ease. From e 5 Board Qf School ‘Trustees’ Report g Report of the Board of School ‘j ‘trustees of Charlottetown for the year ending 31st December, 1935. f i i i i i i .1... Government Appointments C. I-I_ B. Longworth, B.Sc., Chair- main, term expires 1036. - Percy W. ‘turner, term expires 1837. Simon Paoli, term expires 1838, Reuben Macdonald, term expires 1939. City Appointments ‘ M. W. Reardon. term expires 1936. Ernest A. Foster, term expires 1937. ' Hon. H. F. McPhee, BA, term i expires 1933. To His Worship the Mayor The City Council. and H. H. Shaw, Chief Superin- tendent of Education. of the City of Charlottetown, Gentlemen: . The Board of School Trustees be! . to submit the following report for tie year ending 31st December 1935. The number of pupils enrolled was as follows: Prince Street School, 250 boys; 848 girls. -"'§-\Vest Kent School, 323 boys; 175 girls. V__Queen Square School, 673 boys. ~;Rochford Square, 584 girls. - -'I‘otal number of pupils enrolled —2353_ ‘ e number of teachers employed Prince Street 17, West Kent 15. Queen Square l8, Rochford Square 15. Total 65. The amount paid as supplements to teachers‘ salaries for the year was 826816.00 less deductions for City Teachers’ Pension System oi’ ‘$580.00, and the total expenditure ‘on current amount was 851527.22. Following the usual custom n. prize of $15.00 was awarded to the pupil from the City Schools making the highest marks at the entrance examinations to Prince of Wales "College. Mr. Laurence Toomba of Kent School received this I “prize. ‘HWAt the closing exercises in Juno the following were awarded the Governor-Generals Bronze Medals for general prohcincy : Prince Street School, Miss Elean- .or I-Iigson. West Kent School, m. Lawrence Tocmbs. Queen Square School, Mr. Gor- don Gallant. Rochford ISquare School, Elizabeth Gallant. v During the year $500.00 oi the 1928 41,-;- per ccnt_ Twenty Year De- bentures was issued for the Dur- chaso of school equipment. The debenture was sold to the City Teachers’ Pensions System. During the year two new drinking fountains were installed in Queen Square School and ivash-basins were transferred to the lavatory, which is a great iiiipicvement. Con- siderable decoration was done to the interiors of the four schools and a certain amount of repair work done to the exteriors of Prince Street and WestKent Schools. During the year it was found neoesary to open and equip another classroom on the third floor of Rochford Square School which necessitated the employment of an additional teacher. Manual ‘Training was carried on as usual. in the Agricultural Hall under the efliclent supervision of Mr, LeBaron E. Tait, and Mr. H. H. Shaw, BBQ, has given efficient service as supervisor in the four schools. An automatic stoker (Iron Fire- man) was installed in West Kent School as an experiment, and it is hoped it will prove so efficient and economical that it will be found advisable to make further instal- lations in the schools. Authority has been granted by the Board to meet the penditure for this installation by Debcnture issue, The children of the four schooll took part in the celebration oi His Majesty's ‘Twenty-Fifth Jubilee in the Forum and contributed the sum of $66.50 to the King's Jubilee Fund. 4 _ Respectfully submitted. iSgd.) C. H. B. LONGWORTII. Chairman. T. E. MacNUTT. Secretary. Miss Charlottetown, P, E. I. January 7th, 1936. .YP<>mP Glitte .Without r Will Opening Mark (Continued from Page 1) ' The United Farmers of Alberta. nine strong in 1930. were wiped out, "but the Social Credit forces. mainly "from Alberta, appear in their place, 17 strong. The Commons takes on the strangest appearance since the new z-bullding was occupied. So numer- ous are the government members .,that 38 oi them have been placed -on the Opposition side, next to the Speaker, who is now surrounded by Liberals. In the past the phrase “honorable members to the left of the Speaker" has always been used . interchangeably with "Opposition '_ nmfis _ MacLEAN-At uotcTpicii Hospital. -Moncton. N. 3.. Saturday, February --1. 1936. t0 Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Mac- Lean (nee Anne Maclntyre) 21 ~Portledge Ave.. a son. MABRIAGES ANDERSON — McLELLAN - At wCentral Christian Church by Rev. L. Outhouse. Jan_ 20, 1936, Mrs. Florence M. McLellan to George W. Anderson, both of Charlottetown. ~ iibltirlfi‘? "" ., HENDERSON-At New York, Feb. 4. 