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BRITISH All RAID YE- TERD .YI THE uALv ou villas I
ou arlluuu BASE
Two lletoplanes Dropped Bombs on Submarine
fiorks, Setting them
on' Fire and Probably
Destroying Five Submarines.
(Special to The Guardian) LONDON, March 24.-British avia-
tors have bombarded and set on fire German plants constructing submar- ines in a_ town near Antwerp.
(Special to The Guardian)
LONDON, March 24.--The British
Admiralty this afternoon issued a statement saying that the British air raid had been successfully carried out nrday on German submarines at Ho- lmlgen, 3 miles outside of Antwerp. 'l`lie text. followszz
The following has been received
from wing commander Longmore.-"l have to report that a successful air attack was carried out this morning
by five machines of Dunkirk squadron on German submarines being con- structed at Hoboken, near Antwerp. Two of the pilots had to return owing to thick weather but squadron com- mander Courtnay and Flight Lieute- nant Rosser reached their objective and after planing down 1,000 feet drop- ped four bombs each on the submar- ines. lt is believed considerable dam- age has been done to both works and submarines. as the works were observ- ed to be on fire. ln all live .submarines were observed on the slip. Flight Lieutenant Cosslcy Meats was obliged by engine trouble to descend in Hol- land. He will bc interned.
NISSIIINENI MEETING
IN ST. JNMES' ENUNEH
Last evening in St James's linll Mr
'l‘. C. James read an interesting paper, being a sketch of the lifo of Rev. ln' ticddie, the pioneer missionary oi’ thc Presbyterian Church ot' Canada.
Mr James began his sketch with an
outline of the early years of Dr Geddie, who was born in Banff, Scot- land, of good respectable parentage. ills grandfather was a pious cooper and his father a watch and clock maker. His mother, Mary Menzies, was the daughter of a farmer whose family were noted for their attach- ment to religion. Mr James con- ilnued:--
Commercial disaster and his wlt'c’s
failing health led John Geddie, sell., to emigrate, and he landed at Picton, N.S., in #1816, bringing the future missionary, one year old. In Picton the father carried on his trade till his death in 1840.. He united with Prince Street Church, of which Dr ’l`hos. McCulloch was then minister, and was shortly after elected older. Religion and morality were at a low ebb, and Geddie and others like minded started prayer meetings, of which the late Rev. R. S. Patterson, so many years minister of Bedeque, P.E.l., says: “lt was the- first prayer meeting I ever attended."
Young Geddie grew up a delicate
boy, but resolute and determined. oi'ten mischievous, but never given to profanity or any outward wickedness. When 10 he united with the Church. lie took up his father`s tradc alld Ilccnme an expert mechanic, being able to construct watches ami clocks ill all their parts. His parents did not tell him of his early consecration to foreign missiolls. but they strove to impress him with the claims of the heathen world upon thc Church. Mis- sionary intelligence formed large part of their reading, as might havo been expected, this child ot' vows and prayers early manifested a desire to ploacli the Gospel to the heathen. llc (Continued on page three)
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IINPTNIN MENINNUN ENTENTNINEII ENST NIBNT
Tho members oi' the Cilarlottctown
Driving Club entertained Captain D. A. McKinnon last night nt a farewell dinner in the Hotel Victoria. About thirty-live gentlemen sat down to a rcpast which was served in the Vic- toria's best style. Mr. P. S. Brown (presided and was supported by the leading horsemen of Charlottetown. After covers had been removed, a short toast list was gone through to which the chairman, Messrs. Roy Hol- man, W. L. Cotton. C. l-l. Chandler, F. J. Nash, T. C. Edgctt, J. R. Burnett. Hammond Kelly, and Mayor Sterns contributed. In a short interval in the toast list, the Chairman in fitting terms presented Captain McKinnon with n. farewell address and a gold wrlsl~\vatch as a token of regard and remembrance from the horsemen of (‘.harlottetown. The Chairman said to no man more than Captain McKin- non wa.s Prince Edward island in- debted for the revival of horse-racing, and ill no year within memory had |here'been more successful sport than during the past season. Captain Mc- Kinnon was the back-bone. the life of the “Sport of Kings" in Charlotte-_ town, and they did not know what they were going to do without him. There was this to be said about Cap- tain Mcliinnon, whatever he put his hand to he made a master-job of. There was nothing half-hearted in any work Captain McKinnon undertook. Just as he hed succeeded in winning a foremost place among the race- horse drivers ill Canada, by his in- domitable pluck and dogged persever- ance, so had ho gained his spurs in the militia. He had studied the scicncc ot' hcavy artillery, bccolnc one of the best shots, and leader of one ot' thc crack companies in Canada, Ho felt conilticnl. tllat when thc Captain was scnt to tho front, ally mall who would have the privilege of serving under him, would find a captain fear- lcss and trite and as efllcient ill thc trenches as he was on the race track. (Applause). They were all sorry to lose thc presence of Captain McKin- non, but proud that he was going to
