‘n: .. _ a‘._._. lamb’. .. g ‘rfl-VHNUU ‘u. d: I "V "!'l""-"'& it Beecher Feels s - Like a. New Mac The 1119311191". (Captain Wright lives the documennry number of ,1» _ I ‘ a 1.. Q ‘ . . . ~‘u;‘.l.".".°l'..‘:'.f°“*~-~u-. ~ q ‘ 1 . ~ ~ Ill" ‘l’ ‘figzyfi orrles closes. "-"pr. u. m'i?;:c:1::~ct1ir'ur:§ “kill s. m: Sea“? 2m Parmg '°§e°i'il=°r‘:' On t e. Johnson will l» Ill-eat mm m. '° " “ 7 l- "'- contlnuea from Peqe one. ‘T0 Break J 8.11 . IIWOP was‘ of a m ‘hog’ - off-ice Wednesday and Thai-sum f Phat-Quay: lettvel H“ this ‘week. y o A novice-me flour mill at m, n Herbert will be open on Friday and a a . gldgirday of‘ each week month of Y- '4. c. A. watxmc PARTY. ~—The senior membuu of the "Y" and their lady from], n, m ha" $0212"?! party to the water Th “M91”!- Ylellllher Inennitting. 9 ‘i-larty will leave the "Y" n; 3.00 ocioc-k returning u, the “Y” or refreshments ~Qnd n, In Toronto TORONTO, Msy i.-—Two daring attempts _to escape from Toronto jail ‘by criminals convicted and others walling trial were discover." MONTREAL OITIZIN SAVQ TAN- il in the French archives) provides M0 HA5 INTIIIILY ovucou: that they are to lllist each etuer. ALL me "rnounua hut in one way, and one way only; ' issues cured “ , "l9 Qlliteme French‘ left ‘met the Tanlac has made me feel like a flltflfdl‘ of enerfy-zlralfl-ivitality. 80cm - - . . _ I 3, t ‘a u H; _ u _ , , ‘ b _ ,. ed and frustrated within twelve . _ _ p filing“: {lfillrgfidxllfafigm 2,1,3: wmflcgr‘diilzpannqehtrgzezmgrg; kifily will-fizz?!“ i321: $3‘: lllirbfiletafllmiiugifi? ét-QFF-ll; nTFel§§w1f$i°“i>eul§§e'§'§ 11,22’: Hours 0:416‘ lllillilll throng!!! thevgli. If little ‘biog: and girls ~- -- " m" "~ ' Should lh ‘ lines Whichever f lh ' t t. trenl I l " m“ o ‘ e a‘ "a ' m‘ W9“ "' . ll t . ‘ in velepbon please attend. e weather be wet the ' a ° 9 W0 ll - a W61 known postofilice em- _ . "tuna"... .. s. ....... use.» s». u w‘ c‘ ‘- t-n-u-e We "r c» ‘-‘ :l‘:::r::.s‘t".‘.:....“::::1. l-‘r-w-d-R-l-l“ "M- a. use... Coyle. .- l __,_1_.,.4, Pension ' j_ " menda “tins Under consideration ornawa. May ,t":_--Rec0mm8ir— dalions in regard to the pension ac; were considered by the House Pen- sions Committee in private session this morning. The committee de- cided. it is understood in favor nf continuing pensions on the pres- nm basis for another year. __-<-o>i—- cHEAPER 6099B F119" osnmanv i-itmr u. a. T-RADE no grep; To Prevent Slenlous Reduction . . WASHINGTON. May li-nnmed- lute congressional‘ action to check ,he inroads of German foreign trade in the "United States was urged today by Secretary of Commerce. Hoover by the House Ways" and . Means Committee. A revived German commerce. he said, _ fast driving certain, United‘ States lines on, of business, The com- merce department bad tisclarédfor n protective tariff “of n large ord- er" nntl spoke favorably of the contemplated change in policy with respect to the basis of 11881811018 port duilcs. The, committte‘ (s lcousidiertng the establishment of~a United States cmrgfiss Urged to Take lmnWdl- 99ml! 0f "l9 Me John Whoian. Willie“- Bewrdao. M '- 7th liar-m sold, no reserve. w ' . EARLY CLOSING- Commenc- ing May 2nd our store will close “'5 9V9 (Ycloflk. during the slimmer months-W. W. Wellner. 