-»---~ -. . _; hFElEI~illTI LEIITIGN, cHlIlLo1'IEI0wN I M . i _ __ *__ _ ..._ _ fl _._ -___ _ ‘= f _ __ ' ' _czllndrlou mm _ _ ‘ - Mio I==~;\ N ° =»A.- I-v _ _-I _ i I . - ' _ f - ,._} "nfs ug-:lar .una _ _ cHARLO'1"rE'1‘oWN,_ CANADA, rrluitsnav, Malachi ze, 1914 rms-r or u..r..-- (~"°Pu,,§eA,,=,l,°wv=l»»l1~evv~~Q» I.-%__ _ _ sun Y Mann Anvaucs ~. , . » - - - ~ -a - or Ilri _="YEsI'I5RDAY’S SESSION THE Horse sllow , _ILLcIlIlIcISEs_ PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE oI>EIlEI> YEslEIlI>Ilv -'if ..-. _ _ ,.._ , _,, _,, ____ _ _. ,__,,_ _S __ _ :_ gm; Hou;`I°E:€r1:x‘il:l€ii::ar:T‘;€°5i£9E;':: Qilghsi \;lla;_>lul;_cl_§;o_?_;_lttl_;;e _tsglgrgfieilae t_i_-_l:___¢:e;ltsil_l; if gri;l¢i_hi_n._z;deal:_o‘ llrélc; ~ If ‘ "` `?‘-If "’1 j ‘P ' 0 BY. W eu e Onourll e e in s at that Conferen , ' hi h th s at thi ti e it v li <1 t Premier, Mr. J. A. Mathieson, toons cage presented on bchgif gi :hecMari? Iindcrstanii. gowevziixtttile argl -tar 0 p n we _,_ his scat for the first time in the ties- time Provinces is set out in full and have Dressed forward in regard to ` " . sion. also the special c f Pri c Ed- that is, that th lest f - The first business transacted was-ward Island. use 0 n e presentatives tetliliftgtl 0 utfzilxcgi tile B. [IIB B BH ‘the presenting and receiving of peti-_ Now. although the question was to safe,-guard the interests of thi? tions. discussed for a considerable part ofiprovince is no reason why a wrong *Ti* Mr. James Kennedy gave notice of two days no- definite action was tak- should be Defpetuated. That is the " _ __ . 9' Petition from William Goss and`en by the inter-provincial conferencel best defence you can make on that (F'\'0l‘l_l 0lll` UWB R°iJ0l't°l‘-) ,$64,000 por mile ns the ave;-.lugs esp. others asking for an act to incorpor- but I may say that our case was nd--point and is Practically all'that can ate the town of Kensington. The vsnced very-far indeed. We -had ex-'he said. . 0T'|.‘AWA, Marlvh Bb.-*Hom Geo, e Gra'han:'s continuation of the"delm.t this afternoon, after his five hour B of orntory yesterday, -was a wearled and wcarisome elort. The ex-Minis ter was plainl tr n to fill tl Y vl z lu me untll lix oclock so as to hold oi! Mr. W. S. Midlsbrountil after the dinner hour and he went ov er and ove r the same ground in a manner that had halt emptied the galleries and House before he concluded. There was llttle hrs in his speech today and it brought out little th-at was BBW. of the concluding pararaph of 1;-he Commissioner’s report which stated: "We find that the Transcontinental Railway Commission, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and those having charge of the construction of the railway did not consider it des- irable or necessary to Practice or en- courage economy in the construction of the end." This, he said, was a charge against every individual who had anything to do with the con- struction of the road. It was a charge against every engineer. .It was] a charge against the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, against Messrs: Hays and Chamberlain against the whole Dominion which was linked up with th-e prollect. It should be lJl’°59' cd upon the commissioners that they suizlstantiate their changes or retract. lt was "an outrage" that wzcn a report should go tl the ol_d lfnd where Canadian Rall /rye und flulns- tries had to gn r~;l;'.l‘.lt-ly i-‘r ‘I----r money. He. -p;gneerled__.t0_ deal vlrh the tlluestlon of, elliitliliestion and conf.