The Charlottetown Guardian -- 1922-05-13 -- Page 1

lottetown Guard Twe

to the Agreement.
Last Another Fortnight

(Special to The Guardian)
GENOA, May 12—Lloyd George
pday announced his decision to
‘opose a ten year military non-
geressive truce for all Europe on
basis of existing frontiers. The
enoa conferees wfil be asked to
jecome parties to this European
act regardless of the Russian
puddle, The British delegation
nnounced the conference . would
ast another fortnight according to
he new program outlined by Lloyd
Heorge today. -¢ 5
GENOA CONFERENCE DISCUSS.

ED IN OTTAWA
OTTAWA, May 12—Canadian re

Premier Lloyd George
Proposes Ten Year Truce

enoa Conferees to be Asked to Become Parties

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922

en

By Mall. Oamada,
Annual Subscription,

Conference Expected to

presentation at the Genoa Confer-
ence was briefly discussed in the
House of Commons last evening in
connection with a vote of $25,000
to pay the expenses of the two
Canadian delegates, Sir Charles
Gordon and Prof, Montpetit. The
Prime Minister told Mr. Crerar
that Canada had received a d'pect
Invitation from Italy; that the dele-

gates had been instructed to take]:

No action without securing
approval of the government
that all treaties signed were
ject to ratification. by
dian parliament,

the
and
sub-
the Cana-

eavy Imports =|
Of Automobites

OTTAWA, May 12—Answering a
huestion placed on the order paper
in the Commons by G. G. Coote,
Progressive, (MacLeod, in the
House today, Hon. Jacques Bur-
au, Minister of Customs aifd Ex-
isa, gave a series of interesting
putomobila import. jRtatistics cov
pnig the fiscal years from 1918 to
922 inclusive, In these years a
otal of 46,484 passenger automo-
piles, valued at $45,749)115 were
brought, intioo Canada, paying a
duty of $15,9960,121.96. In the
pame years 8,494 freight automo-
hilies were imported, These were
yalued at (2,497,714, and paid a
otal duty of $4,258,488 ..29.

{CONDENSED SPECIALS

NATRHS.~—10c. per line per day. 9c.
er line per day for 3° or ever
ec. a line per day fo¥ 6 avn “or over.
Joint 5 worda to a lino, Groups of
h- figures, initial lett count as
me word. 10 per sent, discount for
sash. Address forms part of ad.
and must be paid for. Special Rates
Iurnished Room ad., 76¢ for seven
words for one week, Situation
Wanted, for seven words, 650c per
week.

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King George
' Banquetted

BRUSSELS, May 12—King Al-
bert tonight gave a banquet in the
palace to King George and Queen
Mary. In toasting ‘his royal visil-
ors, King; Albert said Belgium still
was suffenng from the destruction
and the economic troubles caused
hera by the war. The efforts she
made up to the present toward
reconstruction had been with her
own resources, but now her finan-
ces were exhausted. The King add
ed that Belgium needs at the same
time, reparations, peace, work and
security, a complex necessity which
had determined. tha policy Bel-
gium. had resolved to ipursne in
full agreement with her Allies.

‘Replying, King George asid {i
there was one thing certain in
the uncertain epoch which the
world was passinhb, it was that the
difficulties of Belgium would
rapidly be surmounted, thanks to
the wisdom’ of Belgium statesmen
and the indomitable vitality of the

\Belgian- people,. He added’ that in

her progiresg tjowards the great
future ahead of her Belgium al-
ways would thave the sympatiiles
of the British Empire, which
fought begide her in the wort!
war, (

*TO
house.

TO LET—FURNISHED. ROOMS
for light housekeeping. Apply
1389 Hillsboro St.

LET — FOUR.ROOMED
‘Apply 139 Hillsboro St.

*WANTED—CAPABLE HOUSE-
keeper, none other need apply.
Good wages, Phone 446-L.

*JNO, ALFRED MCDONALD, SUR|,

veyor, Hermanville.

*FOUND—ON GRAFTON STREET
a sum of money, Apply BE. W.
‘Farquharson, ‘58 School St.

