MAXIMS ~;orA MERE MAN Flier Winging ady Her Way To Paris Amelia Earha-rzf- Putnam Only Woman To Attempt Lone Hop, Took Off From Harbor Grace off at. 4.51 p.nr., (Eastern Standard ior her I011- . hours." I310 "id- lI.S. Pllcls HALF BENT |lllTY_l_l_N llll Lumber And Copper Tax Now Before a __The Senate. ., Ken Clark, Canadian Prom inf! Writer.) _ WASHINGTON, May 20.—A coal- ition of Senators from oll, copper. lumber and coal ,. ’ ‘ stat- es. held gogether tonight to impose a duty of two dollars a ton m coal. It does not apply to Can- lds and other countries who buy more coal from the United States than they sell, but its inclusion In the $1.000,000,000 revenue bill by a vote 0f .39 to 34 sugurs ili for the escape of Canadian copper and lumber Producers from threatened rmbargoeg, V killer in the evening the Senate voted by 43 to 37, to inclu‘ in the revenue brill s. tarlfl of one hdlf rent a gallon on oll, Adloumment cams tonight b0- l°fe 011v vote amid be reached on (Cur tinued on Page ll) ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS. ETC Jlfummose Sale st. James‘ Hall, “may st 7 o'clock. 3103-5-20-21. t "Rilmmcse Sale, st James‘ l-iall, his evening at '7 o'clock. 8218-1i {Rummoee sale. 8t. James‘ Hall, ~ l‘ “will: at '1 o'clock. 3218-11 "Reserve July 13 for Tea Party ‘l Kelly‘: Cross. aillo-s-io-sl. "n. o. n. A. cake sal t “A? 31. at Moore A: hdclrodufsihy. SIN-fi-N-Ii sgcdlilfndale Hull-"B mo. 0mg”? by St. Peter's Dramatic m . May 24th. Specialties. Dance w" play. Cumberland mil °m0ns Institute. fil70-5-20-2i. "Qtvcn Mlle Bay Hall, Monday. an! 33. three act comedy drama by t erald Dramatic Club. Dance af- trwards. Admission 25c, 3309-5-11-21 "Clifton Hall. Monday my 28rd Aglrlyftrt by Ladies of ‘Cavendish. mnlssion 15c and 20c. 1f very Y: 0h Tuesday night. SNI-I-ll-li. "Notice to f , . ‘"1 ‘Minot oirifi? 1:.‘ “flame “Wt vii-mall's. m»: or Agriiiul- tursi Hail, Charlottetown, on Pri- d" 0f flch week for remainder of lesson. Terms 08.00 for season, Rob- " “unveil. York. m» in charts. lIW-l-M-Ii At 4.51 Yestgiiay Evening. (Canadian Press) HARBOR. GRACE, Nfld, Msy bit-Amelia Earhart Putnam, nailing [lid confident, m: off from Harbor Grace tonight in her crimson, gold “rind plane. with Paris her destination. Five yeara to the day after Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh spell out from New York on the first solo flight to Europa, Mrs. . ‘ took Time), IIOMIIIIIIQG to b0 the first woman to fly aver the Atlantic alone. Like Lindbergh, she chose Paris A message of confidence for “her friands was loft by Mrs. Putnam as she stepped, cool and composed, into the cockpit of her plane. "To all my friends, far and near, you will hear from nre in 15 “ I have sufficient fuel for $0 hours and I will go further if my p; holds out and I find I am not too fatigued." Her ’ ’ ' to start today came suddenly, influenced by favorable weather reports. Arriving here from Saint John, N. B., at 11.31 a.ln., (Eastern Standard Time), she pre- viously had retired, announcing she hoped to leave early tomorrow. The plans was warming up as she arrived at the airport. Bernt Balchen, famed flier and explorer. and Eddie Gorski, mechanic, who accompanied her from Saint John. were working on it. She was laugh- ing excitedly as Balchen and Gorski made a rapid but thorough ‘inspec- tion of the craft, and then her at- titude changed to that of grave si- mfllit. A counsels: of Success Satisfied that the ship was m. Balchen and Gorski joined Mrs. >‘%// The People's ape p Covers Prince Edward island Like the Dew CHARLOTT Another Clue To Murderer (Canadian Press) NEW YORK. May Zlt-Tllc New York Evening Poat today atltca if. has learned from I. high authority that Mayor James J. Walker has received a letter promising information on the Lindbergh baby murder if guarantee of safety for the writer can be obtained. M TOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 192.2 '.i'ho Provincial Department of Seed Oat Supply Made Available Arrangements Made By Agricul- tural Department To Supply Demand Due To Shortage In Western Pri_i_1_c_(=:_ County. ~-1'~'<i:li‘1 Read by Everybody House distributed. The story also quotes the foi- Iowlng public notice appearing in the New York Times this morning: “Citizen nice absolute confidence. Jimmy." .