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Deficit Is Annou nced

Public Accounts Committee

FLYING fro GOLDFIELDS

"i. IDHOUIICBMEDC 0f I. deficit 0! Ill

the present time was inopportune and

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Government Under Heavy ‘Bar- rage From Opposition In Legis-

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unspecified Amount ior the past year, oi the inability oi the Government to grant the teachers’ request for in- creased salaries, and oi the promise oi a vote oi 880.000 ior the purpose oi erecting a Sanitarium and the fur- ther‘ contribution oi 012,000 annually ior maintenance. were high spots in the speech oi Premier Baunde dur- ing the debate on the Draft Address in tho Provincial Legislature yester- day. The Premier contended that he had dons everything possible in the way o! pressing the claims oi the Province atOttaws. ior increased sub- sidy; that tho teachers‘ request st

would have to be met with increased taxation measures which would mean the disapproval oi the people and the political suicide oi the Government. The House mat yesterday morning at i040, when Hon. .1‘. Q. Stewart. leader oi the Opp- . concluded s. fighting speech lndlctlns the Gov- ernment ior its negligence in the administration oi the various ido- partments oi public service, and oi failing to pursue the course best cal- culated to secure readjustment oi Provincial subsidies, so urgently re- quired at the present time. Premier sauaeerrrbpiied.‘ in an address of

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i Speech vol‘! ambififi- and deVoid‘ oi any meaning. perience had such a cost been placed on the parents oi school children for school books, as this year.

Never, in his ex-

The government takes credit ior

having nine inspectors in the pro- vince. But in lelethere were ten. _ When the agricultural grant was re- moved, they were cut "down to 6. And, as a matter oi isct. the whole in-v crease to nine was arranged ior un- der the terms oi the agreement oi April 1027. meat did was to make the appoint» nlents these provided ior.

All the present govern-

The matter oi the increase oi

teachers salaries, he ielt, was s. deli- cato matter which, ior tho present. must rest between the government and the teache s.

Dealing with the appointment oi

o. chest diagnostlclan, at least part oi the credit must go to tho Red Cross society. present a printed report before the House rises. ' what else, save the making oi vague and. ambiguous promises had been done ior public health. This year there was nothing, save a regret that there was no money.

NO doubt this oiiicial will

Mr. Stewart asked

There is much boastiullless in the Speech irom the

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(Canadian Press) PARIS, March QL-Tho iunersl oi Marshal liloch has been set ior Tues- day next. The body ls to lie in state

hours previously. It has not been de- cided whether the religious ceremony shall be held in Not-re Dame Cathed- ral or in the Invalldes.

PAR-IS, March 21~Prom sundown on Sunday until dawn on Monday. underneath the Arc do Trlomphe, the coiiln oi-Msrshal Foch will be placed beside tho tomb oi the “sol- dat inconnu," and all that night the "eternal light" will burn ior both oi them. .

In solemn tribute his colleagues will pay the honor of a national holiday and the highest homage will be paid by France to her hero. The scrrowlrlg French will pass and view ior the last time the face of the great war leader and then the chiefs oi his beloved country will bear him to rest in the Invalldas, not far iroln the tomb oi Napoleon. ‘

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ed by Mrs. Sutton. is here seen lust

prior to taking off irons the Fair- chlld airport. Fsrmlngdale, L. 1., for an expedition to the Canadian North- west.

When they seek an ‘- to P1" on Marshal Pooh's tomb. what bet- ter may bo found than his memor- able report during the first battle of the Marne, when he said: "Pressed on my right. wing. with my centre broken, I am attacking with my left. My situation is excellent."

PARIS, Man. 2l—-The French cab- inet late today settled finally on the iunorsl arrangements tor Marshal Flesh who will be given. s. national burial on Tuesday. The Marshal's bodywlll lie in state a full Ii hours by the sldo oi the lnlltpgvirn soldier all day Sunday and Sunday night.

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King George Sends Message Expressing Sorrow At The

lleaith 0f Marshal Foch

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LONDON, March ZL-King George today senj'._ a._ message. i to- President Doumergue oi France, expressing his

over two hours‘ duration, and was clam o! the

fallow! by ‘Dr. w. s. P. MacMillan, who adiaumsd the debate at s o'- clock. The House adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning.