1.111., Jewellers. CIGARETTE HOLDERS-"Have you seen our new fancy cigarette holders’! Price 75 cis, and I eiiers. WEDDING BELLS- Edwin B. Jourdain a New Bedford Attorney, and Mrs Frances Louise Mutturt, widow oi" u Oanad-ian ‘war hero were married this afternoon in the rectory "-01 St. Lawrence church says flhe Boston Post. The groom is a son of the late Anbhoniy G Jourd. all! Jlfl. and Anna E. (Bush) Jourd sin. He ls a native 0t‘ this city, and received his elementary education in ‘the public scihools here After his graduation from Boston Un- iversity Law School ‘he began prac ‘U68 ill! this city, and a member oi‘ the New Bedford or Associa- tion. Mrs. Jourdazin is the daughter Wlllfof Mr and Mrs. R Augustus Stan- ilily. and was born in Charlottetown __ If. 1., Canada. Her first husband ‘Ernest Multaht enlisted in the Roy- lul Mounted Rifles, Montreal Regi- rment early in, the war, ‘but was transferred to the historic Black Watch, which served overseas with the C-anudicn Battalion of that out- fit. He met death in the mud oi‘ Flanders at Pusschandeals in 1917, standard of valuation to“ supplant leaving his -wife and little daugh- me present system of ‘levying tar- iff on the vailue of imports in the lsud of production. ' Such a plan, "Mr. Hoover said, appeared to be the onlly solution to the problem of meeting sales by Germany and other foreign countries whose currency is badly depreciated. While declaring it to. be unnecessary in normal times, he he explained that the exigencies of trade conditions warranted ac- tion of the sort proposed in" the bills before the committee. ‘use liil) ‘llilll-ZRTISEMENTS ter, Margaret. The bride has been visiting ‘her sister Genevieve. wife of Doctor E B. Logwood of 109 ‘Round Street. She has another married sister Scelina, wife ol‘ Patrolman Isaac Coombs, living in New Bedlord. Following the cere- mony at which the bnlde wore a grey tailored travelling suit with ,shoes and hat to mlattlh, the couple left on a short Wedding trip. U-pon- their return to this city they will make their home at 279 Arnold Street . ‘AAAAA aaaaaa‘ Aueel-tlsementl under this lending, 2c pet vvord for each ln- sertions Where co Inst he ndde les conic to our cure to be forwarded. to coat to cover postage. live cents etc. Contractions count an one word, but tlve figures (ll 81.000) are allowed, I Gill fl nuts. In." no fume“ use ill; rule bi BY" 00 received svlhont remittance cnnn f "seat "ran-slings... .1. advertise- s-flnenentl =, at be’ acknowledged. f FOB BALE MlSOEi-iAN 5 S HAY FOR SALE-APPLY E. DOV- er. Little York. -- ‘FORD TOURlNG OAR FOR SALE good working order. Applylleet- ory, Crapaud . FOR SALE — BANNER SEED new FORD cans READY -—lt will rpay you to write us. The Moreli Garage Co., Ford Deal- ers; C. B. ‘McElwen, Manager, tMorell. ‘ ‘i WILL SEl-L BY PUBLIC AUC- tlon my farm of 8t acres, als m“, Apply J, m, mynn, Gar- stock, machinery. etc, (if farm mgflnI not previously sold beforehand) ' on 15th June. Signed, Felix ______________.___.__... rr-"on BALE-HEAVY snows PA f inc undes- ‘wlmhh orroflatmélnrdian ‘ALL UNCALLED FOR SUITS 9"’ carpet. 6 cents n office. Morrison, Lot 58. Ltllle Pond. ‘ suits and overcoate from our 3n - branches throéilghout Oanggg l. ._. -. 35.59 will be sold at 4.00 each. “£2 m§Au§°,;;'§§:,_ A m, trousers sass. Odd vests $1.50. hundred bushels‘ black Norway also No.1 island grown timothy s eed- Phillie 0i‘ . write. Kennedy Co. Ltd., 0'Leary ____________ ___.__......._- ‘FOR sats- HATCHING sees winners Buff . Leghorn at ‘Halifax, Charlotte-l tens, etc. Pnlce of esss 32-00 oer I 13 eggs, 5M0 per 24 eggs. Apply Belmont Poultry Yards. 