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SINIT WNTIIIS NNTTIE GNIPHIIINLLT ITESENIBEII
(Special to The Guardian)
PARIS, March 24.-An olllclal (W0
witness describes the capture of Sa- bot woods between Souainl and Per- thes on the battlefront in brance. He writes: "Each time we attacked we galil our end; each time they counter- attack we retain our gain,” said a ser- geant explaining operations around Pcrthes. Between adverse lines where lighting has gone on for months a quantity of dead bodies lie, some of them killed in the first engagements. their dried faces reduced to the ap- pearance of mummies. Beyond these lines, the Sabot woods which the ene- my held stronsly for months were the object of a systematic attack. The Germans' strongly f0¥'llfl¢li ll€i€hlB dominating our positions at the point. On March 1, a general order was giv- en. These woods must be taken. Ar- tillery preparing ground for the first attack in the face of a violent mn- chine gun fire resulted in the capture of two lines of trenches. Further ad- vance was checked by vl80l‘0“B 00”"- ter-attacks. Our success was verl’ costly, the Lieut.-Col. commander, a Captain and two Lieutenants fell mor- tally wounded. On the morning of the Sth, the Germans made 0. more eeri- ou, attempt __t_o regain the position. The spectac e furnished by our troops was magnificent. With fixed bayonets they bounded forward and in s few minutes the ground was covered with dead Germans, many of whom are atill lying there. From the 9th to the 11th further progress was made. We ar- rived within twenty yards of the main German trench which was well for- tided. We were unable to withstand the fire and were obliged to retire un- til the fifteenth when an attack at four o'clock in the morning resulted in the final capture.
in the darkness our men approached
silently until ordered to charge. They then fell upon the line of defence no unexpectedly that the Germaamwsrv bsyonetted in their traolts. ,. %ly»a.
(From our Own Reporter.)
OTTAWA, March 24.--'l‘o-day Par-
liament sanctioned a resolution pru- vlding for $100,000,000 to carry on the war. Yesterday afternoon it consider- ed the Government's special taxation measure to keep the war chest re- plenished. There was considerable discussion, but little serious opposition from the Liberals, and the legislation reached its second stage on the jour- ney through committee.
in the course of the day the Finance
Minister announced an important modification in respect to the imposi- tion of a stamp tax or two cents on all cheques, bills of exchange and pro- missory notes negotiated through a bank. The first proposal was to have the person issuing the cheque cancel the stamp. Now it has been decided to have the banks cancel the stamp just as a postmaster cancels postage stamps . The penalty not to afilx a stamp on a cheque would be $50, while the failure on the part of the bank to cancel a stamp the penalty is fixed at $100. The Minister of Finance ex- plained that the law would apply to any institution or person receiving
deposits or honouring cheques against the salne. '
Mr William German, of Wclland,
thought that the tax on cheques would
Stamps on Cheques and llotes. A
have a tendency to reduce deposits.
Mr White and Dr Clark or Red Deer
thought otherwise. Dr Clark pointing out that in England where a similar tax is in existence savings accounts are more numerous than in most. countries.
In reply to a question by Mr E. M.
Macdonald, the Minister of Finance said that the Government were taking steps to have the public fully inform- ed as to the regulations governing the payment of these stamp taxes. Post- masters and collectors of Inland Re- venue throughout the country were authorised to sell the war stamps and provision was being made for the use of ordinary postage stamps when war stamps were not available.
Replying to a statement by Mr Mac-
donald, that it was a mistake to make failure to affix a' stamp a statutory crime, Mr White said that it was open to a magistrate to exercise proper dis- cretion and that it was not probable that a penalty would be imposed for a first offence.
