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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 192.1

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Splendid Hearing , For Conservatives At Clifton" Meeting

One-Time Liberal Stronghold Enthusiastically Applauds Hon. J. D. Stewart And Conservative Candi dates Messrs Mc-

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sip Alexander Gibb

~_ H a s Conference .- With Saint John ‘Mayor. i

(Canadian Pres!)

siinrr JOHN, N. n. July 22- m preliminary survey of the d8- vastated west side harbor front and me harbor in general, was com- pleted today, by Sir Alexander Gibb, eminent British port author- ity, and his assistants. The party will leave Saint John by the BB! oi Fundy route boot tomorrow morning for Halifax to continue ch91; survey 0i’ Canadian ports- They are expected to return to this city in September. An (infonnal round-table conference was held ifi the mayor's office today. After the

meeting. his worship ‘stated: “We put forward to Sir Alexander and

his assistants the ideals and aspir- ntions of the city in relation to the reconstruction of the west side mocks, the general harbor develop- ment, including the proposed bu- boi- bridge, and matters of like ‘in- terest. The talk was purely infor- mal." -

SAINT JOHN, N. B., July 32.- The final chapter in the prelimin- ary arrangements relative to the reconstruction oi sufficient port facilities at West St. John to ac- commodate this coming winter's ship ping activities, was closed this sf- ternoon with the endorsation of the arrangements by pl minent ship- ping men of Canada at o special conference held hero. Representat- ives of tho various shipping lines which utilize this port arrived in "it filly at noon and went into

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ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS ETCS. "Show and Dance Forrest l-lill "B" Monday. 7630-7-22-21.

“All parties having potato bugs blooms to us kindly i-etum. P. .1. N°Y it Co. 7648-7-22-3i

“"100 Cream Festival and Dance, asllillowood School, Thursday, July rd. li not flne, Friday. 7655-7-23-11

"Come to the Ice Cream Social sud Dance in Cardigan Head School “WNW. July sci-a. 7832-7-22-21.

‘flies’ Mills, Vernon River, will we July 28th until me new crop. I 1608-7-2l-3i.

Ice Cream Social at Hall, Monday, July will be held 'I‘ues-

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nwhoopeei. Grahams ‘Rpgd 27th. if not fine day.

, . .. ‘Reserve Wednesday, Aflflllt 13th the Golden Jubilee Celebration ":1 Grand m Party at st. Peters. add liter. IIIS-I-ld-ttsdl.

l"00me totho Lawn Psrty at

Bonshsw Inuradsy night. July ‘fro. n not fine m: fine night fol- Wihs. vssaa-l-n-m. “£11m Olen-y Orcholtn will fur- mch the music st the big dance in m“ mono Hall. on Thursday sv- m K- Jllly 28rd. Good order and rc- shment-s. . 76284-224“.

“UT!” Dlrishioners of St. An- muny‘! Church. Bloomfield, Lot s, this: “at-"Y "i"“r"

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And Wigmore.

The flowing tide of Conservative sentiment wu, plainly evident last night st the largely attended pol- itical meeting at Clifton, strongest Llbunl poll in tho First District of Queens, at which the Conserv- ative speakers were enthusiastical- ly received. The popular party candidates, Messrs Wolfe: MscKcu- sic and Thomas Wiigmoi-c mode l. splendid impression and scored ug- gresoivcly over their opponents, Hon. Peter Sinclair nml Hon. Allan Sicwsfle Mt. Gilli-t Campbell, Gflhlllll Rood, ,_ " ‘ clplbly mo lmplrfinlly.

Hon. J. D. Stewrst, Conservative party leader, supported Messrs Mac- Kcnzie and Wigmorc in a chal- lenging speech in which be took up, clause by clause, the Lea Gov.- =1 cat's platform of 1827, show- ing the Government's sorry failure to implement its pledges .

“And this is the Government," Mr.