28 Ken- seed oats from m ‘prize sington Street, Charloilewwil- ‘FOR-BALI 00 A8828 0F‘ LAND Royalty 8 1-8 miles from Charlottetown. Has never failing stream. For particulars apply E- Wheatley i 00., ‘Ltd. This lend user In many cases this price is less than one-third their actual val- ue. Menchants buy these goods for resale to their customers. Wise men will buy two or three suits and an overcoat. For sale at our store only. English d: Scotch Woollen Company. 158 Richmond Street. 'GLOTH. “LOYTH. CLOTH- DO your women folks need" mater- ials in good "qualities for their dresses and suits? We have thousands of yards that will he, sold as low as $2.75 per yard, half regular price, in goodlf 51.10 5o inches wide. This ts-an‘ ex- cellent opportunity to get mater will be sold in lot"; to suit 9'1"‘ this in better qualities than us- chaser. l uaiiy found in womens fabrics. and also take care of one shirtl- FEMALE HELP ren needs. Gall alt our store. Ens lish & Scotch Woollen Company, WANTED 158 Rimruond Street. ‘WANTIM-A mun" [on onu- erel housework. Apply l9 U900: P211101 MIMI... _ . ' ‘WANTID; Poerrioulue Hones- keeper, one clullit-Aéioilliry inn plaice - ‘ Qllfil‘ WANTIW A" Mhlflil-llbn .- ‘general Apply Mrs. Bruce Stewart, 14 Water housework. gong wages . Street . l. ‘- n, ‘ wamrlgn. g POTATOIO-I went severaFesh-s blue potatoes at vTu-pllns’ Ware. house. Kenslngtols-GQ»? Mc- Lure , ~-.-_. _._..__._....__..._._... wAnrgot-Poelviou m- Pm ' choir. Apiily W- vate fondly-es W-E ARE OVERSTOCKED WITN cooked trliifi; ‘Solkallllllelll- 1119179‘ cted. Can shi-p a limited a- - mount at 5 cents. Jss. C. Tull mans monsv AT HOMI - $16 "" to $60 paid weekly for 7W? spare time writing shovvcards rep, us,‘ No canvassing. We instruct sad suvyl! W! "m! work. West-Angus Show Card service, 5'] X., Colborne Street Toronto. ' ‘BALESMAN WANTED --8ALB8- man a self respecting salesman whose ambition is beyond hi! . "up" wards-W. W. Wcllner, Ltd., Jew- ‘any we ha.” never lin', ‘Silver ‘Black iiiox‘ C0» mlll" u. iettetovn. MALE HELP WANTED- J. Clilverle, Bourls i . , . ... _ WANTID --VOUNG GINTLI- present occupation might find m“ mmn‘ '°°m'“d bu.“ his income. We require a men of EvE8YTH'N-° FOR THE with print, family; Genirel o- 1 h “m” mu‘ m m.“ OFFICE mloll- AIM! "W- 5" °‘° Gum‘. inotinbgd; of strong personality " ' as: The Gall-rill Jill ¢ e reward . ‘To LET where industry woul b u. “us... » ............ ::,.'r".‘:..'::..:'°'%.:;';'.s ""1 Pllnilrl "m. situated in centre of ' Apply to m. 1. c. ueteertnsu m gent emu qq," "flu," “nyflgqmq second _ floor. .Riley- balding,‘ qurmteogm ‘ ‘any, ggmflm,“ u», 1g m; Queen BL, opposite Prowse - avenue.‘ _ __ Jlrvtllfllu- _...-....___........._- more congenial employment with us and at the same time double flay next. ACKNOWLEDGMENT‘ . __. u... figlallllalln of the, Board of Trustees t e P. E. island Hospital vmitesw-Tbs- Trustees of the Pun“ mwiml Iillllld Ploiihital very irratef-uily- ncknniwlsdlgg recap”. o; “"9000 ‘for $200 received from. Messrs. lPros/se films, L,“ , which was our iproportion 0g the" “ma... ‘like of their recent - Aunlvgrgayy- Se-le. ‘Prowlse Bros. are among 1nd miost generous supporters or 0m.