Dealing with war stamp on letters,
the Minister explained that the tax would apply to drop letters which were closed, but not to open letters or cir- culars and that newspapers were ex- empted from the tax "ln the public interest." ,
HOU EOF CO MO
I General Discussion on War Stamps and Full Explanation Given by
Minister oi' Finance. Several Modifications With Reference to
Sir Wilfrid Laurier wanted to know
why it was deemed necessary to im- pose a separate stamp for the war tax anyway. Everyone would admit that it was a war tax, but why submit the people to the vexation of affixing a separate stamp? Poor people " would damn the Government” for being put to a very vexatious proceed- ing.
Mr White replied that the people
would be glad to afiix a separate stamp knowing that in doing so they were helping to pay the cost of the war.
Mr J. H. Sinclair wanted to know
if the special letter tax would cease when the war was over. He was told that the Minister could not give a definite assurance. At the end of the war the Government would have to take such measures as would be neces- sary to meet the existing conditions.
Mr White said, in answer to a ques-
tion, that a letter with one cent' ln ordinary postage and two cents in war stamps, or even with three cents in war stamps, and no ordinary postage would go through the mails.
lion. Charles Marcll wished to know
whether the Government had taken any steps to have letters sent free of postage to soldiers at the front. I-le was told by the Postmaster-General that thc matter was under considera- tion.
I MIIIIILITNG THE NEW IllTTII_|[INS
(From Our Own Reporter) centres. Time means everything, and gary on the blood reserve. In Mani-
OTTAWA, March 24.-As there has it is impossible to wait until Vulcartier toba the troops will complete their
been found to he still two feet of snow will bc ready. training at Sewell. There will be on Vaicurtler Camp at Quebec and the There will be four western mobilisa- three camps in Ontario, one at Lon- ground will not be suitable for train- lloh oohloo There wlll he only gl-llloh don, one at Barrieiield and a third at ing purposes for some time, it has Cl bl t b chosen I Alberta Niagara. Valcartier if ready in time been decided to mobilise the Canadian Qum 9 0 e ' n will be used for the Quebec troops. overseas battalions for the second' and there WI" be ‘W0 ”“mP5» om’ "ear and the Maritime troops will be traili- third contingent at local divisional Medicine Hat and another near Cal- ,cd at Kentville and Amherst..
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t IS NIIWTNE BNI
of Schleswig Hplstein and in Hamburg
e s, r,
published ill newspapers of the Danish
arresting any of the persons respon sible for them.
TIDE, MOON, ETC.
(Special to The Guardian) I TORONTO, March 25.--Maritime: .Moderate to fresh North winds to South-west winds; fair and mild to- da . ' THE WEATHER.-Yesterday was beautifully mild with bright sunshine throughout the day.
The lowest temperature recorded
for Tuesday night was. 26 deg. above aero. The lowest of yesterday was 29 deg. above, and the highest 37 deg. above. At 9 a.m. it was 81 deg. above, and at 9 p.m. it was 29 deg. above.
The tide will be high this afternoon
at 4.09 and tomorrow at 5.48; it will ho high tomorrow morning at 7.16 and Saturday at 8.13.
The sun sets this evening at 8.20 and
tomorrow at 6.22; it rises tomorrow morning at 5.50 and Saturday at 5.59.
u'l;he moon riseel this morning at
The first quarter of the moon was
-'on Tuesday, March Zsrd, at 6.45 .m.
few survivors succeeded in I to their rear liao. This movement con-
* ,~There~tvfll ben rail moon on ized-
mldoy, ‘March 31st at 1.88 a. m. . , The length df today will be twelve hours and twenty-eight minutes.
`fieet in the Dardanelles.
--treating Turks dying of hunger and
Germans in Flanders and heavy fight-
to land in llolland owing to engine
damaged and the works set aiire.
Prior to the war this plnllt was
known as the Cockerill Works, and belonged to o. British company. When
high fence was erected around it and
plished as they were to pass Dutch
Germans are preparing for another supreme effort in Flanders. Already there has been considerable fighting
The Austrians developed a fresh
tory they some days ago sent rein-
the immediate menace of Czernowitz. On the other extreme wing of the eastern front the Germans have re- occupied Memlo with the assistance of their warships, which have since bombarded the roads by which the Russians are falling back. The Ger- mans also apparently have checkedl the Russian advance on Tllsit..