- Pared that of -the Grand 'l`l'llllk IB' .uae with mar lggdl- Phe G- T P- from Monc to, lnze Rulillrt. WIND fully sq-uipi1`e'dT"iFh'\ild`b'6‘ i=&PifI1\‘15€il"| at sss.oo0l per ffl-lle se °°”‘°“"‘1 wltl, $|,50,925'for the Union Pa¢iil° $142,360 for the Southern Pacific With -ww llolnsllsin ADS ,_ I o. Lula for _ _ clissll-lcmoll .__- Que ¢-,ent per word each insertion is this column. Cash must accomilllllll order. llluilinum clierze twenty-live cents. __ *F; ‘ Y, hapless GOLD L(3v?i'i:`t;h.IN Fqhrder P19860 leave Wm* News Dept. 1636-3-26M3ip.Ksl-uns ` pigs for nic. Bill'-il sexes bred from imported sIEgctl;._____Ge0rEG Boswell. F'°°°M°"° _` iezs-a-zsM»slpll- I-I nouns or mlm ron sans it miles from York Point Whalgf- i-lultable for fox rancriii ADDI? 0 t, N th- ver. Walter Scot Ol” uz5_a_%M4E2,vd_ FOR' 3ALm__» 1. Clydetdale _Filli rising -3, years old. lll'°d_b_Y 55°" -dem, dam Crown BlS'\li;_ Al'-'VW ‘° “ Cl d ver. Willisnl Scott. Y 0 1w__s_l6M8,_ 'l.os'r. tetymu K. J- M°\‘¢l\='= °°‘°§ and"I.dr¢e'¢ ulvcrv 3¢“_\>‘°» °";,,9§§“m, _l»l~ca°h"_nt wlthmr-.prix-::in_s om" ,_ _ _ . I °"’”° "° ° im-a-zsualpll. .AND \ Ili. to be 10 He attempted to make capfital outl :IIHlHI§eES PIIIIVIII I .. itallzation of railways ln the Unlteq States. The C. IP. B. planed its' cap- italization at $46,000 per mllivbut no_ one imaff-ned for an instant; that this was al ` the line had cost. The U. P._ tt. had received land grants and other public guts that went ln- to the road. I-is himselrwmlld esti- mate t-he C. P. R. capitalization at; $70,000 a mile' exclusive of breach lines with these _included at 880,000 a mile, Taking into account the 100 _millions spent for betterment C. P. R. had cost more per mile than the G. T. P. Mr. Graham then dealt with the 'question of the standard of construc- tion of the road. He said that the original idea in building the road up to so high a standard was to give the Canadian ports, Quebec, Halifax and St. John, an opportunity to [compete ' successfully .with their A- merican rivals. I-Ie had talk-ed this matter over with the late President 'Hays and with his successor, Mr. Chamberlain. and they had agreed lwith his views. He then. went into B-ll _elaborate argument _to show that lf ,the original standard of construc- I tion, having reference to grades. 9*-C-» were not adhered 'to that the V085 could not b-e .operated sn as five any advantage to those ports but W0lli<1 actually place them at a disadvant- a . giveollowing this he dealt at length with the situation at Qllebtll B-'Dil concluded by moviulr 'wh 8»llW“d“\°“t ‘condemning the report as PBT*-ll”-“ and unreliable and consuring the |` Government for aeceliiiihir ` if- lllli I _ nlllulf cull (Canadian Press) __ MoN'lrlullAL, Merch. 25-- When the war is over thc general lsumade e nero, Blu sun-th is lr;-vcvtten. said commander Evans of the fatal Polar Scott expedition. -before the Cana- dian Club here today. Shell WM the case of the polar expedition. some men had not received the cre- dit due them. such. e map was Charles Wright, Toronto. He at the ‘risk ci his life piloted the bei-tv over gleelers n distance of six hundred miles while his nonv WHS l'-il° S°°0“‘1 to be killed. He was force-d to pull a sleigh and do much hard work. He was a splendid type of manhood and a credit to .Canada_. I AISIIIIISI IIIIIHMIII ' (Canadian Press) MONTREAL, March 2s.