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Notable Islander of British Columbia Fa- vors Rod for Disci- pline of Children

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Magistrate H e n r y Shaw Declares Mo- desty Necessary Safeguard of Wo- man's Virtue.

(‘McntreaT-Da-iiy Star) SHAW‘S STATEMENTS

Boys are shy; girls are ‘bold.

Parents are largely to blame for youthful delinquency. Fathers and mothers should ‘be punished for de- liberate neglect of moral lie-aching.

A mum's character shines lu ‘his tuce. One who deals with crime cnn telil that shine friun mere ‘polish , _ _ and fit punishment to the indivi- dual. Trust in man's determination to “como back" is“'t often mlsplac‘ ml.

Auioug the "i ‘believes’ I would certainly place the use of the rod to lwup the child straight.

Modesty is the fonntlatioli of wo- urnn's loveliness. When that goes loss of virtue isn't -far behind.

(live hwmun nuim-c. a chalice to be good. But don't get sloppily stultimuutul in ilflflllllg with the wrong doer,

Youngsters who look hold and ‘lashing and naughty aren't so tor- rible bad after all. The girl with tho flask is carrying only sodn wai- er most oi the ‘ti-um.

Family-prayers, led ‘by the father, produco more good than the world wots of. ‘

‘Boys and girls need more rmu- mlcc in their lives of’ the right kind. Let us clcnvo ‘to the idea that it is romantic lo he houornlbltr.

Solomon on u holiday might have iookui like Henry Shaw. senior Magistrate of Vancouver and ‘dis- trict, who kicked ills‘ heels i‘n de- murc pleasure this ‘week, while Mrs Show hei-pcd him to enjoy tho first long vacation in eleven years, us tin-y waited in ‘Montreal today for tho train flint is i0‘benr them to Ncw Yolk, where they will inky‘. ‘rtcitm-ship for ldtlropc. For six ulouths this mnu, who ranks ‘with (fol. Dennison, oi’ 'l‘uron-to, and Sir llilgh Joint MucDonzihl, of Wit‘- nipr-g, ns oiltstnntliug cndi of this country, will leave the ‘pathos, vil- lalny, tragedy and sordidncss of n police court, tn play about in the utpfiittls c‘l‘ the Old World.

Jlrnnuctl into the lobby of the Mount Royal liotehwns a dense and shadowy urmy yesterday repre- senting men and ‘women on whom ho ‘had ‘Dflflpml judgment for ‘break- ing the laws of‘ Canada. In fancy they milled about ‘the ‘lounge, where u little mun, somewhat resembling "Tiger" Clemenceau. of France, lis- tcnul to their opinions on his find- ings over ‘fifteen years, u‘nd in the 5nd he olbserved that there ‘wasn't m-ucl.‘ he regretted. With a clear “msclenco he ‘pro-pared for the jaunt.

(In the coast Magistrate Show is kmwu us ‘the man who never sen- tences today ‘when he can do it to- morrow. lie was asked the reason by The Star, and ‘although reluct- “nt to ‘be placed in the position of speaking of himself or his office, ho explained: ‘

‘ THE PRINCES QRDERLY

Corpl, Timbury of the Royal Mar- ina. who has accompanied the Prince of Wales on all his world tours, is away with H. ‘R. H. The photograph shows him with full equipment ready to call on his trip to Africa and South America. The Royal Marines’ bandsmcn are. mam- bers of the Royal party.

Thugs Torture Garage . Owner

NEW YORiK, April 17.—— Cecil Mnyers yelled when’ robbers enter- ed his garage. To quiet him, the yt-ggmcu ‘toiiurctl Mayer's ‘by hold- ing llghicil mutt-hm; to his finger t"ps, and ‘imttt-nzd ltizn on thcheud with u pistol. 'l‘l‘is (‘nusml Muyers to yell all illt: louder, tnlctiilg the utleuthm of ‘the ‘pol captured one of the men chase.

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w-ithout inking a ‘day or so to think about it. l have always done so since. cuuml vn-grnnls in Vancouver porters, lawyers and ‘t wltnmsxl the wholrsnle liberation oi‘ the loi. ‘it was the final incident in that ‘luyX-a court docket. As 1110 murt l;lt‘.2ll‘i'tl ‘he ‘naglstrate cllutb- ml ilUWll from his dais and (zhnttcd to‘ a moment with the city prosec- utor, Major W. MacKay.

