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NOW SHOWING STANCE TALMADGE in "A DANGEROUS > MAID" YEAR 91; No. 22. Ty KINGSTON, UNTARIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1924. British Whig CAPITOL MON., TUES, WED. Flaming Youth LAST EDITION | AN ATTEMPT T0' SWINDLE ALD. HENRY F. RICHARDSON In An Oil Deal At Syracuse, N.Y., But It Utterly Failed. | Mr. Richardson Was About to Pay $30,000 to Two Noted Swindlers in a Bank . When [Petect'ves Made Arrests. Syracuse, N.YS Jan. 26.--The police yesterday reporetd th Albany of a man known as John Hudson, al who attempted to swindle Henry out of 330.000 in an ofl deal. one of the pair arrested as they stepped from the bank in Mr. Richardson here yesterday, had been identified as Joseph Flanagan, e arrest in group Ont., leged to be one of a Ford Richardsdn, of Kingston, It was also said at police headquarters that | company with alleged to be ane of the cleverest confidence men playing the east. According to the police the sale of $30,000 worth of oil stock was to| have been made to Mr. Richardson a New York draft for $30,004.10 Albert C. yesterday Mr. Richardson presented Townsend and Edwin. Treveau, but Townsend asked for cash, as he was leaving for New York immediately, and it was at the bank where Mr.Richardson went to get the cash that - 4 Ald. Richardson had not returned home Saturday morning, and fur- | ther details of the attempted swindle could not be obtained. son went to Syracuse on Thursday. Chief of Police Robinson was notified of the arrest Townsend at Syracuse, N.Y., and inquiries are being made here about the dotectives arrested both Treveau and Townsend. dent of the Weber Plano Company of Kingston and a cit ty alderman. of Treveau and two men .as it Is stated that they were in Kingston this week. | ev TY-SEVEN MINERS KILLED BY EXPLOSION Die--The Six Others May Bodies Were Burned Be- yond Recognition. qv, hdyM City, 1ll., Jan, z6.-- Thirty seven minors were kiiled, six probably fatally ' burned, and eight othems suffered serious burns D H Thirty Johnston mm SMUGGLING PLOT. IN ALIEN A Toronto Man Sent To Prison and Fined, Buffalo, Jan. 26.--George E. George, Toronto cafe owner, was yes- terday sentenced to ten months in Erie County jail and a fine of $500 when he pleaded guilty to federal court, to a charge of complicity in an alien smuggling plot. George was specifically = charged with smuggling four Bulgarians from Toronto, acroSs the Niagara rived to Buffalo, in violation of the immigra- tion act. He was described by As- Mr. Richardson is presi- | Mr. Richard- ! EXPECTED WRIT SINCE JUNE. Rev. R. J. Wilson Says Unionists Will Accept Service, Toronto, Jan. 26.--"We will ac- cept service," said Rev. Dr. R. J. Wilson, joint committees on church union, when informed of the writ entered at Osgoode Hall against church union. "'That's all I can say. Qur lawyers will look after the mat- ter. I might say, however, that June 1st." News off the Wires In Condensed Form Plot brought to light for alleged overthrown of government of Wurtenburg. The Canadian plant of the United States Light and Heat Corporation, at" Niagara Falls, was totally des- troyed by fire Saturday morning and firemen were pouring tons of water on the blaze up till noon. | The crying of a child fnto the telephone on Friday afternoon brought F. A. Williams, Ottawa, to his home where he found his wife lying dead in a pobl of blood, death having been due to hemorrhage. ---- i Drank Rat Poison. | Woodstock, Jan. 26.--Mrs. John Armour, wife of the fire chief of the village of Norwich, died on Friday morning as the result of having {| drunk a quantity of rat poison on Tuesday evening. She was found in | a state of collapse shortly after hav- ing taken the poison, and it is not known 'whether she drank is by ac- cident or not. She had been in poor health for someyime previous to hex | death. At Local Hotels. An inspection of the registers at the local hotels on Saturday morn- ing showed that he two men who | tried to swindle H. F. Richardson | over oil stocks stayed at local hoe | tels. Townsend was at the British- | American hotel, while Treveau was registered at the Frontenac. = Both men were registered at these hotels on Tuesday last, and Mr. Richardson at the British-American hotel on | that day. -------- I've been expecting the writ' since | | | had an interview with the two men | | | Father And Son Follow Bruin | | across BOY TAKES PARIS GREEN It Was Too Late. FIND DEN OF HUGE BEAR Into the Swamp And Shoot Him. Peterboro, Jan. 26.