, ....~, l Sworn, Statement Furnished Advertisers "9 DA, ll-Y TRW GU ARDIA a I Morning Dllly founded' '|801 Weekly (now lvcnllil Willy) cHARLo'l'l‘E'rowN, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1915 Per vm (asllvmc) ln seven; BOOT C0lIl.---- -_ AIR T|'IICII WITH SONTINU ENQUIRY WATERS WITH t Number of Witnesses _by Opposition » Contractors and Suspended (From Our Own Reporter) OTTAWA, April 1.--The parliamen- tary boot committee practically corn- pleted its evidence to-day. As far as is known no more witnesses are to be called. A sub-committee of inspectors was recently appointed to go over all the boots in store and report as to their quality and condition. This com- mittee will report next Tuesday and their report may result in the calling of further witnesses. Tile next pro- blem of the committee is to sift the mass of testimony which has been heard and to arrive at conclusions, Mr. George Tetrault, of the Tetrault Shoe Co. of Montreal, was on the .stand to-day. He started to read u., letter of advice which he had received regarding conditions in the leather and shoe trade in England. This was objected to by Mr. E. M. Macdonald. The letter was after- wards shown by Mr. Tetrault. it was written by Lobbet and Co.. leading lea- ther factors in Bristol, Englan,d and reads in part as follows: “Business here at the moment is marking time; one of the main rea.- sons is on account of the British Gov- ernment continually altering their mind with regard to the boots they re- quire." The letter shows that great ditii- cultles are being met with in England in the same way as in other coun- tries, but it is an enlightening com- mentary that the objection to elicit- ing all the facts relating to boots should be raised by the minority and opposition members alone. Some pointed questions which he failed to satisfactorily answer were put to'Mr. H. W. Brown, director of contracts, by` Mr. F. B. McCurdy. Sev- eral days ago Mr. George A. Slater told the committee that in 1913 when tenders for army boots were called he was given but four days to till twenty-five per cent. oi' the order. lt was an impossible tender and he pro- tested. This was the time when Mr. Charles Slater, the Liberal contrac- tor who furnished the Laurier Govern- men with boots without open tenders, secured the order for Gauthier on a basis whereby he got a big middle-< man’s profit. Mr. Brown who admit- ted he was, before his appointment, in 1904, Private Secretary to Sir l-‘rcd- ---~. ooNDnNsED ans. _ 'roo LATE Fon ~ onassmloatrlon ONE CENT per word each inser- tion for advertising ln- this column. Cash must accompany orders. Mini. mum charges twenty-tive cents _V wAN'rEn.--1'wo l.EAl=tN`E`lis Fon Miliinery Department. Apply Paton a co. 9321-4-zmai WANTED HOUSE-WITH MODERN improvements centrally located. Ap- ply a_t this office. _ __ _B010-3-llMtf. PRIME. FRIBI-I SAUSEGEB 12c. PER , lb., Heaney Gay, 9 lm Ave. Agar- ltet Tuesday and Friday. Phone 19. _ 861°-2;1,nnf_ EET SALE-ONE PAIR WESTERN S. B. Foxes, Will sell with guaran- teed llttel' at reasonable price. J Stanley Wedloolt. 87illl-2_-27r_ntf. WANTED To nam l-louse con- taining? or 8 rooms with modern improvements. Apply P. 0. Box 116. . 86i_l3-3-3Mtf. ole =rTo|Ni-` 2 H. P. lu nm elm order for sale. Apply Rey Macdon- ald, Guardian Oilloe. F--.....l could not satisfactorily set such a short date He promised to look W.G. Hardman, who the late Liberal of trucks, wag- supplies for the was suspended l-lughes, allega- antl which made against him in the evidence given by the wit- the Public Accounts chief incriminatory was regarding the purchase for the Canadian sol- been stated that Col. passed as satisfactory with quality and price a number supplied by T. M. Bir- whlch are alleged to invoiced as to qua- has also been sug- was to get a rake-off Col. Hardman was present position in WGS have the second development of into war supplies which is by the Public The first was which clerk be some more spectacular part of the 'Government restitution by unpatrlotlc middlcmen or contrar- MElHll|llSl CHURCH SERVICES *WF- there ice gathered at Grace evening to hear the Rev. B.A., deliver an address Room." After reading words in John 14, the out that Christ. was spiritual experi- to which up to been foreign. lt so deeply spiritual hard to grasp. in constantly God’s greatest to bring ns out oi' the conceptions into the spiritual material conceptions have think of heaven as a place we must be transferred in ilnd rest. peace and joy. if we were spiritual we would Christ points out, that these experiences may be enjoyed being lifted into spiritual re- with God, through which that spiritual afllnity for things. Our trouble is, that can rise to the intellectual. fall rise to the spiritual. <‘.hrist’s words in the we find that they are all He endeavoured so to His disciples, their attention the Father, and that there is a ame " Father " than either ” " Holy recog- ence that was tllat they Upper about the e both Son on to show to the HWS will be in Rnd be in me-I you will be part me, together unity and When at were lifted are we not yet appear we shall be manner be into that of fellowship led to the joys of a present experience! morning a united service in the First Church at 11 and shall May we of our Mlnnrds Llnlment cures gsrgce in oowl comme EVENTS, ANNOUNOEMENTS, MEs.'rlNos, sro. ON! CINT per word each inser- ror advertising in this column. must .aocompsn orders. Misi- chcrgsn twenty vs cents. (Special to the Guardian.) AMSTERDAM, April 1.