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! FLORENCE VIDOR, CARDO CORTEZ in "The Eagle of the Sea" : SANA AAA AA MON. TUES i b=-12 YEAR 03; No, 277. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1926 Xk AST EDITIC N. A TORNADO MOWS DOWN BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS IN TOWNS sventy-One Are Killed | By a Tornado Twister; One Town Wiped Out ited States Thanksgiving Day Turned Into a Day of Sorrow for Hundreds in Louisiana, | * Arkansas and Missouri---Homes Caught Fire When Blown Over. Crocker, Mo., Nov. 26--Big 'Piney, a small inland town," twenty nifles southeast of here, was virtually wiped out by a tornado last night, according lo reports received here today. A hotel building was reported to be the only building left stand- ing. 3 Crocker, Mo., Nov. 26--A late i November tornado, travelling a zig- 'gag path through portions of Loul- 'signa, Arkansas and Missouri, turn- id Thanksgiving day into a day of 'sorrow for hundreds of persons. More than fifty were killed and pro- bably several hundred were injur- od as the twister tore through sev- eral small communities, mowing down scores of homes and disrupting immunication.. The damage was es- timated at. several hundred thous and dollars. i The storm, apparently an intensi- fication of the disturbance which has been pushing eastward from the Pacitic coast, struck with its great- R f ry in Central Arkansas and 2 Binen moved sorth through the cen-| tre of the state into Missouri, where it brought death and destruction to several widely scattered communi- ties. An offshot also caused numer- ous deaths and considerable dam- age in Louisiana. Heavy rains ac- companied the twister, Heber Springs, Ark, a town of 1,700, where nineteem were known to be dead and 100 injured, saw fif- teen blocks of dwellings Jestroyad as the tornado turned north, and rent portions of the town into a twisted mass of wreckage. Many homes caught, fire as they were blown over. Other fatalities in Ark- ansas included five in Oppolo, eight at Moscow and one at Sheridan. Physicians were rushed into the stricken areas from towns; although the breakdown of communication hindered relief mea- sures. The tornadoes took a 'tol of at least 71 lives, injured scores and left a trail of smashed and damaged buildings. Known death list in Ark- ahsas was 38, Louisiana 14, Missis- sippt 9 a, negroes, and Missouri 8. surrounding | | Eminent Statesman Here |e i i ------ THE LIBERAL LEADER SPOKE AT NAPANEE 'Promises to tape: Contin for the ishermes. ---- -- - i | 1 | { { SIR GEORGE E. FOSTER Who speaks in the City Memorial| hal] to-night on behalf of Hon. W, F.| Nickle, | GANANOQUE HEARS THE LIBERAL LEADER Hon. W. F. Nickle Unable to Attend--His Name Evoked Great Applause. Genanoque, Nov. 26 liam PF. Nickle, K.C., former Attor ney-General of Ontario, who split with Premier Ferguson on his Gov- ernment-control policy, was present in spirit at & mass meeting held in Delaney's theatre last evening, at which William E. N. Sindlair, K.C,, Liberal Leader, was the chief speak- or. Mr. Nickle had intended to be present and address the gathering The news of his expected visit had created intense interest in the town Batore the meeting closed, the ! Mayor, W. J. Wilson ~--Hon. Wil- [OMAN JUROR FAINTS AT A MURDER TRIAL Grandson of Oanadian Tells How His. Deceased Friend Stole His Wife. Maidstone, Eng. Nav. 26 --Over- ought by the testimony of the ac- cused in the trial of Alphonse F. A. Smith, socially prominent grandson of the late Hugh Ryan, the Cana- dian Railway builder, charged with murdering his friend, John T. Der- ham at "Stella Maris," Villa last August, one of the two women jurors suffered an emotional collapse today. Court was suspended until she could recover, Women spectators sobbed as Smith, with streaming eyes, 161d how he had written a love letter his wife just before the tragedy Which the prosecution alleges resulted from jealousy over Derham's attentipn to . Smith. The accused told of Ms e for his f wife and their three children. A year ago he met Derham hey became great friends. Then m stole his wife, Smith, fran- tic and depressed began drinking and bought a revolver to take his own life. However there was a recon- cillation, and Smith wrote his wife that she had given him a "glimpse of Jeayen" after belng "in hell." At this point a woman juror collapsed. Smith declared Derham was aceld- y shot in a struggle. (Georg orge E. Foster on the platform of the city Memorial Hall this evening and give an address on behalf of Mr. Nickle. Sir George js vigopously supporting the O.T.A. and speaking against Premier Fer. guson dn this carpaign. The Me- morial Hall will be crowded to-night to hear Sir George and Mr. Nickle on the big issue of the Om- 0 election campaign. : -- ee Baby Born to Berlina. _-- York, Nov. 28--Irvine Ber- lin, king of Tin Pan Alley, and his former Ellin MacKay of the able world, are parents of a i , bluereyed daughter. baby was born yesterday. ------------------ University of Toronto will hold its jal celebration from Oct. 5th 1927, and gradumtes from . Of the World ate expected Ten Men Eglled By Water Torrent Martinex, Calif., Nov, 28.