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t CAPITOL | NOW SHOWING 3 BABY PEGGY "THE DARLING OF NEW YORK" 1 0 I STARTS MONDAY y b Scaramouche News off the Wires LAST EDITION In Condensed Form Bud Taylor, bantani, Pancho Villa, flyweight, rounds at Milwaukee, night. The Bishop of Manchester, suc- ceeds his father, who recently re- signed as Archbishop of Canterbury. He is only a little over forty years old. E. W. Thomson, a noted Cana- dian writer, and former Toronto newspaperman, passed away at his home near Boston, Mass, ' on Thursday. " U. 8. Attorney-General Daugherty would make no statement upon his arrival in Washington Friday from Florida. He went direct from the station to. the cabinet meeting. annuation Measure . At Berlin, Foreign Minister | : Stresemann, during a furious: de- Ottawa, March 7.--While the gov- bate in the reichstag rejected Prime erninent plans call for a reduction in Minister MacDonald's five point pro. | the cf service, they will be effect- gramme for a reparations statement, lly and with such consid- Jugo-Slavia will send troops into eration as will involve a minimum of Bulgaria, unless M. Tsandrott, the | hardship, Premfer King told the Bulgarian Premier, meets the de-| board of control and city members mands of the Jugo-Slavs in arresting | who waited upon him yesterday af- Another of ninety-two was engag- | to face as Christians, he declared, | Tudor Alexandort and other leaders | ternoon. However, no reductions i of the Macedonian revolutionaries. | woylq be made until April 1st. Hon. ed on a patchwork quilt of intricate | Was the intricate problem of pov- 3 pattern. A most severe critic could | erty--a problem not of inequality, The former Crown Prince William | James Murdock remarked that any not have found any suggestion for | but of the degradation of men and | Wants a wedding gift which was Pre-jof those laid off would get two which 'would carry improvement in the work. None | women. «| sented to him nineteen years ago-by | months' pay, of the inmates are admitted under "The Christian falth must feel | 4C0 municipalities. The gift is ped them over to June 1st. sixty yeafs of age, and most of them | uneasy," he continued, "so long as | bY a bank. It may be sold for répara- | The Government is preparing a pay their way. this kind of poverty exists. We must | tions. superannuation measure for the secure social reconstruction by way Representatives L&ngley of Ken- Civil Service, although no mention of evolutionary socialism." tucky and Ziblman of Maryland, both was made of it in the Speech from This was an age of tremendous Republicans, denied Friday that they | the Throne, states the Journal. The conquest of power in the air, of ma- | ver had improperly exercised their proposed bill is now being con- terial resources, and of the human | °fficial influence and receivea sidered by deputy heads of depart- being over thé laws of nature, 'he | I=Oney for doing so. ments, the newspaper adds. prime minister pointed out, and if ---------------- "The reluctance of the Govern- another war broke cut the very fact ment to make public announcemens that chemistry and physicé had been SEEKING NEW EVIDENCE In the Speech from the Throne of conquered would make the soldiers' IN DFLORME MURDER CAS its superannuation intentions gives task an easy one, instead of making rise to some speculation," the Jour- easy the task to end war. nal continues. "The general reason "But, thank God," added Mr. Mac- --- assigned is that by omitting to make Dcnald, "this is also an age iin Rumors of Bloodstains In|® Sefinite statement on superannua- the still, small voice of spirituality tion the Government hoped to avoid is challenging it all." Courtyard of Cote 8t. Michel Progressive criticism in the debate Roadhouse Club. on the speech. Progressives have Montreal, March '7.