aR sa pe an te wm & he Baily British 1024. OME BRANCH LINES NEEDED CAPITOL The Eternal City i CAPITOL TO-DAY VAUDEVILLE THE DANCING + : MORGANS HOPE and MANTION Whig d terete es. YEAR 91; No. 85. : --_-- WEDNESDAY, LAST EDITION APRIL 9, S KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THREE GIRLS BRANDED; THEIR BEAUTY MARRED Permanent Disfigurement Is Feared as a Result of Sorority Initiation NATURAL GAS © | ACT DEBATE Aneninent Gv Sed Rea: ing in the Co Commons. OPPOSITION, WAS NER The. Liberals And U.F.0. Mem: bers Voted Solidly Against the Government. Toronto, April 9.--Opponents of MOTHER GOES TO JAIL. ee -- a ee -- MUST HAVE HANDS FREE T0 EXP LOIT ECONOMIC RESOURCES Eo Be Recognition of This in the House If Germany Is To Pay Reparations Debt--Experts Make i sii shi ie Report And Advise Reliet For Two Years And |i. fois i Stabilization of German Currency. of Commons. actudlly cdmmitted by thé mother tails, and specific information, which but that the stolen artieles had been a found in her room. Police made an investigation and found that Mrs. | Meet General Approval---W. I Maclean Has Confidence in the experts regard as reliable. Ther . find that in addition to these assets! . The magistrate ordered the moth- abroad there is in Germany foreign (eF reléased. She had been in jail Hunter's two daughters, Mary, aged Sir Henry Thornton. money approximately to the amount | for two weeks. Mary and Jennie To Shield Her Two Daughters Who Stole Goods, Ottawa, April 9.--A mother's love for her children led her to jall to shield her two daughters from the police, who wanted the\eulpri's in the family for thefts in local stores. This was brought to light in Polica New York, April 9.--Three girls were branded with silver nitrate and Perhaps permanently disfigured at a hazing which marked their injtia- tion into Delta Kappa Gamma, a Brooklyn fwter-high school sorority, it was disclosed yesterday. Physiclans, who feared fatal de- velopments when thé victims became seriously ill, pronounced them out of danger, although still under treat- | ment, Threats of prosecution aginst the sorority members and .of suppres- sion of the organization' followed revelations of what occurred at the Initiation. The girl who led the af- fair, a Sunday school teacher, was four hundred million gold- marks, experts, who have been engaged for capital, in the organization of which the past three months in the task |they make it to the interest and of ascertainirg Germany's capacity | profit of Germany, as well as to the to [ advantage of the Allies to co-oper- teen, had stolen the goods. ™ Parts, April 9.--The report of the twenty-eight, and Jénnie, aged nino- 9.--The Ottawa, 'April railway col- | to pay reparations, was handed the reparation commission today. Two commissions under the chair- manship of Brig.-Gen. Charles Dawes, and Reginald McKenna, res- pectively, have gone deeply into the intricacies of the many and, aa] connected with reparations, and, as mentioned in a covering letter, they appboached the task, "as business men anxious to obtain effective reg: sults." . They interpreted the object of their work as tending to a collection of the debt, rather than tp the appli- cation, of penalties, with a purely economic golution in view. Recogni- zing the obligation of Germany to pay and declaring that she has re- _sources with which to pay, the ex- perts insist that if Germany does pay she must have her hands free to ex- ploit her economic resources. The experts - carefully omit in their re- port the mention of Ruhr, but make it plain that the French and Belgi- ans must satisfy themselves by leav- ing garrisons in Ruhr, if they see ate, Germany's production they say, will enable her to meet her own re- quirements and raise amounts to apply to reparations as contemplat- ed in the plan. These payments, fixed on a sliding scale, run from one hundred and ten million gold marks in 1922 to two and a halt billion gold marks in 1934. In order to'prevent these paps¥ents from affecting adversely Germany's financial stability, an index of pros- perity has been fixed, making it pos- sible to judge whether the amounts of the scheduled payments are or not beyond her capacity, A general board of control, with allied, neutral and German mem- bers, and including a United States representative, is 