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NOW SHOWING "The Covered Wagon' YEAR 91; No. 196. LAST EDITION TALK OF IRISH LEADERS ASSUMES VER As the British Parliament Is About to Reassemble. ULSTER ASSOCIATION Appesls to the Members of 3 Parliament to Vote Against the Boundary Bill. London, Sept. 27.--The utteranc- es of the gpokesman for the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland on the boundary dispute assume a grave tone as the time approaches for the reassembling of parliament next Tuesday. At that session it is expected that legislation passed providing for setting up the boundary commission. The U ster Aseociation today appraled to the members of parliament to vote against the boundary ' commission bill, and James McNeill, high com- missioner of the Free Stats in Lon- don, demanded the fulfillment of the Auglo-Irish treaty by the forma-| tion of a boundary commission. Alluding to recent utterances made in Northern Ireland, Prof, Mec- Nelll in a statement said: 'Threats of violence by British members of parliament are not helpfui, Those Who adhere to the treaty and con- sented to the killing of cur friends to maintain this treaty, naturally regard with disfavor the visits of British legislators oclation in its ap- peal A nt to vote against "legislation for's bourdiry ~ dominfs- &lon says: "Ulster does not come to You today as a suppliant asking fa- Yors. Bhe comes as she has the right as a loyal daughter of the Im- perial household to ask you to see that justice is done." ------------ HAIR NETS POPULAR. Despite Bobbed Hair, 1,413,000,000 a Year Are Sold. 'Washington, Sept. 27. -- Despite bed hair vogue, hair nets are be. ig sold to the public in the United at the rete of 3,414,000,000 boxes of taleum and face powders, and 17,866,000 packages of rouge. -- Three Years for Shooting, Brantford, Sept. 27.---On a charge of shooting with Intent, Charles Karry, Detroit; was eentented to 'three years in the penitentiary by Magistrate Jones. At the time of trial the magistrate commen®ed sev- erely against the practice of '"gun- toting." Karry fired two bullets at Bruce Cameron, a Brantford town- ship resident, following an argu. 'ment over a rug. . PREMIER FERGUSON OUTLINES PoLicY Of His Government--To With- draw From Fleld Of Municipal Taxation. . Toronto, Sept: 27.--Withdrawal at a not far distant date from the field of municipal taxation, -assis- tance to provincial industries and Conservation and. development of Drovince's resources, were the cen- tral features of the progra: which Premier Ferguson 0 last evening for his 'admi ation. The occasion wae a banquet ten- dered to him and to Hon. Dr, God- frey by the Mimico -and Humber Bay Conservative Association. Y GRAVE TONE rE a a SE PEEP PPPEPP 220004 + + | # "NO SURRENDER," * IS DERRY'S CRY. Belfast, Sept. 27.~--Last night Derry sent forth once more her deathless cry, "no surrender," in answer to the challenge of the Free State. Her historic Guildhall was fill- ed with a great rally of Loyal- ists over whom the mayor, Sir Robert Anderson, presided. A resolution similar to that pass- ed by Tyrone and Fermanagh submitted and + + + * i $ * + 4 | # Loyalists was i% passed with the greatest en- thusiasm. "Not an Inch of ,% territory," was the tenor of the #% speeches and every speaker em- # phasized that point. F204 9402030000200 000% PERLITE ESPEPSEI IPO will be, of 1- A PLAN T0 CONTROL | WORLD ARMS TRAFFIC | The Disarmament Commission Suggests International Par- ley Naxt April or May. Geneva, Sept. 27.--Submjssion to the members of the league and to the nations outside of the League of { Nations of/a draft convention on the control of international traffic in arms and ammunition, and of in- | quiries as to whether they are pre- | pared to attend a conference on this subject in April or May, 1925, 1s provided for in resolutions adopted j today by the disarmament commis- | sion of the league. t 'THE OHEKIANG ARMY IS NOW SURROUNDED { | It May Surrender or a Great Battle May Be Fought at Once. { Shanghia, Sept. 27. -- La Yung | Hslang's Chekiang army was com- | Pletely surrounded last night. A second Ohi Hsieh Yuan Force, moving northward from* otherw serious possibilities are foreseen if .he forces a fin fight. Great slaughter is anticipated. General Sun Fang, commanding Chi Hsieh Yuan's Fukien army, fis preparing to attack simultaneously with the second army at Kashing. CHURCHILL ASKS WHY LABOR KILLED PACT Recalls War-Time Resolutions Affirming Principle of Pre- ference Within Empire. London, Sept. 27.