“FOR SALE—8 ROOM COTTAGE,
situated 177 Water iBtreet, All
modern improvements, Apply on
premises,

*FOR SALE — TWENTY-FIVE
vores of land at Wheatley River.
Apply to Moluean & McKinnon,
Solicitors & etc.,

*MAN OR WOMAN TO __ OISTRI-
bute well known line household
necessities; tremendous demand
territory arranged, work pleasan
pay liberal even for spare time;
experience or capital unneces-
sary, Bradley Company, Branv

ford, Ontario.

aad

*LOST—RUBBER TIRE OFF CAR-
viage. Finder notify W. . S.|
Brown, Livery Stable.

‘LEFT AT ELDON HOTEL SOME
weeks ago lady’s muff, Owner
please call for same,

The Local Y.W.C.A. is
Helping Make Better Boys

Apart from our © churches there
is only one place In the city where
our Protestant boys can congre-
gate under wholesome influence
und that place is the Y. M. C.

‘Tha membership tees charged
the boys and young men are neces
sarily made smal) so that ati boys
and young men, no matter what
their cincumstances, are able to
get a tleket if they eo wish,

‘The splendid support of our busi
ness houses and sympathetic sus-
avaining membership who give ten
dollars a year and upward to the
support tof ithe ;Aisgociaticn, has
made it ‘possible for the work to
be kept golng through all the years
that ‘institution has served ithe
city.

‘There will come a time, we hope
in the not distant future, when the
Y. M. C. A. will take up new
and more accommodating quart-
ers. In the meantime the institu
tion is doing its best with the
means at. hand to. provide a good
environment for over 250 of our
citizens to be and teaching them
mantiness and cleanliness as weil
as assiisting to develop them men
tally, spiritually and socialiy

The whole fabric. of our future
social existence depends upon the
foundation the boys are laying at
this time for their future manhood.
Every citizen should recoguize his

“NOTICE—NOW IS THE TIME
to have your lawn mowers shar
pened ang put in running’ order
All kinds of stove repairing;
also stoves bought and sold
James White, 36 Kent Street.

LOST—ON MAY 1st, PAIR OF
flasses in case, between Protes
tant Orphanage and’ Charlotte-
town, ‘Finder please leave at
. Guardian Office.

REAL ESTATE REPRESENTA.
tive wanted for Prince Edward
Island, Charlottetown resident
referred. Must own car and
have good acquaintance through-
Ot district, Opportunity to con-
ect with most» sticcessfu) and
iggressive Farm Ageficy in
astern Canada, Apply stating
present occupation, age, busi-
hess or farm experience, etc.,

responsibility to help along such a
ciuse,

Starting’ Monday of next week
the Financial Campaign of the
Y. M. C. A. will be under way
and it is hoped that there will be
enough money forthcoming to wipe
off the accumulated deficit of past
years as well as to provide for
this year's needs,

iA, large) numiber of four busy
business men wic have this cause
at heatt are going to call on the
Gitizens next: week, Be ready to do
your part on behalf of the boys
of our city.

AGENTS MAKE $10 A_ DAY.
Staple line, permanent business,
hig repeater, easy seller. Write
at once. Murray Specialty Co.,
Box 899, Toronto, Ont.

*TO LET — FURNISHED ROOM
with board. Married couple or

to Valley Real Natate Agency,
Wolfville, N, -S. ;

two gentlemen preferred. Apply
47 Bayfield St, ¥

PROTEST

Leading Citizens at
Public Meeting Con-
demn the Discon-
tinuation of Reg-
ular Steam Cars on
the Elmira Branch!
Railway.

A large and representative meet-
ing was held at Elmira on Wed.,
May 10th, to consider what action
to take in regard to the proposed
placing on the Elmira Branch Rail-
way of an automobile bus to accom.
modate passenger traffic. The mat
ter was discussed in a falr and dis-
passionate manner. It was shown
fhat the present system of one
freight train a week was totally in-
adequate and the business men as
well as the general public were
suffering serious inconvenience and
loss on account of this deplorable
freight service. In regard to the
proposed new service ‘it appeared
that no provision had been made
for transporting cream, eggs and
other perishable products that can
not possibly be handled ,once a
week. A large quantity of cream 13
shipped on the Elmira Branch, up-
wards of seventy cans being sent
tri-weekly and the number jis on
the increase, ‘The creain produ-
cers, therefore, view with alarm
this proposed change. The meeting
was addressed by Rev. R. J. Me-
Donald, Mr. H. H. Acorn, Souris;
Mr. D. iC, ‘McDonald,

FROM ELMIRA:

Peter Brodie.