'the experts' solu- tion_of the difficult problem of gua- rantees that Germany will execute the terms of eventual settlement un- der their plan. The experts found this plan most likely to satisfy the Allies, and. at the same time prove acceptable to -the Germans. fit, but taking their hands off the Ruhr and Rhineland railroads an the Ruhf industries, Need of Sound Money, The first prerequisite to payment of reparations, the experts assert; is What Germans Have Abroad. Reginald McKenna and his col- leagues on a second committee find that the Germans have six and three- quarters billion gold marks abroad and that this sum represents pur- gold marks, while foreigners own in Germany- property amounting to one and a half billion gold marks which is siibject to special taxation. ' Pr The Recommendations, Briefly summarized the outstand- ing recommendations 'in the reports of the reparations experts commit- tees provide for: Relief for Germany for two years from reparations payments, these to be taken care of by a foreign loan and a tax on industries at present non-productive, ' Return to Germany of the econo- mic control of the Ruhr and Rhine- land. Stabilization of German currency by means of a loan of 800,000,000 gold marks and the creation of a Bold bank of issue. 3 Return of German capital that has 'left. the country With the col- lapse of the mark. £ week for sentence. Priority of reparations payments for France insofar as the .cost of her ed, Assurance for France of slowly but steadily increasing payments by Germany under allied supervision. Protection for France against an adverse exchange or trade balance armies of occupation are concern- | of one billion, two hundred million | Hunter were arrested and pleaded guilty to several charges of theft. In Police Court the two Hunter girls were remanded to Jail for 'one WILLIAMS NOT 10 BE HANGED Mh Salers Comal & Life Imprisonment. MURRELL AND TOPPING Go to Gallows. Thursday Morn- -ing---Williams Will Return 'to Portsmouth. ™ Ottawa, April 9.--Slim Williams branch lines resolutions were again under consideration in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, with the Hon. George P. Graham, minis- ter of railways, in charge. The western lines were under counsidera- tion and the western members were the main contributors to a debate which was of a listless character. As a matter of fact, there seems to be a general opinion that several of the western branch lines are really necessary and approval of them is coming not only from the western members but also from many in the east, . It would be indeed a po ir railway debate without a contributioz from W. F. Maclean, Couservative mem- ber for South York, who far years was a voice crying in the wilderness in favor of Government ownership. Mr, Maclean is the "father' of tae House of Commons in length of ten- ure of his seat, and he is aise the "father" of Government gwirship Yesterday afternoon he delivered a typical speech and took occasion to I eriticizé Herbert Marler, Liberal member. for St. Lawrence-St. Geo- rge, for his contribution to the de. bate, which he describell as "a dole- ful tale." reported suffering a nervous lapse, The girls who planned the thitia- tion are-said to have declared they substituted silver nitrate for the fo- | dine usually applied in such ceFes] monies, at the suggestion of chemis- try students, .who said it would turn that it also would burn. COL. LEONARD ELECTED HEAD OF RM.(. CLUB, Annual MeetingHeld at Ottawa --About Sixty Members" Were Present. Ottawa, April 9.--Former cadets of the" Royal Military College of Canada came from different parts of the dominion to be pPesent yester- day at the annual meeting of the R. M.C. Club, an organization which dates from 1892 and includes the] majority ofthe former students of the college. About sixty members Were present and different matters affecting the club's interests were will not be hanged for his part in the Melbourne murder, Sidney Mur- rell will go to the gallows tomorrow stat Can nati He also challenged Mr. Marler's ement that the C. P. R..and ta? adian National were two great onal undertakings. . There was discussed, Officers elected for the ensuing year were as follows: Patron, His the bill amending the Natural Gas Act, introduced by Hon. Charles Mc- Crea, lost a division in the legisla= ture yesterday afternoon. The bi Was carried on second reading, and the government upheld by a vote of §9 to 24." T. Q. Mahoney (Conser- h Wentworth), and W, N. Berry (Consdrvative, Haldimand) YOted against the bill with the Libs erals and U.F.0., who voted solidiy against the government. The debate on the bill lasted most Of the afternoon. From the gase producing ridings of Southwest One tariosthere were vigorous protests, In which it was declared that th bill interfered * with the orginal franchises between the gas coi panies and the municipalities cor# cerned. 