-Judge Fortin, appointed by the city to lr,- vestlgate -charges made hy l-he °0I!l- misslon, received civic oiiicials in connection with expropriation of land by the municipality. In the decision issued this after- noon he finds the charg0S Dl`°V¢l‘0S¢llt0»¢'lV€s_ ill desirous of having an act of incor- members of the Island. He felt it was Queen’s County, Messrs McLean and poration passed for the village of necessary to rr-,nkn that matter plnin,'Ni°h0IS0fl. fF0m Sellatflr 'M\1l`Dily,' Kensington; as in duty bound your and he told us that before he left "Dill 50ll8i0I` Yeo and from Senator 'eg petitioners will ever pray." there had been a meeting not only 1’l'0v\Ise. They did their ll?-l1'l0BlJ. Bild em . ' Before plltting the petition to the of the leading members of his Gov- I think the l’l”0VillC€ has l"€&s0ll £0 Elf” iihzt town' ‘r°rQ.t'he Dommmli ers t House, the Speaker briefly comment- ernment but also of some of the feel ,that EWW elwflly which CHD ,mah ‘impazly re:pe°tmg “tpf°.r'(;_sn_ .have cd on it in so far ss -the form of it members of the Opposition, lnelmllnglpoaslbly be ererted towards the final ei; fc il;-'es _meg a_ géreu _c-_i urn tl; part eonetrueuon was con¢emed_ Aceordlln. the Lender of the Opposition; and solution of this ,-question satisfactorily (__m_l:Ce__ e_m_L_;n___s lllth_l_leA__.toll.__t_t~_;_,that tc the Rules, he said. it was. not that they had- passed B resolution re- to “S .Wm be put forth' It is B' i’1`e“9‘ niobile yissoclatiogm of the pigurth ' strictly in order. He did not -cousldc quiring the delegates to agree to no mg thmg I0 be 81110 to say now and District ,n Pr me count | that the petition was up to the re resolution before the inter-provincial “am tha? "hw" who are °i’P°5Gil 50 yesterday afI_e,»,U.,,, interviewed quirements of the Rules. It seeme rionfcrence that wollld have to do “E “W ‘ming thai” duty' Wh” s‘“`“"° Premier the 'Ion .' .\ hlnthi.-sm. that the petitioners wished tolcarry with the changing of representation. thing °°"m be amd “bo” l"°;s° 5““"" who Wag aetengeg |,'\-'elle |,_,‘,l,,`wl,,,§ un the "heirs of the village as .. city He sum: "I mu bound by that. and ""’ g"““"“‘“"- M"°“° W’ *md ...e..il.er. of the osveriimeut ...ui ner- or town. They did not state tlhatl if it were not for that I would. be rfrowse' tW° years' ago' "" me Uma' islam,-e; Hone w S qgewa,-t A E they wished e Mayor and Town prepared to tnlre some other aetlo,-,_ ljlon of the increase of our subsidy. Arsenault C_ 'D,,|'t0,,' `_]_ A_ ,',,,c,,}e,“' Council, which was left -o the House And.” he said, speaking to Imc. "I mey Worked like men in the Sonata; (Commissioner of Pliblic Works), J. to be inferred. It was very vague. will tell you what I will do. When I they did an they “°“."\'_ IA, McDonald, Messrs. A. P. Prowsc The .lntlmation that the Speaker had go to Quebec I will make e, state- A mth" ntmnze "°'“‘°"'1"""'° f‘:"'“"` and J. I-i. Myers. 