--Within the past month city detectives have re- opened the Delorme case to probe rumors of bloodstains in the court- not been enthusiastic about super- annuation and the Government could not count on their support." yard of a Cote St. Miche! roadhouse WORLD club; while detence counsel heard from a man who died two weeks ago that a barely known 'Mr. Taillon or 8 QIRDLED WITH BRITISH DEAD Mr. Tailler," supposed to have had a flat on Boulevard Pie IX., has recent- A Chain of War Cemeteries Is ly iInterestd the police, the jury try- to Be Perpetual Monument. ing-the Rey... J. Adelard - Delorme were told 'yesterday. - New elements of mystery were linked with the murder of Raoul De- lorme through evidence of Captain- Detective T. Pigeon who, under crosg-examination by joint counsel for the Abbe, admitted that only a few weeks ago Cote St. Michel sud- denly red into prominence at de- tective headquarters -through a re- port received that a club run by on' Tremblay had a courtyard in which there were bloodstains that , could be connected with the tragedy. Thre ence in recreation to-day that no club proprietors had been qaestion- one was permitted to spend a quiet | ed, others also interrogated, the club Sunday. ¥ courtyard in question had been in- The essence of Christianity was | vestigated but nothing had been dis- | this: that it was the value of human | covered that aided th 'police in re- | quality that alone could save the| gard to events of the night of Jan. | people. Those of the earth could] 6-7, 1922. never receive that quality from the Questions by Alban Germain, K.C., earth; it could be received only|demonstrated that the defence had from the Infinite. been informed that Capt. Pigeon had gene to the Boulevard Pie IX. flat referred to, but the witness did not recall having done so. Precise infor- mation as to fhe number of the mys- tery man's flat and his real name be- ing requested by the Crown, Mr. Ger- main confessed amid laughter that his informant had dled a fortnight ag0. : Declarations of Abbe Delorme to detectives again occupied the court, He told the detectives he alone had keys for his garage and pointed out that the doors leading from the lane at the rear of the hovwse, which could be opened only from the inside, had not been tampetéd with, Lily Delorme, it was-testified, had twice declared, fn contradiction to her evi- dence in court last week, that she had gone out of the Delorme home around 4 o'clock on the afternoon Rdoul' disappeared and had returned about supper time. g . ------ FRIDAY, T MARCH 7, OUR VALUES ARE WRONG British Premier Arraigns Pre- sent Day Outlook on Life. A SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION Must Be Secured By Way of Evolutionary Socialism, He Declares. Brighton, Eng., March 7.--Ram- say MacDonald, the Prime Minister, speaking to a crowded assembly of delegates of the Free Church Coun- ed. The huttonholes and needle. | Ci-here yesterday, sald his subject, work were 'as perfect as could be | The Social Implication of Christ- accomplished by an expert needle fanity," wag no new subject. Th. woman in her twenties, first great problem which they had KINGSTON, UNTARIO, 1024. YEAR 91; No. 57. : CHEF 3P2 439922002000 * WOULD NOT "| # THE MOSLEMS CHOOSE HUSSEIN AS CALIPH Jerusalem, March 7.--King Hussein of Hedjaz has accept- ed an offer of the caliphate from the Moslems of Mesopo- tamia, Transjordania and Hed- jaz, who have proclaimed him caliph. It is expected that other Arab Moslem countries will fol- low their lead in selecting Hus- sein as the head of the Islamic world. Stsavesedsisevesey] ° VOTING BILL IS ATTACKED 0.T.A. Referendum Plan Un- der Fire From | Opposition. THE WHOLE RESPONSIBLITY To Be Borne By the Govera- ment, Says Hon. W. F. Nickle. Toronto, March 7.--W. E. N. sin- | tlair, Liberal leader, and Hon. W. E. Raney, of the U.F.0. group, both at- tacked the bill brought in by the government to provide the machin- 4 the address to the Speech from the ery for taking a Vote on the liquor | T2Bton for alleged smoking of cig-| question. Hon. W. F. Nickle spoke | 2T€ttes In the spring of 1922 were | Throne, preached the Laurier-Field- ill moving its' second read- upheld by the state supreme court {n | {D8 doctrine of tariff stability and on the b! 8 a decision handed down yesterday. ! adequate protection, and was a Miss Tanton is now working as a| warning to the Government, in re- stenographer in Detroit, strained terms, of the danger in in- hi Woe ue Jam Jug woul It Misg Tanton was refused permis-| terfering with the present tariff, ex- ation. He reviewed briefly the lvs- sion to' return to the school because | cept only after the most careful en- #5 of temperance legislation in the | °f clgarette smoking, and took her|quiry. The Right Honorable Mr. province, pointing out that the On- case to the courts,in an effort to com- Fielding, 'minister of finance, m tario Temperance Act had been put | P¢! the authorities to admit her. The | not be able to take his place in the on the statute books in times of |SUPreme court not only' refused to | House