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SAN raaucrsco, Calif, March‘ 2'1. -- Flood waters roared through‘, Northern and Central California and Western Nevada with renewed violence today. Hundreds of perg- ons were homeless in California where two deaths were attributed to floods. and property damage was estimated at upwards , 0r $500,000. The city of Reno also was threat- ened with further inundation.

Unemployment '

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(Special to the Guardian) WASHINGTON, ‘March 27.-—Tiic number of unemployed in the Unit- cd States was 1,870,000 persons on January l, 1928, according t0 a re- port to the Senate today by Secret-

In the Legislative Assembly yes- terday Hon. Mr. McIntyre gave notice that he would ask leave of the House to move the following Resolution, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Lea:

RESOLVED, That Statute labour shall be abolished and o. provision be made for the payment of the Road Tax through the Treasury De- partment and provision be also made for the maintenance and re- pair of the Public Highways at a time in the Spring when the work can be done to the best advantage:

That the Minister of Public Works and I-Ighways shall have thc general control over roads and bridges, the Province to be divided into twenty-five divisions, and the

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) OTTAWA, March 27. —The Dom-i inicn Government, through the

Canadian Legatlon Washington will, take a friendly interest in the pro-l posed trans-Atlantic schooner, racef and an effort will be made to gain! sanction for a Canadian entry‘, Hon. Vincent Massey will take up‘, the matter with the authorities .11. Washington and also with the Span- ish Ambassador there wllo is acting for His Majesty the King of Spain. sponsor of the race.

William Duff, M. P., himself an

the Prime Minister today. Canada. will sanction the entry of a Can- adian schooner. should the consent of the King of Spain and of the United States be obtained. .

It is believed that should Can- ada enter, the race may be on a. triangular course from Sandy Hooi: to a port in Spain, thence to Hali- fax and South to Sandy Hook again. Mr. Duff is quite optimistic as to the outcome and believes the race will be an international affair with Canada as an entrant.

Adopted Report On Imp. Conference Resolutions

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Harry McLean, H Hon. Peter Sincla Dr. MacMillan.

(Monday Afternoon)

Mr. L. it. Allen (Lib.) after the customary congratulations, dealt with the work of the member from Egmont Bay re the gravel on the road at Reid's Corner, saying, that. if what he said was true, the prer- ious government could not have put

owner of fishing schooners and one . .

of the promoters of the former ggninough gmvel to satisfy me races between Nova Scotia and ' . . Gloucester fishermen, interviewed Wm‘ ‘eiereme m the glam’ of

$5,000.00 for the Experimental Fox Ranch, he stated that this money had never been paid out, nor the treasury depleted. The reason was there were certain restrictions which prevented it.

Last year the operating expenses of the ranch were $10,000.00 and its revenue was $15,000.00. He defended the project, saying that they had received their foxes free of charge from the ranchers round about, who had supplied them with poor foxes. The ranch last year had purchased a pelt worth $350.00, and this from grand sires WIKXSC-DEIIS were said not to be worth $5.00. If in two generations. such good foxes could be produced, then tire ltioncy was well expended.

Lobster Fishing industry-What is wanted here is a standard pack, put up under inspection, as is Jap- anese crab meat. Crabs are packed aboard the steamers that 2o out to

INGS IN THE p I LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY

I l] Debate On Draft Address Continued By Mr.

on. J. P. McIntyre, ir, Mr. Larrabee And

Our Premier has returned from IOttawa, He has nothing definite as to the settlement of that claim. but we are told the $l25,000.000 will be continued this year. We are sorry ‘we can't congratulate the Premier ‘,on bringing down a complete set- Itlement. ' ~ i (At this point. the debate was Iadiourned, it being 5:30 p. m.)

3 (Tuesday Morning) l Mr. Harry MacLean then contin- ‘ued his address.

We all know how the parties lin- .ed up in the last election. The Con- fservatives following the precedent ,set in other provinces, adoptedapo- llicy of Government Control. The {Liberals adopted a triple alliance. ‘They allied themselves with the ,bootleggers and the temperance al-

liance. Now the Premier is having quite a time getting rid of his al- ‘lics. He is putting the bootleggers in jail, and breaking off with the ITemperance Alliance. '

i The speaker traced briefly the ‘history of Confederation, ancl the progress of the country. Our peo- ple have always treated innovations with caution. They look ‘before they leap. But when they leap they come ‘all the way across.