- charitable institutions and we may ‘lillllfiatletl to them f0i'I8S_BlBi.il.1‘.lC83flIlt] ~been- re- illfiflil lflllitl on this case ‘it has been Riven voluntary" . PERSONALS M-r. J. w. MoKo-y of ‘Menus Broil. Kenlvilile, N. :8” um-iveu in the city last night and registered at the Revere M115- Sllvllge. of the firm of E. W‘. Gillette, Toronto, is in the city demonstrating the merits» of Mil-Bic Baking Power at the Clans- dian Farm Products, Ltd. Premier Bell. Hon J. J. John- ston. Hon. W. M. Lea, Speaker Duffy. and other members of the Legislature also Mr. G. IS. Inman K. C_ leave for Montague today to attend the funeral of Mr. W. G. ‘Sutherland Ilonr l‘. .1. Nweh has been invited to ‘attend rthe laying of the corner stone ui the new muvin building of the University of King's Col- lege, Windsor. N. 8., by ‘Hon. Mac- (Yalium Grant, Uieutenant Govern- or of Nova Scotlo, on May 12th. A-"n address is to be delivered Olll that occasion by Dr. Nichol-as Murray Butien President of Columbia University, New Yortk_ MAnTifAons e o MiODONALD-JSAI-Rbn- At Kons- ingiton. on May 3. 1921 by the Rev T. W. Goodwill John Robert Mc- Donald‘, of Central, Lot 16 and Hattie Jean Lslird of Kenslngton. —-,—<-o>i——- Yes. Luke, a woman can sharpen a lead pencil as quickly as a man can thread a. needle.‘ ie-y Many People invite Appendicitis is often due to infec- tion from old, retained waste mat- ter. Even though lbmels move dai- ly, poisons may accumulate in the system for months. The intestinal antiseptic, Adier-i-ka, acts on BOTH "liner and lower bowel, removing ALL foul, decaying matter wlhlryh "light start infection. EXCELLENT T01‘ Fins on the» stomach or chronic constipation. Adler-i-ka removes matter which you never thought Willi lll y0lll“ ‘ll/stem. ONE single dose will surpriseyou. 0n Market "Square on commencing llr,_1_1_ B. m.. 1 will sell for Mrhfleo. Carver; ' '" ‘1 set American ~ harness . llerubbor tire wagon- , . ._ 1 American wagon, 1_ Buggy- <1 driving wagon, 1 ‘black horse, good driver. 1 JOCkny Carl. - 1 set light harness, -- - -1 "Bill illllllllfiiflsgon, neyvill-u - 11 Americanoolotyall; l = ~ 1 General purpose mare. ‘l milk cow. etc. 1 ‘Choice set harness. Terms ut sale. ' IENJ. CARTER ' Auctioneer That with! i"? all cashless inreuluneoioiqfllyvrflp" and ' s. favorable tugpgesaiouds el- wsye helped “by the use of good Printing. - l , The and...’ Bill Heads that surrounds“ yonrstoryvrlth thebestnl- Our portfolio of samples of Appendicitis Attack ‘ Hughes Drug. (mummy, _ (u, (Jilfgselown by S. c. Knight. Drug- E S . Large Auction ‘Sale, 1 Brood More. (Patches), 1250 ibis Lot odd harness, wraps, robes, ssreed to help his colleague. y ax- lending ‘Ihisuowvn line. ‘but lb ex- tension ,only..‘..,...-'l‘he exact di- mensions‘ this e tension of ‘either theiuneu 1,11 or the British right ‘wds lcrt e had to ‘he left unfixed, bum-depended on theliudg ment a goodrwill" of the helper. ‘Fuvrth ~ eteinsnturnily did not wnnt '_lo be called upon to take over portions of line on which a bustle i§esommly ‘proceeding. So he stipulated—and the stipulat- ion is expressed in the plnlnest iflrmis—t§lat he was only ‘bound to eyttsnd his extreme left if we were attacked at a pOTHOB of our line other than our extreme right. ‘Sir Henry Wilson hud expected the attack on our extreme right: Fochlthough the blow would fail iheris or at Rheims, but us Clem- enceau lo-ld Harlg he_would be al- tacked on March 1, Foch must have concluded that Wilson's read lng. of Ludendorffs purpose was the correct one. Now. Foch had intended to use Goushfls army as a. magnet to ‘Ludendorff, and to muss the hulk of