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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG s STARTS THURSDAY With an All-Star Cast, headed by LOWELL SHERMAN DORIS KENYON HARRISON FORD and 16 Girls from the Ziegfeld Follies. s Sme---------- AMUSEMENT. What the Press Agents Say About Coming Attractions | "BRIGHT LIGHTS OF BROADWAY" IS FAST MOVING MELODRAMA What is said to be the fastest mov- ing and mast i it is lived on New { White Way, { rons of the York's ' Great Capitol theatre | "Bright Lights of Broadway," begins | talling $13 its three days engagement on Thurs. | Home Ban day. It has for its theme the strug-- | gles and temptations encountered by | @ young girl who aspires to see har [dence was that, consequent | name in electric 1i | Great White Way | the management that in this produc- | tion they have an offering far out | of the beaten path of pictures of this | type. | The cast which is uniform in is | excellence, is htaded by the popular | favorites, Lowell Sherman, pretty | and appealirig Doris Kenyon and Harrison Ford. Others who are es- ghts.on New York'; } | pecially entitled to "honorable men- A SCINTILLATING LOVE DRAMA Set in the glare of ten million dazzling lights of the Main Street of New York. VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTION VINCENT and DAVEY In Songs, Comedy and Personality. ny | | | | | THURSDAY ~The--! | Breaking | _----Point_ NOTICE | Ee he Sacer Tl, ck, Y, MAY 21st,| the base- | uildings and in the | fHention 8 and all Jfarmation iy. ol office of the Engineer, at the lowest or an tender neces- warily accepted. Hot W. W. SANDS, City Clerk. Kingston, May 14th, 1924. EE nel a | g hsadld A TENDERS FOR DREDGING to the un- Sealéd Tenders, addressed 40 the n~] Cobou! ¥ eo and endorsed * 4 o rg," ete. ae the case ma, will be received until 12 o'clock | noon (day t ), Monday, May 26th, 1024, dred; E, requir, at Oobourg," Hunteville, ngiton, and Marysyitie, Wolfe Island, tarlo.. Tenders will not be considered un- less made on the forms supplied by De- pa and according to conditions set forth therein. mbined and fo of specifioat lon tender can be obtained on application to the B lot 1 aly Bon 1 vd th neer, Equity ng, Tor Ont. enders A include the to of the plant to and I work. rom the and other plant which to be used on the work shall have been duly registered in Can- ada at the time of the filing of the ten- der with the Department, or shall have been built in Canada after the filing o. the tender. Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a charter bank, pe. able to the order of the Min- ister o Public Works, for § p.c of the gontract price, but no cheque to be for less t fifteen hundred dollars. Bonds of the Dominion of Canada and Bonde of the Canadian National Rail. Way Co. will also be accepted as secur. ity, or bonds and cheques to make up an odd amount. By onder, N. DESJARDINS, Dei > t of Publi AWE Secretary. partmen Cc or Ottawa, May 12th, 1924, eee TO CONTRACTORS , Sealed Tenders, addressed to the . undersigned and marked "Tender Home for Aged and Infirm," will be received at our office (where plans and Specifications may be seen) up to 5 o'clock pm. on WEDNESDAY, MAY 21st, 1924, for the several trades works required in making cer- taln improvements to the foremen- tioned home, for the Corporation of the City of Kingston. Lowest or any tender not neces- sarily accepted. - 7 : WM. NEWLANDS & SON, Architects, Royal Bank Chambers. May 14th, 1924. : Will be pleased to cond Auct] in on or the nty ian redsonable. Arrangem: 0 made &% my offen. a ay SPORT | Boxing Finals. "The final bouts of the boxing tournament at the Royat-Military College are being held on Thursday afternoon at 4.14 in the Gymnasium. Quite a number of city have been inv windup of this event, ited over for the splendid annual A Play at Sydenham. The Sydenham Institute is pre- paring a treat for local playlovers. "The Little Clodhopper" is one of the most humorous of the new plays and is being put on by an excellent past. The ladies taking part are Miss V. Wartman in the stellar role, Mrs. J. Garvin as the aristocrat, while Mrs. J. Blakslee ard Miss Marion Mo- Naughton add 'much to the fun of the play. The gentlemen are Messrs John Storms, Harold Campbell ani Gordon Barclay and these need ns recommendation to Sydenham aud- fences. About twenty-five choristers are appearing in fancy dress. -------------- A Cadet Operated Upon, James