Throne regarding road construction and mall tenance. Ho discounted the testimony oi commercial travellers in regard to the’ excellence oi roads.

quoted by Mr. Scully. Nature had

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sorrow and that oi the British fia- tlon at the death oi lvjbrshal Foch. The King's message read: “I offer to you, Monsieur Le President, and to the French nation, my deep sym- pathy irl the death of Marshal Foch.

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Hon. J. D. Stewart. in_u- " uing his address on the Speech irom the Throne. next dealt with Technical

MORNING SESSION

-- An act respecting the Boards oi Commissioners of Public Utilities was read s first time. as was also an act to-iurther amend the Motor Vehicle Act.

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done much ior the roads last year. but they would have been improved by the application oi the split log drag last spring. Power machines were well enough ior construction. but they did torriblo damage when turned loose on the roads last spring. Even the Patriot condemned this (Mr. Stewart here read an article from that journal on the subject.) They became rough because heavy machines leave them that way. And

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QUINCY, Ill., Man, iii-Unable longer to withstand the onslaught oi the torrent of water which had reached the levee crown, the Indian Grave levee on the Mississippi River about five mil north oi Quincy gave way today pouring a great ilood over 20.000 sores of improved farm

banks and

France mourns her greatest soldier: and my country the loss oi one whose name is honored in the roll oi British field marshals. For all time he will be remembered as tho dis- tinguishsd chiei who led the allied armies to victory while his memory will be cherished by all ranks oi the empires iorces who served in the world war. George R. I."

PHILADELPHIA.

Alliance or Phila. Bank And ' Bootleg Syndicate Exposed

(Special to The Guardian)

Man, \'l1-—Al-

llsncc oi one oi Philadelphia's larger its “bootleg syndicate"

Education Ho suggested to the Premier that, ho should outline in his speeph lust what the activities of the Bpvernment have been in this rs- Ilrd during the years 1927 and 102s. , He emphasise the importance of the work oi s. orticultural expert to the province. The present gov- ernment, it seemed, had done away with this important oiilce-or at least it was left in abeyance. He. read the "I'm-s oi the agreement oi April.‘ 1W1. in respect of Technical [Education

the Minister ‘oi public Works was lowed to use drags, which last sprins he stated it was not his policy to do. so they are coming back to our P01- lcy aiter alli Mr. Stewart believed that the words "revenue from related sources" meant nothing more or less than iurther borrowings. The speak- cr went on to criticize the distribu- tion of the gravel, some districts re- ceiving more than others. PRDHIBITION ENNRCEMENT

lands in the district.

RESIGNS SEAT

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA. March 2l.—L. M. Auger, Liberal member ior Prescott County. who was convicted yoltordsy on a serious charge against a young girl,

ior the financing of illegal liquor sales was exposed today. The state department oi banking under At- torney-General Cyrus Wood, oi Harr- isburg, and states Attorney-General Wm. D. Mitchell may be asked to rc-

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voke the charter oi the bank. and certainly will be asked to investigate the facts exposed by the grand Jury. Judge Edwin O. Lewis explained in detail how the bank had carried $10,000,000 deposits oi alleged boot- leggers without any employee or of- ficial oi the bank being able to identify the iourtnen men under whose namm the accounts were listed.

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Investigating Expenditures

. (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, March, 2l-—Blttlrlg ior the iirst time in three years. the lDecial stsndins committee oi the house on public accounts today was laced with the investigation oi ap- proximately $300.000 of expenditures tabulated in the Auditor-Generals report oi 1028. W. G. Ernst, Conser- vative, Queens-Lunenburg moved for the production 01' all acounts, vouch- ers, correspondence and papers with respect to thirteen items oi expendi- ture, eight oi which had to do with the Hudsons Bay expedition Magnjz- ed in 1927-28 and titted out at Hali- fax, N. B.

