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Vancouver‘ Member Tells of. Loathsome Conditions.

TRAIL AFibss - CANADA

Verit a b l e Cesspool, However, is Great Customs District of Montreal - Attack on Record of Former Montreal Ofiicial.

(YPTAiWiA. Feb. 4.--The demand for an inventigsticn into serious conditions in the uistoms service. especially at. the port of Montreal. which was to have been made lat- er, came before the House of Com- mons tonight because of the Gov- ernment's proposal for a six weeks‘ adjournment. H. l-l. ‘Stevens Van- couver laid serious charges ‘ eiore the House regarding the service, and placed responsibility at the door of the Government.’

il-le ask-ed the House to refuse a lengthy adjournment to the

fined to one department of Government alone.

M-r. Stevens’ first charge -waB that nine filing cabinets

it is the man of ideas who l;

EHNMENT

Prince N-dv-t: Fitted to Aid King in Prob-

lems of Empire.

(Special to the Guardian) LONDON. Feb. 5.- it is stat

in London though there is no of- flclal announcement to the effect that the lPrince of Wales is shortly to commence regular work at ‘Buck- ingham Palace assisting the King in the daily business

fully acquainted with the contents of state documents presented for his signature. He takes special iii- terest in all personal appointments offices representing the Crown

in all parts oi the Empire. He is in regular consultation with his min- isters and interviews those per- sons who are proceeding to over- seas posts or have returned from hem whether temporarily or per- manently‘. He makes a point of giving audiences to visitors to London who have dons notable work in any field whether it be a Banting who has made a medical discovery or a Steffanson with u

of go veril-

,PHEM|[H

His Campaign

Rejected.

(Canadian Press) SHEIihBR/OCK, Sask. Feb 5--D. L. Burgess, independent candidate opposing Premier ‘W. L. MaieKenzle King in the Prince Albert by-elec- ti/Jn, opened his speak-log campaign

ell

mem- here last night. It was a very short Th” K1118 i5 B V91‘? hard W911i" speech, lasting but fifteen minutes. and spares no pains to become

IMr. Burgess declared that he was in the field purely in protest

lee lMacdtirn-ald. Liberal member. mier icing, had delegated his seat.

too. came originally ‘from North ert. he felt sure.

ed that the l ‘ependent campaign,

al contributions.

HIH IiPP-IJS-INE

D. ‘L. BihTg-ess Opens De- clares King will be

Mr. Burgess also remarked that he

Many Lives Lost Both

Depth.

(Canadian Press) NEW YORK. “eh. 5.-—N0rth- eastern United States today was struggling to free itself from the

against the manner lin which Char grip of the most severe snow storm

oi the winter that lasted fully.24

Who retired to make way for Pre- hours and brought death and das-

tructlon in its wake. Thirty-five known deaths were attributed to the storm, eleven in a

York and as that seat had reject- building collapse under the weight 0d Mr. King. so would Prince Aib- of snow at New Britain, Conn..

eight baigeinen who lost their

A. D. Agnew official agent for lives at sea. and sixteen deaths Mr. Burgess. in a brief talk, stat,- tllrectiy attributed to the stormy

elements in New York, New Jersey

was financed isntirely by small 10¢. and New England States.

Crack trains were hours late, and service was disrupted in New York.

Boston and Philadelphia. Wire com-

geographlcal discovery.

Aitenhls illness last year the King took‘a holiday on his yacht and it was so beneficial Gov‘ health that his doctors think he "Plllllt-"l" "u" m“ purpose M “w” ought to do it every year. 0n that l-ng from the files of Parliament occasion owing to me and 0i 111B Giweiilmelm evidence n’ abroad of the Prince of Wales u ‘their maladlministratlon." A "861" special commission was appointed 1W8 William" °i "iiairih" which to act for the monarch. Lit is be- lle DWDOBGd to exiwlle was Mt 0°"- lieved that in the future these po\v- the ers will be vested in the Prince h: Wales. The Prince has now an unequal- lméd led knowledge of the Empire and wtih Nevada contalnins dllmllsihs he is eminently fitted to be assoc- evidence had been removed from lated with His Majesty in the in- lh-e ousted)’ i" U16 Government of- tlmate duties of the state which

toh

flees and taken to the home of an belong specially to the King.

err-minister and‘- thero‘ destroyed.