Unfavourable weather is still inter-
fering with operations of the Allied
TUIIKS NHNNIIIIN
IIPENNTIIINS NT SIIEZ
(Special to The Guardian)
LONDON, March 24.-A correspon-
dent of the Daily Chronicle at Con- ,atansea tdlegraphs that the Turkish military offensive against Egypt has 'been dehnitsly abandoned, the re-
ulllallnlllll lllsuulu WAR, S_l_o1MARYlusllll ull nu ll lu nlulluus sllulll run
1' marines, another threatened by the' la
(Special to The Guard n)
rib
(Special to The Guardian) ~ _ GENEVA. Mtll'Cll 24.--Tho T lille
LONDON, March 24.--Battleships zlléshglllln;h?oaC€:;g;'tmg?s Tzgfilhtglg $3, professcs _to have received advices
of the French and [ll-lllgll flee; renew- news_ Flve Bmlsh airmen hlurllng from Austria to the effect that the dual Led attacks on the Dardanelles forts at from Dohhlrk took pm., ln the mld monarchy might consider the signing dawn to-day. lt is stated that nine of on those Buhmhrlhe yards' but only of it separate peace with Russia, with- the largest vessels of the fleet enter- ,wo roaolled lhoh. mark Two were out consulting Germany, offering as a cd the Straits and began pouring ohllgoo to tum book, owlhg lo lhlch concession to cede to Russia, larl-Ze shells on the repaired Turkish fortifl- wohlhol-I and lho lhll-ll was oomoollod portions of Galicia.
-------- - trouble and was interned. According
ll H to a report issued by the British Ad-
miralty two of the live submarines which were observed on tho slips
NElITNlLS THE TUNBIITITEN
the Germans took the plant over. a WASHINGTON' Much 24___Ahhl_lt_
lgpoclal go 'rho qui,-dlm) Bel lah was lla 9 0 e _ ish cruisers not only in American wa-
LONDON, Murell 24.-A despatch Workmin were l,,ou;h,‘§,.f,h ters out lu tue currlbeuu, ruuiao ana lfrfml Copenhagen to Reuters Telegram to build submarines. lt is pointed out 'S°“"‘ A““““°- “‘*"" DW" ""‘"°" ‘° COUTDUTIY “W3 Red P°3U"`S lnsnrlbed that these had to violate the neutrality refnan ‘mm taking supplies from neu' "Bread or Peace" are continually ap- of Hollhml lo paso llowh ,he schehll 'tral countries in order to avoid breach- pearins in tho towns of the Province to the sea, out this wus easily accom- 'es °f “‘“‘"”"'Y-
and lievbllck, according to a. telegram (gl-lo oubmol-ged_
from W0: n on the Germoll frontie Dcsparcues from the Dutch frontier
say seven German airmen attacked
capital. The Police removed the nla- British miners. but were uutnowu.
,C8-NTB bill- they Tllllle “Ol 900099090 lil In the same region it is reported that SI
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CAPE TO\VN, March 24.--The big-
eeolea u trick.. A strongly organised bombarded nleulwrt and Dlxmude. otockuouse wus uumuskea ueulna the while the Belslans have mode rm- §§‘fl'1;';f,‘,°,:‘_ trenches and are from their muuulue sress along both banks ot the river. Wm Amen ,ook place Saturday in guns decimated our ranks. which, how- The N8 blllllo Of the llwlilefll. l\0W~ East Swaukopmund according to ln_ ever, held good until 4.30, when tho ever, is in progress between Dukla l ho _ l d' ll l d A nloulnwuse itself was attacked with Pass and Uzsek Pass in the Cornath~ l§'l'3“h l" me 5'” C f'f’l lilggll ,_ great, fury, Hand [0 hand fighting on _ THIIS, WllOl`€ lil their Olllclill C0lIlIIllllil- mikesd t?\rceG`;¥m;l-nsosllsn tweng the pamper lustod an hour. At 5.30 outfall the Russians claimed to have 9 ' ' 3 y' we were lurluo, our buyoiiets reeklug ventured a number of Austrians and i‘”°'"‘"”g 'h""" °‘“°°" 'md “'°““‘““" with blood. several or them bent out made a general advance. Austrian fém°l§l‘;‘;f§ér glhfrtflggfy or soups by excessive uso, alter which ovrresnomlents declare thot this hah. ms head mo wa Two 15_ llle llghglng went on wllll the pure ofl battle is likely to continue for some i Waders t Mx; “ tg' mmunh the l-|fle_ Al, dawn rpg Gel-mmlg l timo. It is possible the Russians will -gon wa lmsvgnd oth’2x'_ lragsaort ww counter-attacked twice. but were l U80 Dorf Of the UOODB l‘9l0BS9d by U19 gona 17% rounds of amllery Igmmlmh stopped by our bombs and we wore fail of Przemysl in an endeavour to M ' 12 000 d t hi n masters or sebum Woods. bring the battle to an end. °“' ' ’°““ 5 ° mc “° 5"
