want to put it that way," was the reply of the witness. Called Spotter and Objected. Mr. Shea used the word "spot- ter," in continuing his Questions, and the witness objected very strong- * ly, stating that he was engaged as an ingpector of government dispen- saries, Stanley. Robert Marshall, R Dpro- vincial constable," who accompanied the first officer, who gave evidence, Sworesthat he got an order from the doctor. Witness told the doctor that he was attending the convention Dr. McCarthy called in his own defence, declared positively, that he iid not Issue any prescriptions on rsday. He admitted that he had jued one order on Wednesday. d by the magistrate'why he felt be had not issued an oeder on the day fn question, the doctor stat- bd that he had been "tipped on" he might get into trouble, and this reason he had locked up his The accused identified Jones as man who got an order, but could identify Marshall. Jones gave name as Gibson.' He said that told him: he was ill. . 3 & h , ---- He Was Ill me he was cold and 111," » "and that he to go on the Orange parade. also sald it was cold at his hotel a d him. I could not J) hod not he felt chilly. Lm A and sald 'I am down.! 1 did ex- Of course, I did uot ; in Dr.| © McCarthy's office about 10.45 Thurs-| day morning. _ examination. ¥ gave him the name of a lawyer he could go to and have it attended to." A 'second charge against Dr. Mc- Carthy, of issuing orders in an- at- tempt to evade the provisions of the O.T.A. was afterwards proceeded | with. Income Tax Exemption Increased For Children Ottawa, June 23.--Hon. W. 8S. Fielding, niinister of finance, yester- day afternoon, introduced a bill in the House of Commons, amending the income tax as to increase the ex- emption for each child from $200 to $300; revising present conditions in regard to commercial travelers, ex- penses and imposing a tax on Amer- icans working in Canada similar to that imposed on Canadians working in the United States. ------------------ PEPER EEE S IIL He DAMAGING QUESTIONS PUT TO GOVERNMENT London, June 23.--Ques- tions put in the House of Commons today to members with regard to the assassin- ation of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson con- tributed one of the most damaging demonstrations against the government that it has experienced, acecord- ing to opinion of the lobby. The view was expressed there that had it been possible to debate the subject the exist- ence of the government would have been seriously in question. LEE ER RR RR rrr PEEP E22 P2230 2 0220804004 EERE P PEP GTR ep NATIONAL GUARD HEN MRE OT NECESSARY As Conditions at Herrin, Illin- ois, Are Reported Quiet on Friday. Herrin, Ills., June 23--Herrin to- day remained quiet after the wild disorders of yesterday in which at least twenty-seven men were Killed and unknown number wounded, when five thousand union miners and sympathizers attacked approxi- mately half a hundred imported steam shovel men and laborers work- ing in the Lester strip pit of the southern Illinois Coal company . County officials maintained that since DO one remained to work in the strip pit that of itself was a guarantee against further outbreaks, and =s- sgrted that a thousand members of the Illinois natipnal 'd ordered to mobilize in Chicago for possible duty here were unnecessary . Remember Canada's Dead. London, June 23.--Several thou- sand school children of the district yesterday placed Canadian maple leaves and flowers upon the graves of Canadian soldiers<at Shornecliffe cemetery, The floral tributes in- cluded a massive wréath from the girl students of Talbot, Lord Roberts and Ryerson schools of London, On- tario. . PEFR 0P 000000 ® 4 : CYCLONE SWEEPING EAST FROM KENORA Ottawa, June 23.---Meagre details r - here tell of a cyclone | this morning was sweeping east from Ken- 'ora distriSt. Heavy hall and severe has put all telegraph wires out of com- mission west of Fort Will- fam. A box car was blown completely from the track at ydiatt 'forty miles east of SEE PIPPIPI PEt CPL 444000000000 00d »> + » Four persons are in the hospital with injuries received in various ways during the .storm. Portage La Prairie has been heard from since the cyclone struck that city at two o'clock this morning but communication with Brandon is still {cut off and the extent of the damage | there is unknown. At Portage La Prairie hundreds of : | thousand of dollars damage was | done, by the wind and lightning. The | roofs of three big churches were blown off, a grain elevator and fact- ory destroyed. Charles Shenen, aged fourteen was killed between walls of his home and it is feared there ie other loss life. SE ------------------------ EDGAR ROWSON 18 RECOVERING Doctors Pleased With Condi- tion--Clothing Caught in Pilot of Engine. Port Hope, June 23.--Edgar Row- son, who was ¢5 seriously injured in the tragi¢ accident dt Cobourg last Friday night 's resting quite com- fortably and the doctors are quite hopeful of his recovery. Edgar Row- son was occupying the back seat when the train crashed into the car, and it was only by a miracle that he was not killed. When the train was brought to a stop the engineer found Rowson on the pilot of the engine, being held there by his clothing. Rowson's left thigh is broken, his shoulder severely crushed, and his face and head is a mass of cuts. In order to dress the wounds it was ne- cessary to shave his Lead, the wounds being deeply imbedded. * Elected President Whitby, June 23--At the Bay of Quinte Methodist Conference in ses- sion here, Rev. Geo. R. Clare, Lit- tle Britain, was elected president, and Rev. A. H. Foster, Holloway 'street Methodist church, Belleville, was appointed secretary. Chinese Statesman Dead. Shanghai, June 23.