--Johx Page, a fifteen year oid Barnardo died yesterday morning after tak- ing paris green. He was employed for the last four years with a farmer, William Fee, in South Emily. Ile was ill all Thursday and on examin- ation traces of paris green "Were found on his clothes. The nearest physician Dr. G. N. Earle, Omemee, was out of the vil. lage, and telephone calls were sent in vain to Peterborv, MiHbrooke ana Lindsay for medical assistance. It is not understood why the family fail- ed to secure a doctor, but no medi- cal aid was rendered until five o'- clock, when Dr. Earle returned. The boy died at midnight in the latter's office. Came On Bear's Den, Sault Ste: Marie, Jan. 26.--When Robert Brown and his son Donald, of Milford Haven, were. cutting logs on their farm one - of the trees fell the winter den of a huge bear. This was unknown to them un- off from the tree. The bear then crawled out beside them and ambled off into the swamp.' Securing guns, they followed him and finally shot him about a couple of miles from | where he started. NO TRACE YET FOUND OF MISS STRACHAN No Doctor Was Called Until + Boy, | Boy, Scouts Are Now Making Search of the County WAS NOT IMPLICATED sistant United States Attorney Leland G. Davis, as one of the principal fig- ures in the fast growing border tra- fic in aliens. in an unexplained explosion late yesterday on the main level of the McClintock coal mine here, operat- the Crerar, Clinch Coal Com- Young Teicher Taken, Norwood, Jan. 26.--The death oc- curred on Thursday of Miss Lucille Approximately sixty of the 375 miners at work wore entombed fin the lower levels of 'the mine, but a few of them escaped. : A number of bodias brought to the surface last night and early today were burned beyond rec- ognition, and attempts to identify the dead were unavailing, age. Miss Pentland was taken on the staff of the high school last sum- mer as an extra teacher and had en~ deared herself to the pupils and par- ents. Two weeks ago she was seized with a coughing spell and suffered a hemorrhage. She was confined to The death occurred on Thursday hier ved until she giey, ¢ of Mrs, Ellen McCourt, Belleville. * 8k; was the widow of the late Pat- rick McCourt, who predeceased her eight years ago. Mrs. McCourt was Dorn in Foxboro sixty-two years ago. W. H. Nugent, County Clerk ot Hastings, has been placed 'on the board of the Belleville general hos. pital. WIAA AINA, HN tN NM A CHARACTER IN STEEL. WRITTEN FOR THE WHIG BY ARTHUR HUNT CHUTE. Realjzing that her love for a man was in vain, Cecile Hamelin, aged thirty-one, graduate of Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal, turned on tha gas in her bathroom on Thursday. She was found asphyxiated . this morning, She was a member of a | prominent family. x. A rolling mill is no beauty parlor, but it 43 a fine place for testing manhood. Despite mechanical devices, decision and strength siill rule the steel plant. . On a football team the players inevitably come to look to. the one best man. Soc on the roaring foundry floor. in every crisis, by morale Pentland, B.A., twenty-two years of | IN MCHGAN MORORR Portsmouth Penitentiary Tice ket-of-Leave Man Wished to Be Extradited. Montreal, Jah. 26.--John Barkin, alias Jameg Patterson, alias Parks, whose identity has been definitely established as Percy C. Jenkins, ticket-of-leave man from Portsmouth penitentiary, had nothing to do with the murder of John Brennan on Grosse Isle, near Detroit, Mich., on December 14th, according to Deputy Sheriff Arthur K. Barker, of Wayne county, Michigan, who examined Bar- { kin at Bordeaux jail. According to the deputypsheriff, | the prisoner, who has gone so far as | to swear to an affidavit that he was | implicated" in the murder near De- troit, has not the vaguest idea of what took place. He was unable to | identify the murdered man from a number of photographs, pointing to others persons in group pictures as being the victim of his own hand. | Barkin knew that a man named Pat- | terson is being sought for the mur- | der, and; 'in order to mislead the Canadian police authorities, it is | thought, assumed the character, hop- ! ing to be extradited to the United | States where he would bé liberated | at once, and thus evade the charges | which were facing him in Montreal | and Toronto, | Police officers from Roads. Up until eleven o'clock on Satur- day morning. no trace had been found of Miss Ada Strachan, who has been missing from her home at 248 Division street ince