APRIL 27 ,

EVENING SESSION

; (Continued) ‘

The House in committee on the

Estimates, Mr. E. T. Higgs in the
Chair,

The estimates for \Prince ‘County.
ferries ($4,000), King’s County fer.
ries ($9,023), and Wharves ($5,000)
passed without discussion,

Packets ($5,500),

Mr. Irving: We have a small
wharf at China Point, and we are
asking for $300 for the boat 6er-
vice, I see it is not in the estim-
ates, and I would move that that
amount be placed there.

Premier Bell: Your request was
made after the estimates were
‘brought. down. That is why it is
not there. ‘

Hon. Mr. Nash: We are commit-
ted to this expenditure, and we are
in the hands of the government in
the watter. Everybody knows that
it. is of more than ordinary import-
ance, J would like to feel that
both Mr, Irving and myself are in
a position to definitely come down
as a supplementary estimate, or
that it will be put in this year asa
small subsidy for the packet that
is all ready to begin the service.

Hon. Mr. Cox: I think it is neces-
sary, too, ‘They have no railroad

M.L.A.,
Mr. Malcolm Campbell, Elmira;
Mr. John J. Campbell, Elmira;
frank Mossey, Bothwell, and
Charley Dingwell, South Lake.
A (Committee was appointed
draw up a resolution asking for. a
proper treight service and protest-
ing against the proposed change,
which can be nothing but disas-
trous to all concerned. ‘YPhe fol-
lowing resolution was then moved
by Rev. R. J. McDonald, seconded
by Mr, Malcolm Campbell and car-
ried unanimously :— \
WHEREAS:
Sourls will suffer a great injustice)
through lack of sufficient passenger
and freight accommodation, if the
proposed: service is put into opera-
tion. Farmers will incur serious

Mr.

ship perishable goods, especially |
cream. Merchants) and lobster
packers will be seriously handicapp-
ed in bringing in sufficient supplies

AND WHEREAS: This Bliniri,
Branch being part of the Isiand |
Railway should receive the samv

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attention, as all similar branches
and lines in the province. And
while if failure of local revenue: on!
this Branch to meet local cost of
operation be adduced as an argu-
ment for not operating regular
steam cars; the only conclusion to
be drawn, would be to surrender
most of the Government, Railway's
System of Canada,

‘AND WHERBAS: ‘The people in
general feel by the introduction of
this proposed service, on the part
of the authorities, that they have
been discriminated against, and a
great injustice wrought upon them,
and @ serious injury will be inflic-
ted on the community, through the
determined refusal of the authori-;
ties to take the necessary precau-
tions to remedy such a situation.

THEREFORE, be it resolved,
that this meeting place upon re-
cord its protests against such fla-
grant injustice; and call upon our
representatives at Ottawa, tne
Hon, Senator John McLean, and
the Hon, J. J, Hughes, M.P., to
take action immediately with the
Minister of Railways and others,
go as to secure and insure us jus-
tice.

AND WHERDAS: That as the
present system of transporting
freight with one train a week is In-
adequate for the accommodation}
of the general public, and _practt-!
cally of no benefit at all to Shipper |
and receiver: AND WITPREAS
the system of having freight car-
ried three times a week, as hereto-
fore, is deemed to be the most ben-
eficial to all concerned,

BR IT THEREFORE RESOLVED
that this meeting request the au-
thorities to have the present sys-
tem of freights reverted from one
trip per week to three times per
week, as heretofore,

PLUMBERS REDUCE CHARGES)

Plubers’ Agsociation at a meeting
last night, decided that in future

the publie would be charged at the |

bad been $1.50 an hour, The new

rete will wo into effect at once,

tu; brought down,

The people east of}

losses, through not being able to},

OTTAWA, May 12—Tho Master},

rate of $1.40 per hour for plumbing | jy simply injuring it,
Previously the rate to the pubile |

jirtend from ‘New Perth.

there, and we might give them the

Mr.| paltry $300 they are asking for,

Hon. Mr. Crosby: This request
lcame in after the estimates were
\ ‘Personally I don't
see how it can be put through to-
Inight. T feel ike granting ‘the re-
‘quest on condition that. the thirty
jor forty thousand dollar bridge
(asked for there will not be heard of
juny more.