"Do you ‘klmw" he said to his frirntl. "I can never look at. those

FIJiW ll ‘lliilll 'l‘yr‘huri‘ to be hanged.

you and ‘me tho mtmest flick of ‘fate ‘night have ‘put either of us in "tho saute [itisitlon os ‘those lads." This is one incident that goes to show why Magistrate Show is re- garded with such ‘tleclp respect that when he luff Vancouver a few days ago a big crowd of citizens met him after court and ‘presented him with ltcopsmltru to indicate ‘their esteem. Among the presents ‘was a trasc of pbpcs from court interpre- ters and keepsakes from defectives. But n‘ot one of‘ thus“ mementos compared lu his affection with the lettrr which he treasures from a man whc-ru l‘e had trlctl for ‘fraud. He was a siorckeeper brought to task by his creditors. Verdict of guilty was prnnountvcd. in fact he had arlltnittril his responsibility and thr‘ w himself tz-u the nfeJ-cy of ‘the bout-h. ‘.'\.l.‘tgistrait‘ Show suspend- ed ‘ti-mince, hcllcviv-g in the pri- olzcrk iwlzixlise that h‘: would repay.

CONSCIENCE OF A JUDGE

"Some years ago I hnd a man he- fore ‘no who ‘hnd committed a des- plcnilie crime. The evidence was all in and iiouml him guilty. Then forthwith 1 sentenced him to ilvc years. I was quite .-wifhin my lt-gztl rights nnd the offence completely Justified that severe Iplllllillllllililt. lint that night ‘I worried a lol, and I determined never a-gninnvould I ‘mnonnce o first. class judgnwent- you know what ‘I 0ll8l1f1—al\vnyt-1

‘-i_E DID REPAY

Abotit t.\'.n years afterwards ‘the ‘frllcc court jmige received a letter ‘m ‘hr mun lie was in England re h‘- h-zzvl re-cnfered ‘business

- ‘not dispose of it except. as the 3w.

_, is ‘ warehouses, ‘located largely in Ken.

. there has ‘been no whiskey ‘manufac-

ln a. recent irinll of a. dozen ,h,is,.,l.:,?l) 1:!“ ‘m: ‘Lgfigflgglysrsozeggile? ‘H Omciah, ‘menial occasions that he ‘became

fellows without being reminded ofitak-en. .l“hn lmnyalrs obscrvu-tion us ‘he are not revealed.

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o‘ Whiskey Under Guard In Kentucky

(Associated Bren) _ WASHINGTON, Aprll’17.~—There are 20,000,000 ggllong 0t ipfepfflhfbi- “m! Whiskey 11.0w in storage in ‘the United States, under government Supervision, and its owners, mostly wholesalers caught with the stock

‘became effective. can ernment may direct.

‘Prohlbitliou Commissioner Haynes ‘b91010! 111B spvernment should pur chase ‘this whiskey. moat of which ‘Kuarded in 28 concentration "Icky- ‘Legullly, he 11011115 out, ‘tured in this country ‘since January 1. 1922. and the stock now an band, 001118 gradually expended ‘for medl. cinal ‘purposes, Mr. Haynes e5". mates. ‘will he sufficient only for another seven years.

Albout 1928, four yelrrg ‘beqm-e the

present whiskey stock is exhausted. it ‘is expected that the government Will authcnlze t-he manufacture ‘of whiskey, so that four-yearold spir- “5 "may b8 available as ‘medicine at the time the pro-prohibition sup- ply becomes exhausted. Consump- 11011 ‘by ‘prescription is aow about, 1.750.000 gallons annually, Mr. Hflynes says, compared to some 30,- 000,000 gallons of whiskey before prohibition. The" 111 110 ‘legal demand for rum, officials of ‘the prohibition un- ‘i declared, and the 3,000 barrels 9}’ "115 ‘Product now on hand ‘w‘ill likely ‘be exzporied,

Commissioner ‘Haynes says the anronnt of ‘pre-Volstead ilquor ‘now in the hands of the people is “in. fmllely ‘s-ntnll." '

Job" qO-pen For Handsome Man

LONDON, April 17.——Major Rich- ard Smyly. ‘the City of London's lllllldsvme and immaculate marshal, has ‘been compelled to resign ow- lug to ill-health.