--Rt. Hon. Win- ston Churchill, in making a speech on the unionist platform in Edin- burgh, last night, dealt at some length with imperial conferences, de- claring that the representatives of the dominions and all British parties i, | affirming the principle of preferen- tial dutiés within the empire wherev- at possible and consistent with the inability of the mother country to inability taxation on the staple foods and necessaries of her people. He asked what new event has oc- curred to justify the aggressive re- pudiation of this resolution by a socialist government, 8ir Henry and Lady Thornton Visit Kingston Sir Henry and Lady Thornton ar- rived in the city on Saturday ifi their private car and visited the Royal Mi. itary College in the forenoon to see their son, a cadet at the college. ny MARCELINE @'ALROY On "Listen--Please!" Some WOMEN TALK So much you can just SEE That they are NoT THINKING What they are DOING: And SOME women THINK so long = BEFORE they speak That they come to the Conclusion that what They were GOING to say Wasn't worth saying ANYWAY--but these are The EXCEPTIONS. MANY MEN, of course, Like the sound oa mrrint; 1930, Their OWN VOICES, too, Though GENERALLY a man Is MORE interested In voicing his OPINION Than just hearing his Own voice TALKING. When a DOG or a WOMAN Puts her HEAD on one side. 1 It denotes INTEREST, Yet the DOG who listens To his MASTER'S VOICE Is called a "DUMB" animal, But any GIRLS who listen . These days are "not so dumb," And if they could be FOUND Ww be ould be verv popular! { 4 CANON F. I. DONALDSON Who is a Socialist, has been appointed by Premier MacDonald es Canon of Westminster Abbey, THINKS THAT LABOR WILL MAINTAIN POWER The Editor .of The London Times Predicts General Election Results. Winnipeg, Sept. 27.--A general election in Great Britain at the pres- ent time would no: greatly effect the existing balance of power, according to Geoffrey Dawson, editor of the London Times who arrived in Win- nipeg yesterday en route west. "The Conservatives would probab- ly gain a certain number of seats and so in all probability would the Labor party, but the Liberals would probably lose seats to both of them," said Mr. Dawson. The shortcomings of any British Government became apparent in par lament and in London long before they bad really been appreciated by the mass of the people," he declar- ed. Dr. "Dawson who is touring Can- dde to study business conditions ex- pressed the fear that the coming win- ter in the Old Country is likely to be a bad one so far as unemployment is concerned. BIG HOTEL BURNS met in conference during the war : and unanimously passed resolutiogs Scant Attire. : Delmonte, Cal., Sept. 27.-- The Hotel Delmonte, the centre of the playground international- ly known to tourists and sports- men for its beauty and golf links, was destroyed by fire of an undetermined origin = which started this morning and con- tinued to burn at daybreak. The fire alarm sent six hundred guests scurrying from the bufld- ing in scant attire to witness the destruction of the main structure, valued at approxim- ately a million dollars. Art treasures valued at $75,000 were saved by the townspeople. -------------- A FINE OF $500. Levied on the Long Branch Racing Associati on. Toronto, Sept. 27.--A fine of $500 was imposed in the county police court by Magistrate Brunton this morning on the Long Branch Racing Association for keeping a common gaming houge. The decision well be apealed. The magistrate sald that only racing associations former prior to March 20th, 1912, were exempted from the provisions of the act of that date. The Long Branch Assoc- lation, formed subsequent to that date, had not taken any steps to have itself recognized by either pro. vincial or federal authorities under the act, and therefore must come within the anti-gambling provision. PEMBROKE UNEASY OVER W. B. RAMSAY Canoe Floating Upside Down, Paddle and Hat, Give Grave Alarm. Pembroke, Sept. 27. -- Grave anxiety for the safety of W. B. Ramsay is felt here, following the finding of a canoe floating upside down, a paddle and a hat Searing the name of W. B. Ramsay. The upturned canoes was 'found near Canty's Bay, on the Quebec side of the river. Charles Ramsay and a friend have gone to investigaté the matter. Mr. Ramsay went away two or three days ago for a few days' holidays and has not been heard of since. ' While the condition of the cance has a serious appearance, it is hoped that the in Just started may result in the finding of Mr. Ramsay alive. Mr. 