Hon. Mr. Nash: You will hear
about that again, too, I take it
that you mean you will grant. the
estimate?

Hon. Mr. Crosby: Well——

Premier Bell: iMy hon. friend
will have to have confidence in tho

jgovernment that in some way—in

some ingenuous way or other, we
will be able to make up for-the de-

Mr. Irving: I don’t feel like ac-

jcepting ‘that at all,

The original item passed.
Roads. ($30,000.)

Mr. Metherell: I see we are

granting $2,000 less to the roads}

this year than last, In all fairness
there should ‘be no cutting off here,
With a number of roads under the
highway project there should be
more money spent on our ordinary
roads. We were led to believe that
this would be doné—and we voted
for the highways money believing
‘that it would be done. Now weare
cut down $2,000, and I am sure the
people of the country will be dis-
satisfied about it. Everybody
knows that there are no new roads
being opened—I have put in small
petitions myself and they were
turned down. We are paying as
much land tax and as. much poll
tax as any other district, and our
roads are not up to the standard
at all. 1 very much deplore the
fact that this item has not been
increased, especially on bridge re-
pairs. The draw-bridge over ‘Mill
River, for instance, is in a scan-
dalous condition, and it has been
so for some years,

Mr. Saunders: I agree with that.
We are economizing in the wrong
direction, We need some im-
provements on our ¢rogs roads, and
{ think this estimate should be. in-
creased by at least $5,000. Many
people would rather see a little
more money spent on the cross
roads leading to the highways than
on ‘the highways itself. Some sec-
tions of my district are saying that
now,

Mr, Stewart: I am glad to see
that my hon, friend is getting’ a
change of heart at last. In the be-
ginning of the session he excelled
himself in praise of the highways.
Now he says that the ordinary pub-
lic roads might be just as import-
ant, perhaps more so. I will not
say as he does, that more money:
should be spent, but I claim that
the money that is to be spent
should be more ‘properly epent‘than
it was last year. I don’t think I
have ever seen the ordinary roads
in a worse condition than last
season. ‘Near Georgetown I saw ao
piece of road during the very dry
season of mid-summer last year up-
on which a lot of money was spent
All that was
done was to throw up the dust. It

re mes
was absolutely wasted time, and I
‘|suppose that sort of thing was go-
over the country, I
if this kind of work is
going to be continued, or whether
it is the intention to fix the roads
at a time when it will be of some

ing on all
woukl ask

use.

but

should.

Mr, Dewar:

the

general were

say. ‘that ‘the
worse,

Mr, Stwart:
ferent system,
mid-summer, +

Hon.

will, ‘That is

of the

summer.
gest a

ferry,

con tract!
Hon.

be a trifle.

his

ed,
plementary
brought down,

Mr, Dewar:

ways scheme,
bound down

The Chairman:
ber’s motion to increase the roads
appropriation is out of order.

lcontinue repairing

Mr. Crosby:
justified in making a
there, and if we did it would only ; keep seventeen

Mr. Saunders maintained
motion to Increase the appro-
priation for ordinary road expendi-
‘ture was in order, and quoted from
\May'’s parliamentary guide in sup-
port of his argument.
The Chairman:
jean be decreased, but not increas-
If it is desired to do this, sup-
estimates

with the government

Proceedings in the ©
Provincial Legislature

Warm Discussion on Items of Roads and Highways
During Passing of the Estimates.
tractors Not Worth Half Their Pay, Says Mr.

Road Con-

Mr. Saunders: I am still of the
same opinion about the highways,
at the same
there are some crosa roads
are not being kept up as

we know
‘that
they

thne

The hon, mem-

The hon. gentleman

is well pleased to be out of order!