At that Sunday meeting in Sum- lmerside. did the conference gather- 'ed there think they had struck the psychological moment for Govern-

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(From our own Correspondent) * OTTAWA. March 27—-Miss Agnes ,_ . McPhails peace speech .of yester- ‘ day. in which she so dramatically declared that the so-called peace tower of parliament buildings "bra- zenly. though beautifully. glorifies the institution of war." gallantly brought to itself the attention of a number of doughty warriors of de- bate, some profoundly in sympathy. and others cynical of the practical value of creating a "department for the promotion of peace and litter- national understanding."

After the Rev. T. W. Bird (Nel-l son) had given the proposal his! blessing, dinner hours intcrveningd, Evans (Rosetown) and J. S. Woods? worth, both formerly of the cloth.

‘The German-built diriqible Les a ial flight is set (or May or J11"-

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Angelo-s, shown ABOVE, whose is similar in type to L.Z-127. 1-119 ction In GermariY- The “ow hown in relation to the ROYII

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supported the motion, expressing peace sentiments as recurrent as propaganda in pacifist circles, and implied in an understanding of in- ternational goodwill.

clouds of smoke and steam rose all yesterday from thc blackened ruins of the fireswcpt Prince Georgi‘ Hotel, cursory examination by fire- men failed to indicate that all the

The latter charged that of thcperiguests had no; escaped. caplto national expenditure of $35- Late last “(gm no definite check 08 the debt‘ charges of s“ per hmdIhad yet- been made on the habitauts . . . l _

‘ve-II/ler GEZuIlEEIQsIdIIIhI a speech muchIof the hwtclryv’ flmlil unholuglllinltliflhI

' . ' ‘_ crs of tragedy $11 D9155 9 - g‘:g‘clafigtéa'gmptgig ilgafiriggl‘ fialcIgenel-al bclicf was tliat all the oc-i Phoil's intentions. From his vehem-IEH33}:113iEoioiiéebzfxcaixfitl, my ent declarations, the impression! I was obtained that it was

Grnmlflames. my men IIQLUPHIIY were Britain and not Germany that iraslured’ m“? I auxin Elks‘. :3 SEAR], responsiblefoi‘ the late ivar. PranceIthem 11313.3’ (‘TGIF-T chm was nowhere in his picture at zlll|Ih° rllm“, 5,1210,“ l n hunupdl and he went so far as to pIuCe thcl9h“"ch1ll' HOIICWI,‘ I.“ Eamon, 'm' responsibility on the “wzir mong-I I 9x113“ m “Md ‘I ma“ ers" of London, an expression for

fthe morning to do what they 0011;"! which he was sharply rapped by the} He 1mm“! m" ma‘ the ‘IebIISl Hon. Mr. Stevens later on.

was of an unusual nature: In the; There were very excellent and majority of serious fires. there ls

the billldlng, left after the collapse lof the walls.

"It would bc a week's work to search the ruins thoroughly" said the Chief, “but we will do as much as we can. A few of the people wnn were in the house have asked that an effort be made to recover some ofiheir personal belongings which may have survived the devastating flames. From all reports, I believe that everyone escaped. but in any case (he firemen will conduct it search tomomiiv," »

No reports of missing persons had been made to the police last night. adding strength to the belief that the fire look no toll of human life.

Among those who were first to escape from the building were >111 men from clifferentvparts ‘of the province who are taking a fisheries

Icourse at the Atlantic Fisheries Ex-

modergte spegcljeg made by the little left but charred and crumb-

(Canadlan Press) p t I station Hon, Mr. Rglstgfp Mjnlstgp of De. ling lumber. whereas heic and the e 0911111911 a

Lieutenant Governor in Council. CAPETOWN. S. A.. March 27. -‘,

v fish them. In Montreal they bringiment Control, when they decided to shall appoint a Highway Superin-

$28,00 per case, while our lobsters put on the plebiscite in 1929?

ary of Labor Davis. in response to

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the resolution of Senator Wagner of New York who recently said he had been informed that four million

"The present slump in employ- mcnt while not so extensive or grave as the estimates which have been general] circulated is nevertheless srious." r. Davis said. using as n basis for his statement a computa-

tion by Ethclbert Stewart, Commiss-

ioner of Labor Statistics.