'Ramsay conducts a business on Moffar street, and is 'well known In town. To the Pood Whi Over- NEWLYADE _ GRAVES Washed Out of Cemeteries And the Bodies Floated Away in the Streets. Leningrad, Sept. 27.--Spotted ty- phus has broken oft in this storm- swept city, adding its horrors to the flood. Over ong Wandred cases of the disease are Forimsrea daily, and doctors and nur re overwhelm- ed in the work of ng 10r the pa- tients. One of the most gruesome aspects AT DELNONTE, CAL of the flood was the havoc wrought in' cemeteries where newly-made graves were washed out and bodies floated away in the streets. Dangers of pestilence are . very great and the authorities are taking extraordinary measiires to check 'the spread of the disease. The city is gradually returning to & normal calm although suffering grievously from the effects of Tues- day's storm. The government has appointed a committee to appraise the losses caused by the flood and to determine the sufns necessary for reconstruction and reller work. -- Salvage . Leningrad, Russia, Sept. 27.-- With the partial subsidence of the flood caused by last Tuesday's storm, the stricken people of Leningrad began yesterday the task of salvag- ing the wreckage Meft by the worst disaster that has visited their city in a hundred years. Everywhere there are many tales of heroism and of hair-breadth escapes from death. The city, which 'already bore mul- tiple scars from tHe revolution, pre- sents a melancholy aspect. There is destruction, deb and desolation everywhere. Thou are home- less. The flooded 'covers' fifty to Cron- gh Revision Planned In U.S. Immigration Laws Washington, Sept. 27.--Deporta- tion of aliens convicted of violating the prohibition and narcotic laws will be proposed along with some other immigration legislation at the next session of congress, Chairman Johnson of the house {immigration committee announced yesterday. In opening the new act to revision Mr. Johnson said he also proposed Lo revise the section regulating the ad- mission of wives and chiidren or alieng in this country. An investiga tion now being conducted, he hop- ed, would permit fairer application of these regulations. PRAIRIES DRENCHED WITH RAIN AND SLEET It Will Bs a Week Before Field Work Oan Be Continued. Winnipeg, Sept. 27.--~Drenching rains and sleet continued last night over the prairies following spectaca- lar advances on exchange which are expected to be repeated for the Oc- tober option if these unfavorable conditions for field work comtinue. Not since 1904 has equinox brought such heavy preci- pitation as at present. A week of high dry winds will be necessary be- fore field work ean be continued or grain moved in at the elevator points. L . twenty-eight of- ficers and men in the gale which swept Lake Huron on Sunday night. The owners have abandoned hope for the safety of the Clifton and her crew, A HELD AS SLAYER Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, of Ina. III, has confessed to the murders of his wife and Wilford Sweetin, a member of his congregation, acoording to authori ties at Mt. Vernon, Ill The age-old triangle of illicit love is blamed by of- ficials. TO EXPLAIN METHOD OF CHURCH VOTING In Regard to the Church ion Act--Voting After \) December 10th. Ottawa, Sept. 27.