of Commons, but his work on | great peril. Mr. Nickle said the |©Tder her return to school but com- | tarift doctrine is still being preach- question must again be submitted | mended' Ypsilanti officials for main-| eq. The voice yesterday afternoon to the people when the right time |t2Ining certain ideals for the young | was the voice of Marler, but the came. Without this act getting [ "O™MeR Who will be the teachers of | hand was that of Fielding. Mr. Mar through, the government would not | (1 state and declared that Instead | jor did not make any sensational be able to have a vote. of condemning Mrs. Bessie Leach | pronouncement of his intention to The attorney-general believed that | Priddy, dean of women, "she should | leave his party on the question ot | the the | be commended for upholding SOME, rifts. Ho rather, by a closely-rea- government should take | soned effort of nearly three hours, |According to W. M. Goodwin, whole responsibility for framing the questions to be voted on, and later | endeavored to convince the" low! Fopmerl of the een' : The case attracted statewide at-| y Queen's the le into v to put the wishes of heoy [ tentfin. The young woman contend- | tariff men in his own party, and the | University Staff. Toronto, March 7.--The outlook effect. | | members of the Progressive party, of i Mr. Sinclair said that the bill had [3 Cusarstie oo a a ae] the danger in interfering with the Milment of | | the appearance of the fu used to char the edges of posters on | riff at the present time. for mining development in the Que- bec gold belt was outlined before the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy yesterday, by W. M. the walls of her room. present administered, arguing that | Tt Sues Us we were taking goods from Great | opening would prove of more than Britain while Canadian mills were | mining importance in that it would rannfng half-time. Qn the question result in the settlement of the (sys-! of the sales tax, he was most SP" | bec clay belt in a manner similar to | the opening of the continuation of that belt im Ontario. As this belt was the most important and largest solid block of agricultural land in pYifigs, the import 4 SEXTON FORCED WIFE TO. - % | "ACT AS GRAVE DIGGER + | TOUCH TARIFF * | * i * + : Only After the Most Careful . Sirorse yesterday by Chancel- + : Eng Ys Says er. or Walker. i tesesnessesssrassl THE BRITISH _ PREFERENCE UPHOLDS sion stu Disapproved By Montreal Member As Canadian Mills Running Half - Time. Ottawa, March 7.--The speech de- Lansing, Mich., March 7.--Offictals | |Ivered yesterday afternoon by Yer- of the Michigan State Normal school | ert Marler, Liberal member for Si. at Ypsilanti, who expelled Miss Alice | L@WTence-St. George, Montreal, on Camden, N.J., March 7. After testifying that her hus- band, Walter. Stotter, sexton of a country church near Lancas- ter, Pa. forced her to dig graves and ring the church bell, 4 | Mrs. Elsie M. Stotter, aged 28, # Bicklersville, N.Y., wai granted # | defea.ed in ten Thursday oo --- CrrP tere Fr eset y OF HARDSHIP The Lay-Of of Civil Servants To Be Gradual. GUE THO MONTHS PAY To Those Who Will Be Drop- |. ped=--Preparing a Super- AEE EE EEE ERR IY v * + - + + * + * + >» + * * * * * tEPre erste st tae ---- -- AGED 94, SEWS PERFECTLY. Women in Protestant Home Surprise Visitors with Their Skill. Peterboro, March 7.--Included in the nineteen male and seventeen fe- male inmates in the Peterboro Pro- testant Home are four women over 90 years of age. One, who is near- ing her 95th year, showed some fine sewing on which she was engag- Teacher Acoused of Smoking, But Who Denied Charge, . Loses Position. ~ ing. Mr. Nickle argued that temperance ay a, NO PROVEN MINES YET of the old fashioned ideals of young | womanhood." the promise of the premier that when the proper time came he would satis- fy everybody on the temperance question, "This is a real Fergusonian era, where a government takes all the power to itself and leaves its thembers in the house without any | status at all, The, government Ie] ' not taking the house into fits con- i fidence on this matter. This legis- Is AGAIN. INCREASING 1ature should settle the form of vote | Up $7 500 ,000 in Eleven em rp do ; it a Mont Rate for Alb ta' Disapproves Preference. Mr. Marler expressed his disap- proval of British preference as at' -- eS -- PAYROLL OF THE CNR. Human Values, "There is another problem that Christianity can never let rest until it has