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------------------------ ES -------------- TO-DAY JACK HOLT IN "A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE" ily B | 4 ritish Whig i ALLEN | MON., TUES., WED. ANITA STEWART IN "THE LOVE PIKER" Sm ------ | YEAR 90; No. 220. THE BETTING ACT IS DEAD As Result of the Decision «f Appeal Court. PROSECUTIONS 10. CEASE No Repeal of the Act Neces- sary Says Attorney-Gen- eral Nickle. Toronto, Bept. 20.--"I have in- structed the crown officers to cease prosecutions under the Ontario statute," said Attorney-General Nickle last evening when asked what steps had been takeh as a resuit of the judgment given yesterday by Chief Justice Meredith on the anti- betting appeal. of the betting informa- don will be necessary. The act is as # it did not exist." Yesterday's decision of the ap- peliate division leaves the Ontario newspapers free to publish racing odds as formerly. It leaves the leg- {timate press of the province and the Ontario racing publications govern- ed as formerly, only by the domin- fon act which prohibits the publica- tion of racing Information 'iIntend- ed to assist in betting," or 'for use in connection with betting." The extreme difficulty of prov- ing, "intent" was demonstrated in the now famous case of Rex vs Hew- itt. Foreign racing publications, however, are still banned by the senate amendment, which declares it an offense to Import papers con- taining betting information that do not contain bona fide news, litera- ture or comment. Those that estab- lish Canadian publication branch, however, as some of them have al- ready done, may be within the law as it now exists, following the death of the Ontario bill. vr TOBACCO MFN LOSE MILLION. Heavy Loss Among Growers in Es- " sex County. Windsor, Sept. 20. -- Essex Coun- ty tobacco growers face a loss of $1,- 000,000 from last week's frosts, ac- 1 ng to Just county agri- cultural representative. Most of the fosé falls on the Bur- ley growers. About half the Vir- ginla leaf crop had been harvested. Loss to the remainder is estimated at 60 per cent. 'while that of the Burley growers is about 75 per cent. ---- Rates to be Reduced, Brockville, Sept. 20.--A¢t a regular meeting of the Public Utdlities Com- mission held yesterday the price of gas was reduced from $2 to $1.%0 per thousand cabic feet. The reduc- Lion is to take effect on all acconnts rendered on and after November 1 Water rates to consumers wore re- duced 10 per cent., to be effective on October 1st, and a substantia! reduc- tion In electric Mght and Power rates Will be announced before the end of the present month. The League of Nations gets around Canada's objection to Article 10 by adopting the committee's interpre- tation of the obligations involved. BORO 000000 0000000 ® + KILLS HIS FAMILY 4 AND HANGS HIMSELF. -- * % Alexandria, Minn. Sept. 20. ® --J. Willis Knox, aged forty- ® one, slew his wife, aged thirty- * e and fatally injured his < ghters, aged 10 and 8, with © a hand ave while they were © sldeping yesterday, and then % hanged himself. The girls died % in hospital. The tragedy was © discovered when neighbors @ heard the pitiful groans and ® cries of the dying children. * * * > > * » » * * > * * PEER PE2P 00000000 4 e ING. FIVE YEARS FOR RECEIV Heavy Punishment for. John Esco- vitch "Fence" for Stolen Silks. Toronto, Sept. 20. -- Sentence of { imprisonment for five years in the | penitentiary was imposed in the | Court of General Sessions upon John | 'scoviteh, convicted of receiving a large quantity of silk stuff, etc., be- "longing to Max Eichler, knowing it to have been stolen. To appeals for { lenfency by T. H. Lennox, K.C., his | honor repHed that offense of which Kscovitch had been proven guilty was a very serious one, and on tha increass. Yourn 1s ELECTROCUTED, Foot Slips While he is Up Pole -- Comes in Contact With Live Wire Lindsay, Sept. 20.--R. B. Huston. 21 years, sou of Mrs. Robért\Huston, Lindsay, met deatna by electrdveution yesterday afternoon on the new Hydro power line near Mariposa Sta- | tion, scuth of Oakwood. Huston | Was up a pole connecting wires, when {It is" assumed that his foot slipped, [and came in contact with a live wire, | Another idneman, Erie Jackson, was | up the pole at the time, but could do nothing until the wires were cut Liners | Three Great To Be Overhauled | | s---- Southampton, Eng., Sept. 20.