The -Prince bus made excellent ll-‘lagrant violations of the customs progress from his recent injuries

laws had been carried on brazenly in the hunting field.

during the past year. During that year the lPrime Minister. ‘Mlnipter of Justice. Minister ofCiilsoiimsi eel-Minister of Customs and Min- ister of Merino linew these con- ditions existed. The Solicitor-Gen- eral entered the Government with knowledge of flleiil.

1N0 wonder there are feverish ei- Mrts to secure an adjournment. said lMr. Stevens.

“The Government knows

year the Prime Minister, the ‘Mln- S

' isterr of Justice and the Minister of atiou of the Lieut. Marine knew that this condition come a protected reserve for the existed. The Minister of Justice acollmatlzation. breeding and con- knew n when he took offlce." said serving oi all klndfl of "flail ti"!

game.

To Speak At

Mr. Stevens.

"I deny that entlrelylll throw that back in his teeth." declared Mr. llsalvointe. ,,

Continuing Mr. lBtevsns said that he charged the Government with knowledge for almost a year of the perpetratlon of the gross brea- ches of the Customs iIsBWB.

"Nothing of what my honorable friend has said is to iny knowled-

interrupting again. _ “At least their tongues are loos- ened." said Mr. Stevens.

0i M-lf. ‘Stevens’ charge.

disclose the source nf his informa- tion because the guilty persons would have opportunity to cover their tracks.

"innocent business men would “V dire to walk tiip streets of Monti-eel if it were shown they disclosed certain information." he declared.

These statements brought forth a storm of illt9rrupt1dns_'_from fillin- isters. Mr. Steven's cootiniisd f-o llllv that the Prime Minister wile dilly informed cf the modifiers be lboke or. ' u -.

"l want to say tohlm that ii he gal; his: ill wmud muse statis-

. ‘w‘_n" w.toha sanctum. that‘ slim the last elec-

t

zitiaillmlfialgds a: the m page“ _ A, e or~ t_ s '~'°"llll'&.~ mil ed the ex-

h gtmlfigrolztliiiol fill"! of millions

Condensed _ Special manure. was; a. ’ , ‘FTQWQ! f‘ .9"! .‘?°'.‘l“."~.

..._._._». i

“chm slim ti: "rye-SM! are "were s. - ' ..ii.£id=ii

wou mans-j s-suvstoslisi Prices so I50 f0? - 031004: ha”. ‘up nfi‘ t R ~. A ‘ ‘v _.

n» ' Illa-fire ‘giiafi.

o ill.

Premiers. Hon- J- Hon. l-l. N. Rhodes and Hon. I: Stewart o‘; New; Brunswick. 0v S ti an . 1- .,°.".,_“...-.. being invited to sneak- __{______.__?.-_é

Customs. ifOs la-ro that thw- of ‘PurIlu-mentaiy IWWUPB“ . member had no risill l0 Si)!’ "ii" “i. Mr. Coaify who was formerly llld‘lél'__0l the branch at schem-

OllSil "will"?! I‘

Measure To

Conserve Fish And Gain

(Canadian Press) QUEBEC, Feb. 5.—Hon.

J-

t. Lawrence. shall on Governor b

Conservative Meet

On March 26th

(Canadian Press) 'l‘0lt()NTO. i-‘ch. fi-~-Rt-

hree Provincial

island

Boivin Obieeted.

.. Boi '.n, Minister of lion. Georges-M “Th! point w m» had been a breach The

minister \\'0u‘-d vleslroy documents which might b» irsod as evldenc Ab“! o; u" lmpgrm] "l for one do not nil-Bil"? i" “mid jointly accused with J., ionlt.“ he ullili- 1 M, g-M-pm; gnld that he mere Y feared that dncuinmts might

i

, signed to prevent the dlsclosurel-

un sl i| si|il s

proposed to make. "The Prl

e ' gnu“... Wag lnblnints with.

stolen from the eachequt-u

. Leaihsoma Condltlllll-

10s" ll. Ham‘ cinnamon: had voted 6350.000 hr.- speoiol pwvontlve work. ‘iwhat with itl n, ly for political hen-