--To advise con- gregations as to the method to be followed in taking , the vote on Church Union so that the conditions of the Church Union Act) and par- ticularly section 10, will be obsery- ed, Rev. John W. Woodside, min- ister of Chalmers Presbyterian Church, has been given three months' leave of absence at a joint meeting of the session and board of managers of Chalmers Church, af- ter receiving a deputation from the joint Union committee his release for this period to work under their direction. The Union committee consisted of Dr, J. H. BEdmlison, secretary of the Presbyter- lan Home Mission Board; Rev. Wes- ley Dean, Methodist Secretary of Finance, and Dr. J. Ww. Pedley, chairman of the Congregational Un- fon. In view -of the fact that congre- gations will be voting on the ques- tion of Church Union after Decem- ber 10th, the joint. Church Union eaLifiee felt that someone should » of 4 arged with the responsibility congregations as to 'the method to be followed in taking the vote, so that the gonditions of the Act, and In particular section 10th, should be observed. Mr. Woodside's work will take him to the various synods which will shortly be meet- ing. ' AXE ABOUT T0 FALL IN THE TAX SCANDAL Action Against Fourteen Hamilton Oitizens To Be Taken. Hamilton, Sept. 27.--The axe hanging over those concern- ed in the recently unearthed city hall tax scandal is about to fall. With the approach of the climax tenseness is plainly vis- ible in the high places, Action against the fourteen or fifteen citizens named so far will, it is stated, be confined to sum- monses. Whether this would point to lack of confidence on the part of the Crown or belief in the willingness of the eiti- Zens, once named, to come and cleat themselves, is largely a matter. of conjecture. It is broadly hinted that internal ac- the autumn] already [that the news be kept tion in the city hall will follow the, falling of the axe on the outside citizens. The three clerks already arrested were automatically remanded yester- day at the request of the Crown. They did not _ appear in the court. © MethoXMst Pastor pes. Alluwe, Okla, Sept. 27.--The Rev. Joseph E. Yates, pastor of the First Methogist church here, eloped Thursday night with the fourteen- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. 'W. Fields, prominent citizens of Alluwe. His congregation yester- day read a farewell message agking from the newspapers. Chicago Corn Up. Chicago, Sept. 27.----Corn made a Speculative advance of as mach as 6 cents a bushel in CEP PLPPPLP4 4 PSS 2 0s requesting | CEPPLPPPPPFPOPPIOTS * + THANKSGIVING DAY 10TH OF NOVEMBER + Ottawa, Sept. 27.--Monday, Nov. 10th, has been formally declared as Thanksgiving Day this year, according to an an- Douncement which will appear in this week's Canada Gerazette, ~The proclamation, whish {is couched in the usual decorous language, is signed by Chiet Justice of the Supreme Court Frank A. Anglin on behalf of the Governor-General. This is the first proclamation bearing his signature since his eteva- tion to the chief justiceship. * + + + * * + + * * * + + * * * * * [es00e | To Decide On Plans For Laurier Statue Ottawa, Sept. 27.--The cabinet council will on Monday finally de- | cide on the plans and design for the statue of Sir Wilfred Laurier on Par- Hament hill. It is believed tat the design of a Montreal man has been found satisfactory and that the loca- tion of the statue is the principle point to be gettled before public an- nouncement is made, BIG RYE SHORTAGE. Enormous Demand in U.S. Because of European Decrease, New York, Sept. 27.--An estimat- ed rye shortage of 130,000,000 bu- shels in Europe this season has re- sulted' in an enormous demand for American rye. It is estimated that sales to Southern Ruropean coun- tries, in the last week alona® have been in excess of 10,000,000 bushes. Prices have advanced 8 cents a hi.- shel and are now only 2 cents un- der the level of wheat, whereas a short time ago 'the difference was 40 cents, G. B. SHAW CENSORED. German Foreign Office Strikes Out Part of Play. Berlin, Sept. 27.--George Bernard Shaw' censored by the German For- (eign OMed 1s the latest deve. du the controversy growing: the protest by the Bulg against the - German proauctfon of the British suthor's pldy, "Arms and the Man." Through the intervention of official quarters, the Bulgarian | sensibilities will be spared Lo the extent that the German producer has agreed to strike out some of the more objectionable passages in Shaw's satire on Balkan diplomatics and generals, % J. H. Fearnside Dead. Hamilton, Sept. 27.