Tuesday after- noon last. On Friday afternoon a de- tachment of Boy Scouts went out in search of the missing lady, but they returned to the city without finding any trace. On Saturday morning the Scouts made a second trip to the section of the country where it is suppoved that Miss Stracian perished in the snow, -------- JAIL SURGEON RESIGNS. The County Council Appoints Dr. C. H. Elliott to Post. finance committee's report on Ffi- day evening and Saturday morning. Dr. A. W. Richardson tendered his resignation as jail surgeom, which was accepted, to date from the 31st of December Dr. C. H. Elliott, who has been acting, was appointed jail surgeon from the 1st of January, at a salary of $300 a year. At the November session of the 'county council it was decided to have a re-assessment of the county and the valuators were to be appointed at the January session. © At the meeting on Saturday morning the county solici- tor, J. M. Farrell, stated that after Toronto are looking into the matter very careful- to take Barkin |ly he found that it would be impossi- wow on their way and driving force, ome worker proves himself the "boss" on whom the, back with them to the Queen City, | ible to have a re-assessment owing BS { where he will face charges of issuing the fact that in 1921 the council by |vote approved of the assessment in vthets may depend. } When the tackle breaks, with a hundred tous of white bot ingot, when all the rest jump back, the chosen one jumps forward, by such unescapable distinction he emerges 'foreman' of the gang. It is remarkable how many of the leaders who have risen up from the 'ranks in the steel industry are possessed of sheer physical preponder- ance, an outer symbol, as #t were, of inner advantages. TContinued on page 3.) mG "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY : On "A Rough Passage!" | of her committee. A supper will LIFE is a mighty OCEAN, Into MATRIMONY, And WOMEN, like that CRAFT, Are TOSSED about and : Borne by WIND and TIDE Hither and thither, UNLESS They know where they are . Heading for and--WHY. MAN USED to be , Woman's ANCHORAGE, bat Judging by present DIVORCES, He seems NOW to be More like a COALING STATION-- HAP : So many WOMEN DRIFT Crowright, Amd. drift OUT of item Yes, in and out until It seems they must think Marriage is neither 'Woman's DESTINY nor DESTINATION --it's just A PORT OF CALL. But women with no STABILITY) Like little BOATS : With none to STEER them, Come to GRIEF--and At last, for these women, It becomes a ease of Any old "SPORT" in a storm. eh. Premier Ryndteate tna : _ tax coliector of Beiieville, a: $1,509 worthless cheques. | | Y.M.C.A. Yoman's Auxiliary. ! The monthly meeting of the Y.M. C.A. Women's Auxiliary was held in the association parlors Friday afternoon. Mrs, John Wright pre- ed the meeting on the theme vance." Mrs. E. Ruttan reported on gymnasium work and the activities be | arranged to promote co-operation be- tween the lady members of the "'Y'* and the local Y. W.C.A. _ I's " Six Degrees Below Zero. Friday night was the coldest so weather observatory reported that the thermometer registered six de- grees below zero. : Herbert Witton, the student taken to the. General Hospital during Thursday night, is showing some im- | provement this morning and hopes 'are held out for his recovery. He is 'still In a very critical condition. C. E. Walker, Kingston, has been bereaved by the death of his father! Edwin Walker, Port. Dover, Ont, aged seventy-six years. E iss Edna W. Farley is to be made a year. She succeeds her father, The essignmeant of S. L. Smith, &>neral merchant of Fitzroy Harbor, far this winjer. Queen's Upiversity | has been filed, force and, according to the statutes, there cannot be another assessment for a period of five years. The following were appointed a committee to interview the Ontario government, along with delegations from other counties, to ask that the sided. Mrs, Dr. A. E. Knapp address {government assume the cost and "Ae- maintenance of the provincial high- way: Councillors Spankie, Halliday, GemmiH, Drew and Ham:lton. A resolution was passed advocat- ing the amalgamation of thc city and county registry offices, with one registrar, should any vacancy occur. Another resolution was adopted, asking the government to require pupils of a county who desire to at- tend a high schoal outside the muni- cipality to pay their own fees. The council decided to hold a ses- sion on the 19th of March, at 4 p.m. fd PEEPS EFPIPIEPILTE SE * + LUDENDORFF TRIAL + SET FOR FEB 18th 4 : 4 Berlin, Jan. 26.