ammunition and 210 prisoners were
_________ offensive in Bukowina, to which terri- "“Dt“"ed by '-TW Bfmsh-
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IN WEST EENNIIEIIS
(8 eclal to The Guardian)
PAl;tl§, March 24.-Following a ter-
rific artillery duel during which squad- rons of hostile aeroplanes engaged each other high above the roaring of guns, another infantry engagement de- veloped in West Fiandens. It is re- ported from Stomar, East of Nieuport, that the French artillery dislodged German guns from strong position. Farther South, German and French guns engaged in A severe conflict in the swampy lowlands near Dixmude. Reports from the North indicate that hard fighting is in progress along the Yser River. Another artilley duel de- veloped oa the Aisno River. French batteries near Solssons having been reinforced during the past few days, were able to silence German guns in short order.
in Champagne there was atill nn-
other conflict, the Germans trying to
thirst on the march across the desert.
The Turkish commissariot department
destroy French trencbeswith heavy- flre from their big guns.
has been an utter failure. Minard'a [Aliment Cures itheumatlsm.
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Austria Regards War
(Special to The Guardian)
GENEVA, March 24.-'i`llc italian
Government ordered tho seizure at Lunio. near the Swiss frontier, of 29 freight cars containing graphite, sal- phar and other supplies, said to have been destined for thc Krupp Gun Works at Essen, Germany. The Tri- bune reports the Italian agent at Lu-
HOSTILITIES
wi
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Seizes 29 Cars lllunitions Conslgned to lirupp
Works. Large Number of Troops Moving.
inevitable.
ino was arrested on a charge of par; chasing the materials.
(Special to The Guardian)
GENEVA, March 24.-The Austrian
Government now considers war with italy more than probable. According to despatcbes received here from Vien- na a large number of troops arrived ot Tryol and Trieste, where defensive works are being constructed.
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llumber of Private Bills
WEDNESDAY, March 24, 1915. Tile House resumed this morning at
11 o'clock, Mr. Wyatt, the Speaker, presiding. Aftcr prayers ami the reading of the Journal, Mr. A. A. Mc- Donald asked leave to present a pet- ition from Ralph E. Dingwcll and other electors of Morcll, asking for the incorporation of “The Morcll Skat- ing Co.” The petition was not in or- der and was referred back to the pet- itioners to be drawn up in proper
form. ' MR. A. A. McDONALD next pre- sented a petition from llnssel ll. Duv- ison and others, asking ror the incor- poration of a mercantile company to be known as "R, W. McEwen & Co., Ltd." Tile petition was referred to a committee of three consisting ot' Mos- srs. A. A. McDonald , Simpson and Martin.
The Premier then moved, under Or-
ders of the Day, the second reading of the "Companies’ Act." Aitcr the reading the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. Tem- ple McDonald in the chair, to take the Bill into consideration.