1936, Herbert B. Hender- son. formerly of Charlottetown. aged 68. W MACDONALD-At Little River. V‘ Jan. 31,l.iucetta Mary Steele, widow "cf the late John George MacDon- ald, age 43 years. rar-raasou-ai. her home, 11 "King's Square, Feb. 5, 1936, after ‘four months illness, Mrs. Mary ' Patterson in her 65th year. Funeral ‘today, Thursday, at 3 pm. Inter- "ment Clyde River Comet y. ,, “MACDONALIF-At I-Iowe airy, mi. m. 1m, mi. msmii MBODOIIIM, “widow 0i tbe 1m roliii Geo. Mc- ooiiua, ma a years. pnembers," but it will no longer be “ " The whole right side of the Commons, 140 strong, is a phal- anx of Liberals. On the left come, first the 3B extra Liberals, the 39 Conservatives under Rtfll-lon. It. B. Bennett; the lone member of the Reconstruction party; Miss Agnes Macphail; the seven rnembe s of the C.C.F. under J. S. Woodsworth: and finally. the l7 Social Credit members, making their first ap- pearance in a federal parliament, under the leadership of John Bliwkmore, high school teacher of Raymond. Alberta. “Our Tusk to End Poverty” ~ The party leaders are familiar to the House and country, except for Mr. Blackrnore; and some oi the Commons leaders of the past, such as- Hon. Ernest Rhodes, will now be seen in the Senate. But several new striking personalities have arrived from whom much will be expected. Among these are l-lon. C. D. Howe, I-lon. J. G_ Gardiner, Arthur Slaght, who has been invited to move the address in reply to the speech from the throne; M. J, Coldwell, G. G. iMcGeer of Vancouver, l-Ion. Nor- man McLeod Rogers and R. J. Deachman. The keynote oi the session is ex- pected to be drawn from allne 1n Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King's ' i night statement: "We take up. at 01100. I8 our supreme task, the en- deavor to end poverty in the midst of plenty." Measures to assist employment, directly and indirectly, are expeet. ed to be in the forefront of activ- ities. The Dunning budget. contain- ing numerous tariff and tax chang- es. will be the highlight of the later pert of the session. May Need Senate Reform Focal points of discussion are ex- pected to be (a) the Bovernment’: bill to make the Bank oi Canada a national institution; (b) the ratifi- cation of the United States trade agreement; (c) the debate leading up to the imperial wnference oi 1936; (d) the repeal oi section 96; (e) machinery to alter the constitu- tion along the lines recommended at the Dominion - provincial con- ference. Any one of these can easily de- ful and talented enough to create on any inue a debite of major im- tl; Liberals win, in the ~' s»; - f-‘dfifi-fw; was; [mp ~ REGULAR MONTHLY MEET- ING of the B. I. S. tonight at B o'clock. All members please‘ attend. h-w -__ POLICE COURT-At the police court yesterday a drunk who fall- ed to appear had his five dollars ball bond eetreated. A vagrant ap- peared and was remanded until today for sentence. ENTEITAINED FRIENDS-A very enjoyable evening was. spent at the home oi Miss Margaret Crockett last night when she en- tertained four of her school churns, the Misses Reta Judson. Grace Dowllng, Grace Diamond, and Thelma Larler. After the serving of refreshments the evening was brought to e close by singing "Good Night Ladies." . B. I. S. TOURNAMENT-The third game of the auction (Qum- ament at the B. I. S. Hall last night was again well patronized." Following were the results: Ladies first, Mb-s. A. Arsenault; second, Mrs. W. LcClair. Gentlemen first. Mr. J. A: Egan; second Mr. Harold Bell. The lucky card was won by Mr. James Heron who was absent. The freeze-out by Miss Aldona Gallant. w ENJOYABLE AFTIJBNOOXITEA -A most enjoyable afternoon tea was held yesterday at St. Paul's rectory under the auspices of the choir. 