-- Ten men met a sudden death in Contra Costa Hills Jast night when the San Pablo creek, swollen by the heavy rain, burst a temporary dam and sent a torrent of water rushing into the tunnel in which they were working. The men had not a chance for their lives. They were working more than two thousand feet from the entrance and the flood engulfed them. KINGSTON 70 HAVE NAYORALTY CONTEST Ald. H. F. Price and Ald. Harvey Miine Are Now in Ring. Kingston will have a mayoralty contest, This was assured on Fri- day moming, when AM. H. F. Price who is just completing four years' service in the City Council, an- nounced some time ago that he would be a candidate. It w learned on Friday mcrn- ing, b id. R. E. Kent, "the dean of the council," has been asked by a large number of his friends to run for mayor, but when interviewed, had no statement to make. Ald, Kent is completing thirty years' service "around the horseshoe," and . had the honor of being mayor of the city in 1901. AM. Price was elected chairman of the Board of Works this year, and has also served on the finance, parks, property and health commit- tees, AM, Milne was chosen chairman .1of the fire and lght committee this yoar. AM. George Laturney, who ii was thought would be a mayoralty candi. date, has decided not te run. When interviowsd on Friday noon, Ald. Laturney said: "In order to set at rest any rumors or reports that I am a pos- sible mayoraity candidate this year, I beg to say that though I have been strongly urged by many of my friends to enter the field, I have de- cided not to do so, though 1 shall again offer mysell as & candidate for alderman, because, as you will re- call, T always stood for economy and a efficiency and certainly in the com- lng year it will be absolutely neces- sary to have an economical civic ad- ministration. 1 hope, however, in a year hence, to "be in the fleid for ---------- The best authorities are of the op- inion that the 1326 wheat crop \in total of over four hundred million the western provinces will reach) a | Mr. Nickles that he regretted o found it impossible to get to Gana. nogque and back again to 'his own riding in time to complete his speak ing engagements there. The men tion of Mr. Nickle's name was the signal for immense applause. Mr. Sinclair, who spoke in the In interests of Dr. J. P. Sinclair, the thsion candidate in Leeds Riding painted a vivid picture of Premiur Ferguson as 'a deceiver, an exper!- menfer with the O. T. A, and a man whose.whole term in office had been in accordance with the atti. tude he assumed before the Timber Commission, that hp was above the law." Douglas Peck of Toronto cited a Conservative advertisement sug- gesting "hat the man who went in- to equity must go with clean hands "We admit all that," he said, "but let me tell Ferguson it 18 a little | more important that he should come | with @ clean heart and a dlear brain. The candidate and Brockville, also spoke. Miss Giles, TRAILED THE HOMERIC. Sir Alan J. Cobham Failed in His | Flying Effort. New York, Nov. 2i.--8ir Alam J. | Cobham, the world's premier long distance flier, who had announced last week before he ssiled for New York on the White Star liner Hom- erie, that he would dlip 10 hours from the steamer's time by flying in a baby Moth seaplane from the ship to the Battery before the Hom- eric arrived at quarantine, trafled the Homeric in yesterday morning at the end of a tow Mune attached to a chugging motor launch. He arriv- od nearly an hour and thirty min- ules behind the Homeric although the steamer had tarried for two hours at quarantine to assist the aviator, while passengers fretted at the delay which caused some of them to miss Thanksgiving appoint. ments and dinners. Good Sale Is Made Of the Kingston Bonds RI -------- City Treasurer Oscar Bartels has reported shother excellent sale of City of Kingston boads. The city has just sold $143,000 five per cent ten-year debentures at a slight premium, the rate being 100.10. At this price the money is costing the city about 4.985 per cent. The bonds were sold to Wood Gundy & Company. Bids were received all the way from 100.10 to 98.07. New Post for Dandurand. Quebec, Nov. 26.