--J, H. Fearn- side, for 36 years in the Post Office here, and a well-known yachtsman, died yesterday. He was a member of the Royal Hamilton-Toronto Yacht Clubs, and was mate on the Canada when she won the interna. tional yacht race a number of years ago. Chief Medical Officer. Ottawa, Sept. 27.--Dr. Harold A. Bowie, Ottawa, has been appointed chief medical officer of the Federal Appeal Board for a period of two years. He is a graduate of Queen's University, Kingston. President Coolidge delivers speech in opposition to nationalization of utilities. arian Teghtion § THE PRINCE TO CURTAIL {| HIS STAY ON HIS RANCH He Will Probably Take a Trp (Tal Ye « W VISITS MASONIC LOD Members of Party Are Sul- . " . fering From Colds Toronto, = Sept. 27.-- Sever: changes in the itinerary of Prince of Wales are forecasted plans which came to light here t day through the visit of Major K. Hodgson, of the Governor-G eral's' staff, to the Lieutenant-Go ve ernor of Ontario, £ It 1s understood that the prince will spend only a few days on his ranch in Alberta. He will probad leave High River next week f Jasper National Park, Vancouv and Victoria. It is probable that he will abandon his plan to hunt § Mount Robson Park, and that he ma be able to spend October 13th an 14th in Toronto. He is due at G ernment House, Ottawa, on Octo 16th, . 4 A brief stop at Banff, Alberta, route from the coast, will probab) be the only break in the Prince' journey from Vancouver to Winnj Peg. He will spend a couple of oy in Winnipeg, and the same pertod Toronto and Montreal, besides t Ottawa visit, before embarking fi England on the Olympic about i tober 22nd. Prince At High River. f High River, Alta., Sept. 27. Thi Prince of Wales and his party mote ored to the E. P. Ranch near Hig River at noon yesterday, the Roy. visitor sleeping late after a long train journey. : : He paid an informal visit to Corsé erstone Lodge, A.F. and AM, he Thursday night, on the invitation George Young, master of the lod members of the party. Prof. W. L. Carlyle and Sir Wal ter Peacock met him and accompa fed him to the ranch. : ------------ Ontario is to open special drive to} agricultural settlers from the ol country. : ------ TEEPP reer este e CAPTAIN AND SON LIKELY MURDERED Victoria, B.C., Sept. 27. -- Provincial police officers, inves- tigating the disappearance of Capt. Gillis and his son of the Vancouver schooner Berylg, re- ported to headquarters that they. had found signs of a fierce battle on the boat. Blood stains and bullet holes have been found on the vessel, 'and the Police are satisfied that Capt, Gillis and his son were murer- ed and their bodies thrown ov- erboard. ' LPL 020020000900 + * + * * * + * > * *» + * WRITTEN FOR THF WHIG THE PATRIOTISM OF PEACE BY ARTHUR HUNT CHUTA. Everywhere that I go in the overseas. Yesterday they were fight Empire. To-day fought. This is a fact for Mr. Beatty, domiciled abroad. The high degree of excellence was due to the fact that we retained selves during the iron years. Klauwitz who wrote strong survive. the best. In the crisis, we proved that we the Americans during the war. If we had & dus sense Dominion, it should appear in peace. ; they are exiles from that British Dominion for which In the war we did not send dow: say, "Please send us up a few generals and staff officers, 'as well as a Private Smith. This fact was Why then. in peace should Wwe sink back to To-day we are shipping our bést Uncle Sam, in many cases reserving only the rank! a suicidal policy In regard to sound nation buflding, No one could imagine our leading generals sttsching themselves United States I meet comrades ing for Canada, a part of the British & the One quarter of the total of the Canadian Expenditionary Force ard at present working in the United States. ve Sir Henry Thornton, cal leaders of immigration to ponder seriously, The best possible immigrants that Canada can et are her own onl : and | other practy attained by the Canmadikns oversead the best of our man power ' for our the German Bible on War, said ations." He meant that in that Apply that test to Canada and shé proves horsel! peer of 0 to Sears Roebuck in Chicago, al could produce a General Currie, J proven in the severest testi 4 secondary place? talent across the border to work 1, and file for oursel { our We cannot but admire the Canadianism of ona who exclaimed, * a *. (Continued or Page » an "3