'I‘he rooms were tastefully decorated with spring flowers. Mrs. Raymond was assisted in receiving‘ by Mrs. W. E. Prowse, president of and Mrs. J. A. Bentley and Mrs. Reginald Kemp presided over a prettily appointed lea table. AS- sistlng in sewing were, Mrs. Fran- ces Hall Trainer, Mrs. Parker Hooper, MTS. Leith MacLeod. Mrs. Percy Williams. Miss Gladys Math- esori, Miss Sarah Forbes, Miss Evelyn Hazard. Miss Ada Harris. Miss Mary Williams. lvlilss Hope Rodd, Miss Margaret Collings. Miss Olga Walsh attended the door. PERSONALS \ Mr. Wallace Jardine, Belle River, was a visitor to the city yesterday. Jack Selby and Ralph Casley oi Mr. William Jenkins. Murray River, is in Charlottetown on busi- ncss. . Monty Gardiner, Camden Gard- iner, Prowse Gardiner, and Char- lie Arsenault of Freetown were visitors to the City yesterday. Rev. D. L. Griffiths, pastor of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Belfast, was a visitor to Charlotte- town yesterday. Mr. Walter B. Monteith Sr., leit Monday morning for Moncton, to 1 attend a convention of the Can- adian Brotherhood of Railway Employees of which Mr. Montcith is president of the Island division. Rev. G. Carlyle Webster, who has been confined to his home with a ily to learn of his recovery from his Gerald Black of Amherst, N. S. Dr. Zell M. Clark has returned to the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital for connection with the injury she ro- Pmliosal to sponsor a new inter- the choir. Mrs. Ernest Bell ushered "y... l-flllibllfy. ‘I7 year old former Labor leader. and was defeated m to m. ed the conference ‘proposal but kem the language of the original resolution on the “futility o; war" and "crave concern of worldwide preparations‘ for war" was offered by Paul V. Ebnrys-Evarw. Conser- vative. It passed 20'! m 125 ary undersecretary for Foreign Af- fairs. said preliminary examination‘ of the problem of an international conference has already been start. Wilrnct were visitors to the city ed "but we cannot fix a date un- yggflggflgy, til circumstances favor further ne- gotlatlons." ence, he said, was a failure be- cause the world was not prepared ~ for it. If another, were called “it would be pot only unfortunate but disastrous,” he declared. eminent had no ation 0f Sir Samuel-Hoare, former foreign minister, at Geneva re- garding collective examination of economic problems. aim was "internationali agreement which will remove from nations the establish the peace of the world on a sure foundation," hc said. ll hi h id severe cold is recovering satisfactor- gncgh 2mg,” Zgumjum m pm- - perity. The ii Iii l dis i " - His many friends will be pleased nzjfiapffifiem cfigm on no l bl d l-ht ‘. i - “w” ilmii“ i" this my °f M“ xrttxfintepaaift inmtlgie soguliaironndf this difficulties. But it was an exceed- ingly complex question and should be handled cautiously. further treatment in known III-Y GRAD! SUPPER-me I-lf-Y Grads weekly supper meeting was held last-evening in the 01d 81min Blue Room. Mr. Harry mm. "0805. special guest speaker. gave the club an interesting talk on the history and general trend of world‘ restaurant business. A short discus- sion on club affairs followed. sap NEWS-The oiiiiraiiiii re- grets to be informed on going to press this morning that the pass- ing of Mr. M. G, Anderson is now imminent. In such event his re- mains after a short service ‘at 1.30 p.m. in the McLean Funeral Par- lours will be conveyed by tram tr; Belfast. The interment will take place at 10 a.m. Friday at the Pres- byterian Churoh Cemete _ r Puci.PiiYiiv MliTIiiN is IJEFE A r ED (C-P. Cable By Guardian’; gpg| Wire) LONDON. Feb. fi-The House of Commons turned down today a “immfll peace conference buthaf- firmed its confidence the {overn- merit will “take all practical steps to promote international prosper. '1'he suggestion for a peace round- . table came on the motion o.’ George All “ ’ which " ‘ #- t rui: cuagorrrerowu _ GUARDIAN’ THE CENTRAL GUARDIAN ||0l6f| Planists Will Perfonn 0n lleintzman Grands Word has been received by Miller Bros, Ltd., local agents for Heinle- man pianos. that two Concert Grand Helntzman pianos will ar- rive by express Saturday nlght for the Community Concert Association performance here Monday evening by the world-famed pianists, Messrs. Malcolm and Godden. These magnificently toned in- struments are used exclusively by the pianists. and travel with them wherever they go. They will be ac- companied here by an expert who will supervise their tuning and unpacking. L-851 ‘CARPENTERS ' __.. weweifsifgnfieaLw Mr. Kenneth Lacey, chairman of the committee which waited on the upsi-lntendent of the con- struction company, told the meet- ing t‘ . the