The post has ‘been declared va- cant. nnd intending candidates will be invited ‘to send in applications. ln Mulch, 1921. when Major ‘Smyiy was elected. there were 354 candi- dates. The post, which carries with it a ‘salary of £300 a year, demands grate of person, ‘skill in horsemunshlp, and certain ‘powers oi‘ eloquence. hence a soldier is nearly always chosen.

So immaculate and dignified n figure did Major ‘Smyly make in

known its "the city's handsome mun." Major Smyly. who is only 48, ‘made his application ‘for the

Fa lowing Premier ‘Stewart in the udget Debate in the ‘Legisla- ture Thursday evening, A‘pril 2nd. Mr. A. fig-Saunders. K,C., Leader or the Opposition, congratulated the Honorable Speaker upon the fair manner in which he conducted his duties during ‘the session. He Wish- ed also to convey to ‘the ‘Premier his thanks for ‘many couriesles ex- tended to the Opposition ‘mom-burs, especially in regard to the ‘Budget debaief-whlch it was ‘the Premier's intention to have opened ‘last ev- ening ‘but for Mr. ‘Saunders’ request that it be held over until tonight. Furthermore the relations which huvfi existed between the members of t e House, especially ‘in ‘the Op- position, and ‘the ‘various Govern- mental ‘Departments has ‘been ‘most friendly. But when it came to a discussion of the political situa- tion, Mr. Saunders ‘believed ‘it ivuu time to part company.

Listening to the Premier for ‘the last hour and a haii, he would say that the Pre-mier had made ‘the ‘best of one of the worst cases im- aginable. After looking at the Ex- ternal Auditor's report, it was real- ly wonderful that _ihe Premier could hold “p his head at all. Only a year ago he had announced that he expected n revenue of $783,000 and an expenditure of $728,000 for the coming yeur, leaving a surplus of $5,000. Since he had missed his guess by $40,000, could ii ‘be won- dered nt that he was somewhat re- ticent in regard to the financial condition of the Province? True, he bad touched upon ‘the financial situation to n limited extent, ‘but not in the intelligent way in which the House was entitled t0 receive such a report. Not only ‘to ‘the ex- tcnl, oi‘ $200,000 have the liabilities ‘been increased, Mr. Saunders pon- tendcd. ‘but ‘to the appalling amount of $239,000. He challenged any member on the other side ‘to have the ‘Provincial Auditor or any aud- itor, gay anything to ‘tho contrary. 1f ‘that is true, then, when the Pre: mier ‘begins to talk about economy. ‘M1’. Saunders would say ‘instead that there has been the greatest kind of‘ carelessness, wasbe und negligence. _ He did not know of anything that could ‘possibly be worse than the financial statement for ‘the past year. The ‘Premier ln-bored, at ‘least io a certain ex- tent, -io show that ‘there was an actual surplus of some $3,000. That statement appeared in The Guar- dian nnd it hnd been sent to the Cnnntllun Press, ‘but the figures were not only tulsleading, they wt-“c self contmditrtory, As o. ‘mat- ter of fact there. was a deficit of

post alter seeing in the papers that it. was vacant. ;

and was on ‘the way to recapttritg‘ ‘lost respect. With the ‘letter was a file of ‘receipted ibllla for all he had‘

The contents of that letterl ‘but imagination.

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rcpeuitent offender gaive sincere and|

‘(Hut for the grout‘ of God there perhapsfeurful thanks ‘to the man was a surplus gold‘ John llmlyun," And between who had made his redemption eas- T-his goes out to the people of the

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Even after fifteen years of hard experience this magistrate is n-.‘i. too certain ‘about man's ‘vlsdom in‘ the marking of laws ‘to curb crime. He cannot say ‘whether the system we have is the ideal one, or cvcn tending to it. ‘But, in his opinion, the issue rests pretty largely with magistrates. judges, justices. While the law guides, ‘the ‘personal cqila- tion decides. He duds. for lu- stance, that while the modern trend to regard criminal inclination as an evidence of disease, ‘the world must ‘not lose sight of the fact that there are some ‘men vicious by lu- stlncl. and preference. To ‘differ entiate between these types rests with tlib m-u-n. on‘ the bench. There- fore he has .10 decide whether re- formation ‘methods or just ‘plain punishment is required. Very of- ten ‘the court has ao option but to ‘follow {he law, and‘ Magistrate Show insta-ncei dire ‘fixed ‘punish- ment of one year minimum for automobile ‘theft and three years for pilferi-ng from the gmai-ls. Once guilt ‘is ‘fixed the term of imlprison- iuent is uncbangeable. But it is in