--Wu Ting Fang, former minister to Washing- ton, more recently foreign minister for Sun Yat Sen in the. disrupted southern republic governrient at Canton, died at Canton this morn- ing according to a Reuter despatch. At Peterboro 610 boxes of colored cheese sold at 16 7-8¢c and 675 at 16 3-4 cents. a |a revenue of $3,000,000 yearly. R. | M. Warren, local member for North Renfrew, was one of the speakers. HIS ALIBI FOR DEFEAT De Valera Says Irish People Feared Renewal of In- famous War. Dublin, June 23---Defeated at the polls, Eamonn De Valera yesterday called upon the dail eireann to re- fuse to ratify the Irish constitution. Supporters of the constitution won a tremendous victory, fifty-five treatyites being elected against thir- ty-three coalitionists opposed to the treaty, while only #ix extremists won rseats in the constituenisassembly. De Valera, in a manifesto, declar- ed the people of southern _ Ireland only supported constitutional cana'- dates because they feared 'renewal of an infamous war." "Harassed and weary," the repub- lican chieftain said, "the Irish peo- ple supported.the constitution, but their hearts and aspirations are un- changed. | i } Won By King's Idler London, June 23--J. Shepherd's 6-year-old boy horse, King's Idler, by Lomond-In Sight yesterday won the Newbury Symmer Cup, over the cup course of 1%; miles, beating out Dy three-quarters of a length Sir William Cook's G-yesir-old bay horse, Devizes, by Valens-Deslioni. Lord Woolavington's Fred Power, a 3- year-old chestnut colt by Charles O'- Malley-Ballycumber, finished 3rd, beaten for 2nd place by a head. Thir- teen ran. ------------ Manitoba Election, July 21st, * Brandon, June 23. toba general election will likely be held on July 21st, it was intimated by Premier T. C. Norris when speaking at a meeting here. Montreal customs officials secure over! four thousand gallons of liquor in the railway yards at Qutremont. Commissioner of Finance Ross, To- ronto, was elected 'international president of the Kiwanis Club. The Mari Asquith rose and in a vaice broken with emotion, announced the "mur- der of a gallant soldier." Austen Chamberlain, the govern- ment leader, said: "Mr. Asquith has spoken with emotion of the' loss which the country has sustained in one of the men who contributed most powerfully to our success in the late war and who for his services recerv- ed the thanks of the House. Since then he had become a member of the House and has shown himself to be possessed of first class parliamentary qualities. "I have been honored by his friendship for many years and every | member of the house who remem- [vered his great career elsewhere, who had welcomed Wim here and who had listened to him, will feel with me that it is not only a national, {but for us ag the House of Commons a personal tragedy. | "I hope it may be the general wish of the House, precedents notwith- standing, that in the special circum- stances of the case as a mark of our profound respect for our colleague and our deep sympathy with his wi- uow this house should adjourn." The house then adjourned. Was IL. R.A, Man London, June 23--1It was stated at Scotland Yard last evening that cor- respondence had been found m pwe- session of James Connally, one of the men arrested for the murder of eld Marshal Wilson, proving beyond a doubt that he was a member of the Irish Republican army. Story Of The Murder London, June 23--An eye-witness to the tragedy told the Udited Press the following story of the shooting: "I was in the neighborhood of Eat- on Place and heard shots ring out. I looked just in time to see two arm- ed men pumping bullets from tneir revolvers into the body of Sir Henry. When I reached him, his heads, legs and chest were literally riddled with bullets." An official of the American relief ddfiinistration assisted in the capt- ure of the murderers. Describing the attack, the official said: "Sir Henry was alighting from an automobile in front of his home in Eaton Square. The assassins were on the sidewalk, waiting for him. They seized him and shot him dead. "The murderers thea walked into the centre of the street and began to make their get-away. They waved ils, with his night-stick, felling the man. Three or four of us grabbed the oth- er and pulled him down? A Vigorous Mining Policy Is Promised Ottawa, June 22.