superintendent when informed of the scale of wages in effect here, had replied that he intended to pay a much lower rate and that. he had no authority to pay more. Mr. Arthur King,‘ in the course of his remarks st 1d that he under- stood froin the secretary of the Canadian legion, with whom the superintendent had been talking, with regard to employing men and the wnges proposed. that some city official liad told the superinten- dent of the construction company that he could get all kinds of lab- or for 35 cents an hour. Conn, Holman, called on to speak by the chairman, assured the " _ that. the city council lime Unfavorable Viscount Cranbcme. parliament- The last world economic confer- Lord Cranborne asserted the gov. intention of "banging the door" on tho declar- Thc general noentive to pile up armaments and Need of Caution The government would adopt no impair the government believed immensely Lansbui-y said he had never "when armaments have ceived early in Decemb Included in the arrivals in the city yesterday were Mr- John also accompanied by his daughter. Miss Helen. Mr. Ernest Robertson, Bruden- the city for the past few days, re- turned home ywterday. (A, P. By Guardian's Special Wire) LONDON, Feb. 5--Sir Harry Mc- Gowan, chairman of Imperial country's leading chemical firms. testified today that the company had made no lethal gases since the Great War. His statement was made at a hearing of the royal commission investigating arms traffic. Sir Harry denied that Imperial Chemical Industries was a. member and said its total sales of military products for the last five years amounted to 1.8 per cent of its total business. after the necessa y legislation has been passed. Having reduced the also oi the cabinet and thus having thrown n heavier burden on the backs of the ministers, Mr. Mac- kenzie King proposes toerelieve those holding the major portfolios from some of the routine .duties of their posts in the Westminster fashion. by living them the services of a member of parliament who will act u their understudy, obtain val- uable training for future use. and save them from routine and do- motion. mmpwn" BUM" ‘nd Mr‘ H‘ D‘ a "nightmare" and asked the mean- mmpw“ M Ben’ Rwu’ who w” ing oi recent meetings oi monarchs and statesmen in Paris. thing as occurred before 1914?" he en and ML no“ Hamuton New queried. "Some match. perhaps ac- ’ ‘ cdentally. will be put to the pow- Perth. who have been visiting in d” and we Wm be can“ on w send the -young and middle-aged to fight." support of Dr. Alfred Salter, Labor, chemical mdmnes‘ on” o’ the actions appear to threaten the -fut- ure peace of the world." of the so-callsd "armaments rlng" 515 "e PrePwwd- ernment to consider the problem o! taries which will be introduced that as one of those who represent- becn of such a devilish description as now" when he rose from his back Labor bench seat to offer hLs ‘He called the European situation "Does itvmean exactly the same Lsnsburys resolution drew the who named Japan, Italy and Ger- many as nations "whose present voices Plea David Lloyd George, supporting the idea of the conference. said he had not agreed with predictions 0! wai- during the last two or three years but now Germany and Rus- "1 earnestly plead with the gov- whother the time has not come to su mon all nations o1 the earth to- gearer to put their cards on the table." The wartime prime minister said ed the British Empire in makinl the 'I'reaty of Versailles "I fool obliged to say 1 don't believe you will have peldc iiiiui you reconsid- er the mandates." 11c believed ter- ritories then liven t0 Britain were only to be guarded by Britcln- B! was not in iavord 8W1!!! "fly W! or. the ltmpire but he did feel that IONiIII powers should be fulcrum! of Britain's readiness to dim!!! I new arrangement of colonies. Robert Brrnaya, a Simohlie Lib- eral. sunested that Mr. Iianlbflfy’! only way” “c1122! M!“ W" '9 iv eve a y- ‘ hire“, hotly dissented- Bernays than "asked what he taolbury mum there was th- ' Inquiring . i,‘ what effect does the moon have , Uh the tide?" . mu m-oiii depths of higjlewlf was completely in sympathy with the laborers. Hie felt, he said, that it was most unfair, if his infor- mation was correct, that the con- tract had been given to an outside firm without local firms being given a chance to tender. The City Council had taken action and yes- terday written to the manager of the Metropolitan Stores here. They had no reply last night, Coun. Holman said, but expected one this momingJ-le felt, he went on to say, that the store would not an- tagonire the people of Charlotte- town. ‘rliere was no reason why the construction company could not pay a living wage. The matter was also looked into by legal men and they would know in the morning what ‘they could do, Coun. Holman told the meeting, and assured them that the coun- cil would do everything it could to assist the carpenters and la/b- orers. Coun. ‘rurner also assured the meeting that the council was dc- ing all in its power to look after the rights of the local men. It ap- peared that there ls no by-law in the city that would compel the construction company W Pay a cer- tain scale of wages and it is very evid-r’. that legislation along that line is necessary, Coun. Turner said, but that would be a matter for the future council to deal with. In‘ thinking the matter over on that afternoon he decided to call Mr. Parsons, head oi the com- pany with whom he was person- ally acquainted. Coun. Turner said. After considerable discussion Mr. Parsons agreed to pay 25 cents an hour for laborers and 35 cents an hour for carpenters. I-le endeav- oured in every way to get the rate advanced but was unsuccessful the speaker went on to say. Mr. Par- sons told him that he was able to get all the men he wanted in Moncton for 25 and 35 cents an hour. He was not satisfied and was getting in touch with the city clerk in Moncton to find out what the regular wage in Moncton was. Coun. Turner said in conclusion. Mr- Lnndw .‘="i" tint if the rate quoted by Mr. Parsons was 1 regular rate the boucni must have dropped 30bit of Moncton in the last few months. The rate for car- penters there a few months ago was 55 cents an hour. If the local men went to work for 35 cents an hour they were setting a preced- ent and the next firm that came here might offer them much less and so on until they were working for nothing. It was a matwr for the men themselves, the city fathers were doing all they could but the men must help themselves he felt. Mr. Dan Coughlin said ho thought that. in looking for better wages the laborers here had never before reached the point where they had the public opinion and the city council behind them the way they have now. l-le suggested e resolution to amend the act in- corporating the city so that con- tractors be forced to pay the mini- mum wage scale in effect here. Mr. E. A. Foster spoke briefly and assured the meeting that he was always ready to do what he could to assist them in pressing for their rights. After considerable discussion the following resolutions were unani- ‘ adopted by the meeting. Resolved that the carpenters and laborers oi the city of Char- lottetown refuse to work at the job now going ahead at the Met- ropoiita Store until the mini- mum wage of 45 cents an hour for carpenters and 35 cents In hour for laboiers be paid. Moved by w. Daniel Coughlin and seconded by Mr; Arthur King. Resolved that the council be asked to petition the Legislative Assembly at the next session to no amend the City of Charlottetown Incorporation Act as to provide for the payments by all contractors in the city oi the minimum wage than in effect in the city and other w“ classes of workmen accordingly. ngmi the killing m- g lddgthntnlfi mum . Moved. by Mr. William Semen and seconded by Mr; Joleph Ran- lIhHL. 4 . MOON’! INnUiNCI schooboy: "Caddy, rim-z) "Not any. son. The only that"! has h on the Did." a ‘the Bannister brothers and Slat-Bl‘ s. of c. iiisuin Officers e At Special Meeting __.._.. At a special mectln! of Char- iottetown 31.190011 of KHlShiB 01 Qqlumbira held last evening. time"! for the year wero installed. Instal- lation was Performed by P!" 5m‘ Deputy Adrian F. eiiiiiiii “ Council. "me ofloens installed were: Grand xiiirht, M. w. Reardon: Deputy amid .Knizht. a. a. mimic, Chancellor, Rev. M- A- Win65- Recorder. c. n. Maclellan; Finan- cial Secretary. mo. MacDonald; Treasurer. w. J. Brawders; lectur- er, C. St. Clair ‘Irainor; Advocate. w, o, Davey; Warden. Patrick Mumnghnrr; Inside Guard. J. P- Bradley; Outside Guard. Wllf Mc- Kgnng; Board OI THEMES, Wm- Moran, T. M. McMillan, J. J. Duf- (y; nr ' ‘ v. Dr. P. McMahon. On the m tlon of Prof. J. H. Blanchard seconded by W. J. Braw- ders, a vote of thanks was tendered p”; 3mg; Deputy Arsenault on his performance in installin! "W i351‘ cers. anus Deputy W- H- NW1“ of Summersidc was present and od- drcssed the members of the council on the activities of the 0rd?!