'Pho interviews given to the House some time before ment there which 1 think will satisfy ed ‘"1 ottawa “nie” ML M°L°a“ ‘md COOK Dihtc in the Eletlltlve C0\1n¢l1 was that when any Act was asked hor you." That statement rliturat-rd whafll mysei wmfe °““,m“ 0” MT' Y°° “nd chamber, and besides a number of the petition should embody in gen- be snid to us at the conference; and some °f ms "lends to d‘s°“sS the other members of the Legislatilre eral terms all that the Bill would he took this position: that- ll it was I,“‘“me” we had I" h““d' we wer? there were a uurmbel- of the public contain; not necessarily that it, a case for Canada it was a case be- mined by the lead." of the 0ppuB" Present- _ tural Hull, Charlottetown, Judg- ` eveni Robertson placin the awards DR the Fourth Regiment Band in the hall commenced at 2 p. m. d d 11 _ and continued until 5 p. m., Mr. R. ren ere an_exce ent program' 0’ mu The sale of horses takes place g . At 5 p. ln. the carriage and roadster t°'d“Y ut 1 P- Ill- Ab°llf- iW°lll-Y' stallions were judged on the street five horse will be of-:red mr snle. » UNQUALIFIED ASSISTANCE. ' WAIT 0 Delegations from Summerside with Coun ard to the purchase by the Gov- movi ment of an agricultural building trv a DELEGATIONS I With only in t thou live consi cial. Mr. vant Tekar sidcr succe the Govc lllB a lr in; that was a factor which he coll~ ed had m-llitated ugllinst the full N PREMIER D ty was concerned; he had been ng a good deal about the coun- nd he could sav that the farm- hought it Ii splendid move to an ugricultural building in that of the Island for uses similar to of the Charlottetown building, such a building, they would not be able to carry out tho fairs he proper -manner, but he ght that they would be able to util se the building for the holding of stock shows and sales, which he dered would prove very benefi- McGregor `spoke of the disad- ages which they had suffered in d to their seed fairs in not hav- suitable buildin to hold them ss of the fairs. He agreed that building recom-mended for the rnment’s purchase' was thc best tion;-we met by accident. l The two of us were there, and I THE Sl?Ml\'ll10°K in 0“l` Wlyilmve left it in a strong Position We rllglclgftlitciilnedu £38? tl‘};;u?g]et‘§ tilts titrie lfonlor o' erplaces incorporate atc- this. ime. , I. ` ` ' ln _ ` , _ ' fy. The-'pet'ltion, in his opinion, was Sir James Whitney told us tlml; ill hat °.“g‘;9d '$5303 tg bf_(;;"'°I "E’_n‘;__‘__} terests of agriculture ln lPl'l_nce Coun- _ f , . -' _ 'H he could -V -st - - _|30 J H lC°- 0 0 _ 1 _ tv generally but more Dartlculurlv ln hot as definite as it should be __ el gli e any assi ance by J0l~n _Bum you My- Speaker lt will not he regard tc the pm.c~nasc of 9, hulmlng supposed- what was intended was hat ing our de egatlon which would go to _ ' ' .1 ‘ _ t _ I _ _ the- village should be incorporated Ottawa hc would be glad to do so;Ii)§C3:;Bih`;'eb2€!ew?Xilllsililylngciihixrccl role tale h(g,d:,nei of Bigg “mg wlelwn with the usual powers that were con- and we all know why he was not able' thi K 1, th t ,,1,_,~ wm,‘ “ er H °". S` ‘ ' ““ _ . . _ , _ ~ . _ | rl wc Cflll lTl!l~0 8 lll°- fear -If contradiction, that the seed look nvel the situation nnd sn; whnl-, fcrred upon a town, but it was -lrrc to curry out his promise. We had the perfect j,,mC,., Ilan, had been inSt,,,,m,mt_,, in Ec,,c,. gular on the face of it. 'He thought strongest support of British Colum- " . d | _ . _ ‘_ - that it would he well for the House bla and Manitoba, and 1 think, when (T° he (“"“""“° ') ~ “'°"’*¥ “ml “'°°f"““ -“P “““°I‘““'“'.