-- The White Star end Cunard lines have "concluded an agreemont to | maintain ajoin} trans-Atlantic ser vice during the coming winter This is the first combine of the sori to te aianged br. /.on two important steamship companies. The Majestic, Berengaria ana Aquitania are the principal vessels selected to comtinue in service for the winter, Meanwhile, the Mauretania, | Olymple and Homeric will be over- | hauled and an effort will be made to Increase the average speed of the Cunard liners above the present 26 knots. The Homeric is to be con- verted into an oil burner. BRITAIN GOING BACK 10 BENEVOLENT NEUTRALITY? This is the Paris View of the Poincare~Baldwin Con= versation. Paris, Sept. 20. -- The conversa-' tion between Premier Poincare and Premier Baldwin here yesterday is regarded as representing a victory for- the French policy In the. Ruhr. This view is based on the tone of the statement issued yesterday, which Le Matin says "means that our neighbors across the channel are going back to the benevolent neu- trality of Bonar Law, that they will not hinder us in the final stages of the struggle and that they will again be at our side when at last the goal is about to be obtained." + Le Petit Parisien and Le Journal while not going so far as Le Matin observe that the meeting of the pre- miers was crowned with puccess. Loud on Comment, London, Sept. 20. -- The London press #3 evidently in no hurry to draw conclusions from the official re- port of the Baldwin-Poincare talk yesterday. Several of the leading Journals refrain from comment en- tirely. The Morning Pogf says the conversation was fruitful, and infers that the two countries will co-oper- ate on reparations, but the Daily News does not see how the British can co-operate' with France in a po- licy London has already condemned. Canada Leads. Ottawa, Sept. 20. -- The August trade returns, giving exports of au- tomobiles and parts at $2,639,350 for the month, show that in propor- tion to her popuiation Canada is ex- porting far more automobiles than any other country in the world. S-------- The New York newspaper strike is a fight to the finish. The papers re- ject the terms proposed by the un- ion men. The Irish Free State Dail will not release republican members in jail, A ------~ 7 "You Said It, Marceline! e=mmBy MARCELINE &'ALROY " ON WHAT WOMEN THINK--OF EACH OTHER A pretty GIRL of SEVENTEEN Looks at a WOMAN af THIRTY- FIVE And thinks: "Poor OLD THING, She is DONE FOR! A SMART WOMAN of THIRTY- FIVE . * Looks at a GIRL of SEVENTEEN And . thinks: "Poor LITTLE THING, . - SHE doesn't know What it's ALL ABOUTP A BLONDE looks sideways At a BRUNETTE And thinks: "How TERRIBLE Woks at a BLONDE and says: "Thank goodness, T'M not insipid A TALL girl looks down At a SHORT one and says: "SHE can never look anything In her clothes! / The SMALL girl looks up At the TALL one and thinks; "How sad--Men do SO love Small girls." That's RIGHT--but don't forget, Men love them short AND tall, Blondes and brunettes-- Yes, THEY LOVE THEM ALL; That is why ALL WOMEN To have such a dark skin." 50 MILLIONS BONDS SOLD By Minister. of Finance to | (anadiay Syndicate. : 10 MEET OBLIGATIONS Maturing on November 1st-- Cn Have Another Chance to Invest. Ottawa, Sept. 20.--Once more those Canadians who invested dur- ing the war in government bonds to assist In financing the struggle will have an opportunity to extend their aid. It was announced last night by Rt. Hon. W. 8. Fielding, min- ister of finance, that he had sold to a Canadian "syndicate $50,000,000 five per cent. twenty-year bonds in Canada, to assist in meeting obligations maturing on "November 1st next and totalling $172,471,000. It is pointed out by the minister of finance that such success attend- ed the $22,500,000 issue this sum- mer to a Canadian syndicate for the purpose of purchasing equipment for the Canadian National Railways that he has been warranted in giv- ing a Canadian syndicate another opportunity. SEEKING CANADIAN Founder of National Child= ren's Adoption Association Coming to Montreal. Ottawa, Sept, 20.