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~ YEAR 98; No. 150. _--s OUNCEMENT BY PREMIER IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS; ADJOURNMENT TILL TUESDAY "Nhe Governor-General Would Not Grant a Dis solution, and Premier King Informed © His Excellency That the Government Wished to Resign. 3 Ottawd, June 28.--The King Government has resigned. At the sitting of the House of Commons, which lasted only a few minutes this afternoon, Premier King announced that he had advised the Governor-General to dissolve Parliament, but that the Governor-General had declined to grant a dissolution. "I have a very important announcement which | wish to make 10 the House before proceeding any further," he said. "The public Interest demand the dissolution of this House of Commons. As Prime Minister | so advised His Excellency the Governor-General, shortly after noon to-day," "Mis Excellency having declined my advice to grant the dissolution to which 1 bell immediately tendered my e under practice | was entitled, | signatioh which His Excellency has been gracefully pleased to accept. In the circumstances as one of the members of the House of Commons, | would move that the House do now adjourn." Right Hon. Arthur Me ighen, leader of the Opposition: es Speaker, If | caught the Prime Minister's words aright, that the Hous& adjourn; that the Government has ; ned. | wish to add only this, that | am----" Pr King: "I might say that this motion is not de~ Mr. Meighen: %] do not propose to debate It, but | presumo the Prime Minister will agree that | have right to make a statement. As the House knows, we are close to the end of finished Is i session, and the of the oy id be of how the session should be est importance to the country. rthur Melghen disposed of and that there should be thought the main business of some conference between the Prime Minister and himself. NO PRIME MINISTER. Premier King said: "There Is no Prime Minister." Premier King immediately moved the adjournment of the Melighen: "Till when will the House adjourn 77 Premier King: "Till to-morrow," Sir Henry Drayton: "Untll two o'clock to-morrow 2" Mir. King nodded vaguely. The sergeant-at-arms lifted the mace and proceeded the Speaker out, as is customary at adjournment. The to moment the Speaker was out of the chair, Conservatives broke into a rlot of cheers. Melghen declined to make any statement for the it. Imiviediately after leaving the House he went into nt : ae with Jeading Conservatives. - The remaining busi- - nioss of the session will probably be wound up in quick order. MEIGHEN 1S SUMMONED. = ; hep; Conservative leader, has been Right Hon. Arthur Meig to Government House. -Mr. Meighen left his office pvernor-@eneral's private secretary to see His Ex- ' Byng, who was to leave this morning for Toronto, has "his departure until Wednesday. Sir | Borden, former Prime Minister of Oanada, conferred x Meighen shortly before the latter left to see His Ex- cated one. Mr. Meighen will have to be called a Government. This means that he and his Min« Ve to seek re-election at the hands of their con= series of bye-elections. On the other hand, iff voted, Mr. Meighen would be able to take his ting his Cabinet and would In all probability election this fall. It Is possible that we election this summer as a result of theo. s °° % OF ¢ more moderate climate. Arnprior, who is to be the new pas- tor of Cooke's church, will take place on Friday evening of this week. The induction of Rev. Mr. Cliffs, of PREMIER KING nme HERBERT H. W00D DROWNED IN RAPIDS Well-Known Toronto Mining Engineer Married Miss Fairlie of Kingston. y © ------ Herbert H. Wood, mining engineer of Toronto, was drowned June 23rd, in a rapids on Sand Island River, where he had gone to Jook over some mining properties. The body has not yet been recovered. Mr. Wood was born in Lindsay, and was a son of the late Hon. 8. C. Wood and brother of 8. Casey Wood, K.C., Toronto. He was educated at Upper Canada Col- lege, and entered business life as an employee of the Imperial Bank in To- ronto. After some years he went west where he was engaged in rall- way contracting. Latterly he had been interested in a number of min- ing properties and particularly in de- veloping a tale property in Mine Cen- tre, Ontario. He is survived by his widow, a daughter of the late Rev. John Fairlie of Kingston and two young soms. BELLEVILLE PLANT BURNED, National Castings Ltd., Destroyed by Fire on Saturday. Belleville, June -28.---National Castings Ltd.,. one of Belleville's busiest industrial plants. occupying largely waterfront property was com- pletely demolished by fire early Sat- urday. An oil fuel feed pipe sprung 4 leak. Within a few minutes the whole plant was aflame. H. W. Ackerman, Belleville, capl- talist, heaviest stockholder and Mr. Norman Turner, general manager, both said the plant would be rebuilt. The loss is about $50,000, The plant was insured. Midland Shrine Blessed. Midland, June 28.