‘nan-ale Q01. llwllfiill was use-d la Minion during the ‘election. one.

for :0“ flo for silo-dated. M y rs old. for. special pro-l

(Qsahaodoslsp o)

absence

E. . U"! Perrauit. Minister of Colonization some of the most flagrant viola- Mines and Fisheries, has brought tions of the Customs Laws have in a measure to provide that the been- going on for a your. For a island o: Anticosti. in the Gullf of proc am-

lion. get" said the ‘Minister of Justice Arm",- {Vlgighen and iPremicr (l. Howard lfofilllllllil- Provincial (lmli-lofvlli-ivfi , _ _ will be the chief speakers at iiltl ‘Mr. Cannon intsi-jected denials huuquut on .\‘iurch 2|; next. Wllillil will be held in connection with the Mr. Stevens said he would not annual meeting of the (Tollllellliilvil Association of Olltllliil- The (‘that

conservative p M. Baxter.

Dominion and Leaders

respect-

b° days, ago and in Court today the flegtmyefi. He would rather dil- Crown formally dropped the pro-

Seek Source 0f Death Dealing “Hair Tonic”

(Canadian Press)

is

including mena personal supplies of toilet lotions was seized by wlllnllllv commanders yesterday and late last night. Eleven army post exchanges bad been ransack- ed by oflicers in their efforts to find the exact source of the cau-

lous poisoning of at others.

u. s. to Strictly- Enforce Prohib- ition Law

(Special 1o the Guardian) HlAiUlFAX, N. S., Feb. 5.— A determination to males every ef- fort in enforce the prohibition law in lNova Scotia and the intention to introduce (further or other mea- sures io deal with the liquor trai- fic). should enforcement be found impossible were indicated in a statement issued by the provincial ‘Bcvernment today llu connection wit-h the appointment of Rev. D. K. Grant of Middleton, Nova Scot- la as head of the inforeement ser- vice under the Nova Scotia Tem- Derance Act.

Many, Lost In a Floods Along Lower Danube

(Canadian Prsu) CONSTANSEA. Romania. Feb. 5. —Many lives. arenreported to have been lost in the floods along the 10W" Dflllll-bfl alidugreat expanses of territory are inundated.

. .

H. H.,,C0a.lly yls Committed For Trial

(Canadian Press) TORONTO. Fe li.~—l-i‘enry H. Coaffy was committed for ‘trial. when» he appeared in the county police court before Magistrate ‘Brunton, today to answer charges of theft. .

least three

6

e.

Bank. was

strong,,former M. ~ .,ior North York. The latter tlie suddenly two

elntlng to the Prime ceedlligf! against h m. Minister later. but he Wlls satin-y led that the adjournment was de-

fermedof; and aware of lhenlillk‘

dltions l proposmto disclose. he . _

ingq, 1g w“ gzglmqw that through! , d smuggling 83 .000. 0 illlli “"0"

ilndications Are That Anti-Christian Move

ment is Developing.

lp-, (Canadian Press)

by the happenings

Dlmllflll.

shore for

HONOLULU. Feb. 5.“—EV€Ty 000-; ceivable form of medical coiitainerfiilre lile $019-

feen “hair tonic" which caused the. death 0f six privates and the ser-

i-to dig. out of the storm._

A. M. Arm-

LONDON. i-‘eb. fi.~-Reui.ers COT-

Ito. I00 (U? 01.00 1 , v lve w rk soured, last sBsliQil respondent at Damascus, says the I‘ hlllhllfl. Gnhflimqong ab. pretanpcea from ,_ ih-is ‘Par- massacre of forty chrlstilllls ill U19 » l,» llliailit by this Government. Lfinll village of Marunab. news of Willcil

smoeaditioa. obtains f . isililtfillildliiladiatriot o . but by no means limited . : .

isa Coiit- .-..._-

was received isst nlsht- llldlcfll" that an antichristian movement ll develohiill and that this is mn- firmed

munleation throughout the section‘ was interrupted. Two heroic rescues were per- forined at sea, five ships were in distress and ocean traffic from New York to Boston hugged the safety. Three thousand passengers were hold up at New York when lhelr ships hove in be-

The storm spread u snow blanket varying from u few inches to two feet over the northeast and as far west as Ohio. Wind driven. ii formed u. blockade over the coun- try; highways through Pennsyl- vania, New York. New Jersey and New lEngland. The gale swirled nut to sea late yesterday toward the (id-and Banks and the ship lanes. .