W. Thornton, son of Sir Henry and Lady Thornton, under- went an operation for appendicitis on Monday and js improving nicély, He is a cadet aff the Royal Military College, and 'as{soon as his exami- nations were ove™ Dr, Gardiner re- commended an operation and this was confirmed in Montreal, where he went for examination. ------------ R. J. Bushell Speaks. At a meeting of the officials of the St. Lawrence Fair's harneas horse circuit held' in the Place Viger hotel Tuesday, R. J. Bushell, representing Kingston, made a pro- position to the effect that next year horse transportation and expenses should be at the change of the cir- cult. Action will likely be taken on the matter later, ------ Removed Pin From Stomach. A lady patient of Rockwood Hos- pital, who had swallowed a safety Pin, was récently operated on at the General Hospital and the pin, which t| Was found pemetrating the walls of the stomach, was successfully remoy. ed by Dr, Austin, ---- Dr. Henry Russell Wakptield, C. B.E., Bishop of BirmMgham, wel known to many Canadians, is resign- ing owing to ill-health. Big box berries at Carnovsky's. INDUSTRIAL GU BLACKS H, Portsmouth Penitentiary ingston Salary $1080-$1380, With Any Bonus Granted by Parliament. Uniform. Applications are invited from resi dents of Kingston and district, possess- ing the necessary qualifications for the above position. Applicants, must have school education; at least two years of Sxperience following period of apprentt ; bility to teach black- smithing and ng; familiarity with metal working methods; ability to understand and menage prisoners; phy- Sebt i tions to be has 1 Pplications handed In person te She Jpasd hy fr Smouth PiOjen. ¥. not er than May 23rd, 3 W. FORAN, Secre Civil Boreas Gommission, on ng peodle from the | { tion" are Edmind Breese, Tyrone | Power and Pffie Shannon. Miss | Kenyon does what is without ques- | tion the greatest work of her bril- | lant career/"wfinithg, and | throughout, the sympathy of the { Spectator and, in the closing scenes, scaling the uttermost heirhts of dra- | matic emotion. Lowell Sherman, too, does what this reviewer considers his finest work and, after watching his suave, polished villainy in "Bright Lights of Broadway," hea | dramatic critic who gave him tha | title of "the, second Mansfield," | which title, by the way, we predict will cling to him-=-for it fits like the proverbial glove. Playing gab . » no | that he had advised the Fin Miss Kenyon is Harrison For uo | partment that the city's POs recently played the role Marion Davies In "Little Old New York." If picture fans could be assured of always seeing productions of {calibre of "Bright Lights of Broad- way" this city would have to build more theatres to accommodate the crowds. 4 "THE BREAKING POINT." |Ont., r sentj "At Strand on Thursday, Friday And | pregenting ih Saturday. | A Paramount picture featuring [Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, | George Fawcett and Owen will be the feature attraction at the Strand theatre on Thursday, Friday | and Saturday. | "The Breaking Point," adapted from the story, makes one of the most in- screened in a long tifife. The ever-popular "Fightin Blood" series Round Ten will ©» shown, along with the usual comedy and news reels. \ late sport--Wednesday atti PORTSMOUTH COUNCIL, -- ~- 8g Will Pass By-law for Opening Of Johnson Street. ' At a special meeting of the Ports- mouth council held on Monday eveu- ing it was decided to pass 'a by-law for the opening up of what will be the continuation of Johnson street, through to the forty-foot road. The by-law is now being prepared and will be passed at the next meeting of the council, The council will ask Warden Ponsford to make some necessary repairs on Union street, bordering on penitentiary property. Street Paving Operations. The paving operations of the Board of Works on King and Queen streets are progressing very favor- ably. The concrete mixer is already on the job and is rapidly spreading the foundation from Ontario up Queen. The block between Ontario and Bagot is all graded and the COR: crete curbs are laid. A large gang {is busy on King street levelling and grading. The car tracks have been laid from Princess to Queen street. When the mixer has reached King it will move to Princess and lay the concrete along the tracks in a day it is hoped. Then the work will be carried up 'Queen to Montreal street. -- Signallers' Camp, No. 3 Signalling