been colved," continued the premfer. "That is the problem of human values. What do we value each other for? In nine cases out of teu It is for material position. "We are decorating out personal- ity, not with things of the spirit, but with things of the earth, When people want appreciation, what do roar dor They 6 und biy honors; their names are printed in the hon ors list in the newspapers probably their first association with anything honorable. "People who are rich, people yho give great dinners, who are extrava- gant, ostentatlously vulgar people, who have not the sense of finer things----these are the powerful peo- ple in modern times," continued the premier, "which we are so rashly in- clined to boast of." There was so much overinduilg- cific, stating that the recent amend- ments had had the effect of disor- ganizing business to a great extent. 'trgued that the sales tax at pre- the address that he Delleved that | lines of business and open to grave, TC speaker said, whe the Canadian National Raliways| Misuse on others. Tt was unfair, in was available, » could afford to carry coal from Al-| particular, 3 stated, tothe ums1, berta to Toronto at $7.50 a ton, has | licensed wholesaler. "Though ther awakened interest, for it runs coun- Mr. Marler attacked the income proven 58 there a ay ter to the statement made by a re- | tax law as at present existing, and belt, there have been found, scatter- presentative of the system before a | applied. He stated that it places at ed throughout t committee of the Senate last ses-|® discount thrift, energy, expansion | Shout the .- lougtiy uf 100 sion. Then the committee was told | 8nd charity. It did not encourage gt. brospeciaut SONSHel promise, that the lowest cost that the cor-|®nergy, because earned income '*| may have an official -- . porporation'could estimate for such! taxed the same as unearned 10+] that one or more of the Tne Qo service was $8.91 a ton, this-being| come and, in addition, allowed no in us prove | en ore which will warrant the erec- the actual out-of-pocket expense, tion of a mil and the building of a without allowing anything for over- railroad." head. 'otis propos Sat) funnier it gets," he co © "The whole thing Is left open, There is Yothing definite about "anything. ' She bill means nothing and we think we should be informed by this government what it is going to do, when it is going to do it, and why it is going to do it," concluded Mr. Sinclair, ht ---- London, Mareh 6.--The most ter- rible of all war memorials--the chain of British military cemeteries which stretches around the globe-- was described yesterday by Major- General 8ir Fabian Warey, vice- chalrman of the War. Graves Com- mission. They had, he said, been called the girdle of honor round the world. They ran across France and Belgium, from the Eng'ish Channel 'o the Vosges, nearly 1,000 in num- her, while in nearly 1,600 commun- ty cemeteries British soldiers lie. In Switzerland the cemetery at Vevey contains the bodies of prison. crs of war who dled in that country, and in north Italy British dead had been buried in 93 cemeteries. The chain continued to Gallipoll peninsula ' with 31, to Smyrna, [through Syrid and Palestine, and passing over the Mount of Olives it- self, through Egypt, which has five, to East Africa, here there are 400 burial places. ™ Another branch of the chain runs across northern India to China and thence to Australia, New Zealand and Canada, "back to the United Kingdom, where there are 67,000 war graves in 5,000 churchyards and cemeteries. This chain, said Sir Fabian, is like« ly to endure for all time, for a con- tinuous concrete beam had been con- structed at the head of each long line of graves. Into this the headstones had been set, with a result that they Were pragically immovable. They could & fall by natural decay, and the Tost of deliberate removal wopld be almost prohibitive. eee | Hhe Home Bank liquidators are to Investigate withdrawals close to the fallure. Action for recovefy may be taken. wi? : : land tinted. but the mines had te, \JRaney Opposes Vote. Hon. 