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CAPITOL NOW SHOWING J. Warren Kerrigan Toierice Davi Baily British Wh ig CAPITOL THURS., FRI, SAT. Jacqueline Logan ns "Flaming Barriers" YEAR 91; No. 42. NEY GOES AFTER NICKLE Hints At Bargaining With 'Brewefies in 0.T.A. Cases. J A WCAUSLAND HEARD Regard to the 0.T.A-- bX Measure Passed on a Quick Ballot. PEEP HEP EPPEPRE PRS * 4+ DEBATE WINDS UP + ON FULL TORRY VOTE . os > Toronto, Feb. 19.--On % straight party vote, the Govern- 4 ment forces in the Legislature 4% last night carried Premier Fer- # guson"s amendment to the Ad- @ dress, expressing confidénce in # the Ferguson administration. # Hon. 'Manning Doherty's wan- # of-confldence amendment was # lost on the same division. The 4 debate lasted only eight work- # ing days, which is something of % a record. ® ° I TEETER RE XE ERE ER BJ Toronto, Feb. 19.--W. E, Raney before the orders of the day were called in the legislature yesterday 3 afternoon, took Attorney-General - Nickle to task for what he alleged | to be a bargaining with breweries in respect of O.T.A. cases in the Toronto Police court. \He read 'the story of minimum fin- @8 having been imposed on O'Keefes '#nd Labatts for selling beer, and "the comments of James Haverson, kb K.C., defence counsel, thereon, to + the effect: "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I . am sure the department wouldn't want that," whereupon fines were 1 uced. Fath Nickle, replying, explained that there were three charges 5 inst each brewery. The Crown f8it they would fail on all of them, and therefore accepted hess of n one count each. uid you have dome different- . asked Mr. Raney. i I oulgn said the latter, ently. "My instructions were t0 bargain with the defence." "J. W. Widdifeld (Prog.) Ontario West. continyed the debate on reply 10 the speech from the throne. , He sald he had perfect confidence in the .O.T.A., and was sure the govern- "ment would regret any determina- tlon to interfere with It. He also voiced his opinion that by the vote of last June the people did not de- eide to go back to the two-party sys- tem. He claimed that the premier's yefusal to recognize the Progressive Pp was a contravention of 'the k) srou E1920 Act. Act Not Violated. . Premier Ferguson demanded to know wherein the Act had been vi- olated, but even with the prompting of W. BE. Raney he was unable to ¥ point out any contravention. E Hon, W. F. Nickle stated he had | mever heard anyone say that the Progressive group would not be re- . cognized if the speaker so ruled. J. A. McCausland, Toronto S.W., carried ou for the Conservative par- in the debate, and pointed out E that the vote at the last election had declared in favor of the two-party 8ystem, although he voiced the opin- bn that perhaps he would not have gone about it in the same way as the remier had. He was glad to know | that ¢he premier was taking a great I Interest in educational matters. © Mr. McCausland stated that he did not need to tell the House that 'he was no friend of the O.T.A. gre | sald he would be ruled out of order If he stated what he thought of ft. It is a war measure and was pagsed on a quick ballot, Es "It was your government," said |" © Mr. Raney. + Conditions Vile, Mr. McCausldnd--*1 did not sup. Tt Hearst, and many other Con- atives didn't," Mr. McCausland ? that some government support- | ers had said they wanted a chdnge In the Act, while they were in oppo- _ Sition, but since they had come into | government, some chloroforming in- | Buonce 'seemed to be at work on 'them, sald conditions in Toronto A vi that doctors were prac- tically 'bartenders and that the whole Tal tone of the province had been 0 d. He preferred to buy nam or from a bootlegger rather than a doctor lie about it as long good Tory for until he saw what time being, ppen and if nothing was going to ha ed he would like to. have a day kept this session for a talk on 'the referendum. : _E. Proux, Liberal, Prescott, stated that school grants should be allocat- od by the prenier on the basis of at- tendance and not only on qualifica- tion, He argued that the regulations should be'changed to allow Freach mel to secure a grant when they - conscientiously live up to } les s2 0242224200000 le : i # PROPOSE TO TAX <> ALL FRENCH TITLES |+ + | ¥ Paris, Feb. 19.--Deputy Jean | Loquin, Socialist, proposes a law to realize forty million francs by taxing all titles. By the measure, it is pro- posed to tax a prince and princess 3,000 francs annually; a duke and duchess 3,000 francs; a count and countess 2,500 francs; a viscount 2,000 francs; a marquis 1,500 francs and a baron 1,000 francs. | * > 4 <* » * cd > + oe + - * | # |e |» + + * + * + EPL EFF E ERIE EER |cHICAGO GARMENT : WORKERS TO STRIKE | Walkout Expected This Week If Their Demands Are Not Granted. Chicago, Feb. 19.