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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1915 Per vm (asllvmc) ln seven;

BOOT C0lIl.---- -_ AIR T|'IICII WITH SONTINU ENQUIRY WATERS

WITH

Number of Witnesses _by Opposition » Contractors and Suspended

(From Our Own Reporter)

OTTAWA, April 1.--The parliamen-

tary boot committee practically corn- pleted its evidence to-day. As far as is known no more witnesses are to be called. A sub-committee of inspectors was recently appointed to go over all the boots in store and report as to their quality and condition. This com- mittee will report next Tuesday and their report may result in the calling of further witnesses. Tile next pro- blem of the committee is to sift the mass of testimony which has been heard and to arrive at conclusions,

Mr. George Tetrault, of the Tetrault

Shoe Co. of Montreal, was on the

.stand to-day. He started to read u.,

letter of advice which he had received regarding conditions in the leather and shoe trade in England.

This was objected to by Mr. E. M.

Macdonald. The letter was after- wards shown by Mr. Tetrault. it was written by Lobbet and Co.. leading lea- ther factors in Bristol, Englan,d and reads in part as follows:

“Business here at the moment is

marking time; one of the main rea.- sons is on account of the British Gov- ernment continually altering their mind with regard to the boots they re- quire."

The letter shows that great ditii-

cultles are being met with in England in the same way as in other coun- tries, but it is an enlightening com- mentary that the objection to elicit- ing all the facts relating to boots should be raised by the minority and opposition members alone.

Some pointed questions which he

failed to satisfactorily answer were put to'Mr. H. W. Brown, director of contracts, by` Mr. F. B. McCurdy. Sev- eral days ago Mr. George A. Slater told the committee that in 1913 when tenders for army boots were called he was given but four days to till twenty-five per cent. oi' the order. lt was an impossible tender and he pro- tested. This was the time when Mr. Charles Slater, the Liberal contrac- tor who furnished the Laurier Govern- men with boots without open tenders, secured the order for Gauthier on a

basis whereby he got a big middle-<

man’s profit. Mr. Brown who admit- ted he was, before his appointment, in 1904, Private Secretary to Sir l-‘rcd-

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ooNDnNsED ans. _ 'roo LATE Fon ~ onassmloatrlon

ONE CENT per word each inser-

tion for advertising ln- this column. Cash must accompany orders. Mini. mum charges twenty-tive cents _V wAN'rEn.--1'wo l.EAl=tN`E`lis Fon

Miliinery Department. Apply Paton a co. 9321-4-zmai

WANTED HOUSE-WITH MODERN

improvements centrally located. Ap- ply a_t this office. _ __ _B010-3-llMtf.

PRIME. FRIBI-I SAUSEGEB 12c. PER , lb., Heaney Gay, 9 lm Ave. Agar- ltet Tuesday and Friday. Phone 19.

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EET SALE-ONE PAIR WESTERN

S. B. Foxes, Will sell with guaran- teed llttel' at reasonable price. J Stanley Wedloolt. 87illl-2_-27r_ntf. WANTED To nam l-louse con-

taining? or 8 rooms with modern improvements. Apply P. 0. Box 116.

. 86i_l3-3-3Mtf.

ole =rTo|Ni-` 2 H. P. lu nm elm

order for sale. Apply Rey Macdon- ald, Guardian Oilloe.

F--.....l

could not satisfactorily

set such a short date He promised to look

W.G. Hardman, who

the late Liberal

of trucks, wag-

supplies for the was suspended

l-lughes, allega-

antl which

made against him in the evidence given by the wit-

the Public Accounts

chief incriminatory

was regarding the purchase

for the Canadian sol- been stated that Col.

passed as satisfactory with quality and price a number

supplied by T. M. Bir-

whlch are alleged to

invoiced as to qua- has also been sug-

was to get a rake-off

Col. Hardman was present position in

WGS

have

the second development of into war supplies which is

by the Public

The first was

which

clerk

be some more spectacular

part of the 'Government

restitution by unpatrlotlc

middlcmen or contrar-

MElHll|llSl CHURCH SERVICES

*WF-

there

ice gathered at Grace

evening to hear the Rev.