Sicwartbaunicd while the audience applauded, "that is now appealing on its ‘record? _ Frankly Mr. Allan Stewart ad- mitted that federal politics were not in issue in the present campaign. Both be and his colleague Mr. Sin- clair, however, injected federal muff- ters into the debate.

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‘Premier Leia and nu purl-y ‘as not purpose to tell the people what they intend to do," declared Hon. J. D. Sfcwnrt. "They are not “go- lng to bind themselves to any plat- form. They may do what ls right; they may do what is wrong; but they sre no! going to bind them- selves; they are not making my contract will; you and therefore they are ‘not liable Q you in my way if they should be re-elccted to power.

"D0 10G think Sh” In the prop. c1- pcoplc to bnvc in power, who

Reduction In?‘ Interest Rate

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Que" July 22.—A re- duction in the interest rate on current commercial accounts in clearing banks wsspflicially an- nounced today by Beaudry Lemon. F sident of the Cmsdian Bankers Association. Mr. Lemon's statement follows: ‘The banks, members of the several clearing houses in Can- ada have notified customers to whom interest on current account balances has been heretofore ai- lowed, in eflect u follows: Owinl to the general slowing down of cc- onclnic activity in Csnifds and else where, with resultant decressc in the volume of business, the clar- ing banks find ii: necessary in rc- scUust interest nilowsnccs applic- able half yearly to current sc- counts. In accordance with this, sov- crul banks have notified their cus- tomers that on and after August l, tbs bsnk will sllow interest half- yesrly st a rote of 2pc pct annum on the minimum monthly balance instead cf 3 1-2 per cent u form- erly, sud l 1-2 per cent on daily ces insimd of 2 per cent. As s service cbsrgo for conducting the scoount interest will only be sllow- H cd on minimum monthly or daily bounces in excess of st lust $35.- coc. These reductions in interest “ psysbie on current accounts do not apply in tho interest on ordinary“ savings coconuts. remains at l per cont per snnum, psysblc half

"Buying live héll Ind llmbl

Tuscany, July 28th

decide u» amount. In other words they cook tbs moth: completely in their own bands.

m; 11 A, u,‘ continued, ‘that tbs! money bsl

bold themselves without sny rc- sponsibillty, and do not give you any assurance u to what they will do? Their chief campaign so hr has been criticism of the Bennett Government. It ll time enough for them is criticise Mr. Bennett or shy one else for non fulfillment of pro- mises when they have implement- ed their own promises made four years ago." (Appllusm)

SCORES CLASS PROPAGANDA

Brought up on o. farm, the son of a farmer, the Conservative lead- er challenged his opponents to ox- plain why an attempt was now be- ing mude to introduce class prejud- ice into the campaign. The people are being asked to ‘vote for Prem- ier Leo. because he is o. farmer. “ls u. poor farmer better than n good doctor, or a good merchant?” Mr. Stewart nkcd. “l! is not merch- ants, it is not lawyers ,it is not doctors, it is not formers you want, but men capable of performing pub- llo services, vvbsi-cvcr their profes- sion may be."

The Lon Government's failure to ‘ ' ‘ its platform pledges with regard to old age pensions, subsidy settlement, a- ‘ ‘ ent of a. supervisor for the Farmers In- stitutes, promotion of cranberry and caller-omen fruit gfovllnffeu- courogeipeni, of the canning indust- ry, enforcement of the Prohibition law, etc, was scathingiy denounced by Mr. Stewart. Answering the Liberal criticism’ that he had said the opportunity of obtaining n. subsidy settlement was gone, lidx. Stewart, amid ap- plause, said: “Yea, it is gone-gone for them, and they won't get an- other chancel" "which of ibe psrties tbs! are now facing you do you believe in most likely to secure" n subsidy settlement which will ensure that revenue so necessary to the Prov- incc. without additional taxes?" be challenged. "They have cluttered up the Statute Books with statutes of no value and which they are not at- tempting tc implement," he declar- ed, instnncing the legislation pass- ed to provide for an educational plebiscite, and for s Board of Ed- ucation. - Amusement at the expense of Mr. Sinclair was occasioned when Mr. Stewart proved conclusively that the unpainted bridges referred to by the Liberal candidate were in that condition under the Bell Gov- ernment, and not under the Stew- art administration.