'W, E. Raney asked the gov- ernment why there was such a hurry to get the bill through this session. Mr. Raney requested an adjournment of the debate, but the premier was . unable to comply. Mr. po: tried | It Is true, as Senator Robertson to get information from, the govern: | 188 pointed out, that there was a meant about how it proposed to pro- | considerable reduction in the total | ceed with the vote on liquor. amount of wages paid between 1921! "Thi house and government will | 20d 1923, but the payroll is Increas- | implement just what the public vote | Ing again. The official figures of dl { { reduction for any cause. A GIRL THUG ROBS AS POLICE DRILL BELLEVILLE BOY Bobbed-Hair Bandit Holds Up | COMMITS SUICIDE Drug Store In Shadow He Swallows Phenol--Doctors of Armory. "| Say That He Was Tem- i porarily Insane. ia for," said the premier. If they vote | December payroll on the Canadian tor a change we will submit the | National have not yet been issued, necessary legislation at the next ses-| but those for the first eleven months sign." ; . | of last year show that there was an Mr. Raney said that the legisia-| increase to the extent of approxi- ture and not the government of Sas. | mately $7,600,000, wherens during katchewan had framed the questions | 1923 there was a decrease In the being asked in the vote there. On-| payroll of $10,750,000. tario had voted only two and a halt years ago and gone dry by 167,000 and In 30 years there had been five in the province. "When do we ome to the end of these plebiscites? When do we settle down and regard this law as other laws of the prov- Ince? I think it is safe to assume that it this bill is passed there will be a vote before next August. If not, why the bill? Why take authority, if no use is to be made of it?" . Mr. Raney was sure that teachers, manufacturers, clergymen, farmers and many other classes did not want repeal of the O.T.A. "Why is this government bringing in this big in- terrogation mark of a bill? Why abandon the offspring of its own party? The answer is that the pre- New York, March 7.--While 150 | members of the police reserves drill | E -- ed in an armory across the street, | Belleville, March 7.--David Cart Brookiyn's bobbed-hgired bandit, ac. | Hagerman, sixteen years of age, com- FEWER BABIES BORN . companied by her tall and handsome | Mitted suicide during the 'night by| - BUT LOW DEATH RATE male companion, last night held up | SWallowing a quantity of phenol, c-- jamuel Weiss and seven customers the boy's father, a well known busi Past Year the Healthiest That in his qrug store on Sumner avenue, | DCSs man and part owner of one of The girl, as usual, held her victims | the city's largest plumbing and British Statisticians Have at bay while the youth went through hardware businesses, is at present Yet Reported. the cash register, taking $35. in the Southern States on his honey- -- moon, having only recently been |D H--FEWER-- x London, March 7.--Fewer babies are being born in Britain than for- merly, but the country's population r arried a second time. The med'cal certificate showed that the boy had problem, with which unemployment is linked, is getting worse, simply be- cause people seem to live longer than they used to. Last year the birth rate was 19.7 per thousand, the lowest on record excepting the last stages of the war. : But the death rate simultaneously. dropped to ®1.6, the healthiest twelve-months of which the statistic- rans have a record. The infant morta- lity rate also was the most favorable Big Sum for College, Melbourne, Marth 7.--Sir William McPherson, former treasurer of the state of Victoria, has given £25,000 for the erection of a college of do- mestic ecenomy, SR GEORGE E. FOSTER - PEA Fk ECOROM 'Suggests That the Cabinet Be Reduced From Seventeen to Twelve. A STRANGE BEQUEST, a Children Give $70 to Be Placed at Bean temporarily lovave, Interest for 300 Years. | . : New London, Conn., March 7.-- Suing for Alleged Libel. The council has received from the| Ottawa, March 7.~Franklyn children of Mrs. Josephine Avery Ahearn, president of the Ottawa Gray a check for $70, drawn om the | Hockey Association, is suing the Winthrop Trust Company by Eunice Montreal Star Publishing Co. of Gray Underhill, to be "immediately | Montreal, for $25,000, as recom- placed in the Savings Bank of New | Dense for alleged libel. Mr. Ahearn London and to be left there untouch. | claims that the Montreal Star, in ed until the year 2224 when with | articles published on Jan. 23rd, accrued interest, it will amount to| 24th, 25th and 28th, Iibelled him. | mier had heard -his master's, voice. | ® Eight years ago the Ontario govern- ment, and it was a Conservative government, achieved independence ; from the liquor traffic. Now the present premier is leading the party back into bondage. If this bill be- comes law the Conservative party will be back to the slavery of the liquor trade." The legislature adjourned the de- bate on the temperance act at midnight. Mr. Doherty moved a six months' hoist of the govern- ment enabling referendum measures, 254 -- . Would Welcome a Probe. Toronto, March 7.