1 Hon. Charles McCrea, in moving second reading of the bill, review briefly the history of natural g 5 legislation in Ontario. The first ags tion towards control of gas was is 1918, when a bill gave over the mats ter of contracts, franchises and rates, etc., to the Ontario Railway Board. In 1919 there was an agitation aglinst this infringement of cons | tract rights, and a gas commigsionap was appointed to settle minor digs putes and carry on a campaign fop the conservation of gas. In 1921 the chases of paper marks at a dead loss by millions of foreigners. These es- timates were made on a mass of de- ol sound money in Germany, They propose to this end the establishmeny of a new gold bank of issue with morning; but Willlams' sentence of death has been commuted to life im- prisonment after the cabinet in coun- cll carefully comsidered the matter. The governor-general signed the referee was given power to fix the rates that should be paid to the gay companies, and to set aside contracts or franchises whenever he thoughh such action was in the interest of Excellency the Governor-General; hon. president, Lt.-Col. R. W. Leo- nard, St, Catharines; president, Brig.-General G. 8. Cartwright; first vice-president, Major 8. B. Cor- only one national undertaking, said Mr. Maclean, namely, the Cauadian National Railway. M. Maclean gave as his reason for that might result from incautious German payments. > --~ i CHURCH UNION BILL "HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN From the Ontario Legislature --A Diplomatic Move of the Unionists. -- Toronto, April 9.--The church union bill was withdrawn from the private bills committee of the On- "tdrio legislature this morning. The motion for withdrawal was made by €C. R. McKeown, sponsor of the bill. This action means that no church union legislation will go through the Ontario assembly at the present ses- sion, The of the provisional. bill is only a temporaty move, deem- ed diplomatic at the present time. It by no means implies the defeat of the measure in Ontario. the union of the three denominations would be made. Individual churches would have to vote themselves "'in- to' the United Church instead of non-concurring congregations being privileged within six months to vote themselves out of it. Sts. AVERTS A TRAGEDY, C.N.R. Baggageman Saves Lives of 5 Careless Passengers, Montreal, April 9.--In a letter to Sir Henry W. Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, a passenger draws attention to the vellers heedlessly ignoring the regu- lations devised for their safety, and the presence of mind displayed by an employee whereby a tragedy was averted. Canadian National Railways, proved a friend indeed to seven venture- some passengers on the 5.46 p.m. dangers incurred by suburban tra- ed-Binette, of the train out of Montreal to Vaudreuil.! Mr. Pepall, wh SMITH AND McGARRY TO GIVE EVIDENCE ------ is AY Before Ontario Public Ac- counts Committee as Well as Matthews and Mason. Toronto, April 9.--The public ac- counts committee of the legislature this morning decided to call Hon, T. W. McGarry, Hon. Peter Smith, C, A. Matthews, C. R. Sproule, L. C. Mason and G. T. Clarkson to tes- tity concerning commissions to the provincial treasury on deposits "én the Home Bank. Mr. Sproule was deputy treasurer when Mr. McGarry was treasurer. Alfred Victor Young, employee of the Aemilius Jarvis firm, stated that on---March 3rd, 1920, 'he wrote a cheque payable to himself for $12,- 500 on instructions from Harry Pep- all} his chief, He gave the money to o immediately left the sentence commutation last night. Clarence Topping, who last No- prember. shot-and killed his sweet: | heart, Geraldine Durston, -will go to the gallows tomorrow along with Murrell, supporting the present branch line programme the fact that the Can- adian Pacific Railway was also go- [Tig Tn 167 a Fo ston! He expressed confidence In Sir Hensy Thornton and also was confident of public ownership in Canada. istine, Monte¢al; second vice-presi- dent, Lt.