LIBERAL INCQNSISTENCY

The old age pensions plank, Mr. Stewart pointed out, was put in the Liberal platform of i927. They did nothing about it for four yQlII. Then when their time was up they

they sny "we will psy old ugc pen- sion: too.” Yet they admit lbw have no platform sud no such pol- icy has ever been officially cunn- ciatcil by their party." (Applause)

Mr. Stewart dealt fully with the fsctl in connection with the grout in lieu of, railway foxes, which the Libel-all in i921 contended should

towns. They included that as a plank in their plltform and lg- noroil if absolutely until the Inst lslslou of tbs Lcgllhiure when they piled on Act-not that the towns lliolllll ymive a specified niin but ibnl tho Governor in Council should

"l uninformed.” m. Stewart

Ivsattlasism, Aldon not been psldwst to Charlotte-

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Hon. W. I}. M. King Denies He v Knew Anything About the Payment of His Ex- penses By_ Beauhar- nois, B ut Admits Senator McDougald Paid His Bermuda Hotel Bill.

(Csllndllll Pfisl) OTTAWA, Ont, July 2Z—POBMVQ denial that msmui bills wmiflvn a trip to Bermuda but been paid by the Beoubu-ncis Company woo made in the Housg o! ‘Commons to- day by Rt. Hon. lhcKeuzle K1118- Leiwler of the Opposition. Rising on a question of privilege, Mr. Kin! stated that certain newlpimrs bud interpreted evidence given below the Beallhsmois Qflmittec of i119 House of Commons by Sensbor Wil- fred Laurier HcDougdid as bearing the significance these bills had been pom by tlfe Beuuhsrnois Company. Mr. King quoted hood- lines from the newspaper in his hund to this effect. Buch In inter- pretation was absolutely incorrect. "Mr. Speaker, I rise to question of personal privilege," said Mr. King. "The press of yesterday and today in reporting 119011. the 91'0- ccedlngs before the select stand!!! committee investigstmg the Beau- hiu-uois project, bu in certain quart ers placed its ovm interpretation up on the evidence which was 81W!!! there. I have in my bond one imblw ction bearing the following head- ing: "Beouhm-uois pI-kl bills of 0X- Premler King." “Mackenzie K1118’! iount to Bermuds with Senator fi- nanced.

“I lust wish to soy Mr. Spell-KB!‘- thai; no bills of mine Wfire 0V6!‘

nection wlfiVever with Beauhsrnois in any way with respect to any matter of travel or anything d”. and also I did not nick; the mp to Bermuda with Senator McDOUC- aid, as one might infer by "M1118 the heading of articles - i"- in some newspepcm of yesterday

"The statement upon which the!!! articles are based is a voucher pre- sented yesterday to thq committee

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LONDON. July lib-King George received Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald in audience at " ckiugbnm Palace today. The summons was believed to bc in connection with the scv- en power conference on the German“ flunuciaLcrisls.

The WeafhcrEtc

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ronomm, ruiyoa - iidcderato southwest winds, cloudy and. ‘prob- ably s‘ few scattered showers.

Minimum High tide this afternoon at 0.31 sud tomorrow morning at 5.06. Simsetntbiscveniusstiulnd rites tomorrow morning It 4.80.

paid by Beouharnois. I had ho con- .

l-mpuflu‘ crll provincial relief durinif i ~ the i‘ __ ‘winter, IACOICHIII to Mlxlmum‘ MP. If sii.