B.A., deliver an address

Room." After reading words in John 14, the out that Christ. was

spiritual experi- to which up to been foreign. lt

so deeply spiritual hard to grasp. in

constantly God’s greatest to bring ns out oi' the

conceptions into the spiritual

material conceptions have think of heaven as a place we must be transferred in ilnd rest. peace and joy. if we were spiritual we would Christ points out, that these experiences may be enjoyed being lifted into spiritual re-

with God, through which that spiritual afllnity for

things. Our trouble is, that can rise to the intellectual. fall rise to the spiritual.

<‘.hrist’s words in the

we find that they are all

He endeavoured so

to His disciples, their attention the Father, and that there is a ame " Father "

than either ” " Holy

recog-

ence that was tllat

they

Upper about

the

both Son

on to show

to the

HWS will be in Rnd be in me-I

you will be part me,

together

unity and When at

were lifted

are we

not yet appear

we shall be manner be

into that

of fellowship

led to the joys of

a present experience!

morning a united service in the First Church at 11

and

shall

May we of our

Mlnnrds Llnlment cures gsrgce in oowl

comme EVENTS,

ANNOUNOEMENTS,

MEs.'rlNos, sro.

ON! CINT per word each inser-

ror advertising in this column. must .aocompsn orders. Misi- chcrgsn twenty vs cents.

(Special to the Guardian.)

AMSTERDAM, April 1.-During the

last few days the sky above Holland has been thick with German airships, aeroplanes, hydro-aeroplanes, while waters round Hollatld are sown with a cordon of war craft, as proved by reports from Dutch trawlers and fish- ing smacks which have returned for the Easter holidays. Tltere is every lndication,_therefope, that the recent German warning to await Easter Sun- day is true. The Germans, it is thought, really intend another coup like the Hartlepool and Scarborough Raid.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, April 1.-A despatch

from Newhaven, a port on the English Channel in Sussex, says the large Dutch cargo boat, Lodewljk Van Nassau. has been brought into New- haven by two British torpedo boats, under suspicion that she has been supplying German submarines with fuel oil. Torpedo boats gave chase to the Lodewijk Van Nassau and cap- tured her near Brighton. it is said

Enquiry Burlled is Condition Above ond on Sen Const ol’ iiollnnd. indications Point to Several Liberal » Another German lloid on England. Suspicious Ship Seized by Exposed und one British Torpetlobouts und Brought to Port. 1 French Steamer

Enquiry. Torpedoed in English Channel. British Steamer Sunlt.

members of her crew appear to be Germans. The name of the vessel is painted on each side in huge letters. She has a cargo of oils on board. This is now being examined. When hailed by the British torpedo boats the Dutch

steamer refuses to stop, but eventu- ally was broug t to a halt.

(Special to The Guirdlsn)

LONDON, April 1.-The Evening

Chronicle publiphes a despatch from New Haven saying the Lodwjk Von Nassau was released after an examin- ation of her cargo Which revealed the fact that there was no reason for de- taining tbe vessel. y

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, April 1.--The French

steamer Emma. bound for Bordeaux. was torpedoed Wednesday in the English Channel off Beachy Head, by a German submarine. Nineteen mem- bers of the crew were drowned; only two are saved.

The periscope of the submarine had

hardly been sighted when a torpedo,

INES

WAR CRAFT

from the underseas boat struck the Emma amidships. No warning of any` kind had been given. The ship foundered three minutes from the time she was struck. A British destroyer subsequently picked up two men who had been in the water for sl. couple of hours, and at the same time re- covered two hodies. Tile Emma car- ried a crew of 21 men.

(Special to the Guardian.)

NEWHAVEN, Eng., April 1.-The

British steamer, Seven Seas, 632 tons. was torpedoed by a German submarine oil’ Beaclly Head this afternoon. The attack was without warning, and 11 of the crew of 18, including all the officers, except the second engineer, were drowned. The steamer was bound from London for Liverpool. Such was the force of the explosion that the hatches were blown off and a hole torn inside, causing the sinking of the vessel within three minutes. The survivors. three of whom were injured, were landed here to-night by a destroyer.

IURKEI PREPlR|llC

ERR ElElllllil|llES

(Special to the Guardian.)

SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 1.-Corlcen-

tration of Turkish troops at Adria- nople, the nearest important Turkish town to the Bulgarian frontier, is in- terpreted in Sofia as a Turkish pre- cautionary measure in the event of war with Bulgaria. in addition to this concentration. Turkey is increasing her pieces of artillery on the Adria- nople fortifications.