--Miss Clara An- drew, of London, Eng., the founder of the National Children's Adoption Association, is coming to Montreal on Saturday, arriving by the steam- ship Montrose. Miss Andrew has devoted her ener- gies since the armistice to the task of caring for unwanted children, and especially to lessening the evils of the baby-farming system. She began by founding a home where such chil- dren gould be receivéd, and whers ing a child coud go and make a choice. The children are taken into this home at the earliest possible age, generally under the age of one year. The history of the children and their parents is thoroughly in- vestigated, and every precaution ents have a clean bill of health are received. The National Children's Adoption Association does not take in these children with the idea of bringing them up, but only takes care of them until a suitable application for adop- tion is made. H.R:H: Princess Alice is president of the association, and a large num- ber of distinguished men and women are on the Mst of vice-presidents, among them the Premier of Canada. lady Perley is a member of the ex- taken to co-operate with the assocla- tion in Canada. H.M. the Quen takes a keen and practical interest in this work, and has paid a visit of inspection to the various branches. In view of the need of the over- seas dominions for a larger British- born population. Miss Andrew is anxious to strengthen the relations of the associations with Canada, and to increase the number of homes in which children under the associa- tion's care will be recelved for adop- tion. With this end in view she is ar- ranging to travel across Canada, giv- ing a public address on the associa- tion's objects at all the principal cities and towns en route. She in- tends to sail home from Montreal carly in November. ---------- PENITENTIARY SENTENCES. Milton, Sept. 20.--William an, alias W. White, who in July last, w Toronto, on the charge of stealing clothing valued at $150 from Vietor Lawrence, of Trafalgar township, appeared for trial yesterday after- noon in the county judge's criminal the American as arrested in SELVEST. -- "Mio sam, Hl Goeright, 1023, Premier Sypdicatn. Joa, | er v principal and Interest to be payable | HOMES FOR BABIES | People WhD' Were deifrons of adopic Th: taken that only pabies whose par-| ecutive committee, and has unders. Bry-|. WOMAN'S SIXTH SENSE. -- Given Name "Oryptaesthesia" French Professor. Paris, Sept. 20. Professor Charles Richet of the Academy of Medicine says that we possess a sixth sense. Leastwise the members of the fair sex do. It is "'eryptaesthesta," and its action #8 universal. While | it possesses no special seat, it is | something like vision outside the re- | tina, enabling one miracuously to see | hidden objects. Cryptaesthesia is] psychic rather than physical, accord- ing to Professor Richet. The savant does not, indeed, cialm the discovery of this sixth sense. All he has done is to analyze it and give it a name, thus putting 4t on a scientific basis. By an infallible reflex a woman registers a lie the very moment it is being told her, he says. The sense even goes further, stil] enabling a Woman to register actual facts whici are happening at a distance. Thus madame can, according to the theory | of Professor Richet, actually see | monsieur aL his "businees" dinner | . It is poirted out here that this | prerequisite of woman has | known throughout the ages and de- | fined, althbugh perhaps in Jess scien- | tific terms, by most of the great | poets. been | | HAD SNOW ON TRIP. | -- | oficial Ontario Party on Way to | Moose Factory. Toronto, Sept. 20, -- The Lieut- enant-Governor of Ontario and his | party, including Premier Ferguson, have struck very bad weather. A message to Queen's Park states that they have encountered heavy rains and a six-inch fall of snow north of Cochrane. The party left last week on a trip as far porth as Moose Fac- tory. . Friday they left the end of steel and took to sleds and dog team. The :weather at that time was wet and the going heavy. es SASKATCHEWAN MAY Dip THE WAEAT POOL Signed Up Was a Notable Achievement. Ri Winnipeg, Sept, 20.--Polnting out that on he Closing day of its cam- palgn the Saskatchewan wheat pool committee had signed up about 37 cell.