- IIIJEBEC BUSH‘ F I R E S? ARE UNDER IIUNTRIJL QUEBEC. Kay 20. (By the Carl- adian Presm-Danger of further loss from bush flNs in Quebec pro- vince is now on the wane, accord- ‘ inrto reports reaching here from outlying districts today_ Few new outbreaks were reported, while there was no indication of destruc- tion of buildings. Houy-n and Narmada-hemmed 1n for more than a. fortnight by a series of fires-are believed defin- itely out of danger now. Serious outbreaks in the mining districts surrounding the towns have been confined to small areas and furth- er loss is considered unlikely, In New Brunswick FREDERICTON, N- B., May 20.- Weather pennitting a commercial (Continued on Page 5) Another i“Red'” In The Toils May 30--(By The Canadian Press) —' To swell the number of fwelgn born persons 0f alleged "Red". leanings who are be- 111g detained It Halifax, J. Btohl- berg, Montreal manner of the Pin- nish workers’ dslly "the Vapausz" published at Budburll. Ont... left for the Nova Boot/an capital today, in custody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Stohiberg was arrested here last night; by corporal Mnssle of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, local headquarters of the force stated lmfght It was presumed that Stohlbfls. who has been in Canada for some 11 years, according to a spokesman for the Canadian Labor Defence Lgggug, will go before a tribunal at Halifax to facrdtiwfllul-‘(fl 00"!‘ es. in the same manner as did Ar- vo Vaara, Sudbufi’. editor 0f the paper, and a group of others who gm now in Halifax immigration also, fighting servrllllm Fire Destroys Residence At Cable HeadEast About i o'clock yesterday 1M1‘- noon the flna dwelling belonglnl to Mr. Vincent Barthel-land. 1000"!‘ packer. Cable Head llhst was tot- ally destroyed by flre- ' In“ 1g 1g ptimaiod to be h0- tvmn 08.000 and $4.000 With $1-°°° insurance- Tho flro was first noticed by Mrs- Butherlsnd who was working in the kitchen. The blue soon lain- ed great headway and 110th!“ could be done to save the buiidlrq. although moat of the furniture VII saved. cab mm your: no w- 8001"‘ landlostalargenawbarnbyflm mg gums years sgo his house was ' nor-soul. deshoyadiaasimikriusuner. during its investigation, Agriculture has made a very thor- ough canvass of the seed oat situ- ation over the entire Province. It was feared that there was a con- siderable shortage but they are leased to report that this shortage . does not exist with the exception of two or three lots in Western ,Prince County. Unfortunately in some of these sections it has been impossible for the farmers to se- cure seed grain at any price. The Department was fortunate, in being able to locate one or two sections of the Province where there was l. considerable surplus of good seed oats. They immediately arranged with l nsible parties in the sec- tions where the shortage exists, ad- vising them where the osts could be obtained. As a result, arrange- ments have been made which will take care of the shortage, under responsible parties, who will look out for the financing of the oats The people who are thus being put in touch with a source of sup- ply appreciate the prompt response of the Department in locating and making it pouibie for them to ob- seeding. abie early next week, in sufficient tain seed for the present season's‘ OTTAWA, May 20—(By the Can- adian PressJ-Recommending the exercise of stringent economy in the Loading of the cars has already l operation of the Canadian National begun and the oats will be avail- 1 Railways. the House of Commons committee on railways and shipping “m6 1'0!