At the lowest estimate, it will cost New York one million dollars Twenty thousand workmen battled all day yesterday to keep the main streets passable. five persons died in the sinrm in New York City. schools were suspended in the afternoon. lrnllcy service was impeded and thousands of commuters were late. The fastest trains from West and South came in from one to four hours behind schedule. _ Air mall‘ service between New York and Chicago was baited and only two of five nas- senger vessels due to dock in New York dared enter. Four out- bound coastwise ships hove to at City Island where incoming coast vessels joined them. Tons of ice in the Hudson River jammed against the Liner Orduna and kept (her from docking until the tide turned- , yHoston was paralyzed even more completely than New York. Com- muting service was suspended eu- iirely for hours and business hous- es and offices closed in the after- noon to give their employees a chance to got. home. Public build- ings including the State were thrown open to those forced to stay in the City. Railroad sche- dules were badly lip-till.

HALIFAX. N. S., Feb. 5.—Hall- fax and practically the entire coast of Nova Scotia along the Atlantic were this morning endeavoring to shovel away the huge snow drifts that everywhere served as remind-

House ,

Covers Prince (Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY s, 192a.

lsus HEASIINSlSEASBWS stuusi smut ‘LEAVES iiBiRIICTIUN AND _ " s nun u us WAKE

on Land and Sea -

Communication and T-raflic in Largest (Hties Tied Up —Railwa.ys in Mari- times With Few Exceptions Complete- 1y, Blocked With Snow Several Feet in

.ers of yesterdays storm, by far the worst the Province has experienc- ed this winter.

A terrific blizzard, reaching at times in some vlcinitles a velocity of sixty miles an hour, caused all coastwlse vessels to hasten to the nearest shelter and those already in port to remain in safety.

No casualties either on land or sea, however. had been reported up to midday. while the local branch of the Department oi Mar- ine and Fisheries were without word from any damaged ship.

Some fears are‘ expressed for three Canso fishing vessels, which were on the Atlantic when the storm started. but it is pointed out that they may have docked some- where along. the coast and found

_ it impossible to communicate with

their owners wires.

fin the rural districts of the Prov- ince it may be days before the highways will be in a condition for even light traffic. the wind having piled up snow along them in drifts which even buried the fences. Countless houses were completely isolated in a white wil- derness whilemany schools were without pupils. ‘

When it became apparent that the storm was going to prove un- usually severe, lumber operators nfllersd their crews withdrawn from the woods.‘ Train service through- out the iProvince was generally crippled.

The City of Halifax this morn- lng presented an unique appear- ance. pedestrians traversing its main thoroughfares. were obliged tn walk along the road in the path cleared by tramway sweepers. the sidewalks beini; buried beneath ilrilts several feet in ilepth. Every- w-herc about the city hundreds oi‘ men were employed in clearing away the snow. and by noon most of the principal streets began to resemble their normal appearance. [Automobiles left out doors over night were in many cases embed- ded above their hoods. By midnight scores of side streets were ab- solutely blocked to traffic, the [snow covering road and sidewalk lwith a deep mantle, which this morning prevented numerous citi- zens from going to work.

owing to broken

TORONTO, Feb. 5.--The Atlan- tic coast storm now centered near Sable island is moving slowly northeastward. A heavy northeast snow storm has prevailed in the Marifiines while in the Western Provinces the weutlicr continues lino and mild. .

HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 5.—Des- patches from Truro stated that the storm there had not been equalled in severity for many years.