«of- the total Grain Growers' Guide, in {ts Issue dated September 19th, says that "the actual conditions of the con- tract would, therefore, seem to pre- clude the operation of a wheat pool in that province this year." The Guide is "employed as the official organ" of the farmers' or- ganizations in the three prairie prov- inces., The Guide declares that there is no real ground for discouragement or disappointment in the result of the wheat pool campaigns and that the acreage signed up was a not- able achievement, The Alberta campaign naving approximately reached its objective, the pool trustees of that province have, .according to the Guide's edit- orial, "the option of going ahead or suspending operations for another year." Actual operation this year KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 .ICLAIMS SHE WAS WEDDED Although She Cannot Produce the Marriage ( Certificate. ANOWLTON ESTATE Fg Deceased's Brothers And Sis- ters Claim to Be the Lawful Heirs. Who are the heirs of the late John Nelson Knowlton, who died recently in the township of Leeds, and who left a large estate? This is the question that Justice Orde has to solve in a case which was commenced in the Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon-- that of Mrs. Rosey Knowlton, plain- tiff, and J. N. Knowlton, 'defendant. Brothers and sisters claim to be the lawful heirs, notwithstanding the deceased left a widow and three children. The claim of the brothers and the sisters 'is that no marriage took place, but the mother of the children claims that she was married to KnowHon at the Kingston General Hospital, in April, 1883, and that the ceremony was performed by a Bap- tist minister. It is further claimed that the marriage certificate was de- stroyed in a fire. A. B. Cunningham is conducting the case for the plaintiffff and Mr. the defendant. The Evidence. Miss Brennan, of Oshawa, the first witness called, identified a docu- ment produced and which the late Mr. Knowlton had ned. Thais document referred to" Knowlton as being "unmarried." Witness had also signed this document. Dr. W. G. Anglin, called by Mr. Cunniigi stated that in the year 1883 he had graduated at Queen's University and had attended clinics at the General Hospital. Witness did not know the plaintiff, but recalicd that at this time an aged Bapist min- ister named Grofty, who often called at the hospital. The at that tm3 was on Jolinson street, where the Christian Science churon 1s now located. Mrs. Rosey Knowlton, the pladntifr, told Mr. Cunningham that she was eixty-three years of age, and that her maiden name was Roeey Lapointe. Witness had knoyn the late John Nelson Knowlton for about a year before she married him. Witness worked out as a servant girl. Her brother was working for John Nelson Knowlton. The lattér wanted a housekeeper, and witness went to keep house for him, am -- Married Her in Kingston. Continuing, the witness stated that John Nelson Knowlton was the father of a child horn to her at the Kingston General Hospital on April 14th, 1883, and that following the birth of the child Knowlton liad married her. would be a "gigantic" task, and int the very nature of things the hasty! organization which would be neces- sary "must lack the highest effic- fency." "Should there be no pooling sys- tem In Saskatchewan this year," continues the Guide, "which seems probable, the Alberta trustees should not be blamed if they decide not to make the great experiment alone, in the face of the difficulties with which they are confronted." In the event of a postponement of opera- tion to another year, it advises con- ferences of the pool committees for Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to evolve a common contract form, "with the definite understanding and agreement that all wheat con- tracted to the pool in all thre. provinces be marketed through one selling agency." ---------- WETTEST IN HISTORY, Kapuskasing, Sept. 20. -- Grant- ing the most optimistic weather pro- Dhets are right for the rest of the season, the year 1923 will go down in official recordsas among the wei- test in northern Ontario's 'history. Figures compiled by Smith Ballan- tyne, superintendent of the Dominion Government _ experimental station, show that since January 1st, the pre- cipitation of snow and rain is 27 in- ches, or RE Witness said that the ceremony was performed by "an old Baptist minister." She could not recall the name of the minister amd admitted that she'could not read or write. "A few days after the ceremony was performed, the minister brought me my certificate," added the wit- Nees. "I was in the hospital at the time." Witness said that as soon as she ROt strong again after her illness, Mr. Knowlton took her to his own home on the old homestead, and she had lived there ever since with Knowlton, as his wife. Witness said she gave birth to four children, and that ore child had died. She had three daughters and sne son living. Witness, on being questicned about her marriage certificate, stat- ¢d that it had besn destroyed in a fire which had ocourred thirty-nine years ago last June, : The fire took place on the old homestead. 