--After two and a half centuries of obscurity and (ruin, Fort Ste. Marie is once more a shrine of the Jesuit Order. Yes- terday morning more than a thou- sand p ms, among them 500 Bos- The Baily B « KINGSTCN, ONTARJO, MONDAY, ! NAN IS KILLED AT LONG LAKE. BY EXPLOSION Daymond Hartwick Suffered Frac- tare of Skull at Blasting on Mondey Morning. Daymond Hartwick, sixty years of age, died in the General Hospital here at one o'clock Monday after- noon as a result of a premature ex- plosion of dynamite at Long Lake near Verona. The aident occurred at 8 o'clock in the morning and the injured man was rushed in to King- ston by Dr. Scott, of Verona. His in- juries were =o serious, however, that he only lived for about an hour af- ter arriving at the hospital. The re- mains were then removed to the un- dertaking parlors of 8. 8. Corbett. with a road construction gang and it is not known exdctly how the ex- premature. Another man was slight- ly injured by flying stone and gravel. The injury sustained by Hartwick was a fractured skull. He lived at Mountain Grove, and he is survived by a large family. Dr. R. J. Gardiner in his capacity as coroner, will conduct an inguest at Parham on Tuesday into the ae- cident. CANADIAN BOAT RETIRED. 'Rainbow Suffered Mishap in Race on Thames. London, England, June 28.--The British boat New G., owned by Miss M. B, Carstairs, and driven by Cap- tain Barnato, wag first in the first motor boat race for the Duke of York's trophy over a course of 32 sea miles on the river Thames Sat- urday. $5 The British boat Bull Dog was second, and the eo Flyer, owned by Eid. Davis, "of: the United States, third. The German - entry, Sigrid, owned by R. C. Krueger, was fourth. , The Canadian entry, Rainbow, owned by H. B. Greening, of Ham- ilton, Ont., retired during the race. The winner's time was 53 minutes 48 seconds, and her average speed 35.68 knots. Second Sunday of April For Easter * Geneva, June 28--The Lea- gue of Nations commission of experts on reform of the calen- dar has decided to recommend that the Second Sunday in April be the fixed date for Easter. The decision is subject to an agreement with the Holy See, which was not represented at the last fosting of the commis: sion. JOHN R. BOOTH'S ESTATE. $8,000,000 Is Left to His Three Children Ottawa, June 28--The will of John R. Booth, Canada's foremost lumber- man, who died last fall, was fyled in a surrogate court here this forenoon at $8,000,000. The entire estate is left to his three surviving children, two sons, C. Jackson Booth, and J. Frederick Booth, and one daughter, Mrs.. H. Gertrude Fleck, widow of the late Andrew Fleck. They all re- side in Ottawa. 5 tonians returnig home from the Eu-| up the steep hill on which the new shrine cathedral is built dnd witness- charistic Congress at Chicago, toiled | JUNE 28, Hartwick was dofhg some blasting + * + ADMIRAL LORD BEATTY +i \ + UNDERGOES OPERATION + plosion occurred, other than it was * ' and disposes of an estate estimated |? 1926. he King Government $24.87. He spent the $24 enterprise in the world that to do business you must let advertising." WHAT JOHN WANAMAKER SAID John Wanamaker started in business In a small store in Philadelphia in 1871. The first day he took In 67 cents In the till. He continued to advertise. Other * Philadelphia merchants said he was orazy. To-day the Wanamaker stores in New York and Philadelphia spend over a million dollars a year for newspaper advertising. "Continuous advertising," sald John Wanamaker, "like continuous work, is most effective. If there is any it is advertising. Advertising does not jerk, It pulls. It begins very gently at first, but the pull is steady. It . increases day by day, year by year, until it exerts an Irresistible power. To discontinue your advertisement Is the same thing as taking down your sign. If you want as soon think of doing business without clerks as without on advertising and left the a quitter should leave alone, the public know it. | would C2200 02000 200000 ----- * % -London, June 28--Lord Beat. % % ty, admiral of the fleet, under- 4 went an operation for : pendici- # % tis to-day. - Afterward it was & | % stated that he was progressing + 4 favorably. + + PPPS P0200 0000000 { Unmoved by Death i & 3 Torontdg{ June 28.