CERMAN CHINCEEEER EXPRESSES CRNEIRENCE

(Special to The Guardian)

BERLIN, April 1.-Dr. Von Beth-

nlalnl Holliwig. imperial Chancellor of Germany, wllo spoke at the Bis- mark Centenary Celebration ill the .llelchstag to-day said: “Whai. Bis- mark created no German will allow to ~be destroyed. Our enemies are raging around our Empire but we will beat ;them. He taught us to fear only'God, _to wage war against the enemy, and .to believe in our people. Thus we ,will iight and conquer and live for \the Emperor and the Empire."

SIR El]WlR|] CREI . llRLlCEll Ill REST

.Special to The Guardian)

LONDON, April 1.-Premier As-

quith tenyporarily has taken charge of the Br tish Foreign Ofllce. Sir Ed- ward Grey having been compelled to take a short holiday. it is expected ,that Sir Edward will be away from the Ministry about three weeks. The Pre- mier received diplomatic callers at

THE WEATHER, ,

to The Guardian) .

WIS

recorded and the of Wed- At 9 a.m. and at 9

this afternoon

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(Special to The Guardian)

INRIHER VICIRRI

(Sncclai to the Guardian.) I

carried out a successful attack on Ger /man submarines which are being con- 'structed at Hoboken near Antwerp. dropping four bombs. Also Flight-

the Foreign Office today. I

TEMPERATURE, lshowed that there was not enough to '-*‘ '

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TIDE, MooN, 1-:'1‘o.t\,§1’,,,,.,‘,§’.‘;,“ ,,,,,.,,§.§’ §,'§{“,’,,,.,",'_,,,,,f‘{,‘f,‘2 BERLIN, Maru. 31._<uy wireless

1- cent., while small applicants, ranging £0 SIYVIIIIB)-Included In thi! “@1115

April 2.-Maritime: ,the loan had a good effect on the mar- “A special despatch received here

northwesterly to westerly ket. from Constantinople says the first

fair, not much change in tem- . Sir George Perley; together with b0111bnl‘dl1l€l'lt Of the Turkish f01‘lifl-

_LONDON, April 1.--Aeroplane at- PETROGRAD, April 1.-An official tacks on German submarines at Ho- report to-day from the Russian head- boken and Zeebruge, Belgium, have quarters in the Caucasus said that in been accomplished ‘successfully, the. _the region of Artvllt. 40 miles south British Admiralty announced to-xushtmof Batum, our troops occupied Tslra; The following sfatement was given ln fighting at Artvin we captured two out: guns from the Turks. Elsewhere The following report has been re- there is no change in the situation.

ceived from Wing Commander Long- ei-

more: "l have to report that this morning Flight Sub-Lieut. Andrews

Lieut. Wilson, while reconnoitering

over Zeebruge observed two sub- *--'

marines alongside a mole and attack- (Special to the Guardian-) ed them dropping four bombs with, it MADEYUA. ADPII 1--'I‘6lcK\‘I1mB 1'0- iu believed, successful results. These ceived here to-dev from Lan Pallnnc. oillccrs started ill the moonlight this CBIIRU’ ISIBIUIB. Bay the Hamburg-

moruiug and both returned safely. A11191`|C9~11 Sl9B-111613 M9-C€¢1011li1» HUC'

l____ ceeded ill making her escape and evad-

ing British cruisers and has sailed for

South American waters. The Mace-

donia is taking supplies. it is believed. intended for German warships. The

' Macedonia was internsd at Las Pal-

mas on November 13. She is reported to have slipped out of the harbour

l there March 18, but this is denied and

(3p,c|a| to me Gun,-d|,n_) there are conflicting reports about her.