5 Questioned by Mr. Hutcheson, wit- Dese sald that she could not remem- ber the pame of the minister 0 performed . the ceremony. She did not know about the marriage being registered at a church or at Toronto. There were two witnesses, but they were dead. ------ Children . Mrs. Jones, aged thirty-nine, formerly Olive Knowlton, a daugh- ter of the plaintiff, stated that up tll the time she was married, she had 1fved at home with her father and mother, and that she had always gone under the name of Knowlton. and that she was always known by this 'name. Mr. Cunningham informed the court that every effort possible had 'been put forth to secure records of the marriage, but that it had been found impossible to find them, Mr. Cunningham read to the court several letters written by Knowiton to his two daughters while he was in the west. In some of these letters Knowiton had referred to the. girls as his dsughters. Hutcheson, Brockville, is counsel for. Baptist churdh J late John Nelson Knowlton, was called by Mr. Cunningham. He said that he had Mved on the farm with his father. He recalled that a school teacher had on more than one oc- casion called him under the name of "John Lapointe." "My father notified the teacher that my name was Knowlton," added the witness. "I was presemt at the time." Witness caused some amusement when he declared that the school teacher had often "licked" him for nothing, wherewith the father of the witness had "licked' the school teacher. All this "occurred out of school hours. : Blanche Knowlton, another daugh- ter of the deceased, stated that she lived at home and went under the name of "Knowlton." She attended school under this name. John Lapointe, Bedford, a brother of the plaintiff, stated that he had worked for John Nelson Knowlton, in the spring of 1882 and 1883. Witness stated that Knowlton had told him that he had married Rosey Lapointe, a sister of the witness. Mrs. Ann Carr, Crosby, sald she knew Mrs. Knowlton and the late John Nelson Knowlton, and recalled a conversation she had with Mr. Knowlton about six or seven years ago, In which Knowlton had stated that he was married to the plaintiff. William C. Boulger, Newboro, also related an occasion when Mr. Knowl- ton had admitted that he was mar- ried to the pladntift. . ---- Questioried by Judge. Rosey Knowlton, the plaintiff, was recalled and questioned by his-lord- ship. She said that she had attend- ed both the Methodist and Roman Catholic churches, and that she had been known as Mrs. Knowlton, at these churches. Speaking about home conditions, witness stated that Mr. Knowlton was very close with his money, par- ticularly during the last few years of his life. When'he went west witness said that he left her in a home which she declared was not fit for hogs to live in. ~7 At 6 p.m. the court adjourned un- til 10 a.m. Thursday. ---------- LIQUOR REFERFNDUM. May Be Held in Province Next Year Says Hon. Mr. Carr. Hamilton, Sept. 20. ~= Speaking at the Royal Connaught Hotel, Hon. Leeming Carr, M.P.P., said that in all probability a referendum on the liquor question would be hel in the the Ontario Tempérance Act was on the statute book and would be en- forced until public opinion demanded a change OTTAWA DAYLIGHT SAVING Council Decides to Move Clocks Buck Sept. 22nd. Ottawa, Sept. 20. The local city council has decided to shorten by one week the daylight saving per- fod in Ottawa. On Saturday, Sept. 22nd, at midnight all clocks in Ot- tawa will be moved back one hour. Had it not been for the council's ac- tion, daylight saving would have las- ted until Sept. 29th. Cost of Living Higher. London, Sept. 20. -- The cost of living on Sept. 1st was 73 per cent. above the pre-war figure, and two per cent. higher than on August 1st of this year, according to figures pubMshed in the ministry of labor gazette. SPAIN WAS SAVED FROM THE BOLSHEVIK MENACE Rivera Says the Popular Move ments Were Developing Into Sovietism, -- Paris, Sept. 20.