Hon, Mr. Crosby:
roads being so bad—I know. that
contrary is the case,
year the reports from all over the
province were that the roads in

About. these

Last

never better. Of

course, it was a good dry season,
and that helped.
sense for any man to stand up and

It is simply non-

roads were never

In every district there are
poor roads, but these were never
better than they were last year.

I asked whether or

not. you intended to work on a dif-

or whether you will
the roads in

Mr. Crosby: We certainly

one of the reasons

why the roads were so good. One
first discoveries we made
was that under the late government
it was a case of go as you please—
they made roads all

through the

Mr. McArthur: { strongly sug-
reduction on the
Spend less money on it and
double the rates,

Hon. Mr. Hughes: You take

Hillsboro

reduction

that

The estimates

must ibe

Iam altogether out
on the high

and I know they are

to. spend a certain

amount of money on them, the bulk

of which goes
contractors.

good—in

there, and he
ing

een
‘been spent on

you

Mr, Dewar:

safely was the
at one time

Mr, Brodie:

from the work

Mr. Dewar:

when the
through,

the best road he
“Is it possible,’’ I said,
hundred dollars a mile

‘in
‘through 'McMillan’s swamp, practi-
cally adjoining his
The only decent part of the road
from Montague to Georgetown is
the improved highway
County ‘Line right along, You could
go ‘ten, twenty, forty, fifty miles—
Just as you wished.

into the pockets of
The ordinary roads

last summer were generally pretty
some cases better than
the new projects.

motorist on the old Forty-eight
Road, with bad results to myself.
1 asked him what he

Last year I met

was doing
was follow:
could find,
“that eight-
has
aswoad three miles

said he

south of this for your benefit, and
came to this road because it
was the best?”

Hon Mr. Crosby: What season
of the year was that?

September. So you

see, let us not abuse the common
roads too much, The day may come
when the public will be looking for
them to travel on.

Mr. Hessian: No man travels the
highways more than my hon, friend,
T own a car, and the only road late
last fall that you could travel on

most dangerous road
‘this country —

own district.

from the

It ought to be good

at $2,000 a mile!
Mr. Hessian:
continued past his place
Mr. Dewar: Whose place?
Mr, ‘Hessian:
if there isa man who will benefit

‘The road will be

Your place. And

it is my hon, friend.)

(laring at Mr. Dewar.)

I have more to do

than work on the roads.

Mr. Hessian: He had more to do
when he jumped aboard the train
indemnity
Why should my hon,
friend ‘be denouncing such great
work ‘as. this?
who has profited by public roads
in this province it

vote went

If there is a man

is my hon,

Three

(Centinued

‘on Page Two.)

Combatting
Disloyalty in
Australia

(Special to The Guardian

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, May 12
—In order to combat disloyaity pro-
paganda the Minister of Education
of ‘New South Wales has issued in-
structinos that school children must
80 thorugh the following formuja
every Monday morning when schoo}
pens;

“I honor my God, I serve my King,
I salute my Flag.”

World’s Largest
Steamship on
First Crossing

SOUTHAMPTON, May 12—Thous-
ands of persons today witnessed
the departure, of the White Star
Line's new 56,000 ton steamer Ma-
Jestic, the world’s largest liner, ou
her maiden voyage to New York.

The steamship, which was orig.
nally ‘built for the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line at ‘Hamburg, but was
bought by the White Star Company,
developed neary twenty-five knots
an hour on her trial trips and is ex-
pected to make a speedy trip on
her first Atlantic crossing. She
is about 2,000 tons larger than the
‘Leviathan, her nearest rival in size,

The passengers on the Majestic
include Lord Inch--~ + banker, who
will take a ‘hoiday in the U. S.
before proceeding to India on a mis-
sion to reorganize the finances of
that country. 2

(Special to The Guardian)

PARIS, May 12—The newspa-
per Leclair today prints the text
of a military convention said to
have been signed by representa:

{tives of the Russian Soviet army

and tne German General Staff in

{Berlin or April 3 this year by the

principal.clause of which the Ger-
mans undertake to furnish the Red
army with the arms and material
neeessary to equip 180 regiments of
infantry and sufficient heavy field

Alleged Discovery
More German Treachery.