--The trial of + General .Ludendorff, Adolph Hitler and the other persons charged with connection with the recent menarchist rising in Bavaria has been set for Feb- Tuary 18th at Munich, it was announced in Munich advice & to-day. ! * ; ¢ * PPPOE P PPPOE OPRPYTY + + * * ? * + + * * -> * terse te The county council dealt with the der consideration. i | FPF FP EPP E PEE TRES LJ PARENTS OF TWINS SECOND # TIME IN THREE YEARS, + Ogdensburg, Jan. 9 -- The second pair of twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew White of Morristown in three years ar- rived yesterday. They are boys, while the- others are girls, AE EEE ENE [+ ede bree tibet ittrtotir POINCARE I8 FIGHTING FOR POLITICAL LIFE The Week's Debate Begins in| French. Deputies Taxa=- | tion Proposals, Paris, Jan. 26.--Prem'er(Poincare entered on the fight of his political | i life yesterday, when a one week's debate began in the Chamber of De- | | puties on his drastic proposals to | safeguard the frane. | Toere will be thirty-two speakers | and the Communists alone have fifty ; interpellations ready. The wholé field | of foreign policy will be explored by { the deputies, varying in sentimenty from open chagrin on ,the right to intense indignation on the left. { It 1s quite possible that the people | are approaching thelend of the pres- | ent miniétry, and that' a comprom!st | will be formed only to carry ou un- | til the elections. { Crime Wave Fills Berlin Prison to Overflowing | Berlin, Jan. 26.--There are more | than 100,000 persons in the prisons | of Prussia alone. The ten big pri- sons of Berlin are all filled to over-| flowing as a result of the influx of | prisoners from the occupied area. | The French and Belgians have been | using the prisons in the Ruhr and | Rhineland for their soldiers and con- | til after two logs had been sawea |sequently the German prisoners have | J. Stuart Pritchard, of the ! been shipped eastward. | Courts are unable to care for the | criminal cases on their schedules and ; | the wave of criminality is placing a | burden on the already overloaded | | government budget which is a serious | handicap. Many criminals who should | | be imprisoned are merely fined be-| cause of the emergency and many | | others myst, be paroled temporarily | | until there is space in the prisons for | them. i cr ern s THE BOARD OF HEALTH HoLDS 1 INUGIRAL Wants All Contagious Cases Treated in the New lso- lation Hospital. The Board of Health held its im augural meeting on Friday after- noon. The members are Mayor An- grove, who was elected chairman, Dr. 1. G. Bogart, Dr. J. E. Kane, Mrs. D. A. Volume and Dr. A. R. B. William- son, medical health officer. The question of epidemics was un- | There have been a lot of scarlet fever cases in King- ston, all of a mild nature. When the new isolation building in con- nection with the General Hospital is opened in another week, all contag- lous cases can be handled there, as | there will be plenty of room, and the Board of Health will urge that all | scarlet fever patients be placed in that be less danger of the spreading of the disease. The board will petition the provincial board of health to pass a regulation that in places where there is sufficient contagious accom- modation in hospitals, all cases must be taken there. There was a discussion question of jodine treatment goitre, which is very prevalent in this section of the country. The board appointed Dr. Bogart to issue a public statement in regard to this matter for the guidance of those suf- tering from the disease. British to Develop Beet Sugar. London, Jan. 26.--Another at- tempt is being made to develop the British sugar trade, this time in Suf- folk county. At Southwold Harbor, it is planned to erect a sugar beet factory in time for next season's beet crop, the factory to be fed by a cir- cular railway 45 miles long embrac- ing about 200,000 acres for the trans. port of beet. The new factory is expected to pro- duce 8,000 tons of sugar each year. Gets Verdict of $75,000. New York, Jan. 26.--Louis Schumer, 127 East 117th street, a on the of LEGISLATION | sanatorium { pors to the efforts being put | ward towards this end by the King- institution so that there will | FOR FREE TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT Object of Big Public Meeting Held in the Kingston Memoria] Hall Addresses Given By Hon. Dr. Beland, Hon. Dr. Godfrey, Hon. W.