--In despatch t: Ottawa, F. C. Mears says: Thomas McMillan, Liberal member for South Huron, came to the House of Commons Friday night after a sorrowful journey from his Home in Western Ontario. Thursday night he suffered bereavement in the death of his wife, and voted in the moment- ous division, with his dead consort in his home. the Conservatives, and on the in- structions of their "Board of Strat. egy." ¥ This incident has caiised consider- able comment on Parliament Hill and among members of all groups in the House. MAE MURRAY TO RE-WED. She: Met the Fourth Husband Less Than Three Weeks Ago. Los Angeles, California, June 28, ~-Mae Murray is about to make her fourth trip to the altar. The film star and David Bivani, a member of the Hellywood colony, have obtained a marriage Jicense after a whirlwind courtship of less than three weeks. They met at a party given by Pola Negri. Mae Murray's third husband was Robert Z. Leomard, her director, from whom she was divorced last year. Leonard married 'Gertrude Olmstead, actress, a week ago. Sets New Mark. London, June 28.--D. G. A. Lowe, Saturday set what was claimed as a world's record at Stamford Bridge by running 600 yards in 1 minute 10 2-5 secouds. LB ------------ S000 0000005000800 4 DEFEAT OF SPEAKER + * MERELY TACTICAL + - * Ottawa, June 28.--The de- & sat of the Speaker's ruling in # he House of Commons Friday 4 atid \ i S299 0400%00 000000002 'ie Le sees rssssen ees a special] the Toronto Globe from He was refused a pair by |, * A Wife Who Was Slain pn erecta New York, June 28.--Two North American nations--the United States and Canada-- lead the nations of the world in the proportion of years of prose perity to years of depression, Says a report now in prepara- tion by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Aus- tria, China and Brazil have the shortest periods of prosperity compared with their period of depression. The United States has ehjoy- ed, in the years from 1700 to 1926, on the average one and one-half years of prosperity for 100 VIGOROUS a Lansdowne, June 28.--The 'lane quest imto the circumstances surs rounding the death of the late Charles Raymond McDonald, sged twenty-eight years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDonald, of Fairfax, took place on Saturday afternoon in the township hall before Dr. J. W. Mackie, coroner, M. M. Brown. County Crown Attorney of Brooks ville, was present. The jury was composed of the following: Byron W. McNeill, foreman; Reece Web- ster, F. 'O. .Mcliveen, Walter Patience, D. H. Latimer, Leo Bolger, Benjamin Gavin, Claude Gough, Herbert Leacock, Edward MoNeill, Philip Leadbeater was the first witness sworn. He knew deceased had been employed in the 8 quarry. He was presen see the explosion. Tamped Too Hard. Hi. Gordon Leadbeater stated that he 3 and his brother Philip owned and operated the stone near quarry where the accident occurred. He was watching Nathan McKay and McDonald loading holes. He # Raymond placing one stick of dyn mite 1p a hole, With paper on toy aid not know if he heard, as drill was making conside: noise. He seen McKay reach over grab the bar when the explosion ge- curred. In reply to question ' the jury, witness stated - _. for tmping was one' half neh ve or six feet long with a piece o wood driven in the ma He saw a wires leading to the hole, so did think that cap was there. Ross WwW. Smith. owner of quarry on lot 17, eco Lansdowne, knew M ession been working there th weeks. Believed McKay be thoroughly capable man and : had considerable experience at this kind of work. He considered ths! dynamite used was the prope: strength for this kind of work, Ii every year of depression. In the to same period England has aver. aged one and eleven-hun- dredths yéars of prosperity 'for every year of depreseion. der instructions Was customary for different handle 'dynamite on this Job un. from Mr. MeKay. Gordon Smith, son of the witness, saw McDonald about " teen minutes before the explo Besides' McKay, he thought 1300000000000 Appendicitis Is. Caused - By Defective Teeth 'Victoria, B.C., June 28.--That many diseases of the heart, appendix #! and other organs result from head infections, such as dental decay, was dianapolis, at the Canadian Medi- cal Association conference. Dr. H. B, Cushing, of Montreal stated that scarlet fever is assuming a milder form, and should be added to the list of diseases conquered by medical science. Blessed Rosary in Toromto, Toronto, June 28.--During his short stay in Toronto Saturday om his way from Montreal, His Emin. ence Cardinal Dubols, Archbishop of Paris, blessed a rosary for a local woman, the only person to have a (ToSary blessed by a cardinal who at- tended the Bucharistic Congress. years, formerly a well known book. keeper, is dead in Hamilton, asserted by Dr. J. F. Barnhill of In.|. William E. Orr, aged sighty-tout | 10 mond had handled dynamite than any other man on the job, ness had assisted and had been structed by McKay to be caref and not tamp too hard. He st that this was the only which had occurred in this quarry. ------ Asked to Help, My, Abrams, who operated dri machine, stated :