--Ten thousand garment workers of this city--most- ly women and girls--are scheduled to go out on strike before the end of the present week, as a direct re- | sult of the failure of the members | | of a strike committee to reach an | agreement with representatives of 200 manufacturers, relative to the demands of Dressmakers' local, num- ber 100, which include a five-day week. The day on which the strike | will go into effect was decided upon yesterday "at the union's headquar- ters, but leaders stated the informa. tion would be kept secret, "to thwart the alleged activities of sluggers al- ready engaged by the manufactur- ars." Previous strikes of the organiza- tions involved have been character- ized by street fighting and other vio- lence. That previous clashes may be surpassed in the coming conflict was indicated by the pledge of 3,000 male members of the Cloakmakers' Union that they will go out om a sympathe. tic strike and will serve as pickets for the dressmakers. CONTINENT TOURED BY WOMAN ON HORSEBACK lade Journey Alone--Took Between Six and Seven | < Years. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 19.--Misx Helen H. Thinglediad.of-lone, Wash., recently completed a horseback circle tour of the contiment that required six and seven years of intermittent traveling. She made the entire Journey alone. Her expenses for the trip were met by working along the way, and stops of three months or more were made at various cities for the pur- pose. Down the Pacific coast to Los An- geles and thence along the southern border to New Orleans, Miss Thingle- stad. and her four-footed companion made their way. They crossed the American desert in July by travel- ing at night. Thenee they traveled north to Virginia and turned home- ward through Kansas, Colorade and Wyoming. Miss Thinglestad crossed the con- tinental divide six times during her travels, she said, and three times she encountered snow and three times it rained. She carried complete camp- ing equipment and often relieved her horse's burden by walking consider- [able distances, "A woman has nothing to fear, traveling alone," she said. "The people always were wonderfully kind to us. I usually camped near some Tarm house, for IT had to procure food for my horse." ---------- MORRELL ASKS NEW TRIAL: * NLEGATN OF ERRORS Crown Did Not Produce Bullet Which Slew Russell Nor Clothing Worn. London, Ont., Feb. 19.--Notice of an appeal against the conviction registered by the Winter Assize Court jury trying him for the mur der of Russell Campbell in Mel bourne three years ago, was served yesterday by Sidney Ernest Murrell, rough his counsel, J. M. Dogahue, Bn Crown Attorney A. M. Judd. No- tice of appeal will also be served on Attorney-General Nickle. , There 'are nine grounds upon which the appeal is based. They consist mainly o® alleged errors on the part of Justice Lennox, who pre sided at Mur W's trial, in his - struction and charge to. the " One of the most outstanding of grounds is the non-production by Campbell's body and the clothes he 'wore on the day of the shooting. The defence holds that the justice should have instructed the Jury that it was the duty of the crown to offer some explanation in this regard. ° Murrell desires that if a new trial Jointly with the others indicted with him. The convicted « murdérer 1s now under sentence of death. The execution is scheduled to take place on Apsil 10th. La the crown of the bullet taken from Is granted, it de before a jury and KINGSTON, UNTARiIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY i : | ® Y {#%. Washington, Feb, 19.--The { % total cost of milling and mar- | # keting hard spring wheat flour, # as determined by experts of oe . British Government Takin o Steps Regarding Food Supply. -- # the tariff commissjon is $0.5808 : | PREMIER BESS COMMONS | Se imm-- | # per hundred pounds in the Un- | % Ited States and §0,4803 in # Canada. } To Refrain From Questions That Might Make a Set- tement Harder. > LAA EAE ERE EEE REN YE ) London, Feb. 19. -- Anxious to know the government's attitude to- ward the dockers' strike members of the House of Commons put in | several private questions regarding | it yesterday. Mr. Shaw, the minister {of Labor, said he would appoint a j oun of inquiry under the terms of the Industrial Act to inquire into the causes and circumstances of the tiepute and make a report thereon. Premier Macdonald said the gOov- ernment would not fail ¥5™take such Steps as are necessary to secure the transport of necessary food sup- plies And already had set up the nucleus of such an organization. "May I add," he said, *'the expres- sion of the hope that nothing will be said or asked to make difficult the only thing that reglly matters-- a settlement of the dispute." The question of recognition of the Mexican Government by Great Britain was raised by several mem- bers. Premier Macdonald replied | that the recognition of 'Mexico had raised complicated {ssues which could not be