his General Ile- serwe at Am-iens and Paris. l-lad the General Reserve not been put out of business by Hangs refusal to contribute to it. Captain Wright holds that Foch would have smash ed the Germans and ended the war in March and April. COM M-ANDER-S-IN-CH I EF 1t is impossible to deal with all Captain Wright's statements, and it would be unfair to recite all the secrets that ‘he discloses. It must be sufficient to-Iremark on » the letter he prints from iBflllllll (‘French Premier in 1917) ‘to dVir. Lloyd George, urging the retire- ment of Hadg. who has! refused to accept Nivelrle (as lMr. Lloyd George had proposed) as Generalis simo; andon the British Prime Minister's reply. The Robertson- Repingtouilviaurice story and the narrative of the battle of St. Quen- tin, |with,its Dispatches and the G. H. Q., "Diary, and to Petalrrs camoufla-glng of hie reserves from Haig,-—-all these must the left to the ling enough in all conscience. The map at ‘the end of the book. com- piled from official maps,'is also illuminating. ‘But Captain Wright's - strictures on General Staffs and Command- ers-in-Ch-lef ure too bo-ld to be loft unmentioned. He slsys:— A new doctrine has come t0 ‘pre- vail that lCcmmanders-lin-Chief, can do no wrong and are not respon- sible. ‘statesmen, o1 course, know the truth. Any one in the room at the Supreme War Council who knew these homes remote from their god-like. state, bright pomp reader of the book. They are slarti "F"? tile firs, time in two years,” said Mr. Boucher, "l can eat u ‘hearty meal without suffering ef- lenvsrds. Before d tooltTaniac, my stomach was so disordered that 1 had‘ all kinds of "trouble after eat.- illt. .i had no appetite. my liver was sluggish and l felt bad all the time, 1 was nervous, and what lfltflq 5199b l £01 didn't seem ‘to rest me. |My bacit hurt me a great deal, and 1 had spells of dizziness, when I had to sit down to keep from fall- illB. 1 couldn't find any medicine to hell) me. and l felt weak and run- down and completely discouraged. “But it was different with Tanlac. for the ‘very first bottle helped me, llllll '18 _l kept en takins it 1 kept on illlllllllllllg- M-g Appteite is so good 110w l can‘ hardly wait for meal»- ‘ilme to come , and 1 eat all 1 want. 0f lust. whatever iq on the table, without any lbsd stfer effects. All my other troubles are gone. too, and 1 feel strong and vigorous and m" 01' snersy. Tanlac is the only mecldcine i ever saw that does all they say it will do.” Chief was o knlg-hliy figure, with all the ‘bear-int; and temper of a leader. ‘but on a. very lclw plane of human intelligence. as elderly cavalry men sometimes are. iThe whole ‘boolc portraiture and narrative alike, is full of incident. and will create ‘more than a nine day's dliscussionl. Even if his as- sertions are dislprovetk-anm they will certaiinlry ‘provoke the mm: bitter controversy-they w-ill halve the effect of causing ‘people to think in n. more candid and, @9115. trailing flash-ion. ‘than hitherto on crtain aspects of war which they have only g-llanced (it tin the vp33(,_ BRlTA-INAGREEIBI ON TERMS TO RAliLWAYB LONDON. ‘May Ii-Sir Eric Ged- des, Minister of Transportation, announced today that the Govern- ment had reached an agreement with the railways fby which it would pay them 51,000,000 ‘pounds Sterling in- complete satisfaction of all claims growing out of the various war-time agreements The government's