--A report reach- ing bere from Ottawa has it that Hon. Racal Dandurand. Minister without portfolio in the King Cabi- net, and Leader of the Senate, will be appointed Chairman of the Joint Waterways Commission, SUPPORTS TH THE 0.T.A. 'Mrs. Gordon Wright, Presilent of the Dominion W.C.T.U., Gives Vigorous Address. (By Whig Staff Reporter.) Ww. Mre. Gordon Wright, London, Dominion President of the W.C.T.U., at an enthusiastic rally held in the interests of Dr. Edward Ming, Liberal candidate for the riding of Frontenac-Lennox, in the Armouries, Napanee, on Thursday afternoon. The gathering which about six hundred, of the most interesting and instruc- tive addresses so far delivered this campaign. Mr. Sinclair, during the course of his remarks, brought | to the attention of his hearers the | third that of New | govern- | practice of the provincial ment under the leadership of How- ard Ferguson, along the shore in Frontenac counties, licenses, and at the same time the government permitted under. its Lennox own supervision the setting of trap-| hiap presents all nets. Mr. Sinclair stated that he had made inquiries and had found resulted | in the waters being depleted of fish, | that the trap-netting had which meant that the men aiong the shores, who make a business tishing, and who have no Other E. N. Sinclair Ontario Liberal | | jeades, and 1 Quebec Liquor Situation i were the special speakers | $ the | | conditions in Quebec numbered | listened to two in| in asking men living | and | to pay fishing! of | Spoke at Napanee LIBERAL LEADER SINCLAIR * é The Christian Science Boston, an excellent daily news paper, but not specially a prohibl tionist journal, recently investigated Province with respect to the sale of intoxicating Uguor and this is what it found: "It has steadily increased the vol ume of legitimate sales since it was enacted. "It has given the Province of Que- bec, with a population scarcely one York, 1,280 drink- ng places operating tweive hours a ay. Monitor, the saloon business and made the bartender as much of a public func tionary as the postmaster or an army | officer, "it bas developed the 'tavern the characteris- tics of the old-time saloon, except the bar and brass rail "It defeats local option mitting legal exportation of dry territory. "It emocourages bootlegging supplying the bootlegger with his means of | in y cases, ave I away |" ork and Als from them. He stated that he was convinced that the fishing should be | as good ten years from now as it is | | back into politics by making now, which will certainly not be the case if trap-netting is allowed to con- tinue, fishermen living along the front will be allowed to fish and make a liv- ing out of the same; and the waters will not be depleted by the use of trap-nets, if the party am the leader is elected." The O. T. A. Issue. In opening his address the Lib- eral leader congratulated the people on turning out in such-large num- | bers, and stated that it was a revela- | tion to him to see the number of peo- | ple all over the province of Ontario who are attending meetings to hear the important question-of the day, the O.T.A., discussed. stated that he had never seen such an interest before in provincial mat- ters. People are anxious to learn all they can about: it, and then vote by their conscience, Mr. Sinclair said. He stated that he was glad to be on the platform with Dr. Ming, and he stated that he was certain that the | people were going to elect him on | | Wednesday next, not because He is | Dr. Ming but because of the poliey | ¢ come to.a satisfactory settlemen?| he stands for. In answer to the editorial in the Mail and Empire which asked who would be Premier if Ferguson was | defeated, MF. Sinclair stated that "the editor knows full well that the | Liberal leader will become premier of this province," said My. Sinclair. | «1 will be able to carry on the affairs of this province, and the meémbers | elected who are opposed to the Fer- guson policy will be prepared to give | me their support," the speaker stat- od. $ Peculiar Election. "This is a pecullar election," said Mr. Sinclair, "it is a fight against Mr. Ferguson, and not one of Grits against Tories," as Ferguson depart- ed from the Conservative party policy. © "Shall the will of the peo- ple preval ne people are the rul- ers, and--when they speak their will it should prevail" said the Liberal jeader, in starting his remarks re- garding the temperance question. © wpe will has been expressed by the temperance people, and Fergu- son did away with the expressed wish of the people," said Mr. Sim- clair, "and the fight is against Fer- guson." In 1825, according to the speaker, Premier Ferguson stated that he would use