-F. Nickle, And Tuber- culosis Specialists--Resolution Passed. That Kingston is going to do her : share for suffering humanity, in the way of seeking legislation for free treatment for all those afflicted with tuberculosis who can- not" ifford to pay for the same and to endorse and give their hearty sup- tor- ston Tuberculosis Association, , was manifested at a magnificent meet- ing held in Memorial Hall on Fri day evening, under the auspices of the Kingston Tubérculosis Associa- tion and which comprised a resentative body of citizens vote at the meeting by a standing | and amidst much enthusiasm. Mayor Thomas Angrove presided at the meeting and the speakers of the evening included Hon. Dr. H. S Beland, dominion minister of health; Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, minister of | w F. | for Ontario; Hon. Nickle, attorney-general; Dr. R. E Wodehouse, secretary of the Canag- dian Tuberculosis Association; Dr. Battle Bruce Hop- secretary of Assocla- health Creek Sanatorium; Dr kins; A. McDonough, the Kingston Tuberculosis | tion and Mayor Angrove. ---- The Resolution Passed. The following is a cppy of the resolution which was moved by J. Melville, president of the Kingston Trades and Labor Council, and sec- | onded by Dr. L..J. Austin, distriet representative of the Ontario Medi- cal Association: '"Be it resolved, that this meeting fully endorse the effortg of the King- | ston Tuberculosis Association to at- tain their object, that is: | "To endeavor to obtain from the provincial government such legisla- tion as will make adequate provi- | sion for free sanatorium treatment for all those afflicted with tubercu- | logis who cannot afford to pay for | the same, and also to forward the | | campaign of the Kingston Tuberculo- | sis Association by every means in our power." Prior to the opening of the meet- ing there was ean orchestral con- cert, provided by the Musicians' Un- ion and a most delightful programme was rendered. During the meeting a musical programme of very high in which Jocal | part, was given. ! was filled with prominent citizens interested in the great undertaking | and the audience filled the hall to capacity. A very large number of nurses in uniform, occupied the front | seats, while quite a number of gen- | { | | | | merit, | tlemen cadets of the Royal Military College. were present and the uni- forms of the nurses and the cadets presented a beautiful spectacle. The { Boy Scouts were also on hand and distributed programmes at the door. Mayar Angrove Speaks. i Mayor Angrove welcomed the | speakers on behalf of the city and | warmly praised Mr. McDonough, sec- t retary of the Kingston Tubgreulosis | Association, who was . instrumenta' | in arranging for the gathering. Th | mayor recalled that whed the asse | ciation was first organized very littl interest was taken in it by the peo- ple, but now that the objects of the association were known, it was re- ceiving the support it should receive, and he expressed the hope that the meeting would place itself on record ss being favorable to the aims and objects of the association. He hoped all the citizens would give the asso- ciation their warmest support in the undertaking. -- . Hon, Dr. Beland's Address, Hon. Dr. Beland expressed his deep gratitude for the welcome' ex- tended to him on the occasion of his first visit to Kingston, "As minister of health'l to you a message of congratulation bring rep- | A reso- | lution, along these lines was passed assure you that it is possible in many instances. "You have expressed your great regret upon the great devastation brought about by the war. Men and Women weep for what has befallen the Canadian army,--55,000 Canadi- ans fell during that great struggle. If you stop to think you will find that during the five years of the war, 556,000 people died in Canada as qa result of tuberculosis. Is it j any wonder that to-night you are here representing people in all walks of lite, with a desire to stay this awful loss of human life?" Worse Enemy Than Bankruptey, The speaker declared that an ene- my worse than bankruptcy was " at the door of Canada--that of tuber- culosis. "It is at our door looking for another victim and. still another. You know this as well as I do. And | you will not be surprised to 'learn that men all over Canada are raise ing their voices to call public ate tention to thig fact." "And are we going to remain. sil- ent?" I say. 