The Premier, in explaining the Bill,
said that it had been partly consider- ed the year before, but that inasmuch as it involved such grave and serious changes under the law, it was thought well, after careful consideration, to print the Bill and distribute it among members of thc Bar and thc Dench and ro-introduce it at the present ses- sion. It was fortunate that this was done, because since the llouse last met some of the important clauses ol' the Bill, in fact, a whole section of the Bill. had been ill review hcforo the Privy Council, all that part of the Bill that had to do with cxtl'n-provin- cial companies, and a decision was arrived at that practically put that part of the bill out of oprrtttlon. The British Columbia Act provldcd-- as the draft of this Act provirlctl- that no extra-Provitlciul company could do business within the Prov- ince nf British Columbia without first obtaining a license froln the Govern- ment of British Columbia, and all the legislation that was founded upon that provision was overturned by the decision of the Privy Council, which held that tio Province could imposc the necessity upon a Dominion incor- porated Company of obtaining a llc- euse before doing business. The right to do business in every port. of Canada, it was held, was established by the Dominion incorporation and wllile a Province might tax an extra- provincial company and might tax it almost to the verge of extinction. yce they could not impose the condition that it must take out a provincial lic- ense before doing business. In this Bill they had accordingly struck out the whole chapter relating to oxtra- provlncial companies. All that was vital in that chapter would be found in amendments that would be made to the Tax Act. They would require extra-provincial companies to register within the Province, ns the Act of last year provided; they would subject them to their proper proportion of tax- ation and would obtain for the people who were doing business with these companies a statement that would en- able them to know the constitution of the company and the business of the company, so that in the event of suing or being sued.t.bey might know just precisely with whom they had to dcal. ln effect, then, while striking out that part of the Act which followed the Act of British Columbia having to do with extra-provincial companies, they would bring the rest within the law. The Companies' Act. continued the Premier, under which they had been operating for many years, was obsol- .|ete and was entirely insuliicient ‘to meet the development which this province had enjoyed in the form- ation of companies. The enactment of the must modern legislation con- trolling and regulating the action of companies would give a stability tu business and a confidence tu outsiders which, under the existing state of the law, they were threatened with losing altogether. One could hardly over-estimate the importance of lhaving such a Companies law here ‘an would appeal to business men in the world outside in relation to the development of the important in- dustries here. What they were alm- ing st, said thc Premier, was to have enacted legislation of thc most modern character specially adapted where special adaptation was neces- sary to the conditions existing hero.
IESTEN|]lI’S PNUEEETINES T'
IIE PH]
IIINCIIIL LEEISENTUNE
introduced - Companies’
`-'fllct Receives Second Reading.
was thc English Act of 1908. which represented the experience that had been gained ln Great Britain through centuries. .
Before,the reading of the Bill was
begun there was a discussion, led by Mr. Wyatt, on certain points in connection with it.
Mr. Wyatt said that under the
-plresent Act a certain amount had to be subscribed before the bill could be incorporated. All that was necessary was that it should _be sub- scribed.. He thought that there should be some provision requiring-that the petitioners should be in a financial position to complete or make good the amount of the stock which they subscribed..
THE PREMIER said there was one
terrible defect in the present Act, and that was that a company might be ln- corporated without having a single dollar of property. That was true, and the new Act was in- tended to guard against having a. company that was absolutely hollow in that way being incorporated. As they read through tables A. and B. there would be found provisions suffi- cient to meet ft. The whole object of the Act was to .prevent the floating of bogus companies. They must see, before the Act was passed, that there was no safeguard that could be given to the public which was not provided. The Act: as it stood represented the work of the ablest company lawyers and exports that England had pro- duccd. lt represented the experience they had had since joint stock com- panies were first known. and was intl-.ndcd to deal with all thc abuses thot, up to thc passage of that Act. in 1908, had developed or became known.
The reading of the Act was thou
bcgun, clause by clause. Aftenthe reading and .;>,usslng of the first clause the Ilousc adjourned to 3 p. m.
On the resumption at 3.30 tho read-
ing of the Act was resumed.
At 5.30 the Premier moved that the
Chairman of tho Committee report progress and ask leave to sit again. 'l‘hc motion was carried.
On thc motion of the Premier the
lilouso thctl adjourned to Thursday at ‘ p.m.
NIIENIIII [IIE ENITENS
NNW IN TNE TINES
About one o'clock this morning
Sheriff Wright, of Summerside, ac- companied by a posse of Alberton cit- izens succeeded in capturing the two in-wis brothers, Calvin and Irving. who brokc jail at Alberton n few days ago and who are suspected of setting tire to the barn of Mr. George Barbour and also of having fired at Constables Barbour and Brown while searching their premises for whisky.
Widespread interest has been taken
in this case and its future progress will he keenly watched. The suspects wcro lodged ln Albcrton when arrest- cd and will be brought to Summersida Jail this morning for safe-keeping.
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