nearly $36,000, by the Public Ac- counts. According to the‘ new system, what appears to ‘he the only thing necessary to get a sur- plus? "Sell your ‘bonds and put them in your receipts. issue us ‘many ‘bonds as you wish, deduct your expenditures from these re-

bcing taken awny ‘t0 tlenda observers ‘to believe that. ‘thelceipts, and you have’ n surplus."

According to the new ‘method there oi over $300,000.

Provincenund it is entirely mis- leading. If ‘that is the new sys- tem of book-keeping the sooner we do away with it the ‘better. The Premier said ‘the mistake on Page 10 of the Public Accounts did not take plflCe under the‘ new system. Mr. ‘Saunders was not going to cast any reflections on ‘the officials responsible -for the mistake, ‘but the fact is ‘that ‘the ‘whole ‘page is incorrect. A year or t o ago, when on item of ‘$125,000 was charged in two different places through a ty‘po~ graphical error, the Liberal Gov- ernment. never heard ‘the end of ii. He did not. intend to ‘puss any crit- icism, ‘because it is human to ‘make mistakes. ‘Hut if that is ‘the new system of ‘book-keeping, i; is time we ‘were doing away with it wi- ready. Not only are the liabilities increased ‘by $4 000, .bn‘i us a mat- ter of fact if t a true liabilities were found and if ‘they were placed in the new statement we would have at least $63,000 more. Again, on page 21 of ‘the Public Accounts. we find under Prohibition receipts ‘money ‘paid the Provincial Govern-

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m . , . ‘ y u . ‘ o-in-i-s meat, $44,000, also a. balance of $6,861.95, ‘making the ‘total liquor receipts ‘$50,801. There is" also an item Due ‘from Vendors, $9,874. Which statement is correct! So we ‘have all through the accounts. errors here, there and everywhere. Du page 6, Oct. 1, 1924, it. shows ‘that $350,000 of debentures were sold and no sinking fund ‘provided. against the provisions of ‘the Act passed in 1920. The ‘Government may ‘say that was issued way ‘back in October, and that this ‘will be attended to ‘before ‘the year is out, ‘but if we are doing ‘business from year to year, the statement for the past year. up ‘to Dec. 31st, would give nearly three ‘months’ extend- ed time, and the Government should halve attended ‘to the matter in that time.

Mr. Saunders criticised ‘the Ex- ternal Auditor's report. Any school boy could have run over the state- ments of ‘the heads ‘of ‘the ‘various departments and certify to them in that way. Was that wba/t we were paying the Provincial Auditor for? is that the new method of ‘book- keeping? i‘f a ‘man is going to be an auditor he has a right to go to work like an auditor in a Bank. However, this is all the stwtement there is to go by, and Mr. Saunders would take ii. and see just ‘how m“ch ‘the deficit was during ‘the past year. The gross liabilities, according to the external audit,- are $1,951,663, less outstanding as- sets $82,050; leaving a net de-bt of $1,869,613.13. in 1923 the External Auditor euid the liabilities ‘mere $1,549,527.82. Subtract. that 1mm the former figure and it leaves an increased indebtedness of $320,000. Add to that $35,000 in connection with the housing scheme, which was considered last year in making up ‘the liabilities against the ‘Lib- eral administration, ‘but which this year was not ‘taken into considera- tion. So that we have in one year and four months ‘the liabilities of the ‘Province increased to the ‘tune ol‘ $355,000; or in one year, ‘$329,- 000. Never has a thing of ‘this kind been known ‘before. ‘It. is so uianmlng that it is ‘becoming ap- palling. He would challenge the hon. ‘members on the opposite side to ‘bring ‘in ‘the Provincial Auditor to prove his figures. Why, ‘then, should ‘the Premier get ‘u-p and any that we ‘have a surplus of ‘$3,000. and that ‘we have only ‘gone behind in our ‘iialbilities to the extent of something ‘over $200,000?