Company, 3rd. Battalion C. C. ot 8, will go into camp at Barriefield for one week commencing July 7th next, with Ma- jor W. Allan Stroud in command. The detachment will consist of sec- tions "from Napanee, Peterboro, Belleville and a special cdble and wireless section from Kingston. Pre- vious to the camp there will be a special three-day course at local headquarters, \ Burial of George Jackson, The funeral of the late George Jackson was held Wednesday morn- ing from the residence of his par- ents, Mr. and MY John H. Jackson, 441 Alfred street. Rev. J. 8. La- Flair, of the First Baptist church, conducted the last services, The parents have the sympathy of the entire community over the tragic death of their little som. Kingston, had died suddenly in that city, and asking that an effort be made to locate relatives in this oity. that name could be lo- is believed EX-TORONTO MAYOR | By F. H. Richafson Regard-| | THE MAN ACHED ing Influencing the City's Bank Deposits. { Toronto, May ,14.--Frederick H. i yester y after- ntense story of life 45 | Richardson related yesterday af noon before Official Referee Charles i itihi > iS promised to the pa'-|Garrow, K.C.,, at Osgoode Hall, the | Abitibi Power 1 wh »n | history of special commissions, to-!Atlantic Sugar ,500, madeé to him by the | k between March 29th, | 1921, and July 7th, 1923, to influ- | | ence city deposits in the bank. | . It is promised by | Cooper Mason, h | the Home Bank, he agreed to exert |Can. Cement, ptd. | case. | mission of 1 per cent. upon the aver- (Detroit United . jage monthl > holding |in each case, he | | | 2 Mr. Richardson rtily agree with the New York | Richardson's evi- | upon a | request made in 1920, by Colonel J. general manager of | In brief Mr. his influences with a view to obtain- | ing a greater share of the city | of Toronto's deposits for the Home | Bank than had hitherto been the | For his services, if successfn 'y he was to receive a monthly com: | y deposit to the credit of | the City of Toronto. In fulfilment of this agreement, | he paid a number of visits to the | City Hall in the late summer of 1920 | and the early part of 1921, where | says, he interviewed | Controller Alfred Maguire, urg- | ing that a bank with headquarters in the city should receive better treatment in the matter of deposits, and suggesting that the city's busi- ness should be divided more equally among the banks. In each instance, Stated, Controller Maguire promised to advise such an | adjustment. opposita | V8 Controller Maguire [in the city a couple | nounced to the Whi Moore f that the old agreement bet | Saturday Evening Post meeting of t | teresting stories which have been [the company Same for 1924-5, fine | tions company were of ft t. He was a director of the i to continue nu ment, The Delta Institute Were ard Shea, Athens, is staying for serlousillness, Miss Mrs. Plunkett, Elgin, away recently, Chantry were royally entertain Thursday evening last. spent, and the lovel Miss Irene Baker, Delta, were guests of Mrs. Robert Preston. bank shortly before it curity depends upon it, it ig open to towns bordering on. the ses, Austral- ians should be Australian navy has cruits, that the ae SEhask le not as highly developed as it should be.--Adelaide Chronicle. Mr. Richardson stated that recollection row was that his in some told me ance De- business equally | but he could not | words used by should be divided more among the banks," remember the exact | the Mr. Maguire. -------- OLD AGREEMENT RENEWED. n Machinists and Management | at Locomotive Works, Mr. Harry Kirwin, of Birch cli, | e International | nists, has' been | of days and an- | & on Wednesday | ween the | machinists and the management of | the locomotive works had been re- | newed and would be signed forth- with. Mr Kirwin addressed a mass | he machinists Tuesday | et the management of | on Wednesday fore- | The agreement stangs the | Betwee Association of Machi night and m noon, Mr. Kirwin Stated that the rela- | between the unions and the a very friendly na- both sides hag agreed nder the. old ture, and that ---- SPLENDIDLY ENTERTAINED, -- ' Hosts to Chantry. ~Mrs. Bern- | al a oving after her | Maggie Nolon | days aursig | who passed | Phillipsville and Phillipsviile, May 10 while with her Myers, who is i sister, Mrs. C, mpr was away for a few The Institute of this place ang ed by , On| The ladies | were privileged to have their hus-| bands accompany them and