liabilitii-es originally were put rut 156000.000 pounds. The postponed" settlement will form ‘pm-t of a bill which is soon lo be introduced in Parliament, ‘which will provide ‘for u grouping of the railways and which it is hoped w-lll be agreed" to by the railways. ———~Z1-O -B0nd Messenger Disappears of swarming obsequious Staff Of- ficers. millionaire A. D. (Ls, and attendant lMajcreGenerals. motors and mounted orderies. secretaries. and cooks, with tlhe fountains of official eulogy playing on lhenidu ceaseless glittering streams, could measure their real stature. in all its nakedness and tragic medioc- rity; naked, because of their con- fused glow and narrow minds re- veal itself without chance or con- cealment in those keen debates with masterly heads like Sonnino or ‘Foch; and tragic. because these incapables and intniguers, thus decorated and! exalted. disposed, haphazard of all these brilliant young generations that were being mowed in swathes by the Ger- unan, scythe. If any one could, do "so. very much ‘more could minds George's, or deep and experienced aa._.I.o/rd Miilner’s estimate them. Butthls fictitious conquerors are unshoykaible and cannot be uproot- ed. so deep is their real hold on the army and the nation. wan COUNCIL LEADERS when" Gouglfs arm-y was being driven from pillar ‘to (post, without any heitpbut the merest scraps of reinforcements, Foch lwas mt lest permitted to comein as “co-ordin- ator." The esplsode of ‘his appoint- ment ls Biltlphdtrailly told. Foch is Oaiptain Wright's hsrod-rl-chlief, i-hs masterlbruln of the Allies ‘He is thus descrlbed- ' in the simplicity elf his ways»- he had not even a A. .D. ~C., and he used ‘to arnive "alone. lids lpapers under his arm, Wllill an absence of ‘ceremony astonishing to anyone accustomed ‘to the pomip ‘that sur- nunds even a brdgtaidier—inl tube roughness of Ms ways a strong contrast to the genltlemanly Eng- llsh_ and Oar/ad ~ snanner o1 nhe Ilflliihus; in hiistextrems. piety: in all these he was like a rustic cum-e, redolent of the soil, ‘the true soil of France” .. ..l|s sheer intel- lect he towered ‘above BVBTYOBO-Glh Stile Bllirreme War ‘Council ‘as much "rtfiMrmLioyd George did in cour- a e. . _ . -‘ ‘llhere ls candor dn the portrait .of-' Mr_ Lloyd. George- L-tflibe “Pllfilmost thought in Mr. bioydlGeorgds mind was to find it'll!‘ why out and v take it and win the war. whatever he risked. spite of his oblique rnnean methods; taste for low and unscrurplotm men; good Job Printing la available l0 UIOIO IMBIOIMQ. of the distnjust felt-for Him by his ‘fevonltesi even at thdbelght“ of their: favor; ‘of his sisperftolail, ellip- shod. and ‘hasty round; this deter- miuation of character made ihhn, the ieadet-"of the ‘Ali-lance. On Field Mun-moi l-hi‘, Captain Wright is seemingly direcb- " resting on. I character . y: ottrunsive lmhoq- I mind, both obtulemetdi- Mitly glow. as quick and piercing as Mr. Lloyd‘ . ‘ becoming In _ and". subter- hls inveterate, without any insurance oil-his o1 his refusals-p ofn-‘on esters of certain Grand Trunk is- ltennoity and the-most gentlemll-l ‘ ,,'°“,,,m"'h' ‘f; ‘ The Oszmlllsllilst-ln- NEW YORK. May L-Another ‘Wall Street bond messenger disap- ipeared yesterday and although the ery, the Governor. Major questioned the men occupying the cells. anything of the attempt but. on searching them, two small four- lnch pieces of hack found. en i-n to the men is not