every effort to keep the temperance question out of politics, but his efforts have ceased. Mr. Sinclair et some length show. od Bow Howard Ferguson had con- tinued to change his poliey from dey to day, and as a matter of fact he has yet to tell the details of his policy. He stated that the premier was telling all over this province that this new law would be a remedy | in eliminating the bootlegger, and at the seme time he was making the _ (Continued oa Page 1.) "I can assure you that this condition will be remedied, and the | prevailing in Ontario? ANOTHER EFFORT 10 | PREVENT A STRIKE, Is to Be Made by the Railway | of which I Mr. Sinclair | | the meantime the executive of { unions, whatever steps they deem advisable | confer with | market. x "It furmishes "hard Nquor™NH HA: limited quantities to any one who will buy and carry it away. "It has brought the liquor power state the only customer for brewery and distillers." Do we want the same conditions Conductors and. Train- men. ------ Montreal, Nov. 26.---Having ac- ceded to the men's wishes that them a six per cent. increase im wages, a strike should be called to} | enforce their demands, tives of 15,000 railway and trainmen will now decide on the date on which the men, will be called upon to cease work. In representa- now empowered to will, in all probability the railroad officials and endeavor { without goitig to extreme measures. | It is believed here that the repre sentatives will await the result of the negotiations between thedr ecutive and the raliroad workers shall draw from the railway services. Gift To University. Halifax, Nav. 26.--G. 8. ernors, Dalhousie University, an-| nounced that the university had re- ceived a gift of $35,000 from Col- oneal R. W. Leonard, raliroad con- struotion r of St arines, Ont., to be used in such way as may seem best, ' Canada's 0.5. Minister Received by the King. London, Nov, 26--Hon sVin- cent Massey was received in au- dience by the King today, fol- lowing upon Mr. Massey's ap- pointment as first Canadian en- voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States. Mr. Massey expects to enter upon his duties af Wash- ington about the middle of January, A larger appropria- tion for the Canadian ministry at Washington will probably be asked for at the coming session of parHament at Ottawa. a President 8. B. Gundy of the Fed- ers; Board «of Trade announces the | appointment of Wendell MeL. Clarke | as Permanent Secretary of the board which is opening offices in Montreal immediately. of liquor "It has put the Government imbo| by .per-| Hquor! from wet districts into neighboring | by | the | it) the railway companies do not grant conductors | if necessdry | the | take | ex- | officials | before they decide as to when the | be orderad to with-| Camp-| bel, Chairman of the Board of Gov- | Cath- | Young People Refute Premier's Statements; "No Retreat" Sool rat Gathering in City Memorial Hall Thursday Night----Vigorous Speeches Made Condemning Government Control Liquor Policy--Wave After Wave of Applause Greeted Motion. The young people of Kingston and | of Queen' 8s University have detinite- | ly allied themselves with young peo- ple all over the province of Ontar in refuting Premier Ferguson's de- | rogatory statements concerning them, by the wonderful demonstra-| tion in Memorial Hall last night. | | Every available seat in the large] auditorium was filled and very many | | #tood around the walls and at the| | door. Spontaneous enthusiasm the cause of maintaining the Ontari ») { Temperance Act, was everywhere in evidence and not once were the { speakers interrupted except by the wave after wave of applause which | greeted their stirring remarks ---- Youth Will Not Retreat. "The youth of this land will not retreat," was the key-note of the whole meeting and the speakers made clear that Kingston and On- | tario young people resented the slur cast on them by Mr. Howard Fergu- { ve at Orono when he sald, "Twenty- five years ago a girl would hardly | speak to a young fellow who tried to carry a flask, but now they will hardly speak to him unless he does {I am not treating the matter in any spirit of levity, for that is the truth, and you know it as weil as I." Act Has Not Failed, "Who shall say it has failed if we say it has not?" asked Migs Beth Hiltz, referring to the Ontario Tem- perance Act. "We are the first gen-| eration grown up under the OT.A.