‘ 80901118- presented its report today. The It was fortunate the Department committee also refers the trans- was able to make these arrange- action whereby an official residence ments within the Province, as it was leased for Sir Henry Thornton, would have meant considerable de- President, to the special considera- lay to bring oats from Western tion of the directors with a view to Canada, the nearest point where . having the matter rescinded. The they could be obtained. A shortage i report urges review of the question of seed evidently exists throughout ‘ of the New York and other United Nova Scotla, New Brunswick and States business offices of the Quebec, as each of these Provinces C. N. R. by both directorate and has madefiequent requests to the management, recommends aband- Department here for seed oats, the oilmellt of the Canadian Govern- ment Merchant Marine, and dc- Quebec Seed Commission having wired recently for over 10,000 bush- mands continued vigilance to pre- vent political patronage entering els. into railway operations. Small Investors Trimmed Badly In Wail Street (Associated Press) wssrlmcuon, my 2o - The ‘ stock market investigation A voluminous document, the re- port expressed the unanimous con- 12 PAGES Some people spend most of their time talking about things, than doing them. MAXIMS OFA MERE MAN rather cluslons of the committee, which was representative of all parties in the House. With very little discus-i slon it was adopted, but not before the Prime Minister had embraced the occasion to vrurn against cre- dence belng given to statements that "by giving effect to any re- commendation of the committee it would be possible to make a saving of $50,000,000 ill twelve months." The report avoids any reference} to competition between the rail-l ways ill Canada, expressing its un- willingness to anticipate the lind- ings of the Royal Transportation Commission, whose duties are now nearing a close. This is one of the many phases of the problem to which that commission has devoted a great deal of attention. In view of the continued deficits of the C. N. R. the committee crit- Anlanl Subscriptions Delivered 15.00- By Illl Clllfil and U. l- l. “~60. Committee Finds Need For More Economy In Railway Management Immedieite AndSubstantial Reduction In Salaries Of High Officials Is Recommended. Report Scores Imprudence Of Late Directors In Pro- viding Free Residence For Thornton. Blli MAY BE RETURNED T0 DAll EAtEANN Free State Measure Providing A b clit- ion Of Oath 0f A1- legiailce May Not Yet Pass Senate. DUB-LIN, Irish Free Stale, Ma; 20. (Canadian Press Goblet-Usual- ly well informed sources tonight (Confirmed on Page 5) liillISE MAY PRllRlllillE NEXTWEEK OTTAWA, May 20—(By the publicity was used to entice the small investor into manipulated searchlight of the United States stocks A sum of $22,000,000 that went 1n- (Conthrued on Page 5) iVill Retain (Associated Press) blli. Oil Tariff WASHINGTON, May 20 — The United States Senate voted today tn retain the oll tariff in the revenue The decision was n victory for the tariff coalition and was expected to lead to adoption of the import levies on coal, copper and lumber turned wdsy from huge winnings by the financial giants of Wall street to tremendous losses incurred by the general investing public. 1t found that $20,000,000 larselv contributed by the invuting public had been paid for a company with s. total investment _of $1,750,000 and discovered sddlthanai evidence that Liabilities Ove r 41 ‘ Hundred“ Million SIDOKHOIM, Sweden, May 20. t0 g, gompgny organized in Canada is being “traced" it was revealed. For the second successive dsy. William A. Gray, committee ccun-' sei, wag combination chief witness‘ and prosecu" ., disclosures failed to hold the interest of the committee a; they did yesterday when he told of millions being made almost over- night. A Sent Up On Canadian Press) — Swinging along toward prorogaiion next week, the House o1‘ Commons buckled down to serious business today. In ten hours of hard work, s11 estimates for two Government departments were passed, all but one vote passed for a third 'and the order paper cleared of ‘many small items. Sittings will be held tomorrow, (he first Saturday session of this Yfear. Progress varied during the day Murder Charge from very slow to comparatively fast. depending upon the subject. For practically the entire afternoon, 1n the bill. oil import tax. The vote was 4.3 to 3'1. The entire 0'1 schedule was adopt- ed by the vote which came direct- iy on the question of rejection of the HYIJRU lNlilllRY 600,000 by the Ontario Hydro Elec- tric commission for the Dominion manipulation of the company's stock preceded (he transaction, will be un- der review when the Royal Com- m". o’ modem “m” mission on hydro resumes probably late in June. the enquiry sine die today in order sing judicial assignment, and it marked the third t‘me the review of a trio of hydro lilrslrs had been halted since its inception Feb. 26. Since that date payments to John Aird. Jr-. of 050.000 by hydro and $120,000 by the‘ Beauhamois Power Corporation have ice w. u. Middleton, and since his illness, Mr. Just'ce Orde. chase remain to be probed before the commission‘ has concluded its labors. ThF Royal Commissioner classed those today as the outlay hydro made for the properties, and the allegations lhsre had been m‘. Illfll of the powgr company's stock before the _deai Ill put flrmugh. ‘PM Royal Oomirrseiori assured W. TORONTO. Msy 20—(By The Canadian Pressv-Payment of $22,- Power and" Transmission Company of Hamilton, and "street-talk" that Mr. Justice _.1. E. Orde adjourned that he might dispose of other pres- been under thorough investigation of Mr. Just- Two aspects of the Hamilton pur- l’ N- T111”. K. 0-, Commission Coun- sel. that if uocclary a court war- ducttonol bearonthestockrumoll. (A.P.)—A Swedish investigating committee today revealed Ivar Kreuger had $168,300,000 in person- al debts and indirect liability a- gainst his name when he fired a bullet into his brain 1n Paris, March 12. Pointing also to "deliberate fal- sification" of the books 0f Kreuger and Toll, the match king's main company, over a period of at least eight years, the committee recom- mended bankruptcy- "There will be little, if any~ thing, left over for distribution to unsecured creditors" the report con- cluded. The committee laid gigan- tic fraud to the manipulations of this man, who until the first of this year was regarded as one of the most powerful financial gen- News Briefs FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May I0 —Nicholaa Spadcvoooih. niisailll member a! the iii-fated Carpa expedition, has returned safely to the party's Mount McKinley hue camp, pilot Jerry Jones, who flew back here after circl- ing over the cam). P0901101! today. WASHINGTON, May 20-1110 United States Senate began consideration of the l8 a thous- and fact import tax an lumber tonight after retaining tha oil and coal tariff levies in the rev- anuo bill. The four cents a pound tax on copper will ba taken up after’ lumber. BATHURBT, N_ B., May 20- (BY the Canadian Press)-—At the con- clusion of his preliminary hearing before Magistrate John Lemar- quand here today, Wallace Pltre, oi Beresford, Gloucester County, was sent up for trial on a. charge oi murder. He will appear before the next sitting of the Gloucester cir- cuit court, scheduled to be held in August. the House wrestled with estimates (Continued on Page 5) Islander Among Graduates (Canadian Press) Wallace's brother, Norman "Ru- fus" was committed for trial on a similar charge, last week. The pair were arrested after the shooting of George Smith, B6, south Tetagouchc storckeeper, killed in his store on the night of May 20 HALIFAX, May 20—Graduates of the Nova scctisl Technical College received degrees this afternoon at the twenty-third annual convoca- tion of that instituLcn. The ceremony of invocation was performed by Rev. Brother Cornel- ills. President of St. Mary's College, and addresses were delivered by Dr. 1-". I-i. Sexton, princpal of the Tech- nical College, Hon. J. Fred Fraser. Provincial secretary, and represent- atives of other colleges in Nova Scotili. ‘Bank Bandits Are Captured thirty-three members, including: 81‘. PAUL, May 20. (By the Ctm- Electrical Engineering: D.T. Perry adlan Prean-Pour nlcn who 10b- bod the Bank of Ipswich, S- D-, Wednesday, ahot the President, kld- Mechanical Engineering; D. W. flipped the hicr and flcd wllhlhewls, Plymouth, Mass; G.