*’“ `to getdown to some settled practice the Conference closed, I am justified » - _ _ in. these’ matters. There should be in saying that if there was any op-'Hggfgwadloumed “nm 11 a" m" to toy: Enix; tow :.10 d‘,\,lil,, Ovte,§_,]t,;le 15131;, the ws, d Hath G th. h d certain uniform and definite require- position, in the end it di-df not dis-,m ' . _ W a “Y ° ° “-' Y' - ~ B" “B “Y ““ 1°' “ ments in every petition presented to close itself and that we have promgse ` the House at least the subject mat of strong support 3 short com” and mug wurse combm ' ' _ ' ° ' A I ` ' ‘ . However while they still ha ter cf the sill being giver.. w S ed - _ _ 'rue petition wus then received and . URGING 'run 1s1..iNu"s casa, ' f '_ _ _ .$2 §ff,§ ',;'2,’,,,"‘,§'i,’,,,,",°"f,§t,,'°,‘f,§1‘;,” "3,?,‘,‘,, read ` ' ' ` ‘ ‘ Isome years, the seed fair had bee f i The Speaker requested that any .__ 'Ihr next stelp was to take the mat- zgeiehmfd ha:cie9,fcv,fra1h\;I;,L:i1;;};,:?tsn‘:1v;j er ’ member in presenting a petition, up with t. e Government ' and, ` rt t d it uk 1 th ,_ shortly 'state the substance of such J0_in_tlY___h_Mré_tFieming of New Bruns- aiergfvzild gg nouytrvwzgowseaid tae petition, which would obviate th, u c . . ewart and myself pre- “ka dgwlomnk from it what me d,_ Y ‘ Iputatiou desired of the 'Government &8|lill by lille Clerk. _ land. and we carried it 'as fel' HB We The annual general meeting of the was to be given a suitable building Next was presented n petition from lwsslbly C0015 b9l0l‘° "lv GOVSYII' i'. E. I. Telephone Company was in which thev could continue the held in their ofllce last evening, with good work they had been carrying a goodly attendance of directors and along those lines in Prince County ramd to authorize the Company towwcessllry. IA Copy of that printed members. 'rue result cl the pftetand wearer.. Queens. 'rim hed de-I ycar's work was reviewed, and found cided that the market hal1.or city to be satisfactory in every particu-Ibuilding of Summerslde was the most lar. There was an increase in the suitable pl-rice in the town that could number of telephones in operation, be got for the holding of the seed 415 new ones having been installed fair there. The building was 126140 during the year. feet, alld was situated on u lot I Mr. W. S. Grant tendered his re- 200 X 60 feet lu Size- Then at its signation as Manager of the com-Isouth end there was il lot. 74 x60 pany, which was accepted by the fc-et. for which un oder had been Board with regret, and Mr. H. M, mllde to sell for $2,000. Tile Town vanlguslr rlr, of Halifax, Audjtor of Council to-dilv were receivinv rcnt to the Maritime Telephone co., l.td.,.the amount of $420 for the unter was appointed to hll his place. Mr. hall of thc market building, and hc va-unurlrlrlr will assume his duties on mlzhi Bev th-lt fl vert ef the lover the first of April. He had arrived in Ilhil- llitfl' html! fllltitli 'flllli ilff-ed the elty on Tu¢,,day's |100" train ey. ollt for the send fair, could be rcntnd nesting to he present at the meetlng as show rooms, and at a verv con- lng nlghm but Word from Hamlax servative cstlm-ate they would bp asble announcing the death of his wifc's C0 20'- ll lent Ui \’°tW*`-‘ill $50" Bild mother recalled him ...ni he left for S600. hi the least- S550. lwm that ble hom-e lang nl¢lll,_ He expeete to building. The town of Summerside return here the gr-ef, 01 the week, Int first had asked $l0.00lI for the , The Beam of Dlreetors were elect. building, but had since como down ,cd as followsl' Messrs. H, J, palm", to $8,000. He thought he was safe .pre¢__ g_ E_ Held, J_ 1-l_ w ngeld and in saying