Train No. 5 from Halifax. due at. Truro at five this morning was snowbound about half way between two points, ‘and at noon was still

(Corvtlnudd ‘on Page 3)

High, Wind and

Yegtefday business in Charlotte- gmvu w” brought to astandstill. the town being in the srin 0! "l6 worst blizzard of the season. and Mgmgqjinjl u. old-sliders. iwsslb-v be worst since the heavy snow! 10f . » Although not accompanied by a very low, temperature, there W" a very heavy ill" 6i 81W" ""1 °°“' aisles-u wet-g made “such worse by the high wlndthlt has prevailed since th swrlnJi-lfi-Qd- r

For an our yesterday morning ilhll gals continued at an aver-Isa PM")! forty-two muss. and some all!!! reached a velocity oi sixty mile! an hour. Even as late es i881 QWIP lng it had only ‘abated to a rate of twenty-six miles an hollr- Elwin’ readily heavy drifts have made street i-faftlc in the oil! 11100591519. although some sl-eisha 9i Y8 infill-l“

iiiiiiilliiiiillilii'illiitil. u Nililliiiiiliiiilii (Biifliilil

Heavy Snowfall Make Trai- flc Impossible and Train Service is Completely Tied ' Up — Summerside Train Snowboundat Kelvin.

Walking too. is only accomplished with great difficulty, and many citizens are making their way to and.» from their respective business- es on snow iihoes. _ ‘ The railway lines are completely tied up. and it unexpected that. no move to resume the service will he possible before noon today. , The train that loft on ‘Tburadty afternoon for Bummersidc. and was blockaded at Kelvin, is still siiow- ed in. Efforts were spade yesterday to reach it by tfilfilul-lllh uu access» fully. Another attempt up: s made to rescue the snow hour!!!)among-

Russia To In- crease Exports T0 United States

MOSCOW. Feb. 5.——0i'ficials of the Commissariat of Agriculture an nnunce that Russia is preparing to export to the United States during the next six months six bll-llon sees. eighty million pounds of but. ter and forty million chickens. ducks. turkeys. and wild fowl. The United States. officials say will also be able to absorb about seven million dollars worth 01' Bll-llifls-e castngs_ ten million dol- lars worth of wool. for carpets, illlrfle hair and animal bones for sugar refining purposes. Declaring that these commodities are now ileillil purchased by the United ‘slams ill Elltland and Germany ill?!’ urge Russian producers to compete or this trade.

Family Decline _ To Participate In Trial

(Canadian Press)

ROME, Feb. 5.—The family of W19 Socialist Deputy Mattetteol. ilililllllliled and murdered in 1924. has declined to participate in the trial of the -flve men held in con- nection with the orime. Declaring that after the recent grand jury decision such action is useless. The ‘Rome Court of Review in liberated twenty flve men and held five for trial. it found that the crime was not premed- itated but was the result of "a spontaneous impulse by a number of hot headed youths."

December

Prince 0f Wales Feted_B_ybFa.rmers

(Canadian Press) M-DIJLON. MOWBRAY. Leices- tershlre. England. Feb. 5._.W1t11 one arm ln»a. sling wand strapped closely to his body and waited up- on by a bevy of rosy checked. bright eyed farmers daughters, the Prince of Wales had a feast here last evening with a crowd of local farmers. His hosts were men over whose farms in Lelcostershire, the Prince had often galloped. and sometimes rolled when he came a croppcr. whilc following the hounds.

The arm in the sling is a consc- quence of one of-‘bhose tumbles.

Australian Butter For Dominion

(Canadian Press) VANCOUVER. B. C-. Feb. 5. The Canadian Australian lid-er Nia- gara arrived here early this morn- ing with the first shipment ever consigned to Canada of Australian butter a result of the Canadian Aus- tra-llan trade treaty. The vessel brought 15.000 cases of the Aus- tralian product and 6.000 cases from 'Ncw Zealand. Two thousand cases were unloaded in Victoria. The bulk of the Australian butter is destined for Torpnto,

llllliiilniliw Fiililiiilflii

as Well as Losses.

(Special to The Guardian)

OTTAWA. ' but, Feb. p.410... Charles Murphy, Postmaster Gen- eral has notified the Pacific Cable Board that. he will recommend the withdrawal oi Canada from the “partnership with the linlied Kingdom Australia and New Zeaisncl under which the iPaciile cable was constructed if the board penisto in the duplication of the Paclfls cable from Fiji to Canada.