-During the last few days the sky above Holland has been thick with German airships, aeroplanes, hydro-aeroplanes, while waters round Hollatld are sown with a cordon of war craft, as proved by reports from Dutch trawlers and fish- ing smacks which have returned for the Easter holidays. Tltere is every lndication,_therefope, that the recent German warning to await Easter Sun- day is true. The Germans, it is thought, really intend another coup like the Hartlepool and Scarborough Raid. (Special to the Guardian.) LONDON, April 1.-A despatch from Newhaven, a port on the English Channel in Sussex, says the large Dutch cargo boat, Lodewljk Van Nassau. has been brought into New- haven by two British torpedo boats, under suspicion that she has been supplying German submarines with fuel oil. Torpedo boats gave chase to the Lodewijk Van Nassau and cap- tured her near Brighton. it is said Enquiry Burlled is Condition Above ond on Sen Const ol’ iiollnnd. indications Point to Several Liberal » Another German lloid on England. Suspicious Ship Seized by Exposed und one British Torpetlobouts und Brought to Port. 1 French Steamer Enquiry. Torpedoed in English Channel. British Steamer Sunlt. members of her crew appear to be Germans. The name of the vessel is painted on each side in huge letters. She has a cargo of oils on board. This is now being examined. When hailed by the British torpedo boats the Dutch steamer refuses to stop, but eventu- ally was broug t to a halt. (Special to The Guirdlsn) LONDON, April 1.-The Evening Chronicle publiphes a despatch from New Haven saying the Lodwjk Von Nassau was released after an examin- ation of her cargo Which revealed the fact that there was no reason for de- taining tbe vessel. y (Special to the Guardian.) l LONDON, April 1.--The French steamer Emma. bound for Bordeaux. was torpedoed Wednesday in the English Channel off Beachy Head, by a German submarine. Nineteen mem- bers of the crew were drowned; only two are saved. The periscope of the submarine had hardly been sighted when a torpedo, INES WAR CRAFT from the underseas boat struck the Emma amidships. No warning of any` kind had been given. The ship foundered three minutes from the time she was struck. A British destroyer subsequently picked up two men who had been in the water for sl. couple of hours, and at the same time re- covered two hodies. Tile Emma car- ried a crew of 21 men. (Special to the Guardian.) NEWHAVEN, Eng., April 1.-The British steamer, Seven Seas, 632 tons. was torpedoed by a German submarine oil’ Beaclly Head this afternoon. The attack was without warning, and 11 of the crew of 18, including all the officers, except the second engineer, were drowned. The steamer was bound from London for Liverpool. Such was the force of the explosion that the hatches were blown off and a hole torn inside, causing the sinking of the vessel within three minutes. The survivors. three of whom were injured, were landed here to-night by a destroyer. IURKEI PREPlR|llC ERR ElElllllil|llES (Special to the Guardian.) SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 1.-Corlcen- tration of Turkish troops at Adria- nople, the nearest important Turkish town to the Bulgarian frontier, is in- terpreted in Sofia as a Turkish pre- cautionary measure in the event of war with Bulgaria. in addition to this concentration. Turkey is increasing her pieces of artillery on the Adria- nople fortifications. CERMAN CHINCEEEER EXPRESSES CRNEIRENCE (Special to The Guardian) BERLIN, April 1.-Dr. Von Beth- nlalnl Holliwig. imperial Chancellor of Germany, wllo spoke at the Bis- mark Centenary Celebration ill the .llelchstag to-day said: “Whai. Bis- mark created no German will allow to ~be destroyed. Our enemies are raging around our Empire but we will beat ;them. He taught us to fear only'God, _to wage war against the enemy, and .to believe in our people. Thus we ,will iight and conquer and live for \the Emperor and the Empire." SIR El]WlR|] CREI . llRLlCEll Ill REST .Special to The Guardian) LONDON, April 1.-Premier As- quith tenyporarily has taken charge of the Br tish Foreign Ofllce. Sir Ed- ward Grey having been compelled to take a short holiday. it is expected ,that Sir Edward will be away from the Ministry about three weeks. The Pre- mier received diplomatic callers at THE WEATHER, , to The Guardian) . WIS recorded and the of Wed- At 9 a.m. and at 9 this afternoon 12 .B0. 1 . 45; “\|li|’l.'§J’ 15",* L r Mlnsrd‘| lnnll ilussllls slcun lllMll5E CERMAN WURKS (Special to The Guardian) INRIHER VICIRRI (Sncclai to the Guardian.) I l carried out a successful attack on Ger /man submarines which are being con- 'structed at Hoboken near Antwerp. dropping four bombs. Also Flight- the Foreign Office today. I TEMPERATURE, lshowed that there was not enough to '-*‘ ' ~ ‘ d. A II ll f I TIDE, MooN, 1-:'1‘o.t\,§1’,,,,.,‘,§’.‘;,“ ,,,,,.,,§.§’ §,'§{“,’,,,.,",'_,,,,,f‘{,‘f,‘2 BERLIN, Maru. 31._