very well dealt with in questions and answers. The Gov- ernment 'had the matter before it, he said, and would lose no time in deciding one Way or the other. Asked by Viscount Curzon whether the position was more com- plicated than in the case of Russia, Mr. Macdonald caused laughter by replying that, as ijt happened, it was very much more: so, Answering a question, Prime Min- ister Macdonald said that the British government had accepted the terms of the settlement of the British debt to the U.S. and there- fore there could be no Question about any proposals to reopen nego- tiations for « the [Arrangement of other. terms, ooo. vod Premier Maodokald told the House. there had *béén ib' formal agreement in any one document re- garding the settlement of the Palatinate question, but as a result of correspondence between the British, French and Belgian govern- ments, it had been decided to en- trust the representatives of those three goveFnments at Coblenz with the task of supervising reparations and the normal administration of the palatinate and the disarming of all unauthorized persons, with the object of facilitating the settlement of' the whole question. FEPE204%90990%0 000 > - + COMPARATIVE COST > * OF MILLING FLOUR PELL B eb debe DENY THE CHARGES That - There Was "Frame-Up" And Collusion. Sydney, Feb. 19.-- Following charges that the recent wage confer- ence at Montreil between the British Empire Steel Corporation ahd the United Mine workers was a "frame- tween President Wolvin, of the Steel Corporation and officers of the Unit- ed Mine Workers, Provisional Presi- dent Barrett and In. Representative Dalrymple, of United Mine 'Workers, have issued a lengthy statement, wherein they emphatically deny all such charges. ' SMALLPOX IN COCHRANE. The Board of Health Aiks For Vaccination. Cochrane, Feb. 19.-- Because of the presence in the town of a num- ber of smallpox cases, the board of health has notified the town council that recourse has been taken to the Ontarfo Vaccination Act, and asking that a proclamation be issued order- ing vaccination or revaccination of all persons in the municipality not pos- sessing recent certificates, A DEFICIT OF 15 MILLIONS Re- n Last Year of gime Clamed in the Budget Speech. Toronto, Féb. 19.-- Hon. W. H. Price, provincial treasurer, in making his budget speech this afternoon, claims a deficit of fifteen millions on the last year of the Drury adminis- tration, Ju presen at he calls & "clear balasioe shee." he will sn deavor to SEW a fotal deficiency of over $24,000,000 for the last four years or an average of $6,000,000 an- nually. The deficit to be shown for this year is the largest in the history of the province. The budget speech for the present and future promises an audit of all revenues of the Crown, which is a new departure in public policy. There will be no. new taxation introduced. The retirement of the debt will re- ceive careful attention. A strong policy of rigid economy is promised and cooperation of all is asked to that end. The government, states the treas- por up" and that there was collusion be- | 19, 1924. THIRTEEN DIE IN TENEMENT New York Fire Believed To -| Be of Incendiary Origin. ML ESCAPE WAS CUT OFF Staircase---Four Men in Costody. New York, Feb. 19.--Thirteen lives were snuffed out in a few min- utes in a fire believed to have been of incendiary origin, which early to-day swept from a basement to the roof of a five-storey tenement ip the heart of New York's lower east side ghetto. Seven of those who lost their lives were children. The blaze, fanned by a draught from the tenement"s open front door, flared up the staircase, bleck- ing the escape of eight families who occupied the building. Families on the lower flooss ra- treated in a panic to the windows from which they managed to reach safety. Several were badly burned and many were injured in falls. Of the dead five were boys anil two were girls, four women and two men. The charred body of a baby was found at the breast of its dead mother. The fire was discovered by a po- liceman who saw Louis Choonfleld, news vendor, believed to be dement- ed, rushing from the entrance with three men at his heels. He took all four to the police station. D-. | Charles Rubenstein, of Gouverneur hospital, recognized Choonfleld as a man he had treated several times for epiloptic seizures, and who had come to him last night one hour be- fore the fire was discovered. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST [Leet eesvevesidone > | | % TO PREVENT INCREASE |e OF FOOD PRICES IP -- % London, "Feb. 19.--While % British business men are # grumbling at the stoppage of mails through the dockers % sirike, housewives are ccncers- * ed over the evident manifest yesterday of the intention of ¢ tradesmen to raise food prices. Thé most notable increase was for meat. Steps will be taken by the government to prevent the ex- plojtation of consumers owing to the present strike. * + | 2 * * [o « ® * &* > * | * & + > > * > As the Blaze Flared Up hei2esestanoneirsees ASQUITH TO RETIRE. His Daughter to Succeed Him as Paisley Candidate. London, Feb. 19.