'no'-and you say, 'no.' What is to be done? The work is un- doubtedly one of education and the work of education of the public is a hard task. With education you can prevent tuberculosis. Do not allow It to penetrate your city. That is the first part of your work. If it does penetrate your city or be there al- ready, combat it. Then as to the cure. talent togk | The atford Three things are necessary--pure air, good food and rest. In the name of the: dominict government I give you the air--just as much as you 'want, (Lavghter) As far as the food Is con- | cerned you will nct weit very long | before the charitable socleties, of Kingston provide for you and the rest.falls.in the same category. Lat everyone share in this noble work. Let the efforts be combined." Messages Read. Following the address of Hon. Dr, Beland, Mr. McDonough, the sec- retary of the Kingston Tuberculosis | Association read messages from the | following who expressed their regret | | 1 at being unable to be present at the meeting | Premier Mackenzie King wrote: | "Express to the Kingston association my best wishes for the success of the meeting and the work you are carry | ing on.' | Premier Howard -Ferguson sent . his best wishes to the association and letters were also received from Archbishop Spratt and W. Sinclair, leader of the opposition in the On. tario Legislature; expressing thelr regret at being unable to be present, Dr, Bruce Hopkins. In an able address, Dr. Hopkins set forth the objects of the ingston Tuberculosis Association, In opening his address, Dr. Hopkins stated that it gave him great please ure on behalf of the Kingston Tub= erculosis Association, to welcome the speakers and the citizens in reneral to this meeting. He felt sure hat the magnificent responses would 'nd towards the hearty support of the 'association in its work for alt | tinre. | s {_ Dr. Hopkins declared that the | cause was greater than any sponsir= | ed by any clubf society or organiza< | tion. Any person familiar with pubs' | lic health or social problems knew ! tuberculosis. | widespread "ae suffering was seo that it could "no long=- | er be treated as 2 local subject. It must be acknowledged as a nationas | problefn and so treated. The number affected by tuberculo:is to-day, fm. ° | capacitated cr dying, is greater than | that of any one disease. Unfortuns | ately tuberzulosis is no respector of | persons. Sc we have two classes | of people to deal with; those who Bruce the suffering existing as a result of . former window cleaner, was awarded a verdict of $75,000 by a jury before Supreme Court Justice Gavgan for injuries he received in July, 1922, when he fell from a window sill on the fifth floor of 149 Spring street and fractured his right arm and his right leg. Highway Across Continent. San Francisco, Jan. 26.--The'¥ic- tory highway, an unbroken oval tween New York and San Francisdd, will be completed .some time this year, according to an announcement by the 'California State Automobile Association. i map-------- Charles Gorman, 'St, John, N.B., wan defeated 'in 500 meter skating race at Chamonix, France, Saturday morning. upon the great movement which you | could afford a doctor to diagnose have undertaken," said the speaker, i the disease and take sanatorium "and I also. wish to extend to fou a! treatment and those who cannot af- word of encouragement which may | ford a doctor and take treatment, be useful to you in. the discharge of The Kingston Tuberculcsls Assogips this most important duty you are | tion had been formed with the sole tonight assuming. In this work no | object of securing undivided wsup- person 'should remain idle. not be confined to the rich or the go before the government and de- powerful. It 'must enlist the sym- | mand that the government accept the pathy of everyone. [Everyone must | responsibilily which is theirs. render service. There should be no | ! idle lever ng. What do you | be asked to take up the question of propose to do? What is the object | tuberculosis any more {han any oth« you have in view? What are you | er disease?" asked Dr. Hopkins. "My here for? What is the object of this | answer: to that is because tuberculos« meeting? What is the object of the | is is causing more suffering, more organization that has been formed? It is to prevent, in a measure, the spread of that terrible disease. The object is also to'cure that disease | kins, in closing his splendid wherever it is possible apd let me (Continued on Page 1) 3 | other disease." "We must fight," said Dr. Hop+ dress, "And why should the government - poverty and more deaths than any It can- | port of the cities of Ontario, so as to: