A _ Notable Islander of British Columbia Fa- vors Rod for Disci- pline of Children A FAMILYTRAYERS ,1 Magistrate H e n r y Shaw Declares Mo- desty Necessary Safeguard of Wo- man's Virtue. (‘McntreaT-Da-iiy Star) SHAW‘S STATEMENTS Boys are shy; girls are ‘bold. Parents are largely to blame for youthful delinquency. Fathers and mothers should ‘be punished for de- liberate neglect of moral lie-aching. A mum's character shines lu ‘his tuce. One who deals with crime cnn telil that shine friun mere ‘polish , _ _ and fit punishment to the indivi- dual. Trust in man's determination to “como back" is“'t often mlsplac‘ ml. Auioug the "i ‘believes’ I would certainly place the use of the rod to lwup the child straight. Modesty is the fonntlatioli of wo- urnn's loveliness. When that goes loss of virtue isn't -far behind. (live hwmun nuim-c. a chalice to be good. But don't get sloppily stultimuutul in ilflflllllg with the wrong doer, Youngsters who look hold and ‘lashing and naughty aren't so tor- rible bad after all. The girl with tho flask is carrying only sodn wai- er most oi the ‘ti-um. Family-prayers, led ‘by the father, produco more good than the world wots of. ‘ ‘Boys and girls need more rmu- mlcc in their lives of’ the right kind. Let us clcnvo ‘to the idea that it is romantic lo he houornlbltr. Solomon on u holiday might have iookui like Henry Shaw. senior Magistrate of Vancouver and ‘dis- trict, who kicked ills‘ heels i‘n de- murc pleasure this ‘week, while Mrs Show hei-pcd him to enjoy tho first long vacation in eleven years, us tin-y waited in ‘Montreal today for tho train flint is i0‘benr them to Ncw Yolk, where they will inky‘. ‘rtcitm-ship for ldtlropc. For six ulouths this mnu, who ranks ‘with (fol. Dennison, oi’ 'l‘uron-to, and Sir llilgh Joint MucDonzihl, of Wit‘- nipr-g, ns oiltstnntliug cndi of this country, will leave the ‘pathos, vil- lalny, tragedy and sordidncss of n police court, tn play about in the utpfiittls c‘l‘ the Old World. Jlrnnuctl into the lobby of the Mount Royal liotehwns a dense and shadowy urmy yesterday repre- senting men and ‘women on whom ho ‘had ‘Dflflpml judgment for ‘break- ing the laws of‘ Canada. In fancy they milled about ‘the ‘lounge, where u little mun, somewhat resembling "Tiger" Clemenceau. of France, lis- tcnul to their opinions on his find- ings over ‘fifteen years, u‘nd in the 5nd he olbserved that there ‘wasn't m-ucl.‘ he regretted. With a clear “msclenco he ‘pro-pared for the jaunt. (In the coast Magistrate Show is kmwu us ‘the man who never sen- tences today ‘when he can do it to- morrow. lie was asked the reason by The Star, and ‘although reluct- “nt to ‘be placed in the position of speaking of himself or his office, ho explained: ‘ ‘ THE PRINCES QRDERLY Corpl, Timbury of the Royal Mar- ina. who has accompanied the Prince of Wales on all his world tours, is away with H. ‘R. H. The photograph shows him with full equipment ready to call on his trip to Africa and South America. The Royal Marines’ bandsmcn are. mam- bers of the Royal party. Thugs Torture Garage . Owner NEW YORiK, April 17.—— Cecil Mnyers yelled when’ robbers enter- ed his garage. To quiet him, the yt-ggmcu ‘toiiurctl Mayer's ‘by hold- ing llghicil mutt-hm; to his finger t"ps, and ‘imttt-nzd ltizn on thcheud with u pistol. 'l‘l‘is (‘nusml Muyers to yell all illt: louder, tnlctiilg the utleuthm of ‘the ‘pol captured one of the men chase. zlftct‘ a w-ithout inking a ‘day or so to think about it. l have always done so since. cuuml vn-grnnls in Vancouver porters, lawyers and ‘t wltnmsxl the wholrsnle liberation oi‘ the loi. ‘it was the final incident in that ‘luyX-a court docket. As 1110 murt l;lt‘.2ll‘i'tl ‘he ‘naglstrate cllutb- ml ilUWll from his dais and (zhnttcd to‘ a moment with the city prosec- utor, Major W. MacKay. "Do you ‘klmw" he said to his frirntl. "I can never look at. those FIJiW ll ‘lliilll 'l‘yr‘huri‘ to be hanged. you and ‘me tho mtmest flick of ‘fate ‘night have ‘put either of us in "tho saute [itisitlon os ‘those lads." This is one incident that goes to show why Magistrate Show is re- garded with such ‘tleclp respect that when he luff Vancouver a few days ago a big crowd of citizens met him after court and ‘presented him with ltcopsmltru to indicate ‘their esteem. Among the presents ‘was a trasc of pbpcs from court interpre- ters and keepsakes from defectives. But n‘ot one of‘ thus“ mementos compared lu his affection with the lettrr which he treasures from a man whc-ru l‘e had trlctl for ‘fraud. He was a siorckeeper brought to task by his creditors. Verdict of guilty was prnnountvcd. in fact he had arlltnittril his responsibility and thr‘ w himself tz-u the nfeJ-cy of ‘the bout-h. ‘.'\.l.‘tgistrait‘ Show suspend- ed ‘ti-mince, hcllcviv-g in the pri- olzcrk iwlzixlise that h‘: would repay. CONSCIENCE OF A JUDGE "Some years ago I hnd a man he- fore ‘no who ‘hnd committed a des- plcnilie crime. The evidence was all in and iiouml him guilty. Then forthwith 1 sentenced him to ilvc years. I was quite .-wifhin my lt-gztl rights nnd the offence completely Justified that severe Iplllllillllllililt. lint that night ‘I worried a lol, and I determined never a-gninnvould I ‘mnonnce o first. class judgnwent- you know what ‘I 0ll8l1f1—al\vnyt-1 ‘-i_E DID REPAY Abotit t.\'.n years afterwards ‘the ‘frllcc court jmige received a letter ‘m ‘hr mun lie was in England re h‘- h-zzvl re-cnfered ‘business - ‘not dispose of it except. as the 3w. _, is ‘ warehouses, ‘located largely in Ken. . there has ‘been no whiskey ‘manufac- ln a. recent irinll of a. dozen ,h,is,.,l.:,?l) 1:!“ ‘m: ‘Lgfigflgglysrsozeggile? ‘H Omciah, ‘menial occasions that he ‘became fellows without being reminded ofitak-en. .l“hn lmnyalrs obscrvu-tion us ‘he are not revealed. ‘ rm.» Prim: Donna ‘l. Canada pm L11! I r ‘abilizllfilill! t l? mm c performance in Gu- .1‘? 18 years leading soprano at the Metropolitan 0w ork,‘ poled for a photograph at the Ccnad an In t mbsckground ll the lg , Montreal. ontrell. Min Fcrrnr .‘c“i‘.'l.'..l"-i 3i'.'l".“ii‘§.‘.“§fa. i on their hands when national en- o‘ Whiskey Under Guard In Kentucky (Associated Bren) _ WASHINGTON, Aprll’17.~—There are 20,000,000 ggllong 0t ipfepfflhfbi- “m! Whiskey 11.0w in storage in ‘the United States, under government Supervision, and its owners, mostly wholesalers caught with the stock ‘became effective. can ernment may direct. ‘Prohlbitliou Commissioner Haynes ‘b91010! 111B spvernment should pur chase ‘this whiskey. moat of which ‘Kuarded in 28 concentration "Icky- ‘Legullly, he 11011115 out, ‘tured in this country ‘since January 1. 1922. and the stock now an band, 001118 gradually expended ‘for medl. cinal ‘purposes, Mr. Haynes e5". mates. ‘will he sufficient only for another seven years. Albout 1928, four yelrrg ‘beqm-e the present whiskey stock is exhausted. it ‘is expected that the government Will authcnlze t-he manufacture ‘of whiskey, so that four-yearold spir- “5 "may b8 available as ‘medicine at the time the pro-prohibition sup- ply becomes exhausted. Consump- 11011 ‘by ‘prescription is aow about, 1.750.000 gallons annually, Mr. Hflynes says, compared to some 30,- 000,000 gallons of whiskey before prohibition. The" 111 110 ‘legal demand for rum, officials of ‘the prohibition un- ‘i declared, and the 3,000 barrels 9}’ "115 ‘Product now on hand ‘w‘ill likely ‘be exzporied, Commissioner ‘Haynes says the anronnt of ‘pre-Volstead ilquor ‘now in the hands of the people is “in. fmllely ‘s-ntnll." ' Job" qO-pen For Handsome Man LONDON, April 17.——Major Rich- ard Smyly. ‘the City of London's lllllldsvme and immaculate marshal, has ‘been compelled to resign ow- lug to ill-health. The post has ‘been declared va- cant. nnd intending candidates will be invited ‘to send in applications. ln Mulch, 1921. when Major ‘Smyiy was elected. there were 354 candi- dates. The post, which carries with it a ‘salary of £300 a year, demands grate of person, ‘skill in horsemunshlp, and certain ‘powers oi‘ eloquence. hence a soldier is nearly always chosen. So immaculate and dignified n figure did Major ‘Smyly make in known its "the city's handsome mun." Major Smyly. who is only 48, ‘made his application ‘for the Fa lowing Premier ‘Stewart in the udget Debate in the ‘Legisla- ture Thursday evening, A‘pril 2nd. Mr. A. fig-Saunders. K,C., Leader or the Opposition, congratulated the Honorable Speaker upon the fair manner in which he conducted his duties during ‘the session. He Wish- ed also to convey to ‘the ‘Premier his thanks for ‘many couriesles ex- tended to the Opposition ‘mom-burs, especially in regard to the ‘Budget debaief-whlch it was ‘the Premier's intention to have opened ‘last ev- ening ‘but for Mr. ‘Saunders’ request that it be held over until tonight. Furthermore the relations which huvfi existed between the members of t e House, especially ‘in ‘the Op- position, and ‘the ‘various Govern- mental ‘Departments has ‘been ‘most friendly. But when it came to a discussion of the political situa- tion, Mr. Saunders ‘believed ‘it ivuu time to part company. Listening to the Premier for ‘the last hour and a haii, he would say that the Pre-mier had made ‘the ‘best of one of the worst cases im- aginable. After looking at the Ex- ternal Auditor's report, it was real- ly wonderful that _ihe Premier could hold “p his head at all. Only a year ago he had announced that he expected n revenue of $783,000 and an expenditure of $728,000 for the coming yeur, leaving a surplus of $5,000. Since he had missed his guess by $40,000, could ii ‘be won- dered nt that he was somewhat re- ticent in regard to the financial condition of the Province? True, he bad touched upon ‘the financial situation to n limited extent, ‘but not in the intelligent way in which the House was entitled t0 receive such a report. Not only ‘to ‘the ex- tcnl, oi‘ $200,000 have the liabilities ‘been increased, Mr. Saunders pon- tendcd. ‘but ‘to the appalling amount of $239,000. He challenged any member on the other side ‘to have the ‘Provincial Auditor or any aud- itor, gay anything to ‘tho contrary. 1f ‘that is true, then, when the Pre: mier ‘begins to talk about economy. ‘M1’. Saunders would say ‘instead that there has been the greatest kind of‘ carelessness, wasbe und negligence. _ He did not know of anything that could ‘possibly be worse than the financial statement for ‘the past year. The ‘Premier ln-bored, at ‘least io a certain ex- tent, -io show that ‘there was an actual surplus of some $3,000. That statement appeared in The Guar- dian nnd it hnd been sent to the Cnnntllun Press, ‘but the figures were not only tulsleading, they wt-“c self contmditrtory, As o. ‘mat- ter of fact there. was a deficit of post alter seeing in the papers that it. was vacant. ; and was on ‘the way to recapttritg‘ ‘lost respect. With the ‘letter was a file of ‘receipted ibllla for all he had‘ The contents of that letterl ‘but imagination. ‘ rcpeuitent offender gaive sincere and| ‘(Hut for the grout‘ of God there perhapsfeurful thanks ‘to the man was a surplus gold‘ John llmlyun," And between who had made his redemption eas- T-his goes out to the people of the ier. Even after fifteen years of hard experience this magistrate is n-.‘i. too certain ‘about man's ‘vlsdom in‘ the marking of laws ‘to curb crime. He cannot say ‘whether the system we have is the ideal one, or cvcn tending to it. ‘But, in his opinion, the issue rests pretty largely with magistrates. judges, justices. While the law guides, ‘the ‘personal cqila- tion decides. He duds. for lu- stance, that while the modern trend to regard criminal inclination as an evidence of disease, ‘the world must ‘not lose sight of the fact that there are some ‘men vicious by lu- stlncl. and preference. To ‘differ entiate between these types rests with tlib m-u-n. on‘ the bench. There- fore he has .10 decide whether re- formation ‘methods or just ‘plain punishment is required. Very of- ten ‘the court has ao option but to ‘follow {he law, and‘ Magistrate Show insta-ncei dire ‘fixed ‘punish- ment of one year minimum for automobile ‘theft and three years for pilferi-ng from the gmai-ls. Once guilt ‘is ‘fixed the term of imlprison- iuent is uncbangeable. But it is in nearly $36,000, by the Public Ac- counts. According to the‘ new system, what appears to ‘he the only thing necessary to get a sur- plus? "Sell your ‘bonds and put them in your receipts. issue us ‘many ‘bonds as you wish, deduct your expenditures from these re- bcing taken awny ‘t0 tlenda observers ‘to believe that. ‘thelceipts, and you have’ n surplus." According to the new ‘method there oi over $300,000. Provincenund it is entirely mis- leading. If ‘that is the new sys- tem of book-keeping the sooner we do away with it the ‘better. The Premier said ‘the mistake on Page 10 of the Public Accounts did not take plflCe under the‘ new system. Mr. ‘Saunders was not going to cast any reflections on ‘the officials responsible -for the mistake, ‘but the fact is ‘that ‘the ‘whole ‘page is incorrect. A year or t o ago, when on item of ‘$125,000 was charged in two different places through a ty‘po~ graphical error, the Liberal Gov- ernment. never heard ‘the end of ii. He did not. intend to ‘puss any crit- icism, ‘because it is human to ‘make mistakes. ‘Hut if that is ‘the new system of ‘book-keeping, i; is time we ‘were doing away with it wi- ready. Not only are the liabilities increased ‘by $4 000, .bn‘i us a mat- ter of fact if t a true liabilities were found and if ‘they were placed in the new statement we would have at least $63,000 more. Again, on page 21 of ‘the Public Accounts. we find under Prohibition receipts ‘money ‘paid the Provincial Govern- “écltsnbolwurown GUARDIAN ‘Pins u B R3. m . , . ‘ y u . ‘ o-in-i-s meat, $44,000, also a. balance of $6,861.95, ‘making the ‘total liquor receipts ‘$50,801. There is" also an item Due ‘from Vendors, $9,874. Which statement is correct! So we ‘have all through the accounts. errors here, there and everywhere. Du page 6, Oct. 1, 1924, it. shows ‘that $350,000 of debentures were sold and no sinking fund ‘provided. against the provisions of ‘the Act passed in 1920. The ‘Government may ‘say that was issued way ‘back in October, and that this ‘will be attended to ‘before ‘the year is out, ‘but if we are doing ‘business from year to year, the statement for the past year. up ‘to Dec. 31st, would give nearly three ‘months’ extend- ed time, and the Government should halve attended ‘to the matter in that time. Mr. Saunders criticised ‘the Ex- ternal Auditor's report. Any school boy could have run over the state- ments of ‘the heads ‘of ‘the ‘various departments and certify to them in that way. Was that wba/t we were paying the Provincial Auditor for? is that the new method of ‘book- keeping? i‘f a ‘man is going to be an auditor he has a right to go to work like an auditor in a Bank. However, this is all the stwtement there is to go by, and Mr. Saunders would take ii. and see just ‘how m“ch ‘the deficit was during ‘the past year. The gross liabilities, according to the external audit,- are $1,951,663, less outstanding as- sets $82,050; leaving a net de-bt of $1,869,613.13. in 1923 the External Auditor euid the liabilities ‘mere $1,549,527.82. Subtract. that 1mm the former figure and it leaves an increased indebtedness of $320,000. Add to that $35,000 in connection with the housing scheme, which was considered last year in making up ‘the liabilities against the ‘Lib- eral administration, ‘but which this year was not ‘taken into considera- tion. So that we have in one year and four months ‘the liabilities of the ‘Province increased to the ‘tune ol‘ $355,000; or in one year, ‘$329,- 000. Never has a thing of ‘this kind been known ‘before. ‘It. is so uianmlng that it is ‘becoming ap- palling. He would challenge the hon. ‘members on the opposite side to ‘bring ‘in ‘the Provincial Auditor to prove his figures. Why, ‘then, should ‘the Premier get ‘u-p and any that we ‘have a surplus of ‘$3,000. and that ‘we have only ‘gone behind in our ‘iialbilities to the extent of something ‘over $200,000? In ‘the Public Accounts, page 10, we have the ordinary expenditure set forth, ‘making a total of $712.- 500. Take-the receipts, on ‘page 4 of the Public Accounts, $676,623. making in one year a deficit of over $35,000. A year ago the Pre- mier stated to the House that he anticipated a sunpius oi $5,000. This record does not indicate that econ- omy has ‘been practiced. in 1920 the ‘total expenditures were $659.- 516; in 1921, $687,984; in 1922, $001.- 068. The average expenditure un- der the Liberal administration was less ‘than $670,000, or $25,458.09 less than last. year's expenditure. Have we received one dollar ad- ditional ‘benefi-t. ‘by ‘this increased expenditure? Mr. ‘Saunders "did not think so. The Government ‘may say they have ‘bullli roads to the extent of nearly ‘$400,000, ‘but a0 far as the ‘improved highways are concerned they are not one ‘bit bet- ter, if as good, as under ‘the Bell Government. The Bell Government had been criticised for landing themselves. ‘but Mr. Sanndens in all his life had never heard so ‘much boastln‘! as -during ‘the present session. The ‘Minister of Agriculture ‘praised the Minister of‘ ‘Public Works for ‘the economy ‘practiced in his depart- ment. He had nothing to say about these gentlemendlfifflflllfllly. ‘but 111 a ‘public capacity the Minister 0f Public Works hud failed io live 1111 to expectations. S0 ‘i111 B! n10 roads are concerned. ‘they ‘have ‘been woefully neglected. He need not tell of ‘the experience of auto- mobile ‘men ‘breaking their springs. (Laughten) Ho had been criticis- ed for making ‘the statement that the case of the first-offence that the personal opinion of ‘the ‘magistrate comes info play and decides not on- ly the law-breakens disposition but the magistrates efficiency. ROYAL MAGISTRATE. Of coitrse, Magistrate ~‘Shaw re- minds. all is no‘, entirely sordid in the courts. Taere are ‘the iigirter . touches the comedies of ulfe, and ‘he recalls the quandary of the witness ‘before him who was having his ilrflt experience of ‘the ‘place where the lady with ‘the scales weighs evid- ence with ‘bandaged eyes. He heard some calling iuL-m "Your Honor," other‘: "Your Worship" and still others magistrate. To show ‘his in- dependent spirit ha dubbed Magis- .l'lll(‘. Shaw "Your ‘Majestyf who first touched Vancouver in 1892 us a practicing lawyer and lut- ar went into the Green-wood coun- try as a prospector to seek hda for- tune. lat/er to ‘be appointed mil-gis- irata by the Hon. W. J. Hqwlser, is also judge of the Juvenile Court at Vancouver. And here he finds even grcaltr sway a; a ‘personality, for powers of adjustment. BOYS ADVINTUROUS it is here that be has found the boy ‘to be more adventurous ‘than vi- llialne ‘for trouble. Standardsof the world and responsibilities are ulter- lng, he finds, ‘but ‘the d9llf8~0l pmr- cnta to have goodlboyc and Ila-ls re- main! unchanged even if their mcth-odcof lecturing that ideal are faulty. How many Gathers ‘know , where their boys are c; night? he asks. ‘if ‘they took more-interact they would lino ‘fewer shocks. Dic- clpline, amt diadmifnfi. 1n MOM‘! today, fem‘ rod by the love of u father ‘will might be expressed b1 (continued on Page 1!) Tho Charlottetown, ‘P. iii. 1., man ' l _hc judge in this case has very wide ‘ . cious and the parents more often ‘to - YOUNG MAN BOU mount be ‘and horned Thorlncct chow: him cc hc appear- rlmmcd QIIIII ma‘ lln Itlrhd in scorch of something‘ more ttn-llllvip- ‘than our Aowiwruas _ Joseph F, Bailey, ..".,>‘..w'.."L-»¢ qinnuck, disappeared from Mcldonhdnd College namely, andwu locum! savor-hi days 10hr wet-kin In Liverpool an n laborer. Ho dlcgulpd tumnu wide u flip ‘ur chill " life. ordinarily. Hitherto llnpublished Documents ‘Great Historic Interest LONDON, April 17.—Two docu- manta never before published, one of which in of great historic inter- est to Canada, have been exhibited to the Gaelic Society ‘by William MecKay. One in addressed: "Tn David Bruce. Judge Advocate of the King's Army ‘in Scotland, com- manded by ‘His Royal ‘Highness the Duke, July 5, 1746," contains in- structions for the arrest and treat- ment of prisoners accused or sua- pected of treason or rebellious practices. The other document is headed, “An order given by Gener- al Wolfe at ‘Point Levis on the Riv- er ‘Si. ‘Lawrence and near Quebec." and consists of instructions to Brit iah olicers and the army above to take part: in the selge of Quebec and battle of the Plains of Abra- ham, ‘Wolfe was at the time com- mander-in-cbief of the British Ar- m Yllhe authors of these two docu- ments, the Duke of Cumberland and General Wolfe, says the Morn- ing Post, fought ‘together for ‘King George at Oulloden, the former be- ing 25 yearn old. and Wolfe 19. It is reported that as (fumberilmd and Wolfe rode over the battlefield after the battle, a wounded High- land officer named Fraser smiled defliance at 0.111117911111111, whereup- on fhe "latter turned to Wolfe and said: “Shoot for me that 111511111110 awundrel who dares to look at us with such contempt and insol- ence." Wolfe replied‘ "My @010‘ mission is at Your Iioyal H1811- neas’s disposal, but 1 can never consent to become an executioner.’ Tradition states that the Fraser Highlarflers at Quebec had 5180i regard for Wolfe for his refllflfll t0 obey CumberlanrPs order_ the Western ‘Road fell into decay since the ‘Stewart Government took office. What he said was that he pad always fell: that ‘we should have a proper ‘system of road maln- tenance for ‘the imlllfflyed 111811" waysjguch a5 we have on our rail- ways-q section system. We need something more tangible than our present system when we are ex- ‘pending over a million dollars on our roads. it la perfectly ‘true that the Western Road. 11111191‘ 1118 Lib‘ era] Government, improved with age, ‘because the clay was shaken down. it ‘was crossed by the or- dinary methodo. ‘but tha-t ‘was not. enough. What do we find 0n 0111‘ roads from Borden to Swrnmarslde‘! We find them aefllfiflied- S" l" as Prince Counlty and a tars" D111‘! of Queens County was concerned. very little if anything was dolle- The Premier exipeots to receive this year by way 0f raven“ 3721-‘ 000, and hope-s to expend some-l thing not excecdllw $713,000. 191W" lag a. surplus nex-t year of some- thin-g over $3,000. Mr. Saunders hoped the Premier would not be so far wide of the mark this 1'01"‘ as last. year. During 1923 he col- lwmd something like $25,000 in ‘taxes which he carried into 1924. The Government will not. havethat next year. Also, in 1924 they had $80,000 ‘more from the Frohlbiiion ‘Commission than in 1923. They will at least. ‘be $25,000 short on tax- es. and he trusted the Premier was making a ‘proper estimate when he figured on receivinB $721,000. The debt. of ‘the ‘Province is about two million dollars. That is some- thing alarming, when we consider that we have less ‘than 88,000 of a population. We cannot afford to tax the ‘people any "more. Here 111 Charlottetown our ‘merchants are ‘axed by the ‘municipality, ‘by the Provincial Government and ‘by the Federal Government. They ale al- most ‘bled ‘white ‘with taxes and nearly driven out of business. To- day there are ‘merchant-s leaving the city on that account. in the country as well the ‘people are ‘be- ing ‘taxed. it would not be so ‘bad if they were ‘taxed fairly 8110 611111!- ably. The Government promised -to do away with the ‘Poll Tax, ye! last year over ‘$7,000 arrears of Poll Tax was collected. Mr. ‘Saunders would like to know how much of this was paid in the city of Char- lottetown and how ‘much in Sum- unersfde. He ventured to say, very little. The entire amount came out of the pockets of the farmers. Mr. Saunders reviewed ‘the situ- ation ‘pridr to the election of 1919 stuperlntcntlcnt of ldtimontm‘ KNlGHT PRUVlFb coon ATHELETE Sir T. G. Devitt came vcry close to establishing a new record for the long jump at the Cambridge Uni- versity sports meet. Long Flight _ Sea Plane WASITINGTON, April l7. Naval sewplancs oi’ a ‘wwly ‘l‘~‘-‘-l“p‘“l ‘long distance scouting typ“ will ‘be tested by the Navy ll“|lul‘i|ll‘>nt this summer in a llOli-Sltll) flight. from (Julifortiin to lltlWilli. Ntlval surface craft probably will be stu- tlonctl over ‘the more than 2.000 ‘mile space of water to s“rvt- as protection for the films. C. N. R. Make Appointments TORONTO, April 1T.~.\i“. W. (i. Barber, General Nlzmugi-r o1 tho Canadian National Tcltrgmpiraitus announced ‘the zippointtnmits‘ “this George N. Stead to be general sup- erintendent of thc wostt-m t““"l- tory with headquarters in Wiuni‘ peg. and oi‘ Mr. J. Sltlllvui‘ to b.‘ ills- trici, with llcatlqliul‘tcrs at lfldumll- ton. Th“ :1‘ppoi“t““‘-nl.< an‘ (‘lit-J'- tive April 16th. .\ir. Slmul was formerly supori“teu‘icnt at ildunm- ton and has been 37 ywlrs‘ in the continuous service of‘ the old grout Northwestern Telegraph (‘alumina Northern Company and s“hs‘-““uut- ly with tho Canadian‘ National 'I‘e1egraphs. His service lmsbcmi entirely confined to Wcstcru Can- ada. He having trounncn‘:c‘l in 1883 as u ‘messengmz subswmloiiily he filled the positions us i‘ll‘.l'l(. operator, chief “lwrilior. and when ‘the Canadian Noi-thern 'i“‘lt-;_‘,rupl1 was organized he bet-auto lunuugci‘ in 1910. He was ‘nludc ‘mperilibrn- dent on the ‘western lines and Wll-"n the amalgamation with tho (lrl-at Northwestern took pint-c he ‘vars moved to Saskatoon with the title of District Snpeflntendent in charge 0f' the thrcc \\'(‘S[t’l‘ll pro- vinces. Since 1922 his hcz“lqual't“l‘s have ‘been at Eilmonion. Mr. Sitllivati, who ‘becomes sup- erintendent at Edmonton, entered ‘the Great Northewestern as 0pm‘- ator in Toronto in 1902. Lalo" he became ybramh ‘unnngcr and in 1912 was appointed umnngei" at Windsor. and five y-‘urs luwr was promoted to inspect 1n oi ‘tiller-s in the TOF0llll) District. and two years afterwards ‘became (‘flllilllf‘l‘~ cial supervisor in 192i. lie ‘vns moved to “liimipcg as Distrlm S“p- erlntendent last war. lie-routing travelling commercial stiporintmid- ent, which pesitioti he hold at tho time, of his n“w appointment. Nova Scotia Crustac- ean-s Show Strange Freak in Fan Shaped Tails. ~ STRANGF PUZZLE Last Year Same Thing ' Happened in New. England S t a t e s. Taste Unchanged- (Canadian Press) . HALIFAX, N. S. April 17—-Notto hc left behind in the onward lna-rch of t-iuulge and progress. the lowly lobster‘ has com“ ‘to ‘but with iihu latest styles for that particular crustacean family to which he ho- lougn. For the 1924 season,‘ ac- cm-‘liilg to the mode being ‘lispluyetl in ihc lobster ht-du visited recently ‘by tishr-‘rlncu in Shciburtie. Queens and Yarmontlt counties, the most sophisticated of’ the lobsters u-ru ‘veal-lug their tails fan-shaped af- t‘~r the mode of ‘the “illatpper bob" illHiPllil ‘xi in the staid fashion of their “net-slurs who ‘always favored tho elos‘ iy ‘loltled compact troiffure of 1h‘- plaa-lmil era. The fishermen have pointed out ‘tha-t the conven- tional lobsicl‘ of their younger days \\'(‘l'f‘ their tails close knit and round whereas the lohstci- being “uupht ‘illl. your has a Widely flung~ “d .~|‘l"~n‘l l‘ i1. A ulon- l‘t‘VlJlilllUll'tll'y feature of th“ nun" style is in the color scheme. 'l‘hls ymn-‘s lobsw“ will ‘have tho s‘:mi“-r umcuis-h hluck of his attire 1‘c‘li‘-vt“l by largo rt-(l spots which in lwb-‘nerdom is ‘pmbnbly (xmslder- ‘-‘l going the limit in ‘ilceting the competition of ‘nodcrn fads. Un- fonuuately tlrls ‘llspl‘ay of ‘frlvollty in ‘lmcss ‘will not be fully ‘appreciat- mi by the general pulbllt: because they a‘ll tnl n ‘llm sinus old shade oi l'("il all over when ‘boiled and that is the ‘isual (Ttllliliililll ‘they ‘are ‘in \\‘h“n paraded before society. The rrd spots will relieve the ‘let-oration t fleet in s-“a will \\“'n‘iows,llo\vcver and restaurants-um vvill tiouhtless be picasctl with the change. The lobster hound will ihke most ‘ltllght ‘pmbmbly from the third im- [lilflfillll change sarong the crusta- ccaxls’—-:he change in figures.‘ The s:l“ud<,‘“ boyish ‘form has gone out and the ‘tnll, ‘majestic figure re- :“ruFd_ to favor in the lobster \\.‘rl‘l. Smuil lfliljslgrs have panel] ‘mi z" style and have been found 1h‘: use!‘ to be in the great min- ‘x_ 'l‘h“.-:c that have appeared so ‘tar range about seventy-five per ecu‘: above the ordinary size, say the fishelnlen, and they know. ' l‘. is on record that these innova- lions ‘were uumng the lobsters of the State of Maline last year and [liillilldlly Americans will polrrt this out ‘ another (ruse of the fad of .. - ill New England being ‘the style of ucxt year in Nova ‘Scotla. PRINCE OF WALES GOES SURF RIDING A(.‘(‘RA. April 17.-~Thc Prince c1‘ Wales ludlllgcd in exciting surf “itlillg “nrly yvcstcrtlzly, after which h‘- boartltd thc iii-pulse. which de- pnrlml 1'01‘ Nigeria, ll“ was‘ glvu‘ a gmlt scntl-oflf by the lot-u] inhabitants and the native chkfs. Owing ‘u smullpoz at Lagos, the crulsc“ will remain in the road- suall. Wllll? his royal ltighncss lauds at ldtlo, whtuce. he will journtiy up (“iuniry to Kuno. Offic- i‘:tl ‘linncrs liilil rcc“pt.iolis will be iuld tin-r“. instead ot’ at 1h‘.- port rill’. —~——-<oo>—-—- MODEST MARVIN Aluulul-‘This school has turned out some good men. l“r“sli—-\\'h““ ‘ll‘l you graduate? Almuul—'l‘hat's the ‘point. I'm. lnittging oni--—l didn't. when tho-teachers were demanding additional ‘salaries. ii. ‘become ne-J cassary under the Bell Government- that a modern system of taxation, be adopted. You cannot run the‘ affairs of the Province on wind,‘ and so a system of ‘land, lncome| and poll taxation was inaugurated. ‘ The ‘tax 0n land was increased a little less than a uuarterot one ‘per cel1‘t.. ‘but the value of the farm lands was not ‘increased; they were ‘ put at about 50 ‘per cent. of their aotunl value. ‘So far as income tax is concerned. very few fat-mars pay that anyway. The method was changed from the old Conservative fiat rate to a sliding scale. But it. was i ‘the Poll To‘: which caught all ‘par- ties. it caught the ‘men who other- wise do not contribute a copper in- to the provincial ‘treasury. No reasonable mun would object to it, ‘but the ‘Conservatives opposed ii. and a vote catcher promised to ap-| peel this ‘poll tax. "They knew itl they got into power ‘they did an, ‘peal it, but it n‘: one of the grealf- . est mistakes than the Government committed, because revenue at lent. $80,000. l The Steven. Government came‘ into office in ‘Sqitembcr, 1928. ll is , true there was a deficit that year of something in the vicinity of $191900, but hudtha Bell Govern- ment been retained in oflice ‘he was lMllIGd that ll the end of a your they would]: va mode revenue and onpontlitnrc out. In 1988 the joint expenditure of both Liberals and connrntinc wu 8786.000. and la 198! under the Izlborall ft was only $801,000. ‘fulfil the ‘Liberal ra- ceiptl wore “M1100: in 1918 the reoc , 1m $001,000, a falling off of 9 .000. m! tlm ‘Boll Govern- ment‘ rename they would have (continued on Page '12) wouldabq popular to do that. When ,- ihey lost _in i . LEAVING ST. JAMES’ PALACE AFTER THE. LIYEE. Many prominent parlcnagcl was held in 8f. James’ Palace by u ‘r-uw" attended on recent lam which the Prince of Wclu, owing to the cl hi: father tho King. The above photo chem Cir Douqlcc ‘ Ho" and the Bichcp of London leaving the palace nftcctho lcvco. ‘nun n‘ .1‘,