that in another five or six W, S_ Grant, years the property would be worth I Mr. w. s. Grant has been the em- twice ihlll. because reel estate was ole;-|¢ head of the eompany for thdgoinlr up all over Prince county und past dve years, and hes resigned on. _especially ln Summerside. This was lv to devote me _Bttsntlqn go the Fur ltha proposition oi that delegation: Farmers’ Bureau and the (ox bum. that the Government should buy the ness generally in whleh lndueery he building for them and use it as an the special committee on represents- l 9 llltelldfli Gltéllliml Ol Nl' \l°““‘ is very lnrgslflnteresle.-l_ -M.-_ Gran; agricultural buildinf- for the western , . . _ . . I tm, the cu, 0| P,-lnee Edward 5 1| darlcs to Lake Superior. The point in nu;-lng ul.. lerm el omee, has alwevs section cf this Island, und as far as "wav, chin to -mv, le, orlglngl. our case was that re-adjustment bun mme courteous i hr, dw ln' that portion of the countrv was con- I 'l‘0EON'i‘0, _ March 26.-Strong numb". 01,,-em-°,entB¢_lv" at o°nfed_ meant, not re-adjustment: strictly arid Wm, the pub||c_ ,md “Eder bl, £915: eerned, it would~be a popular move, westerly winds, fair and mild; show- enum, f,,e‘°ml_ Th, commit", c,m_ sollly upon the basis of population, ,lm mmagemmt the telephone ,ys,I Mr. Holm-:in said that Father Gau- °" 5* "4l`ht~ ' silt! of nine \memb'ers-five appointed bllt \'.°'HdillBl¥Ul0llt B0 M |10 <10 i“B¢i°€.’tcm has 'been cnlarged and zresllv hm"-` had °°"'"°‘i 'Welt' W°“ “"5 I The highest tslnnernture re.-.»rded by th' Government md four "Umm," taking into consideration all the clr-_lmm-0ved_ when he ,,ee,,,e(,1 me grounds or what they had tu suv yesterday was 88 above and the low- 0, th' o””,t,,,,,_ Nom the an wmeumnancn bearinr _cn the cess. 'rho management there were only slr. with retard to that matter. One esc was ls shove. ‘HIS l°W°lf f-5° hu., in ,mm 1,” bw, ,Mainz “_ matter olbfanltoba and the inter- telephones ln operation and at ure. thing, however, he had forgotten to `lIl‘¢vl°hl lllsilf W" U4 l\’°’°~ gentle.. almost continuously .inet premier that Geuada put upon the sent there are something ever l-mo. mention- and that wee with ward The tide vlll he hlfh Wil f°°“““¢ ' l , et.. r mm "re sdlusted," only .i uw years 'ite position in.. to the ll htlu cl the huildlu will N ' _ Oct ber t. I 0 be of 1918 ' ` ' of nalte f such R lr z. It at 1.0.58 and t0fl\0f'f‘o1v at 11.14, it mt;__pm-ann," oonlmnm w” “Ti after the Confederation contract was concern is not without it; tilumeroul; W" ““"`°"“‘l"*`| 0" “Ii Hide” IW WW* high _tonight at 11.10 and to-..“ 0t__“___ ____ 'meh mar, ,M . lnlr entered inte, was navel- brought he- troubles and worries and it -ny.. .. llzhtvd streets. and that woulfl :ive Q . . _ - - ~ _ ~ t R4 t 6 M ‘“'“i“||“ Ui all His Prsrnioso 0( sly, fore the Supreme Court of Canada sunt deal for Mr. Grant/s tact, I,.r. lilzhl on all aides of the hlnldln _ no _ - i `- l OB pi ll‘l‘. this lvcnillk 5. ,. gel-egg "nee, nd Ugg" N nor the Privy Council. That was ons hcarance and business foresight that “Ni Ilmllt Whs Of course a most meth: 5° °’”'§|“ tmex ;bstiv\l.P¥rf¢l) lnoefiilstances tix; point. .and we pressed lt for all that, hr- succeeded in increasing tn.. l..l;=_. tial tbin;r_ln si-ed fairs. with regard ‘t 51 _ _ were euros delegates from each prov-,thats was ln lt; and the other was,nvsn to such an extent. £0 tht Drills. hh ¢0lll=l