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NENNNUVER PLANISTMN IN liiN ll ll N

Delegates At Seven Power Conference Electrified by Re- port of New Wash- i-m-ton Mov e to Solve the German Problem.

LONDON, July ilk-The finance ministers of seven notions struggled for six continuous hours tonight with the first steps to restore strick- en Germany. The results of their deliberations will be submitted to the seven power conference in plenary smsion tomorrow, and the day closes in u. mystery as profound as any that ever surrounded s great international conference.

As the delegates continued thei: task this afternoon, Inndon was suddenly electrifeid by word from Washington of a new Hoover plun. According to the story, the plan

don by Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State. Yet in both British and American circles berc it is denied that Stimson has ‘ ‘ any new plun- Ai: neith-

hus already been submitted in Lon- _

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Millionaire Friends

Sensational Disclosures Of How The Public’s Resources Were Battened On By A Crowd Of Greedy Profiteers Close To The Elbow Of Hon. Mac- kenzie King‘

The_ Liberal organ in recent months has earned the reputation of being “The Great Suppressor,” because of its notorious practice of withholding from its read- ers information that reflects upon its party or its ad- ministration. Recent instances are the Falconwood Skeleton Scandol, the Mr. W. McL. Clarke optimistic review at the Board of Trade, the Russell Clark Inter- vention in Prohibition Cases. But the worst and most glaring instance is that of the suppression of all de- tails of the Beauharnois disclosures which are the sen- sation of Canada, and declared iobe the worst politi- cal scandal thathas ever blackened the records of Canada. Details have been given daily in the Guard- ian, here it is intended merely to summarize a few of the disclosures:

Immediately before last election the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, then Prime Minister, went to Ber- muda, accompanied by Senator Haydon, his “Minister of Elections,” and Sir Henry Thornton, President of the Canadian National Railways. He met there Senator McDougald, his bosom friend and con- fident. Ii. was generally accepted the party had gone to talk over election plans and prospects, and now the Beauharnois Scandal Investigation discloses that the cheque to pay the expenses of Mr. King and Senator McDougald was, issued by Beauhar- nois. Mr. King denies that he knew anything of this payment except that when he went to pay his bill at the Bermuda Hotel the clerk told him Senator Mc-

er of today's sittings it was stated,

Dougald had paid it.

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Premier

FRENCH FllERS REININ NUSBUN

(Canadian Press)

MOSCOW, July Ell-The French aviators. Joseph Lebrix, Marcel Durst and Rene Msem‘ , came back to Moscow today, eight days after their attempted non-stop flight from Paris to Tokyo ended in fsilurc in the middle of Siberia. The three had a. spectacular es- capcifrom death when their motor failed in a storm and they took to their parachutes. But they intend in make another try over the same routs as soon as possible.

Drought Serious In Saskatchewan

(Cansdisu Press) MONTREAL, July lit-About a hundred thousand l ‘dents of Sas- katchewan will have to be fed by tho Provincial and Federal Gov- ernments during bte comlnl winter. mvclinck to the number of 15. 0 hllld will have to bc taken fro

stcbewsn will recover its loot w th, according to Hon. Howard McCon- nell, Provincial Treasurer and Min- ister of municipal affairs, who is in Montresl today to consult with of- flCSPI of the Royal Bonk of Con- sds. Out of the 302 townships in sundown. '15 will require fed-

“Tho drought has been so bod," he cduiitted, "that even potatoes. have not grown in some sections of tho Province. That is why we iisve to feed so many people through the winter. It is without doubt the

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Contradicts

His lOWn Statement Re Election Pledges,

Ignoring His Contradictory Statement at Eg- mont Bay, Premier Lea Again Shifts Into “High Gear” At Borden, Claiming Imple- mentation of All His Pledges “To The LetteW-Conservative Candidates, Amid Warm Applause, Score Government’s In- competency And irresponsibility.

age pensions.

The Liberal candidates insisted that they had ‘ pleme ‘ ‘ their pledges 1r ‘ f‘ enfdrcement of the prohibition law.