yet known ‘by ll is assumed they were taken 11.1 either b,» the through menus unknown or in food taken to the friends. SEAMEN PICKET - Basher They all denied knowing SBWS WGIG 110w the saws were tak- Gnvernor Basher. But men themselves prisoners‘ by their AMERICAN SHIPS Little Difficulty Bvinq ‘Eneourvfired in Moving Veslqis "Om U. S. P0115 Dublin’ Has . New Danger DUBLIN, May L-A warning has been issued by the military author- ities in Tipperary tihat civilians "with ‘hands in their pockets" are liable to arrest or to run the risk of being tired upon. - The reason for the warning is said to be that murderers not in- frequently sleal upon their victoms WAISHlNGTON. May L-Jteporta to the ‘Shipping Board today from all districts, offlcials said, indicat- ed that as for as ship movement generally satisfactory. in New difficulty was beingcxperienced as strikers were picketlng the Board's recruiting offices and in Baltimore the situation seernsr rather unsui- llsfsctory. . iin-Boston. Norfolk Savannah and, Charleston. it was said, reports in- in moving vessels. Galveston ap- peared to lie-tied up. according to the reports lbut in New Orleans the situation was good. On the Pacific Coast, officials said, reports experienced at ‘Seattle, Portland or San Francisco. Discussing claims by the men that the Board's 15 per cent wage cut amounted to a reduction from forty to fifty per cenl., Chairman Benson declared that the difference was figured through the loss of what b2 described. as “overtime graft." ‘Overiiizwo has been admitted by the men to be “8raft" to a great extent, lze said, and. by cutting out this practice the Board can _ei'fect a great baving- l-ast yelll‘. ‘he said. six million dollars of the Board's wage bill was for Over-i lime, 0r ten per cent. of that item of expense. loss at first was reported as $880,- 000, authoritative announcement last night ‘by H. ‘C. Duval d‘: Co., of 74 Broadway was that the total was not- more than $125,000, with only about $25,000 in negotiaible ibonds. The loss is fully covered by insurance. ‘ i H C. Duval, a partner in the firm. said: {About noon on Friday we were ‘in a hurry to pay a loan "of $100,000 and get back tihe securities, ani- ounling to about $125.000——from " Kuhn, Losb a Co. "Atabout. 1.15 o'clock the mes- senger left 52 William street and he should have been at our office at 74 Broadway in a few minutes. 1Y0; were awaiting the bonds and, ( anxious, telephoned Rollin. Loeb & Co., about 2 o'clock. We received word that he had lei't there nearly an hour earlier and af- "ter walling a. few minutes longer, we reported the case to the mes- senger scrvics, and. we understand that they repented the loss to their bonding agent, the United States Fidelity It Guaranty Company. “We are fully protected against loss." " Bond Holderslloed Not Worry LONDON, Mayo-The" London‘ Financial News points out that the Grand Trunk Pacific branch lines - bondholders have no cause for ‘an- xiety over the cable‘ from Ottawa stating that the Canadian Govern- ment will not pay the interest on v the Grand Trunlrarblllmilon posi- on. - The bonds, says the News. are guaranteed by the Saskatchewan and Alberta iprovncdel governments - ‘whose bankers’ London agents have received instructions to pay the coupons, ashes already been done three times since the Grand Trnnll‘ Picnic defaulted payments.