-Col. A. B. Gillies, Ottawa; executive omits Lol, a Armstrong, Ottawa; Fras r L. Tremblay, Quebec; Brig.-Gen. E. de B. Panet, Montreal; Captain H. It was on the evidence of Murrell that Williams' sentence was commu- ted; Murrell declared that Williams was the "weak brother" of the ban- dit gang, and that he was not in- formed of the gang's intentions lest he should "slope." Williams did not relish the job when fifially told of the objective, and took practically no part in the robbery. by i Winnipeg. Back to Portsmouth. London, Ont., April 9,--In all probability little time will be lost in transferring Williams back to Ports- mouth penitentiary once the jail au- thorities here have received official notification of his fate. It is pot like- ly, however, that this can be accomp- lished before Thursday, and he, tot "rh und Several resolutions went throuzu without much opposition founded on them were introduced. A clearer definition of Canada's relation to Treaty with Turkey 'was pressed for "which ought to be clearel up. What exactly is our present relationship 'I thought I had made that clear already," all the correspondence. is done. and bills ------ That Lausanne Treaty, the Lausanne Peace J. 8. Woodsworth, of Centre There are some poirts," he said, he treaty?" the premier answered. e British prime minister has er consideration bringing down I hope that If so, it will answer the London, E. Cochran, Toronto. The Royal Military College Club held their annual dinner and re- union at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club last evening when speeches were de- livered by Major General J. H. Mac- Brien and others. THE PRINCE NAY VISIT HIS FARM IN ALBERTA H.R.H. Might Take Advantage of South African Postponement April 9.--~There is conservation. = -In 1922 the referes was substituted by a gas board contracts between the owners land on which produeing gas 'we were situatéd and the companies operating the wells, There werg certain other exemptions, the effect of which was to restore to the municipalities in which gas was produced the original prices at which the gas companies promised to supply gas to the people in those municipalities. ~The present - bil} proposes to put all municipalities under the gas board for price, fixing purposes, The members. opposed, fearing that this would raise rate in the producing or rural munis cipalities, Hon. W. F. Nickle introduced 8 bill giving the provincial secretary department the right to Inoelt homes before {immigrant children were placed in them, and also the right to inspect them after the chijs dren were placed. the ground for stating that the postpone- ment of the Prince of Wales' "African tour has caused His Royal Highness' thoughts at least to turn towards the idea of spending a short time on his ranch in Alberta. The postponement the office. He sald he thought it was & commission of a quarter of one per cent. on a five million dollar bond issue taken up at that time by the Jarvis firm. Yong dfd not know of any arrangement with Andy Pepall therefore, will be present in the jail when the other two men are march- ed out for the last time to expiate their capital crimes on the gallows. In going to Portsmouth, Williams will be merely returning to his for- As the train pulled into Dominion station a party of seven passengers anxious to clip a few minutes by | leaving the train on the wrong side, and 'crossing the tracks, hurried through the baggage compartment question." To Mr. Shaw, of Calgary, Mr. King ; said that the Canadian Government + had promptly acceded to the pro- posal of the British Government of making public the correspondence. Hon. W. E. Raney asked the gov- ernment it it had decided on any policy in relation to J. P. Savage, ot Oakville, who applied for legig~ lation to allow him to carry om th practice of medicine, although The unionist leaders have de- cided on this course of action as their most politic move ip view of the difficult situation created by the action of the committee in calling for an amendment which is an