- BABY GIRL (continued from Pace 1i " d I ubmit, your Hon- Eixili-(fnti-iataxwas tshe motive behind the crime. The baby was found i“ the Bannister home (Jan. 10) and Frances admitted receiving the baby from Arthur at the Lake home on the night of Jan. 5. I contend these boys killed Lake and then set the Lake homo on rii-e." (Francce. it. sister a!" "W accused brothers, has been held as a material witness.) The Crown Counsel expressed belief that the tragedy would have occurred the lflevlil"! Thursdai! night if Earl O'Brien. Moncton, had not been visiting thfi Lakes at that time. Testimony s owed that were at Pacific Junction that night. After lengthy argument by or- posing counsel Magistrate Lane decided to exclude from evidence ii statement made by Daniel Jan- 30. l-Ie felt the Orown “should have gone further" in efforts to PWW that no inducement had been of- fered the accused. Previously de- fence counsel H. Murray Lambert had said the statement incrimin- ated Arthur without implicating Daniel. Claims No Case‘ "The Crown have established no cas whatsoever against the accus- ed," declared Mr. Lambert. “It could have been suicide," he said with reference to the bullet found in Lake's brain. Also, he suggested, the victim might have been acci- dentally shot when fire caused tho gun to discharge. The barrel of u .22 rifle was found in the ruins but'another .33 rifle in two parts was located in snow a qlllfifl 01 9' mile from Pacific Junction. No testimony was taken today either in the case of Mrs. May Bannister, mother of the accused brothers. who is charged with kid- napping the surviving Lake child. or in the case of R. C. M. P. Cor- poral J. H- Pettigiew, whom Mrs. Bannister charged with threaten- ing her. Adjournment until tomor- row afternoon was made in the latter case, while the preliminary hearing of Mfrs. Bannister is now due to start Friday morning. Mrs. Bannisters hearing was ad- journed at the request of Mr. Bridges, who felt the charge against Corporal Pettlgiow should be given precedence because hc would be a witness in the other case. Adjournment oi Pettigrewk hearing occurred after Mr. Lambert prepared an affidavit saying he was not ready to proceed with the case. Electing t0 be tried by the magistrate. the Corporal entered a plea of not guilty. E. a. McDonald, KC, appearing for Pettigrew, strenuously obiected to further delay. "Mr. Lambert has started something he cannot stop." he charged in the course of a de- mand that "these charges be either substantiated or found false." The proceedings virere only "a vaudeville show, Ml'_ Lambert as Jiggs and Mrs. Bannister maybe as Maggie," declared Mr. McDonald. "The accused in this case is to be one of the principal witnesses in the case against Mrs. Bannister. charged with kidnapping. Mr. Lam- bert knows what Mrs. Bannister knows. or he should not have in- structed her to lay the information. and if Mrs. Bannister is to be Mr. Lambert’: first witness I'll guaran- tee she will be on the stand all ni- tomocn." Seturelllmiaslon 0f ‘Accuseilhflatements In Ravine Killing (c. r. a, ouuaiiuri Special Wire) 101002110, Ieb. 5—Crown forces in the murder trial of Harry 990011611 gained a victory today in securing admission of statements the slim filling station attendant M60 to relics ami- hli detention for the ravine killing of 80-year- old Ruth Taylor last November. MW‘ M and ar- Illmeht for five hows. with the Jury locked out of the courtroom. wish fore the jurors. Tb Erma into the evidence Arsenault of - typewritten tran- which follows was imimoifi cnv tliilNtll R E P _n_ n TS In addition to the reports pub- fished in yesterday's issue the fol- lowing reports were submitted at the annual meeting of the City Council on ‘Tuesday night. In the place when Coun. Holmanb report of the finance committee was sub- mltted Coun. Turner iuoritlclsing the report