Resumes LondonToff Capetown Flight

tendent for each Road Division. de- fine» his powers and duties, with power to remove and appoint an- other to such office. in case of vac- ancy. and provide penalties for ne- glect of .duty. The. salary of the Highway Superintendent shall be fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

To provide for the levying of a Road Tax on all residents in each Road Division, except Clergymen, School masters, actually engaged in leachingyandwthose who from in- firmity, are incapable of working:

To provide for the sale of repairs on roads and bridges and. enable the Highway Superintendent to appoint

(Special to the Guardian) CAIRO. Egypt, March 27. —Lady

Winter Overseers who shall have Ithc power to summon as many of

M"? B11111“ 19511111“ 11111” L°1111°11 the inhabitantsdn their school dis- to Capetown flight at 7 11- 111- 14111117’ tricts as they think fit" to work on 11111191113 i7“ m1’ Kharwum- Sh” Wm the winter roads by breaking the be joined there by Lleut. R. R. Bent- same m the Sn“, by horsea m. ley. who agreed to accompany 11" teams, or other means by levelling m" ‘he Sudan danger mm‘ Th“ of pitches, or openinglwater cours-

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authorities refused Lady Bailey per- mission to continue her flight over this region unless she accepted an cscort.__ ‘ . Strikers Threatened With Dismissal

(Special to the Guardian) _ OSHAWA. Mardi 27. — An ulti- matum has been given the 1.500 rtrlkers at the plant of the Canad- ian General Motors Corporation, by the management this morning that unless further consideration of the lrrms offered the men by the com- pany has been made by the strikers and their families, the men will be dismissed from service and their places filled from outside. Should the men report back to work at once. they will be reinstated. Fifteen hundred strong strikers from all branches of the General Motors Plant in Oshawa who have been dol piece work gathered in Martins . eatre this morning for tho purpose of holding a mass meeting to determine what would be their course of action. Early in the morning the Theatre was pack.- cd to theTstreat. Small and larse groups of painters. woodworkers. chassis men. makers and trimmers all of whom have walked out bedauae of repeated cuts in pu. talked ’ e seriously and some lightly o their situation.

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es with such implements as the winter Overseers may deem requis- ite whenc-ve; the state of roads render it necessary; any person re- fusing to turn out as aforesaid, to be liable for a flrq of Plve Dollars for each refusal; any person ob- structing or encroaching upon any public highway. or wrongfully open- ing or closing any drain, across same. shall be liable to a penalty of Twenty Dollars, and in default of payment, to imprisonment fur thir- ty days.

To provide for the opening of any necessary drain across adioin- ing property. The amount ofcom- pensation therefor on falliin: of amicable ugrccmcnt as l0 the am- ount to be settled by rcfergnce to th County Court, with an appeal to the Supreme Court.

To provide for the bushing of tllc ice and a penalty for removing (he said bushes not exceeding Twenty dollars.

To appoint Machine Operators. to have charge of powc: machines and fix the salaries and duties of some:

The Minister of Public Wnrks and Highways may take land for nciv roads or opening-Ir widening old ones, and make nn agreement as to the compensation therefor. In default of agreement, he mo) mall to owner his offer for sale. who may appeal to Judge of County Court. if same is unsatisfactory.

In the House yesterday forcnoon, the above resolution was introduc- ed by Hon. Mr. McIntyre, who ex- plained that it was proposed i0 ab- olish the old system of statute la- bor which has been abolished in every province in Canada. Ilsually farmers have been too busy in May and June getting in their crops to do statute labor at a time when it p‘ “ be done. A small road tax will be levied in lieu of statute la- bor. A number of powlergnrlchmes have been procured, mil with those it is hoped to get w work by (he first of May and have thr iircrk about completed m. tile end of June. Later he would cxpinlil in cle- tail the new Road Act when. it was before the House in (Yfllflmiiwe-

The House went into committee on this resolution with Ml‘. Wright in the chair.

It was adopted without division or discussion, after which the new

Act of ‘i028’ was lnlroduced an read a first time.