| and we must witness to its success or | failure. Some people say 'It has| been a curse to you,' but we say 'It| { has been a privilege." Meetings of | | young people all over Ontario say| it has been a good law while not al hundred young people have gathered | together spontaneously to say that it is @ bad law or that we want the! liquor." | Resolution Passed. { At the conclusion of the meeting | the following resolution was moved | by Mr. Jack McCallum of the Quéen Street Young People's League, sec onded., and "carried without a dis-| | senting vote i Be it resolved that we, represent-| ing the Young People of the City of | Kingston and the Province of On- { tarfo, assembled in mass meeting in Memorial Hall, Kingston, this 25th | day of November go on record: | (1) That we repudiate the propa-| ganda carried on by those interested | in the return of the freer sale qf li-| anor which has represented Y#ung People of this Province { most unfortunate terme and { found expression in a statement re- | cently made > by the Premier and Minister of Education of this Prov-| the | | in | has ince at Orono. | (2) That we declare ourselves to} | be whole-heartedly behind only &uch| Jjegislation as looks toward the pre-| vention of the manufacture, im; por- | fation and sale of spirigaous liquors | for beverage purposes. {3) That we consider the Ontario Temperance Act the best legislation | yet devised or proposed in this Prov-| ince for the control of the liquor] traffic in Ontario and call upon the | electors in this provinces to return) | to the Legislature members who will | support its enforcement. i people throughout the province to| rise and demonstrate their loyalty to the principles embodied herewith and to use their infinence to hold | | and consolidate the Kaine that have | | been made in recent years -- | i Youth of Province Stirred. : Rev. Minton Johnson, of the First 'Baptist Church, acted as Chairman | of the meeting and briefly explained | that it was not held io the interests | of any candidate nor any political] | party, but that it was simply an ex- { pression of opinion from the young] | people of the city and the university] | that they resented Premier Fergn- son's remarks regarding them. and that they were strongly In favor of | maintaining the Ontario Temper: ance Act fn preference to any meas- ure of Government control or sale. He read letters and Yelegrams from | | young people's organizations all over! the province imtimating that mass' meetings of a like nature were 10 be held from Saru.a to Prescott jb all the cities and x towns. A col | ed, | he helleves that all college | at' the Lintoxicated lection was takenTo defray the ex« penses of the meeting a § Premier Ferguson's Wild Parties. Mr. J. Alex. Edmison, of Queen's! University, athlete and intercollegi~ ate debater, was the first speaker. He termed his address "Observations on Modern Youth and the O.T.A™| "If a Rip Van Winkle, who had been | asleep for a number of years, 'WAS | to wake up now and form his opin-* A i I at J. ALEX. EDMISON AAA A A A Ar re antl lon of modern youth from the pro paganda being spread by the supe porters of a Government control measure, he would conciude that the young people are golng to the much-referred-to, but seldom-reach- bow-wows," declared Mr. BEdmi- "Premier Ferguson has much in common with College Humor, the son {| Calgary Eye-Opener and the late but not lamented Jack Canuck, in that and pri- vate parties are wild affairs. 1 have attended as many college parties as { the Premier of Ontario in the past three years and I have yet anything that anyone ashamed of.' to see should be No Intoxicated Women. A The speaker told of attending the June Ball at the R MC. last yeap and the Masquerade at Hart House, Toronto, last week, He had stayed June Ball until the very last | and had kept his eyes open for the | terrible" things which were supposed to happen there He had not seen one intoxicated woman and only two men "They were boys brigade' who had learn~ (Continued on Page 7) Judge Unable To Interfere | of the 'old (4) That we challenge the young Dismisses the vo Appeal--W., D. Black Gets Seat by Acclamation. Nov. 28. --Holding that the court has no power (0 Inter. fere. Mr. Justice Rose has dismiss ed the application of Frank Anglin for «a mandatory order requiring L. B. Cronk, returning officer for | Frontenac-Addingion riding, 10 ace | cept his romination papers as pros hibition cand} date in the provincial election" Mr Justice Hose ane nounded his decsion late yesterday alierooon The decision sustains election of W. D. Black Con ive, doe clared elected by acclamation. ; His Lordship says in bis judg. ment that if there was a tribunal competent to deal with the matter on affidavits that were before him the election would be found void and that a new election would hs ordered. Discamsing the motion, he regretted he cousd not evable the electors to express thelr will - December 1st. Toronto,