--Hon. Peter Smith, tormer provinclal treasurer, and Hon. Mr. Drury deny that On- tario was liked" by a blind bond con is welcomed by jalnst foot and nment has Mato Canada of) F swine. voted nkett (Io soa sown new 'Dumbells' ' Oftawa, March 7.--In the Senate yesterday afternoon the Right Hon- orable Sir George E. Foster, forme er minister of trade and commerce in the Meighen Cabinet, speaking on the address on the Speech from the Throne, made a strong plea toy economy and suggested that .ae Cabinet be reduced from 17 mewoers to 12. He also suggested that there should be agpre-audit instead of a post-audit for expenditures. Sir George also came out strong- ly against tariff reduction at the present time, arguing that x 'aw tar- iff would mean an arrescea aevelop- ment. Senator J..P. B. Casgrain-foliow- ed Sir George and stated that he was a protectionist and could be a good Liberal at the same time. He sug- gested that Canada withdraw from the League of Nations and spoke against the appointment of a repre. sentative to Washiugton. ------ Premier Poincare and his French cabinet will resign unless the finance committee of the economic measures. iad S Wats ox Te * 2 INDIAN ARMY CUT, Rawlinson Cannot Agree to Any Further Reductions. Delhi, India" March 7.--General Lord wlinson, commander-ig- chief of the military forces in India, in a speech on the budget in the Legislative Assembly, said that 18,- 000 British and 20,000 Indian troops had been "¢ut off the military strength. The total strength of the combatant arms in India now was 200,000. Gemeral Rawlinson deciar- ed that no turther reduction was pos- | senate approves } for the country's safety. He would $14,000,000." The articles were in connectiod with Memorial fund, to be used at ma- W STARS Y | MAN for other ¢ le purposes. More. her name at Colletta Baroni, aged The police were informed that there Fifty dollars of the fung was given | charges made against certain hockey turity for our construction of a ma- The council voted to accept the IN A MONTREAL THEATRE . ei Montreal, March 7.--Augusto Bi forty, and who was arrested later, oy. Was a quarrel between the couple couple in their fell over the sible if due regard was to be had yet achieved, 69 per thousand, com- pared with 77 in 1922. Altogether there" were 758,386. births in Eng- land and Wales, and 444,869 deaths, a natural increase in population of 313,517. - 'The marriage rate {in England an Wales during 1923 was 15.2 per thousand, ga Second Son of Kaiser ~ Now Taking Boarders Berlin March 7. -- Prince Eitel Frederick, the second son of the ex. kaiser, is taking boarders at his vil- la, near Potsdam, according to the Berlin correspondent of The London widow and family of a former bro- ther officer of the prince. Eitel Fred- erick has only two servants in his villa and Princess Sophia, his wife, supervisés the housework. On Saturday Pope Pius: will join the great crowd of listemers-in. A wireless firm has presented in memory of the children's mother | players. to create a Josephine Avery Gray ------ ternity hospital it one is needed at that time. Otherwise it is to be used gift. > : ' ' : Because He Stated He W: Keep Company With Her chini, aged twenty-five, was stabbed in the throat by a woman who gave & charge of attempted murder, in a n.oving picture theatre last night. because.the man had announced his intention of mot further "keeping backs of their seats, in thie last row, 1to the theutrs floor. never agree to further reductions, 7. : him with @ radio set, i Daily Express. The boarders are the | . And had taste and judgment. A GIRL in LQVE Is a POOR JUDGE Of a man's INTELLIGENCE He can't judge it AT ALL, "HER man's," I mean, © Because MOST LIKELY Because, of course, The very fact , That "HE" loved HER Instead of anyone ELSE PROVED that The man was CLEVER, ; A But when A MAN is N In love HE is : A WORSE judge Of a GIRL'S MIND; ' He never NOTICED IT. For it was NOT * HER MIND that he FELL IN LOVE WITH. man loves a woman Two-thirds body, and for The rest--full of SPIRIT; But a WOMAN loves man MOST because He is just "HER MAN," Which probably is The Coporight, 199, Premier Syodicsts, laa, BEST reason