ab- solute reversal of the principle of the bill, as they see it. They will centre their strength on an effort to get. the bill now before the House of Commons at Ottawa of the combination car. They were about to jump to the ground - when Baggageman Blnette caught tho sound of an approaching train. H rushed forward and thrust himself to get commissions on government business, } ---------- Smith's Big Deposit. mer place of abode before he was brought here to stand trial in Feb- ruary. He was then gerving a seven- year term for participation in the robbery of a Chinese laundry on the the and get, "When will parliament deal with queried Mr. Irvine. "After the. bud- question of the Turkish treaty the Imperiali Conference?" " was the premier's answer, of the voyage naturally leaves prince for the moment with no other engagements" for a considerable pe- riod, and he frequently expresses his keen appreciation of the freedom had not taken his matriculation quae Hicaion standing. The premier sald the matter had not been de cided. Evidence to the Public accounts committee of the legislature this morning was to the effect that Hon. Peter Smith in December; 1919, a few weeks after he had become pro- vinelal treasurer deposited bills of large denomination to his credit in the Stratford branch of the Bank of Toronto. BE. C. McMillan, who wag teller in the bank at the time, gave evidence stating that he remember. ed at least ga one-thousand dollar bill which Mr, Smith deposited. Wit- hess remembered the deposit be cause it contained the only thous- and dollar bill he had ever seen. -- CROP PROSPECTS IN WEST. connected with his trip to Canada Zi ve wt, vow wt DETECTIVE HAS NEW © "LEAD IN SHALL CASE Prince of Wales will take the can- Said to Have Been Given by -------------------- AGENT $3,000 SHORT S0 HE DISAPPEARS J. L. ODonnell, of Crown Lands De the Latest in Trouble. Toronto, April 9.--Investigation of the accounts of the Crown Lands department at Queen's Park reveals the fact that J. L. O'Donnell, crown lands agent at Hearst, is somewhere near $3,000 short in his accounts. The agent himself is missing. It was the business of O'Donnell, who was an appointee of Hon. Be- niah Bowman, to receive deposits from settlers on account of lands taken up by them. As lands were taken up he would potify Queen's Park. It is sald that two officials at the parliament building, who were pro- moted during the Drury regime, and whose duty it was to check O'Don- nell's accounts, failed to detect that his monthly statements did not cor- respond with the individual state. ments which he sent in from time to time as lands were taken up.' Wharncliffe road. The recommendation that Wil- Hams' sentence be commuted and that the law takes its course in the cases of Murrell and Topping came after due deliberation by the minis- ter of justice and the cabinet coun- cll. Officials of the department of justice hive "been engaged in re- viewing the evidence for geveral days. Hon. Mr. Lapointe was inter- viewed by J. M. Donahue, counsel for both Murrell and Williams, last week, when the case of each man was placed before the minister, ac- companied by fina] pleas for cle- mency. : in front ofthe men. They resented his action, but he pushed them back forcibly. At that instant the fast freight thundered by. The passen- gers blanchéd at their narrow eg- cape; but for. the baggageman's prompt action they would have been run down. ------ King Albert of Belgium is suffer- ing from an attack of the grippe. mend passed through that chamber, and it the bill passed there, the union forces will come back a year hence with the prestige ot the Dominion Act behind them and ask Ontario to pass the enabling bill that is neces- sary to make the United Church of Canada an organized working body in this province. T The Finlayson 'amendment would simply reverse the order in which "You Said It, Marceline!" smmesnily MARCELINE #ALROY, On "A Lwe-Sign." : E LOVES ME. . ; | For in LIFE, every time He loves me NOT," One starts AGAIN with Bays the ENGLISH girl "1 LOVE YOU," it has to be "As ONE by, ONE . A ra pesinning, a FRESH She pulls the PETALS from For when one has climbed OVER . A MARGUERITE; The HILL to "PASSIONATELY * But the FRENCH girl, It is only a MATTER OF Ayshe plucks the FIRST petal, | TIME before we DESCEND to Says: "I LOVE YOU," The VALLEY of "NOT AT ALL" - Ye "Ancient" Left Young Family, Winnipeg, April 9.