In ‘the Public Accounts, page 10, we have the ordinary expenditure set forth, ‘making a total of $712.- 500. Take-the receipts, on ‘page 4 of the Public Accounts, $676,623. making in one year a deficit of over $35,000. A year ago the Pre- mier stated to the House that he anticipated a sunpius oi $5,000. This record does not indicate that econ- omy has ‘been practiced. in 1920 the ‘total expenditures were $659.- 516; in 1921, $687,984; in 1922, $001.- 068. The average expenditure un- der the Liberal administration was less ‘than $670,000, or $25,458.09 less than last. year's expenditure.

Have we received one dollar ad- ditional ‘benefi-t. ‘by ‘this increased expenditure? Mr. ‘Saunders "did not think so. The Government ‘may say they have ‘bullli roads to the extent of nearly ‘$400,000, ‘but a0 far as the ‘improved highways are concerned they are not one ‘bit bet- ter, if as good, as under ‘the Bell Government.

The Bell Government had been criticised for landing themselves. ‘but Mr. Sanndens in all his life had never heard so ‘much boastln‘! as -during ‘the present session. The ‘Minister of Agriculture ‘praised the Minister of‘ ‘Public Works for ‘the economy ‘practiced in his depart- ment. He had nothing to say about these gentlemendlfifflflllfllly. ‘but 111 a ‘public capacity the Minister 0f Public Works hud failed io live 1111 to expectations. S0 ‘i111 B! n10 roads are concerned. ‘they ‘have ‘been woefully neglected. He need not tell of ‘the experience of auto- mobile ‘men ‘breaking their springs. (Laughten) Ho had been criticis- ed for making ‘the statement that

the case of the first-offence that the personal opinion of ‘the ‘magistrate comes info play and decides not on- ly the law-breakens disposition but the magistrates efficiency.

ROYAL MAGISTRATE.

Of coitrse, Magistrate ~‘Shaw re- minds. all is no‘, entirely sordid in the courts. Taere are ‘the iigirter

. touches the comedies of ulfe, and ‘he

recalls the quandary of the witness ‘before him who was having his ilrflt experience of ‘the ‘place where the lady with ‘the scales weighs evid- ence with ‘bandaged eyes. He heard some calling iuL-m "Your Honor," other‘: "Your Worship" and still others magistrate. To show ‘his in- dependent spirit ha dubbed Magis- .l'lll(‘. Shaw "Your ‘Majestyf

who first touched Vancouver in 1892 us a practicing lawyer and lut- ar went into the Green-wood coun- try as a prospector to seek hda for- tune. lat/er to ‘be appointed mil-gis- irata by the Hon. W. J. Hqwlser, is also judge of the Juvenile Court at Vancouver. And here he finds even grcaltr sway a; a ‘personality, for

powers of adjustment. BOYS ADVINTUROUS

it is here that be has found the boy ‘to be more adventurous ‘than vi-

llialne ‘for trouble. Standardsof the world and responsibilities are ulter- lng, he finds, ‘but ‘the d9llf8~0l pmr- cnta to have goodlboyc and Ila-ls re- main! unchanged even if their mcth-odcof lecturing that ideal are faulty. How many Gathers ‘know

, where their boys are c; night? he

asks. ‘if ‘they took more-interact they would lino ‘fewer shocks. Dic- clpline, amt diadmifnfi. 1n MOM‘! today, fem‘ rod by the love of u father ‘will might be expressed b1

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Hitherto llnpublished Documents ‘Great Historic Interest

LONDON, April 17.—Two docu- manta never before published, one of which in of great historic inter- est to Canada, have been exhibited to the Gaelic Society ‘by William MecKay. One in addressed: "Tn David Bruce. Judge Advocate of the King's Army ‘in Scotland, com- manded by ‘His Royal ‘Highness the Duke, July 5, 1746," contains in- structions for the arrest and treat- ment of prisoners accused or sua- pected of treason or rebellious practices. The other document is headed, “An order given by Gener- al Wolfe at ‘Point Levis on the Riv- er ‘Si. ‘Lawrence and near Quebec." and consists of instructions to Brit iah olicers and the army above to take part: in the selge of Quebec and battle of the Plains of Abra- ham, ‘Wolfe was at the time com- mander-in-cbief of the British Ar- m