everyone was pleased with the soclable time ¥ lunch served. Mrs. Wesley Tackaperry and son, Earnest, were in Athens recentiy« Mrs. H. M. Brown Spent a day in Brookville. Miss Hattie Preston ana the Ladies' Institute of Delta, -- : RECOMPENSING DEPOSITORS. Sn Of Home Bank Would Not Appeal to Government, Ottawa, [Standard Oil of Ealit. rd > -------- yl ozta = eee STOCK MARKETS (Reported by Johnston & Ward, | Toronto, May 14. --Rumors of | 86 Princess street, members of the changes in the Ontario provincia | "Billy" Sunday is ill at Memphis, Montreal ang Toronto Stock Ex-| Police department took fairly de-| IN, changes), | finite shape today, when it became to have trgtie | known that Deputy Controller Al- as strict" as | trea Cutdyy had an offer from the m. iC. P. R. to take charge of the ra.l- EL 56% | Ways detective and police establish- | suspected of Montreal fatal hold-up. j ment with headquarters in Mont- | People got the temperance act real. It is understood that Chief | and then went to sleep, says Sir Wil | Chamberlain had recommended Mr. |llam Hearst at Torute. Wisteria: Cuddhy as his successor. Senator La Follette, o sconsin, "Interviewed today," says a Toron- | plans to run for the presidency in to paper, "Mr. Cuddhy would not | the coming election as a "straight admit that he is making a shift, but | cut independent" candidate. It was later learned that he has| It is stated authentically that | promised to arrive at a decision with | Aemilius Jarvis & Company, To- | respect to the offer by the end 1 onto bapkers and bond dealers, are June. The C.P.R. appointment ¢| selling r business. tails a salary of $10.000 a year. The British Columbia highway, Coupled with the rumor of Mr. | ultimately to form a link in the Ca- Cuddhy's prospective departure | Dadian National highway, will be {from the provincial' service, is the | built via the Fraser Valley Canyon. story that Deputy Chief Geddes, of | Magner White for his story on the the Toronto police eclipse of the sun, published in The force, may choi ™ Sun 8 b Cal . : i : ' | n ego n, San D'ego, Cal., wa Laurentide | ceed him in Queen's Park bs Montreal Power : A hory Je uso Prinied Ihat there UREN fe Pune vuve ol 31 18 lack of harmony w 0 18~ . Mackay hs | sioner V. A. S. Williams and the va-| The General Labor Federation, National Breweries, com. ... 50 | rious ministers, and that there is a | Berlin, has issued an appeal to all ational Breweries, ptd. 89 | > + / | funds for tha . ossibility of the commissioner re- | Workers to contribute - Oltawa Power . 82 fe y miners locked out in the Ruhr and errans eee sae 140 ) : Rhineland. Price Bros, ..." ... 42 | Ex-Mayors Maguire and Church Quebec Power .., ,, 72 SAYS FINDER IS KEEPER. and Finance Commissioner Ross of Spanish River, com. Soonie, B] 101 Toronto deny they were approached panis ver, ptd. 110% | by F. H. Richardson regarding Home Shawinigan "ee 132% | Bergdon Buried 2370000 Sa Gold in Bank deposits. Steel of Canada .., rn Eberlach, Baden, May 14.--"Find-| The gross earnings of the Canad- Toronto Rails _.. , 8834 | ers, keepers," says Grover Bergdoll | lan National Railways for the week Twin Clty ,. N : 50% | the United States draft dodger, with | ending May 7th, 1924, were $4,171, Wabasse ,., ,* 627 | gold he buried in| 144, being a decrease of $161,366.- Wayagamack . ., | reference to the 36% 1917, when his game of hide and 3 Ser the corresponding week of | seek with the United States authori- : [ ties began. All told, says Bergdoll, | Dr. A. H. U. Colquhoun, deputy | Who has made his home here for the | Provincial minister of education, has = : 12st four years, there were exactly | left en route to England o9 both 107% | $270,000 in nice--shiny ten dollar | i a sugars tri r Bo 5314 | Bold pieces. Bergdoll declares the end the Britis mpire Exhibi- 423% | gold is buried in the United States, | tion. ogi; but that Is about all he will say 225 | about f{t. A young man who was fined $200 147% | "It I should die," he remarked re- and costs for having liquor in a 487% | cently, "the gold will never be found. place other than a private dwelling, c That's how securely it's hidden. No paid over the money on Wednesday 75 morning, 4 one was with me when I put it away, 24 and no one will ever find it until [ Home grown asparagus Thurs- Se go for it myself." day morning at Carnovsky's. 100% Ruth hit his eighth home run / New York on Tuesday. It Made For You 79 30% | Bishop of Exeter Would Have Girls YOUR NEXT SUIT OR ERCOAT Best Workmanship-- 1005; | Salute Former. 