-- Antonin Ver. mette, who died, yesterday, on the farm of St. Norbert where he was born ninety years ago, is survived by his widow, aged twenty-six and two Sons, aged eight 'and six years. Prepare for Execution, . Plans for the execution of Murrell and Topping on Thursday are rapidly materializing. The erection of the scaffold was started following the arrival in London on Baturday of Arthur Ellis, oficial hangman, A -------- 8 Per Cent. Increase. Chicago, April 9.--Agreements be- tween all but six western railroaa. and Tepresen tatives of the brother hood" of railroad trainmen and the order of railway conductors, grant- ing the men in those organizations 8s approximate increise of five per for Years. ' Edmonton, April 9.--That central and northern Alberta farm lands are in better shape than for years ig the temor'of rts received from the Edmonton Journal correspond- ents covering the entire northern half of the province. There is now sufficient moisture in practically all districts to carry the crops through to June. Work on the land will start soon and seeding will be general be. tween April 15th and 25th. ; Ledue, Wetaskiwin and Camrose report heavy snowfalls during the ¥ The U.F.O. executive demands a full probe into the Ontario bond deals and exemptarly punishment of offenders. Crop conditions are throughout Ontario. fresh series of engagements in unsettled pending return from tective-Sergeant Austin Mitchell lf has been given important informas fidence, knows, " wld," was in Montreal over a week ag Promising after afighting from the Montre: cellation of his tour to South Africa as permitting him to take a short spell at his Alberta ranch. It Convict--Visit to John what will certainly be a very : Dou Y ; eventful London season. oughty & a In any case the prince's-plans for Toronto, April 9.--It is rumore§ his present short ny at Blar-/a new lead In the Ambrose Smal riatz. case, litigation over which comes » | trial this week. 5 tion by 3 convict confined in a Ques! tec penitentiary. What the natu of the information 1s he along Detective Mitchell, and dropped off at Kingstan for wh: is said to have been his thirty-f visit to John Doughty at the pe i ---- train, repaired at once to his fave $0000 090900 00000400 ite hostelry, from which he called + | the penitentiary, and the same 4 PRINCE HENRY TO LEAD is probable that he will take up a the next few months will remain | around police headquartérs that Dee Rumor has it that Bergt, Mitchel} or Chiet Dickson, who shares his come ®t is tentlary. It Is sald that Mitche 2 #/ mor Has it that, following a to. Then CONTINUES, in order to Fiod aut HOW MUCH: *A LITTLE, a LOT; pear or ar -#nd then begins "I love you® +All over again; + But SOPHISTICATED WOMEN And e . TENSELY Toman loving IN Cannot climb BACKWARDS . . At least--not all ALONE, Unless a woman DESCENDS from The HEIGHTS of PASSION | HAND IN HAND with FRIEND She will perforee hive to | Beale that in but PLAY, Cooerieht. 134 Pramice Go on--ALONE] frndicate loa past few days, the last named hav. ing totalled thirteen inches in ten days. - Reports from the morth state {hat # snow rapidly disappears: Seeding will de general in ten ig East of Edmonton there has Deen much welcome moisture in the vie- inity of Vegreville, Wainwright ang Liaydtuster, andl in all these dis- cts Increased acreages are being prepared. : Nansen denies 135 to the North pole, hin intention of fy. cent.. less » ternoon, To Sail on the Montreal, April 5. g the first G compensations to railroads, were signed yesterday af. the There is a reign of terror at Tegu- cigalpa, Honduras. Dead bodies are . strewn bn the outskirts of the city 25¢h. and natives are dying in squalor. Weather Lakes steam- EE ---- Matthews and Mason, named in the Ontarib Government bond probe are now in Toronto. > Private detectives are watching the home of Hom. Peter Smith at Typhoid and dysentery epidemic pre- vails, ! THE BRITISH ATHLETES ¢ Apri tactics, he used a different ker." He Is said to have sald "Wg son speaking," when Introduel; himself over the 'phone to the son authorities Inspector Guthrie, of the detec department, refused to discuss chell's whereabouts, ; ee ' Many immigrants placed om iso tarme, But demand. Is uot