~M. Mic- 021900 loot, were arrested and con-‘iean, souris, P. E. 1.; 1.. E. Mr- fussed in the police today. chell, Camper-Ito, N. 15.: W. C. Ris- Tho quartette was apprehended ley. Sydney; F. L. Thompson, yflterday after an automobile sc- Moncton. cidsut in 8t- Cloud, Minn, Thompson won the Alumni llrcdlil, Chief 0f Police Thomas A. Brown and Max L. Baker. Halifax, the aI-id the men described themselves Gcvemor-Generals Mrrlnl. ls Reinhold lmgel, Sidney Ray- "E". accused also of having shot H. Plin Beebe, President of the Bank during the robbery, Phil Rey and Illeuo van Tress. 1w. nabbed in at Cloud, iilld R. B. Hull, Woodstock, N. B, QUEBEC, Que, May 20. (By the Canadian Prom-Lord Ir- win, former viceroy of India, sailed from here tonight for home aboard the Liner Duchess of York. Lord Irwin has lust antwclfldbalasuedforthopm- svidan which mill“ $11M in negotiable securities, $2.- 500 in cash, and a slbn-iachine gun can arnslgl, u» police mo. concluded b. lengthy lecture tour of Canada Bil-X illil l i E l The graduating class comprised 1 Sydney. G. A. Frcckcr, Montreal; p LEAVE TllDAY sr. JOHN'S, Nfld, May 2o. (By the Canadian PresU-The giant flying boat Do-X tonight was expected to leave for the Azores at daybreak tomorrow, resuming a. return flight to home waters in Switzerland. Boyd‘ Taking i Off This Month NEWCASIlL-E, Del., May 20- (By the Canadian Pf€35}—C8pihin J~ Errroi Boyd, trans-Atlantic fly- forecast the Irish Free State hill providing abolition oi the parlia- mentary oath of allegiance will bl returned to the Dull Eireann for reconsideration when it comes bc- fore the Seanud Eireann (Irish Sen- ate) next Wednrday. Whatever treatment the b.il may! receive in the Senate, that body can not however exercise a final vote. After eighteen months refus- al by the Seanad to pass the measure it automatically comes be- fore the Dail which may again sp- (Continued on Page 51 P.ll. riillllls lmoullln $32,000,000 OTTAWA. lVI-ay 20—(By The Can- adian Press) - Estimates for the Post Office Department amounting to more than $31,700,000 passed the supply comm‘ttee of the House 0f er of Toronto, came to the plant of the Bellanca Aircraft Corpora- tion todny to supervise the recon- dltioning of his areoplsne, Colum- bia, with which he plans to make a flight to Rams this month. Oapf. Boyd said he plans to fly alone, the date to be determined later after the plane has been put in flying condition, This work is, expected to require about a week. The aviator said he would fly the Columbia. from here to New York and Montreal, from which place he expects to take off for Italy Capt. Boyd and Licut. Harry P. Connor flew from Harbor Grace. Newfoundland. to tho Scilly 15195 Commons, before the six o'clock re- cess this evening. This comprlses all (he post. office estimates, both mam and supplementary. Body Found FREDERIGPON, N. 3.. May 26, (By the Canadian Prexsw-‘Fhl badly decomposed body of a mm identified as that n1‘ Mclbouz-ill Sceley. of Woodstock, N. B., will fell off a bridge into {he st. Jollll River there la"t Octcbe-I‘. was (lzrv covered today in the rlvrr. If‘. mm! north o1‘ Fredericton. in October 1930 in the Columbia. Record & Forecast of the Weather Ml-TFI-IlilillllliéIFAI. IHPFIFFI, flliili, - ' '_‘(l.--.\iininlunl and ilnlim t rpr-rntlires: lluwsnn 35-110 - .11.‘. Wlllnipog 44-111‘. ‘hm-lilo .10- vv Ottawa 30-118 t Slllllt John 41.‘ 52 lilillfnx its 7N (‘iillrloltelulvn ill-Jail FORIKXLTI‘! Tpp-r Si, L/lwrvnre Vnlioys: bioalrrutu winds shifting (n nul-lllnllrl: pnrlly riuurlv alui i-lrlhcr cool: port-ably solue ahovrorn. Lower .\'l. Lnurvnce Valley: Movi- onltc northeast. to north whirls: pnrlly (‘loully and rather r-nni: Pfrllb ably a fou- ngsttvreil showers. Sumlny mostly Fifiilli)‘ nnil i-nol. linrilllnc Provinces: Froah annih- west to northwest winds; Ilinaii! (‘iflliliy am] probably n few scattered showers. Gulf Ami North Shore: I-‘resh west ilmi northwest vrlnda; partly cloudy RHII r-(mi. Iiigh lulu this morning st 10.45 and tonight at 1'2. Sun not» this evening at 1.20 rlsr-s tomorrow morning at 4.24. Lust quarter moon ifrlllsy. Slay 27th 12.33 a. in. CAB IIIII ICIIDULI Otlnua null Week days-Loaves Uorua OJ! Tor- max-I 1F u: Succrro ill llltfluc, CNllAZED willful: w! $1000 stew: roe. Cluluzao PEACE? i I ' 0.1.1 a. m. and 1i.i0 a. m. smi a i, III “Lures Torinentlna daily: 10.30 l- Q sodzdsnmaadlmulh <iQ-1~" A _.