Said to Have Signed Convention Guaranteeing to
‘Supply Russia with Equipment for 180 Regiments
and 20 Infantry Divisions.

of

artillery for 20 infantry divisions.
The German General Staff, accore-
{mg to the alleged convention, un-
dertakes to reorganize tha Russian
Baltic and Black Sea fleets and .o
supply at the earliest possible mo-
ment 600 new airplanes, together
with a supply of spare parts and
150 field wireless outfits. Tha
Germans would send technical ex-
perts to Russia to speed up the
existing munition plants and open
new ones.

The Late Mr.

profoundly moved as

known that Mr. Horace Haszard
had passed away during the night.
‘Mr. Haszard had been in his of-
fice as usual during the day and;
had met and conversed with many
eitizens returning home in his
usual health ang buoyant spirits.,
Just when about to retire he coi-!
plained of a severe pain in the
head but. only for a few moments,
death camq@ almost |immed{ately,
came before medical help could bel
‘summoned, . “came without tel
sadness of farewell.”

‘Few men were better known und’
none more beloved: and esteemed.
Genial, friendly, companionable and
ever with hand or tcigue or pock-
ethook ready jto help in cvery

Wife Beater Given
Year ia Prison

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(Special to The Guardian) |
ST. CATHERINES, Ont., May|
12-—4One year in Central Prison

Willlam Zaarivney, a confessed;

the. wife beater, The woman who was) Davies on whose death he assumed

jmarried two years ago and bore!

We are not marks of brutal treatment on her/ Which he conducted

jface, declared she. was’ obliged to
boarders while
her husband lay around cho house
yond did nothing but spend the
money. He denied a charge that
he forced her out of bed and to do
house work ‘three days after the!
birth of her baby.

‘Crown Attorney Brennan sug: |
gested lashes but Magistrate Camp
, bell did not agree,

Fur Auction Sale
7 Realized $450,000

‘MONTREAL, May 12— mately $450,000 was realized on
the opening day of the fur auction
gale held in the Windsor Hall by
the Canadian Tur Auction Sales:
Company Limlitea, according to a)
statement by the company iseiudl
by the. company Tuesday night.
The sale commenced at 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning and continued
until 7 p. m., with a large atten-
dance of buyers and brisk bidding
throughout the day. Prices realized
were better than the shippers had
anticipated, the market having
risen during the past ten days and
now being stronger than it was
three weeks ago, About 325 buyers:
were registered aas attending the
sale, cities throughout Canada and
the United States being represent-
ed. Several New York brokers pre-
sent bought largely for Buropean
accounts, the Most outstanding of
these being Mr. I. Schoen, who
purchased for German and French
houses, When the sale finished at
8 o'clock the full schedule for the
day had been completed,

‘Canadian wolf sold at an ayver-
age of 25 per cent higher than the
prices realized at the February
sales, the best. lot, ones and. twos,
fetching $26.20 and the average
lots, ones and twos, bringing $15
-to $18. Timber wolf, gray, realized
from $6 to $12.50, Lynx prices
remained gnchanged from those
realized at. the last sale in ‘Febru:
ary, while lynx cats reached a fig
ure 20 per cent higher, Bear and
polar bear prices were unchanged,
and mole skins also stood at the
February figure, ‘while ermine
showed a 10 per cent decline and
skunk a 10 per cent advance, east-
ern firsts, blacks and shorts,
fetching $4.50. American opossum
stood at the February figure, Mink
showed ia 15 per cent decline,
with Western Canada extra large
and large skins bringing $8 to $10
and Eastern Canada $10 to $12
with the best lot reachings $15.00.
Raccoon showed a 15 per cent ad-
vance over the February prices;
Eastern Canada heavy, ‘extra
large and large selling at $7.50
and Centrals at $5,

Inot only in the city but throughout

was the sentence imposed today on) entered

age La Prairie has assumed grave

save been forced to vacate their

south side the dykes are not hold-

good cause, he was widely known

the province, and to know him was
to love him.