pointed out that the deficit for the past two years amounted to over $85,000. In 1834, Councillor Turner said: Councillor Holman budgeted for a surplus of $417.37, and a deficit of $37,585.33 was created in that year. This year he budgeted for a deficit of‘ 815,666.90 and finished the year with a deficit of $47,333.44, a total deficit in the two years o! $85,418.77 to which could be added a shortage in sinking funds of $7,500 or a total not deficit on current expenditure only-not including amounts paid out for relief and street work of a permanent nature. Councillor Holman replied that the entire Council was to blame. The P‘ Committee did not Spend the money. they were only the custodians-the different com- mittees were responsible ‘for the spending, but he felt, he said, that the committees had felt the ex- penditure necessary Councillor Turner reminded the chairman o: the Finance Commit. tee that last year when he budgeted for a surplus he took full credit but tihs year when a deficit the blame W08 Passed to the Council, The greatest fault he had to find with the report, however, was the amount of 1AA collected taxes, almost 25% of last year's taxes remaining uncollccted. I-le had advocated g system of collection in quarterly installments which he felt would have assisted materially in the work. but the Council had taken no action in the matter. Coun. Holman claimed that he had mvfisiiklled the plan and made enquiries in cities where it l1ad_been tried but found it had been abandoned in all cases as un. workable. The Finance Committee's report appeared in yesterday's issue. roam: raorearr comurrree The following wag the repqrt o: the Public Property Ccmmltee sub. mitted by the Chairman, ‘Coun. A, H. MecDouga-ll at the annual meet- ins or the city Council oh ‘Iues- day night: We, the Public Property Commit. We» be: leave to make a report on our activities for the past year. During the period there was not very much won; done on our pub. "c buildings This was due to the fact that w¢ pledged ourselves to hold our assessment rate at 2 per cent. Nevertheless the exteriors of our Public Buildings have been kept from detericrating, During tire yfllr the outside; of the Market Building, the Scales House and the City Hall have had two coats of paint. This o! course necusitrited e, few minor repairs on each build- ifls. and this Committee can report these buildings in A.1 condition. Our public bathing houses have been well looked after as well as the shores adjacent. The Public Park has not had the attention elven it that it ieqiihes. There are many things that can be done to improve 1L; lppearlncg such as: Cleaning out the stumps and all refuse in the woods. All that is required is labor. and some money must be voted for this pur- pose this present your. our men. tenant Governor has set an err. lmDle for us to follow on the Government Grounds adjoining his residence. We have spent some "Wiley on our driver but it was so small it was hardly noticeable. The Pond at the extreme west end e1 the Park has been partly failed, and it is our intention to fill it all with the refuse of the city stream, This o.’ course will take some time. but when completed will give this end of the park a dignified ep- pearance. Dllllnslhe spring storms we had a bad break in the Breast Work. This was an tmmei-gency job. and had to be fixed up immediately. The cost was over $200, but now we are pleased to report it'in good condition. The last section of breast work ending at Brighton renewed. This will call for an ex- penditure of probably 810.000. In making out our requirements to the Government last sununer this of .work was inc'uded as our Government; and hopes of getting it th year. 1t makes no differs e who is chairman of public property this matter should be pushed in the extierne limit. ft will not only make Work for our citizens but will ac- complish something that is very necessary. Considerable repairs have been done to our wharf property but not more than was absolutely "Qwmry- We would suggest that our next- council appoint a finance committee that will not hold down the City's pure, strings so tight. In conclusion we must say that the ‘“ interests have been safe- guagilcd by every Councillor at the Mepeotfuliy submitted: a. n. smoounnu. ciinriiiiui ca. r. a. uauonaan n. r. van IDIISTINE mane OOIIMITTII The mar-bet committee report _. minim s, 193; ilscussion which took‘ Road is cast repairs. and must i», creased the previous r-eiirflbz 26.96 hloh was duc W increased ra lava-L d v “on 3-121‘ Sudden Passing 0f llarshfiinq Resident Yesterday Residents of Marshfiefd and w, rounding districts were shocked i; learn yesterday of the sudden d“ at his home of Mr. Wallace w,“ The deceased had had a very gel-L ous illness about a. year ago when he had a stroke but this yer; h, had appeared icbe in good he,“ Ymtordav morning he got up M usual nnd did some work about m, barns and was preparing for break- fast when he was suddenly stricken and died two hours later Wiiilfilut re ' ioushess. The 1m Mr. Wood, who was a well known and successful farmer. has been I highly esteemed resident of Marsh- field since removing there some eighteen years ago and his sudden par-sing will be sincerely mourned by the community at large. lii rd. dition to a sorrowing wife h: leaves to mourn four daughters. Mrs, 1L J. Kennedy. Southpcrt. Mis. Iiellry Jenkins. Mi. Herbert. Rein 1,, Charlottetown, Helen, member u; the Provincial Sanatorluni staff and one son, Almond at home. ' The funeral will be held {mm his late residence on Friday begin. ning mt 3 o'clock. iauiinsiiii CALLED lii smmitiiiii Sh e r i f f Of Illinois City Requests Aid To Cope With Gen- era] Walkout. (A.P. By Guardian's Special \ ' PEKIN, Ill, Feb. 5 —- Nation Guard aid was requested today by Sheriff Ralph Goar shortly lifter leaders of a general strike had com- pieced a. shut down of business so. tivity in this city of 11.000 persons The Sheriff feiephoned state ot- ficials for guard reinforcements for his meagre band of offlcers- a. force he admitted was incapable of cop- ing with the 1,500 men who walked off their jobs Tuesday as 31 labor crafts swung behind disgruntled employees of tho American Distil- ling Company in their long drawn controversy over union recognition and other demands. Four hundred guardsmen, seven iiiiles away at Peoria, needed only an order from Adjutant General Carlos Black to march to the strike front which widened this afternoon to touch the two largest remaining plants in the city unaffected by the first general walk-out of labor yes- terday. ‘ Pickets turned back night shift workers at the Flelsch nn Yeast works and set out for the corn pro- ducts refining plant. The two m‘ ploy around 1,500. A quick check shortly after the deadline set by strikers caused tlienl to claim 100 per cent compile!” with their ultimatum to all more: andvshops to "close at three i» l} or your windows will be smashed. ___._____._. STOPS HIS EARS Ephraim, the negro trainer wul seated, reading a letter, with 1.150 standing behind him holding hi8 hands over Eph's ears. Horseman (noticing ihem-"whivl kind of norseplay are W" W° m‘ lows up to?" Ephraim-"Llge gvt (115 Y9"? m‘ ter dat his gal writ him. b0» W‘ he hadn't read. so he sets lllf‘. w read it m’ him, but sl0i15 ma!) "i" up so I kain't hear what his sfll done writ him." b “-" war, completely renovriifdi the walls painted and - 001C111; changes made in the stalls. \\'i11°__ makes for greater convenience. 1i l= now in first class shalfl- Aliwilmm: stokers, heating both the marks and public librlfy. were inst-QUE?- and have resulted in a consicimlie saving in coal, and have 8111"} 9"‘: eral satisfaction with regal“ heating. W n The market clerk has Chlllfl on. his duties in a satisfactory mflL her and all tolls have bee“ titty lected. Market tors have b.cii 1 - We bell the no lmiaiuu of the ew oers will Slay reduce i expenses. rfllii°“i“"ly that of coa . .The market committee: ‘ _ ‘an n. r. van InaasTrNE. chili-um) on. s. u. BLANLIIA 1 A. A. HINNEW’ TENDER COMMITTEE Coun. ‘rumor. chairmen of menaci- Committee. submliiffflnde, following report of the T‘ u g Committee at the animal n"? “ of the City Council lust llillltl-erc‘ n. is my pieiisu t to 9'95"" 0'6“? with the report of the Tender m“ mittce 101‘ the vw 3°- D" " this year very few P"l'°"“~‘°",,d mmqmwrun“ we" nmdcration 1n every‘ instance dig! 3.91:2: “u,” flay x no out thlt-"Eftxaggfi Dill‘ at uiu Ofllllllgisimfifllb” uanfnicua diction arrived at. . i». %E_I‘II"“"')' HI i , n-nnannar. ‘A A