LONDON, April 1.-W-,ar Secretary

Kitchener is among the first promi- nent men in England to respond to the suggestion of abstention from the use of alcohol contained in a latter sent

yesterday by King George to Chan- cellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George. The War Secretary to-day issued in- structions that no alcollotbeverages

be served lu his household for the. (Sp=<=1=1 to The Guardian)

dm-,mon of me Wm-_ ' SYDNEY, April 1.-Two miners

__i_______ were instantly killed by a fall oi’ stone

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'_ ERRIS [Ill RIISPHIIRUS

LONDON, March 31.-Aliotmentsof

the Canadian Government loan to-day

from £100 to .£1,000 received full ul- slven out to-day bv the Overseas News lotments. The successful result of A861101' IB the f0||0W11182

other representatives of the overseas 0800119 011 U19 BOBDIIOPOUB by the RUS- dominions. recently met Lloyd George, sian Black Bea fleet consisted of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. and dis- 1111118 0! 128 B110!! Bt the 10118 f1'0111 11 oussed financial arrangements. the ue- distance of seventeen kilometres (11 cision arrived.at being that loans to 111988)- Thc f0l'tS did D0! 1'€DlY 10 be floated were to be devoted only to N118 31°C-" _ the payment olmsturtugludehtsdness Pctrnsrnd ntllcinl reports say the and the carrying on of works under B0lDI101'0\ls forts were bombarded by construction and contract. Russian worships last Sunday. and

Th; Imperigl Ggvgmmgnt, ggyg Sir tllli. the RUBBIBH IIIG WB! accllrhle.

George Perley. is noting fairly all The vessels ofthe Black Bea fleet round, as indicated by the fact that drove back some Turkish t01'Dc\‘l0 the Manchester City Corporations an- 50°'-U Wmch l“°1\1l1I°il I IOYUB U1'-l pllcatlon for permission to float a loan they will 0110 Tilfkllh BMD i0 the D01- was recently turned down. tom.

V 82-50 per year by mall in advance

ELECTION LAW

DISCUSSED IN HOUSE

Additional Hour Allowed

Vote Without Loss oi’

Employees in Which to Time. Amendments to

Election Act Discussed Both Sides ol the House

Showing Desire to lm

prove the Low.

(From our own Reporter.)

OTTAWA. April 1.»-The proposal

to lengthen the hours for voting was discussed at length in the House of Commons to-day. Many of the mem- bers strongly advocated allowing n longer time for working men and office men in cities to cast their votes. Others declared that thcrc was no need whatever for such cxtcllsion ill rural parts. The need was also voiced of providing, ii' possible, special facili- ties for voting to railwaymen, com- mercial travellers, and deep sea fish- ermen. 1 Although the House was fairly oven-

ly divided, the proposal to extend the voting hours so as to make them 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. instead. of 9 n.m. to 5 p.m. was voted down. An amend-q ment was adopted. however, to allow all employees an additional hour apart from the noon hour in which to vote. They will not suffer any reduction in wages for this hour off. This change will apply to all railways, including the Government railways, but it is specifically provided that it shall not apply in such a. way as to affect the running of’trains.

Mr A. E. Macdonell (South Toronto)

made a strong appeal for extending the hours for voting. This had been done, he said, in every other civilised country. As far as the congested

it would greatly lessen corruption. Men would go and vote without being paid or money spent on taking them to thc polls lf they had s chance to`vote.

Mr F. F. Pardee. Chief Liberal whip,

on the other hand, argued that the extension of the hours of voting would do no real good. The allowing of an extra hour during thc day was all that was llcct-ssllry. To extend thc hours would only wcakcn the organisation work. Everything would be left to the end oi’ thc lilly.

The House also discussed the pro-

posed anlcndnxcnts to the controvcrted l-,lcctionu acl. ’l`llcsc included the sim- plification ol’ proccedillgs ill connec- tion with t-lcciion protests and trials.

lion. C. J. Doherty said it should not

be possible for a member whose elec- tion is protested to sit all through a Parliumellt before the case is decided.

Shortly before midnight, and after a

good deal of discussion on “prelimin- ary objectlons " and the qualifications of petitioners, Sir Wilfrid Laurier sug- gested that “. as this was all important subject it might be better if the mem- bers went home and slept over it and resume the discussion later.

Members of both sides showed an

earnest desire to improve the election law and prevent the abuses that have existed so long and arc so apparent after cvery election.

centres were concerned. he held that ,;

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_ THURSDAY, Aprll 1, 1915 The House mot this morning at 11 o`clock. ‘ MR. MAl't'l‘lN asked tho following

questions ot’ the Conllnissloner ol' Pub- lic Works, Hon. J. McNeill:

“lf any action is to he iakcn in ans-

wer to a petition of certain inhzlbi- tants' oi’ Bellevue, Calotloltia and Brooklyn, praying for it grant to vllsc the grade on a road ll-.ailing fronl Mllr- rny ilurllour Roald to Brooklyn Road.