--"I have given myself ninety days to put everything straight throughout Spain, working ten hours datly with the members of my directorate." These words General Primo dé Rivera, according to a Matin special correspondent at Madrid, spoke yesterday when dis- missing 40 Spanish newspaper ed- Itions called by the dictator to inter- view him at the War Office. Shortly afterward in a special in- terview he told the Matin corres- pondent that it was false to aciuse him of being Germpnophile. "I have always been a friend ot France," he sald, "but it is too early after only a few days in power to define my foreign policy. "We have taken temporary meas- ures comcerning Morocco. The former war minister, General Als puru, to whom Senor Alba handed things when they were going baaty, will proceed to Morocco on Thursday to study the situatioh. The direc torate, which is composeq entirely of generals having fought there, will be able to take action on General Aizpuru's report. For the moment I am sure of tranquillity fn the casteran portion of 'our possession, which Raizull has guaranteed us." Referring to the uprising which he headed, General de Rivera sald: "Acting as we did, we saved the country from a far greater for there were popular province next year. In the meantimy | LAST EDITION. FARMS NEED MORE PEOPLE Declared Hon. J. W. Martin At the Kingston Fair. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE Officially Opens Big Exhibi- tion--Points Out Duty of Secondary Schools. The Kingston Fair was officially opened by Hon. J. 8, Martin, Ontario minister of agriculture, on Wednes- day afterncon. The minister, who is known as the Wyandotte King of Canada, was introduced by Manager R. J. Bushell at the request of Presi- | dent A: E. Weller during an inter- | mission between the races, and he spoke from the grand stand. Those | occupying the minister's box were: | President Weller, Manager Bushell, A. M. Rankin, M.P.P., W, M. Nickle, the falr directors and Major-Gen. Sir A. C. Macdonell, W. R. Givens, and others. Hon: Mr. Martin, in opening his address, expressed his very great pleasure to be present. As minister of agriculture he was particularly in- terested in fall faire because they had an important Influence on the agri- cultural life of the countrys "Here we find what our people are doing. - HON. JOHN W. MARTIN, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, who officially opened Kingston Fair. --h There. seems to 'be a wonderful pro- gress in the pFovince from what we have seen at fairs this year. We are all interested and we must give them 'every encouragement. In the past the fairs have not been given the glad to hear of the progress of the Kingston fair in /the past five years hecause I know of its importance to farming. I am a farmer myself and I am now trying to serve the whole people. 1 know that agriculture is the basic interest of this country and that there are some faire that call for improvement. -- We Need More People. "I believe that we have not done enough in this province to stimulate immigration. We hyve in the whole of Canada eight or nine million peo- ple but we have the machinery that thoukd be utilized to take caro of 25,000,000. We have not enough population, and we must go after {mn- migration aggressively, for we have &ot a country that is not equalled anywhere in the world. The other provinces have been more aggressive than we have been." Mr. Martin told of the Ontario government's office in London, Eng.. and declared that it was eq ripped for the work that it should be doing. because we need them on our farms, and we are In greater need of taem now than ever before. "We are at the present time face to face ¥ith adverse economic con~ . ditions bacause we have experienced a period cf stress. We mus stick to our forms and better onr conditions by Improving our tive stock. The average production of our dairy cows is low, and in many cases they are not paying'their keep. We mut cull out what is not profitable keeping only what is worth while, More education is needed, and if onr boys and girls were batter trained for the lives they are to live there would he better progres: and 4 higher stand- ard of agricultura! «ficiency. The schooler must cousider the needs of agriculture and this probler, Jught fo be solve! in (he scondary schools." The speaker concluded by paying a high compliment to the farmers of Ontario for the manner in which ths province passed through the war, de- stcod in a better posiiior than On- tario at the present time. : A hearty vote of thaaks was mov- »d by Manager Yushell who 'old of Martla vp 'neels consideration due to them, and I am "We are going after mors people claring (bat mo province of Canada. 5