--The belief is widespread in west Scotland that Mr. Asquith will not again be a candi- date in Paisley. It is reported that Lady Bonham-Carter, his daugnter, will succeed him in that constituency as the Liberal candidate. The Lahor forces have changed their nominee for the division, the latest candidate being H. Guthrie, a well known school master in the dis- trict. - He will run as a joint Labor and co-operative candidate. WILL NOT LONG DELAY THE HOME BANK TRIALS Hon. Mr. Nickie Thinks His Appeal Should Be Argued at June Sittings. Toronto, Feb. 19.-- Hon. Mr. Nickle to-day confirmed the report that D. K. McCarthy, K.C., was on I his way to England to ask the Judi- cial committee of the privy council for leave to appeal against the deci- sion that the Home Bank directors shall be tried by a judge without a Jury. Asked whether it was not true that the dominion government many years ago cut off appeals in criminal cases, Mr. Nickle said that was true Address on Fourth Commandment By Conference President. D. J. C, Barrgtt, president of the Ontario Conference, Seventh Day Adventists, an evangelist of long ex- perience, who stated he was conver- ted to the Seventh Day Adventists from the Roman Catholics, preached to a full Bont Mondey evening on the fourth commandment, Declaring that God had never changed; the law that was given on Sinai was therefore immutable and perfect, therefore it was eternal and was hence still binding upon man- kind. His discourse was liberally strewn with scripture texts, all of which were backed by history. He was impartial in his presentation of the subject, holding as the rule of all men the Bible as the word of God, Professor Merlin H. Davies, Mon- treal, who is well known in Canada and the States sang "Consider the Lilies" as only he could sing it. He SON OF DOCTOR HELD OFER DEATH OF A BAB The Young Man Claims He is Not the Father of the urer, will exercise all its energies in seeing that expenditures are cut to the bone and pnly necessary expendi- tures maintained. ---- -- Premier Macdonald names J. C. Fenton as Solidor-General for 'Scot- land. will sing again tonight. The question box will be ppened tonight and all questions deposited will be answered. The discourse will be based or forward to the final wind-up of Child. Hamilton, Feb. 18. Eric wra- Son, of this city, son of a T nto | physician, is being held at the police station here pending an autopsy now being made on the body of a new born babe. Should the autopsy Prove that the babe was alive at the time of birth, a charge of man- slaughter will be laid, the police | say. The mother of the child is 4 young girl who has been" employed in the city income tax office. Law- rason, according to the police, has admitted that he took the girl to g John street apartment Sunday night and was present when the child was born. 'The dead body of ths baby was found later yesterday wrapped up in a paper parcel. Lawrason claims that he is not the father of the child. ------ i \ ALL FAIR AMERICANS. The Owstanding Men of the Twen. Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb, 19.--Four Americans are the om Ig men of the twentieth century, in the opin. ion of President M. L. Burton, of the University of Michigan. His selec. tions are Theodore Roosevelt, Henry It Is rumored that Premier Mac- donald may marry Lady Margaret Sackville, JOf Mts. George W. Alle | refreshments. earth's affairs. Collect Mail in Boxes Hour Earlier Each Night In order to bring about a prompt delivery of the mall at the post office for the outgoing trains, the prophecies which are being fulfilied: in the twentieth century and point] 9!an Bovernment to send between 4.- the question of a mandamus and was a civil proceeding. He said it was j2leo true that ordinary interlocutory | decisions in civil cases could not be taken to the supreme court of Can- ada. 4 Mr. Nickle thoug Bank "trials wo: ave de- layed by thé appeels to England, He sald the judiclal committee would either refuse or grant leave to appeal probably without reserving judgment and the case could be argued in June, Decision on the appeal should not be delayed much if any longer than a month, that the Home ---------------- ACCEPT CANADA'S OFFER 10°SE40 YOUNG CATILE To Restock Farms in Cheshire, Eng., Which Have Been London, Feb. 19.