"lf he has reccivcll a pt-tition.i`t-oln

certain farmers and iisllcrnlcn of Wood island East, praying for a grant for renewing the Packet Service be- tween \Vood island and Cllarlutlclowa and what is the intention of thc Gov- ernment in the matter?"

“lf he has received a petition from

residents of Wood islands and vicinity praying for the opening ot' a road from the main post road at Wood lslund‘l East to Gray‘s Road. a distance of about one mile, and what is the inten- tion of the Government in the mat- ter?"

The Commissioner in reply slated

that his Department was giving tho matters referred to its immediate ai,- tention.

THE PREMIEIT moved thc second

reading of at Bill cntiiled “An Act to provide for Compensation lo the Trust- tees of the Estate of Dame Louisa Au- gusta Wfood. for Certain Lands on Township No. 67, sold by the Commis- sioner of Public Lands." The Bill having had second reading, the liouso resolved itself into committee (Mr. Gallant ill the cllulr) and considered it.

THE PREMIER lnfornledtlle liousc

that the whole object of the Bill was explained in the preamble. The Bill is as follows:

“WHEREAS thc Commission of Pub-

lic Lands for the Province of Prince Edward Island has sold and convc-yed the reversionary interest in 2570

of land. part ot’ Township Num- Sixty-seven in Queen's County.

to the estate of Dame

a Wood. to the tenants

persons holding the Lenses lands, and received the full

money on therefor, which into the Treasury of the

by an Act of thc

of said island nlade Third year of the-

King George V..

to confirm the titles

of lands on

’wM| \ uonwsv use was anpsun. _ IIRRPS llllll Il

or those

Trustees of that -of them or any

person or persons may

His Majesty the King in

Government of Prince Edward Island for or in respect of the lands so sold and conveyed by the said Tile Conl- lmissioncr of Public Isands as afore- said.

"AND WHEREAS the said Dame

Louisa Augusta W`uod by her last. Will and Testament devised hor said lands on Toivllsllip Number Sixty- seven upon trust to sell and convert tho sumo into money and to invest thc |n-out-e<ls ol’ such sale in thc pllrcllasc of Govt-l'lllnclli slllvlis, Flltltis or Scrfltr- ities of Grout llrltnin. or of tho Gov- crnlncllt oi' thc llomiuilnl of Calladu or of any British f‘olonlnl Govern- ment. und to pay and aptly the inter- est., tlivitltunls and annual income to sriso from such luvcstlncnts for ccr- inin rzllllrilahlc purposes in her said will nn-ntioncd.

“AND \VliEllEAS the said Trustees

of thc Estate ot’ Dame Louisa Augusta Wlood have agreed to allow the com- pensation nloney due to them in re- spect of said Township Number Sixty- seven. lands so sold by the Commis- sioner of Public Lands as aforesaid, amounting to tho sum of eight thous- and ilvc hundred dollars, to remain in the Treasury of said Province of Prince Edward Island, as an invest- ment to he secured by Debentures of $500, nach redeemable in 25 years, on which interest shall he payable by tho said Government of Prince Edward Island :lt the rate oi' 4 per cl-ntum per annum from tho second day of Jan- tlary. A. D., 1915. said interest to bo payable half yearly on thc second days ol' July and January ill each and every ycar:--

“BE IT TlildREl-‘ORE ENACTED

by thc Licutenllllt Governor and Legis- lative Assembly of the Province oi’ Prince Edward island ns follows:

1. It shall bo lawful for the Gov-

ernment of Prince Edward island to issue Debentures to the Trustees of tho Last Will and Testament of Demo Louisa Augusta Wood, to the amount of eight thousand tive hundred dollars, in denominations of tive hundred each and to bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, payable half yearly on thc second days of July and January in each year, such Deben- tures to run for a period of 25 years and the said Debentures with the cou-

attached thereto shall be in the in the Schedule to this Act can

payable at the oillce of Secretary Treasurer in

then moved the

of the “Compan-

purposo the House

committee, Mr. the chair. The reported progress

leave to sit again.

April 6, at 3 p. m.

then adjourned until --

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