--Announcement of a vigorous and sustained policy of encouragement for the mining in- dustry in Canada' was made by the Honorable Charles Stewart, minister of the interior and of mines. A de- termined effort will be made to open up new markets for Canadian min- eral products, and Dr. C. C. Camsell, deputy minister of mines, is leaving at once for England and the conti- nent in this connection. In view of impending enactment of high tari® legislation in the United States tend- fug to restrict' the market for Cana- dian minerals in that country, it is considered of great importance tn the industry that new markets oe developed. {Canning Factories Predict Lowest Price For Berries -- St. Catharines, June 23 Canning factory buyers here predict that the price of strawberries and raspberries will be the lowest in several years. The crop of strawberries will be the largest in several years. The crop of strawberries is re- ported as the most prolific on record, {and no contracts having been signed, has tended to a lower price 'for the fruit. The strawberry season has at least ten days to go, if there is any sunshine, according to reports of the buyers. RADIO SEARCHLIGHT WiLL ' PENETRATE 100 MILES Marconi Announces an Inven- tion to Rob Sea of Its Terrors. 'New York, June 23.--A radio searchlight which will cut the rougn fog and darkness for a distance of 100 miles and rob the sea of its ter- rors is the momentous announce- 'ment made here by Guglielmo Mar- coni. He said that by means of his radio searchlight, which can be reflected like light waves, he ean send in a given distance in one great beam a huge light that otherwise would be scattered to all points of the com- pass, With the aid of a revolving reflector, he added, the transmitter would serve as a radio lighthouse to guide ships far off perilous coasts. No matter how thick the fog or how dark the night, this revolviiig searchlight, Marconi averred, would make the long stretch as bright as day. The sending of radio waves In the one direction, instead of scat- tering them broadcast, would accom- plish the seeming miracle, * By means of one of these I tors, he said, song and ships may be reproduced 200 times louder than with ordinary radid devices, and there would be no distortings in transit. ' Marconi's searchlight fs an ar- rangement of wires or towers or masts, lit like the searchlights on battleships. Exemplify Degrees. Picton, June 23. --A lodge of in- structiol. was held in Prince Edwari Lodge, A.F. & AM., No. 18, under the direction of Col. Adams, district deputy grand master. Brighton Lodge exe. plifi d the first degree, Deseronto ge ae second degree, raids throughout London las® night in connection with the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, it was announced. in the Holisé of Commons this morning by Lord Chancellor Chamberlain. He stated that every step pogsible was being taken for the protection of life in Ireland and England, and intimated that a discussion of Irish affairs would be held on Monday. Prime Minister Lloyd George, he' stated, was now holding a conferepce on all matters connected with the assassin- ation of Marshal Wilson, James O'Brien and James Connol- ly, who were arrested directly after the shooting, were arraigned in 'estminster police court this morn- ing and charged with murder. They were remanded for one week by Magistrate Cecil Chapman, Considering Action London, June 23--There was une usually large attendance at the House of Commons this morning in expectation of further developments in connection with the Wilson assas- sination, Mr. Lloyd George was not: - present and his - absence was the source of some complaint but Austen Chamberlain, government leader, ex- vlained that the premier was con- ferring with the authorities regard- ing steps to be taken in the situation. High State of Feeling, ey Belfast, June 23.__The situation here wag one of great anxiety to-day éwing to the high state of feeling cver the assassination of Fleld Marshal Wilson in London. Special precautions were taken in the dis turbed areas and the military and police were forced to fire on mobs several times. Casualties, however, so far as reported by mid-forenoon, were only six wounded, . The area mainly affected is situated between Grosvenor street and Falls Road, The British Court System Is Admired by Taft Londen, June 23.---Definite sug gestions for reforming United States Judicial procedure methods will be recommended by Chief Justice Wile liam Howard Taft in his report to the American Bar Association, as the result of his study of the British court system, R The Chiet Justice is much im- pressed by the English interposition of masters between intending liti- gants and the court. Judge Taft was Informed that of 7,000 cases enter- ed in the British courts in the past: year only 600 went to trial, thanks to the work of the masters. ey Hollapd "Too High," Says Judge. ; Bridgeburg, June 23.--Judge Wils: Ham Vosen, Fonthill, Welland coun- ty, believes that ry bill decided him to leave the country and spend the rest of his time in Germany and England. For two shirts, a couple: of collars and two handkerchiefs ha was charged about $1.25 in Canadian money. He says the home of his birth may not have become the abod » of thieves of tourists' money, but that the Dutch have & robber's eva for business, at any rate. He de- clares the coyntty is taxed to death, there being a tax on everything esi. able, drinkable, wearable, gvashabia and smokable. ok Vrbvabmmiion-- Wants Great J : Calgary, Alta., June 23. Dr. Pers ry E. Doolittle, of Toronto, former president of the Canadian Roads Association, will deliver address here on Friday, June 23 on "Good Roads in Canada" Or. Doolittle's Ambition is to see ths completion of a great traps-Canadian highway from Halifax to Vancouver. ---------- ss The death roll fu the miners break in Illinois is placed at fi four;