- l These particular bonds. com- ments the News. seem to be s mat- ter; (or adjustment between the Dominion and provincial govern- ments, as Alberta and Saskatche- wan, in common, with . other pro fvipciel governments of Canada. ere undone to preserve thoir credit in tact; These: bondholders seem to be more fortunate than the poss- liilel. who have found themselves ‘suffered n eogsegnence, L ____ their bonds due today in view of » Jllllllllntl and have was concerned the situation wssl York, however, officials said, s0me| dlcated there would be no ditilcultyimem 5.95m...” “ital-noon 0,, u... ‘substance of ‘the ultimatum to be with hands i" their pockets so as to ihide their weapons Germany's Great Indebtedness To Allies lLONDON. May 4.-——'1\ho Supreme Council reached a. complete agree- Their diet-oldtrfolks ls wholesome, pure and should see- good.‘ ““ 000,000’ annually" plifs 25 per cent tax Gorunan exports $600,000,000 m“ bonds issued when ultimatum expires or Gennany accepts terms. Bonds L0 the anrount. of £1,900,000,- 000, ‘wfl-lli‘ the issued in November. The balance £4,Z50,000,0li0 will‘ be issued in accordance with Ger- many's capacity to pay. That capacity will ‘be. gauged by the product of 25 per cent on exports. Besides five per cent interest on bonds an aildiiitionai 1 per cont will be imposed on them to dorm :1 sink- ing fund. The amount required for service of pounds-will buy-thus £2,- 300,000,000 it's surprising how much a wo- man can say about herself without telling anything. - ———<e>—--—— HILLSBOHO BOATING CLUB-é sent to Germany by the rerparar ‘lions commission not later than May 6th lnltimutnan and expires six smwed n" dimwlue“ were being days later. The drafting commit-l, tee were busy ‘inst alight completing the document which will he finally passed at another meeting of lhc council tomorrow then handed to reparations cornimiission which has been csilledlfrom Paris aindwhich will forward the last wiord of A1- |1ies to the Berlin Cabinet in ac- cordance with treaty of Versailles. (The total sum which Germany will be called upon to pay has been ‘increased 6,750,000,000 pounds sterling by inclusion of a sum due -Belg*hnn on account of her debts to the Allies Under the bonding er k born flouting (‘lob was hold Tues- dsy in the Street wharf. attendance. There was ngood The following offic- yenrw-Hon. pres. ilonsld Nichol- ‘son. M 1’_ pres Joe A. Yrnught (re- yoiected); vice- pres, P. Murnaghan sec tress, W. W_ (luyli: (rc-r-lectél); executive, T. W. .\l0l‘f"l:l‘ Domnllclt Butler, Jack Purcell, A. H Hodgson cud Chas. Drew. ‘The bin-well report of the past year was high- ly satisfactory. lt vie the ‘inten- house thoroughly renovated nndlto‘ The boys are all enthusiastic over their sport. and are rletennlnedne do everything they can in give it the popula lly i‘: deserves. gm.’ ps5 -MUM ' HUMBLE ETC '- '. i-u-u-u-n-w-i e. _eA-»-» - A, jiricfrasgg susrur m Russia- $1.0M? - Rliitnolir rizoalln BLE - HUME-ii -IlEFlCiT 1:119 REA: TiigNiws (this?) remain’. Alimony-pigs new EAR- i '6 70 MUCH RE " " ‘ "" '_ g I1‘ shrlsnurorh / m cash Form can Hons/Bis -/\1W'IBLE~ BY Julianne- co/vsrzss 2mm siss/au ~41». 1w: its-mus wramrs HIAR/Kqi " r-rc- trr-Erc-grc- ‘GREAT -EVENT$ " ne-maanw‘ . - -- ‘a. payment £10,- The annual meet-lug of rho liilia~ clubhouse, Prince. ers were elected for tho ensiliug.’ lion this year to have theehillll” place new piles under the huildillgy gm ‘fl-ii Wtlilkilfil r .- . .-\.-¢.._.4.}'