Premier Lea at the opening meet- ing nt Borden in hlg own district of (tb Prince, flatly contradicted tbs statement he made at Egmont Bay on Monday nighf. when he said

that they bud fulfilled their prom- ise; eighty percent, by announcing at the beginn‘ of his speech that the Liberals bad “fulfilled to the letter every pledge in our pm-

Premier Lea. closed his rebuttal speech with the some remark that be made at Egmcnt Bay, "if you want to be popular and be elected do nothing. as the reward for serv-

AMr. Lee. in his speech said: "It

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ice is defeat."

In defending himself against Mr. Strong's statement that the prison- ers at "‘ ersid jail were drunk the Premier admitted be knew there was liquor in the Jail. “One could hardly," he said, "prevent that kind of thing.

Mr. '1‘. B. Gillispic was the cop- sblel chairman.

Mr. J. F. Arnett was on the plat- form. The speakers in order named being Hon. Mr. ma, Hugh Morris- on, Hon. Horace Wright and Heath Str rig. S.

gram." All have been‘ carried out. We amended the prohibition act for better or worse. We have ful- filled every promise to the letter of the law.”

The meeiln was distinctly Con- servative, the Conservative candid- ates being given a wonderful re- ception. They were given round af- ter round of applause us they fore the Liberal platform to shreds showing up ibc extrsvagance, in- competence and insincerlty cf the Lea Government in not fulfilling their pledges of 1927.

c record of performance that w coma to the country on. The peo- lo have not forgotten their prom- und would not be influenced b a. ew batch."

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XS IIECKLED

In his rebuttal speech the Prem- icr was badly heckled when he tried to answer Mr. Heath Strong's re- marks on finance. As he turned his back on the audience to address Mr. Strong, cries of “turn around, face the people" were beard.

Mr._ ‘Hugh Morrison and M:- Heath Strong curried all before them as they dealt with the issues of the dsy and cited instance after instance of broken pledges cf the ion remaining to be brought down Liberal party. They were frequent- are the unemployment and relief ly cheered during their able debates measures, which msy providi- $60,- on subsidy claims, road work, fin- 000,000 contribution from the Dom- mce,.pzobibition pledges andoid inbn,

OTTAWA, July IZ-Thc Beau- hamois committee of enquiry of the House of Commons may terminate the taking of evidence tomorrow night. While there ei-e several wit- nesses to be examined, indications this evening were in that direction. Px-orogation of Parliament is now forecast for Wdenesday of next week. The most important legislat-

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BNMMITTEE NEARSFNRTNEN EVIDENCE

Senator McDougald Has Poor Memory For Matters In Con- nection With Beau- harnois Deal.

OTTAWA, July 22.—Stoutly rc- sisting all suggestions that he had exerted influence in political circ- les at Ottawa with a view to secur- ing administrative approvul to the Beauharnois prciect, Hon. W. L. McDougoid today continued his ev- idence before the special House of Commons Committee investigating the ramifications of the Colossal Power Company. '

This was Senator McDougnlcYs second day as a. witness, and his testimony occupied practically all of the morning and afternoon ses- sions. He wss discharged shortly before adjournment, following a gruelling inquisition at the hands oi Peter White, K. Cf commitie coun- sel, and members of the committee

Visits to Ottawa, the expenses oi which were charged up by the Senator to the Beauhamois Com- pany, gsve Mr. White the occasion to enquire as to the purpose oi such trips. In the light of the Sen- ator's insistence upon his having interviewed no one in particulal Mr. White asked facetiously if the money was paid in order to treat Mr. McDougsid to a. sight of the Parliament or that he should list- en to the carillon.

Taking the Senator back to the‘ year 1927 Mr. White sought to es- tablish that Mr. McDougald was in- terested in Beauharnois at that early date. This the Senator categ-

ncgically denied. Legal fees chBrSCd