The late Mr. Haszard was the
last survivor of the family of the
late Mr. Henry Haszard a well
known and highly respected citi-
zen of his day, In early life he
into mercantile business
with the late Honourable Daniel
the business
successfully
and added to for a number of
years. In 1900 he was elected a’

proprietjorship ‘of

Horace Haszard

‘Not, often has the city been as)member of ithe City Councit and
it was yes-|during
terday morning when It becume|Chairman of the Finance Commit-

his term. of office was
tee, He was for many years an
actilve member of the Charlotte-
town Board of Trade and had the
honour of being elected President
of the local board and afterwards
president of the Maritime Board
of Trade. In 1904 he was electea
a member of the House of Com-
mons to fill the vacancy created
by the death of the ‘Honourable
‘Donald Farquharson and at the
close of his term was offered but
declined renomination. In all his
public, as well as his private un-
dertakings he was conscientious,
honest and dependable, doing fear
lessly what he deemed best for
his city, his province and his na-
tion. He was in every way a publis
spirited citizen, a friend to the
poor and a strong pillar in the
civie and national life.

‘The late Mr, Haszard was sixty-
eight years of age, little if any be
yond the prime of life. His death
is a distinct. loss to the city and
province and will be -sincere:y
mourned by all who knew his
kindly manner and cheerful com-
panionship,

The funeral takes place this
afternoon at 2.30 to St. Paul’s
Church, thence by train to Sher-
wood cemetery,

Assinaboine River
Continues to Rise,
Flooding Country

WINNIPEG, May 12—The flood
situatfan ajon'g the Assinaboine
River between this city and Port-

proportions overnight with a steady
rise reported from several districts
ranging from four to eight inches.
The town of Raeburn is under wat-
er for several feet while Mar-
quete and Iberville settlements
‘will be cut off if waters do not
abate during the next ten hours.
The flood waters are also nearing
Pigon Lake and Poplar Point. A;
Poplar Point, the waters are with
in half a mile of the town and thu
town itself, which is situated on
high ground, if the waters sontinue
to rise, will be an island cut off
from outside communication, 4

‘No loss of life has yet been re
ported, ‘but many families in the
Raeburn and Iberville districts

homes, Marquette is sheltering
about a. dozen familles from Rae-
burn. Handreds of head of cattle
driven to the hill lands, may starve
as hay and feed has been swept
away and theer si little grass on
tho ridges,

‘In the Baie ‘St. Paul ditsrict,
thousands of acres have been in
undated and farmers are fleeing
from the fast moving watersr. On
the vorth side of the river the
situation is very bad, the Portage
higoway being eaten away. On the

ing well and should thase dykes

give away many additional acres
will be under water.

Iberville, near the hutterite set- |
tlement, estimates the night rise
at eight inches, tthe greaizst in
crease cn record, Iberville is the
worst point of the flood tuday, for
in less than ten hours the settle-
ment will be flooded ott.

A further rise was reported from
Poplar Point wher the water is}
four feet deep on the level and,
ten feet in the gullies. More than!
5,00 acres of seeded land is inun-

dated, A fleet of fifty boats has ~

been put into operation t,; carry
provisions and necessities to fam-
ilies marooned b ythe rising wat
ers.

The water (is reported to be
breaking \through dykes mn |‘he
north and south side of tho river
in the Pigeon Llake district, .and
several miles of the Portage high
“way has been washed away flood
ed to a depth of more than three
feet,

PING THE
EKWARD ONES

CALGARY, AUTA., May 12—The
educational committee of the school
board has ercommended that teach-
ers be given the .privilese of dis-
missing bright students at 3.30 in
order to have time to assist back-
ward ones, This ruling, if ac-
cepted by the board, will hold good

‘until the end of the year.

The Weather,
Temperature,
Tide, Moon, Etc.

TORONTO, May 13—Moderate

winds and a few light scattered
showers. Not much change, in
temperature.

High tide this afternoon at 12.23
and tonight at 11.45.

Sun sets this evening at 7.24
and rises tomorrow morning at
4.275 Y

Last quarter moon Thursday,
May 18th, 2.17 p.m.

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Noozie ,the Sunshine Kid

1M PRACTICING UP

FoR MY

he “Y” Helps the Boys, It Needs Your Help

Annual Financial Campaign
Starts Monday 15th ~—

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