‘JUIT AlIlVID-OAII CHOICE

The debate on the ‘Draft Address

The South African house of BSSCIIl-I bly today unanimously adopted the report un the Imperial Conference

ed by Premier J. B. M. Hertzog more than two weeks ago and has been debated at intervals since. The feature of the debate was the Premiers declaration that South Africa had a right to be neu- tral if Great Britain were at war. and the repudiation 0f this attitude by General Smuts. former Premier. and also by Colonel Creswcll. Min- ister of Defence, 0 labor member of the Hcrtzog Government. Premier Hertzogs claim

what he termed the "Dominions new-found independence," and the right of each dominion to be the sole judge as to the extent of its co-‘l operation with the Empire. The “new-found independence"

ence, the Premier claimed. Premier's neutrality stand, declared

both at war and at peace. in the same Empire."

taken on the question and said it

upon as purely academic. Col. Crcswell said he could not

other Dominion wishing l0 remai neutrnl if Great Britain was at war and there lmd been previous consultations in the matter between the British Government and the Governments of the Dominlons. {O-}~——-~—-

Sentenced To Fou Years In Kingston Penitentiary

(Special to the Guardian)

TORONTO, March 27. -- The in- glorious conclusion ‘to a year of youthful folly was enacted today m Police Court before Magistrate J. Jones in a strangely pathetic man- ner when Cecil Laughlin and Nor- mpn Bray, two well dressed and presentable men were sentenced to four years each in Kin ton peni- tentiary. The former was a teller in the Capital Trust Co., while the latteroccupied the same position M the headquarters of the Standard Bank. 111101-55" and playing the stock market" coupled with modern cram u; get rich quick. so it was reveal- ed at the trial last week, was the influence that led the pair from the "straight and narrow oath 110° Police Court to face charges of theft involving over 8100.000.

Series 0f Earth- quakes In Mexico

(Canadian Press) MEXICO CITY. March 27. ~- Dlspatehes from Pochutla State or Oaxaca say that the towns of Plume I-Iidalgo "and Xodani have been de- vastated by a series of earthquakes which have been felt daily in the district since last Wednesday. The earth tremors and rocks r0‘.- llng down the sides of Lasl Erada MOUIIEIIuu destroyed all the hamlets on the slopes of the ountal Several fissures varying from one to three feet in width were opened

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He dealt with the complaints of.

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$25.00 tn $26.00. The reason is thatpthe government with regard 0 dirt/lie King and the Hon. R. J. Man-

rmust standardize ours also. or we

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it is zi standardized product, and wciin the government offices, as left'1°11~ 1119 HOII- H- H- Stevens. Van- All sympnthized vzith the;

will lose the market. 'I‘)ic some witlil Mr. MacLean went on to pay hisfoblecfive 11111011 M155 MflPhall 110d

lour cod; we must Istandardlze it loo.

Scall0ps—There are large beds of these off Alberton and Miniinigash, ‘and they are said to be all about the coasts of the ‘province. We ishould ndvertizc our fish products as California does its oranges.

The speaker next referred to the ‘savings made the province on

improve and

$800,000.00. and, fol" ‘the potato growers. worked outat a saving of ‘two cents per bushel.

‘tributes of respect to the memories ‘of those ex-lnembers who had pas- sed away. He concurred with all that had been said about our dis-, tinguished guests.

Agricuiture—This is our most im- portant industry. The seed potato business is a very large branch of this. The Potato Growers Associ- ation are adopting methods which

m meTreight rates under the Duncan re- are making the name of our pota- rlght of neutrality was based uifiiwft. Last year it amounted to toes known abroad and they are ex-

‘tending their markets to the south. Sourls has one of the best winter ports on the Island. If a frost proof I

in VIO\V but could not see the prac-

ticabllity of the method by which she proposed to achieve it. The Minister of Defence ivhilc we should always keep in mind the ideals of civilization which, postulated peace, until all the illl-l tlorls of the earth attained to n- common standard peace spirit, ' I would be very foolish not to tukc ordinary precautions

ed her defences. The Minister used a homely but cflective illustration in this: the ef-

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New Airplane Will Attempt Noll- Stop Flight

, (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, Niarrh 27. -— Con- struction oi‘ an airplane capable 0l_ making a non-stop flight of 150 hours orcr 7.200 miles is contemp-

Ilated by the all" ministry it was dis- widow _ o; degenmciclosed today. The alrplanois a palt even if it were the irreducible min-i ‘imum to which Canada hzis rcduc-p