19%! London, May 14/--"If I had my --Prices Right Own Cloth made up. 461 way, I would put a cradle beside the Williamson & Wellwood 47% flag on Empire Day, and when the | 30 Montreal Street. 'Phohe 2165J RIO POLICE CHANGES, . News off the Wires | Establishment. In Condensed Form Deputy Controller May Join C.P-R. Philadelphia is laws for pedestrians | those for motorists. True bills found against five men - -- 4 Montreal. May 14th, 1.30 p. Bell Telephone Brazil wee Brompton RX nie British Empire Steal, British Empire Steel, British Empire Steel, Can. Converters ... Can. Cement, com. Cuban Cane Sugar, com. Cuban Cane Sugar, ptd. ... Can. Steamship, com. Siero Can. Steamship, pa, ... Dom. Textile . Dom. Bridge Y Nev York. / May 14th, 1.30 p Amer, Can. "re Baldwin Loco. ... PF B&O. ... ...7.. Chandler Motors ... Cosden QjI ... ." California Pete. ..,. CPR. ... 've aes Crucible Steel ... Cuban Cane Sugar, p Gen. Asphalt OB ee vis biennns Kelley Springfield ... Imperial Oil Marine, pfd. ... Mack Motors ... Marland Oil .., NYC... ... New Haven . Pacific Oil . Pan. Amer. Pete. . .. .e Pan. Amer, Pete. "B" , .e Producers & Refiners . .. Studebaker Sou. Pac. Sou. Ry. ... Sinclair Oi] -------------------- fd. at CRADLE BESIDE FLAG. 24% [the flag, I would make every girl | 31% salute the cradle," declared Lord! 887% Willlam Gascoyne-Cecil, shop of | 5414 | Exeter, a cousin of Lord Balfour, in | 183%; a speech yesterday. { 563 | "What has happened in France in +» 33 [the matter of the falling birth rate," ++ 391 the bishop cintinued, "is also hap- 1315; pening here. The average family in 95% Devonshire is only slightly over 15% three members." ---------- Permits To Buy Liquor. Calgary, Alta, May 14.--More than 1,200 permits to purchase 1i- quor under the Alberta Liquor Con- trol Act, proclaimed Saturday, were Yssued here yesterday on the first day of sale and on the first day of legal sale for nearly eight years. -------- v Fatal Fall From Railway Coach. Renfrew, May 14.--James Steel, on his way from Baskatchewan to Glasgow, Scotland, was killed when he fell out of the open door pt a railway coach as the train was tak- es Board ol Tents, ing a sharp curve at Payne, near : . EPPS PGPP0 903000 here, . : 00 : By C.D. Batchelo 453% girls of the schools came to saluted Special Line of Trimmed Hats For $4.95 and up, for Saturday, At Wheeler & O'Connor's Kingston Automobile Club Service Bulletin Our Touring Bureau fis at Board of Trade Rooms. En- quire about road conditions be- fore travelling. We can route our members to any place in the world. / Standard Oil of Texas Oil ibaa Union Pacific ... es wan U.S. Steel ... Wabash ..., , NJ. ... -------------- E22 FETEIIPIOEISELIS ® 4 SEVEN.YEAR-OLD BOY + BURNED TO DEATH * --~ 3 * Winnipeg, May 17 -Norman #*" Hazelhurst, seven-year-old son % of Frank Hazelhurst, was burn- * ed to death, 'and two other % members of the family received painful injuries when fire de- stroyed. their home to-day. His mother and sister Enid were seriously burned in their ef- * + + + # forts to save him. > > > <> * 9 THE HUMAN Z : r think that compensing the depositors taking over the wreck of ths bank would appeal to the Gov- ernment," said Commissioner H. A, McKeown this morning, during the | Home Bank inquiry. Hon. T. A. Crerar, a former direc- tor of the bank, was recalled to-stand for a few minutes, and Sir Thomas White gave evidence in regard to the payment of $1,500 to him by the failed. ---------- Australia and the Navy, One of the difficulties of demo- cracy is that too frequently it goes to sleep, and is forgetful of its obli- gations, the first of which is the adoption of all requisite measures for the national defence. It is not a charge to which Australia is specially liable; indeed, it is proper to remem- ber that in the way of naval defence the Commonwealth has done more than all the rest of the Dominions put together. Yet, though their se- of: ra- and | 'A question whether naval defence is as much in the thoughts of Australians as it ought to be. With a long coast- line, and so many of their cities and born sailors; yet the been going back- owing to the scarcity ward, "by far biggest navy." it must be owned ---- Warren Y. Soper, Ottawa, died at . * 5 thou, Nature's own erystaline beverage. Methinks I see thee taking thy the sea twixt banks of Violets 224 dattodiis." ]