-- Farmers of Cheshire dec.ded at a meeting yester- day to accept an offer from the Cana- 000 and 5,000 calving heifers and young steers from the dominion to restock farms in Cheshire, which have been serfously depleted as the result of foot and mouth disease. Cheshire farmers agreed to ask the home government for a special per- mit to allow of young Canadian cattle being landed in this country, est mail in the street boxes will be col- lected an hour earlier than usual, commencing tonight. Owing to the heavy condition of the roads, it has been found impossible to make the rounds of the various boxes so as to get the mail at the post office in (time for the trains, and as a resuit the post office authorities ha': de- clded to make the collectio: from the street boxes an hour earlier each night. ------------ Calvary Ladies Hold Tea. A successful Valentine tea was 'held by the Ladies' Ald of Calvary | Congregational church at the home ' n, Colborne, street, on Thursday last. The house 'was prettily decorated with Valen- tne favors, Mrs. Hpward King pour- ed tea and Miss Bickham and Miss Beatrice Brown served the dainty The home made in charge of Mrs. Charles 'Ford, Thomas Edison and Orville Wright. . The men have leadership for the foliowing reasons, Mr. Burton cop- siders: i Theodore Roosevelt for bis come prehension of the soclal problems of his time. . % Henry Ford for ind ment 'leading to a new ut order. Thomas Edison for inventive genius, ; : Orville Wright for his creative work in heavier than air flying. In this Dr. Burton took issue witn. Bishop Brant, chancellor of Hobart College, whose choice of the four greatest men of the twentieth cen-| tury were Woodrew Wilson, Cardinal '| table was | Walker. Mrs. Neil Gow received a neat sum was realized. . as gue, Forty thousand persons are ef- fected by g strike of bank employews which closed four of the largest in. stitutions in Vienna Monday and has spread to all banks throughout Austria. Lord Atholstan offers half a mil- lon dollars to fight tuberculosis in Montreal if the government assists. * | i : BANK OFFICES LAST EDITION Te FFER BOARD In the City Buildings For | School Headquarters. | COMERNEE 15 LD ol City And Education Propérty Committee s--- Adopts Decision That the Roard of. Education be offered the offices in the city build~ ings, shortly to he vacated by the Bank of Montreal, at a rental of | $650, including the heating, that the city make the necessary repairs and | alterations to the said offices and | that the Board of Education be given the use of the city council chamber for their meetings. The foregoing report of the Clvie property committee, presented by the chairman, Ald. McCartney, was adopted at the meeting of the City Council held on Monday night. The recommendation came before the council as a result of a conference held on Monday afternoon between the civic property committee and the property committee of the 'Board of Education to be held on Thurs- day evening. Ald. Chown wanted to know what arrangements had been made for the domestic science classes, which are now conducted in the | building at present occupied by the Board of Education, Mayor Angrove stated that the Board of Education was looking af ter this matter. The City Council was in session for exactly fifty minutes on Monday night and in that time put through a big slate of business, \ | . Will Support Action, The, city council of Toronto asked { lution calling upon the Ontario gov+ j ernment to give municipalities a® percentage of collections from amusement tax, motor vehicles and race track licenses. The matter will be taken up at a meeting to the Kingston counell was asked to give its sdpport to the proposition. A petition will be presented to the legislature, % Ald. Price siid i was a matter that should be attended to and mov. ed, seconded by Ald. Sargent, that the couneil give it support, Ald. Price remarked that Onta- rio was deriving enormous sums from the licenses referred to. Autos he stated were wearing out more city streets than county roads. Kingston had built and was keeping up roads outside the city. The mo- tion to support the matter was Cars ried, -- Bringing In Outsiders, The council received a letter from the Trades and Labor Couneil, through the secretary, E. Richards, which stated that in spite of the ge« rious condtion of unemployment in Kingston, the Collingwood 8hip- building Company was engaging un- skilled help from their own plant in | Toronto, The Labor Counell drew attention to the fact that the eom- pany was exempt from all taxes, with the exception of school taxes, and felt that in view of the agitation to "shop at home," this should also apply to the employment of local labor at this plant. . The matter was sent to the finance committee, The request of the police commise sioners to inerease the license of . second hand and junk dealers from $20 to $30, for necessary legislation for the consolidation of eity by-laws and the building of a new "lock-up" or placing the present one in a ganie . tary condition and for alterations to (Continued on Page Three.) "You & ANYONE ean talk Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY= On "Welcome Talkers." To an intelligent WOMAN And--not be BORED, * ' be held in Toronto on Feb. 26th, and