Papers dealing with the following expenditures were asked ior in the motions: seams to A. s. McMillan and Co, ior supplies to the l-ludsong Bay expedition; $13,607 to William Robertson and Son; $3,404 to Cragg

Bros; s1.e81 to Gordon B. Isnor; s0,- 837 to Austen Bros; $10,008 and 01s,- 424 to S. Cunard and Co. and 82,341 to Hlllis and 00.; all oi these expendi- tures were made at Halifax.

Other expenditures ior buildings will be investigated. Mr. Ernst asked ior the production oi papers dealing with the pI-Ylnent 0i 812,138 to A. S. McMillan oi Halifax snd an ex- pedlture of $100,000 made m Mcum. an and McNeil-n and co,

Payments totalling $35,000 m“, m the Beacon Dredging C0,, ior work done at La Have River and Yarmouth were mentioned in tho motions brought in by Mr. Ernst. ‘rho ex- Piihditures o! 027,110 to W. I. Landry ior breakwater repairs at Dingwall, N- 8-. was the last on the list. The committee will meet to examine the documents dealing with thfle matters on April 10. ‘

r (From our own C...- pendent) OTIAWA. March ilL-After the House had assembled this niterrloon the prime minister rose in his place and paid an eloquent tribute to the me- mory oi the late Ferdinand Foch, com- mander-in-chiei oi the allied armies in the late great war. He bead into his speech remarks he had addressed to Commando Foch in welcoming him to Canadain 1921,remarking that what was appropriate then was even much more appropriate now. The Hon. R. B. Bennett associated himself with the observation oi the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister. in refer- ence to the great general and several passages were oi’ s. high order in or- atory. l-le stressec_l__the significance oi the “occasion on account oi the bril- liant services oi the Canadians who fought under him and proved one oi the strongest leaders of eiiectivc de- fence and attack. Mr. Evans. Rosetown. in the ab- sence of Mr. Gardiner, leader oi the Progressives, in efiect endorsed what had been said by preceeding speakers and was iollowed by the Hon. Chas. Marcll, Bonaventure, who spoke in French on behalf oi the French- Canadlan members in particular fine sentiments. The Prime Minister announced that as a mark oi respect on the part of the Canadian people, whose sentim- ents he had already heard, the flag would ily at half mast over the par- liament buildings until next ‘Tuesday, the date oi interment. Sentiments similar to these in tho commons were expressed in the Senate by the Hon. R. Dandurahd, government leader and by the Hon. Mr. Willoughby. Conservative leader, ‘ Darldursnd sketched Pooh's military career, outlined his strategy as commander of the allied forces. eulogized his qualities as a military leader, and the personal qualities which endeared him to the armies

and grants ior the same. country would be glad to know l!

With regard to the Prohibition Act. the government might be "Vi"! w enlorce it. But they were certain-

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(this grant was being utilized and to

has resigned his seat in parliament. The iorlnsl resignation oi Mr. Auger signed before two witnesses was read in the house tonight by Speaker

(Special to The Guardian)

l Cause OfLawlessness

to manufacture, soil. transport. im-

ly not doing so successfully. While the Premier was tellinl u" "m" oi Ottawa how suwwilll W" u“ enforcement. 21 039114911 ""1" the Act were in P1111“ 9mm? ‘ML 1m, these people 41'1" "P ‘h’ streams of liquor before the 919W‘ cite? The Temperance Bulletin states that $180,000 worth oi 110W!’ V" sold through ‘the vendors-halt I bottle of liquor to “ah m"- "m" ...... child in the province Th" 1' the situation alter elllliflfl "mi"

what extant. . As to education, Mr. Stewart found Ixie clause dealing with it in the

ANNOUNCEMENTS. %MING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC.

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llsmieux shortly before adjournment. No intimation was available in gov- ernment circles tonight as to the date of the bye-election in Prescott which is necessitated by the resignation.

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WASHINGTON, March 2i -Prc- sident Hoover's commission which will inquire into the reasons ior the breakdown oi law enforcement will endeavor to create a public senti- ment in favor oi reducing the pat- ronage’ by the public oi, the boot- legger. A movement is now on 100i to bring home to the individual pur- chaser oi liquor that he, too. pllys. a part in the breakdown oi the law. oilicial Washington itself has been i slow to realise this but under the Hoover administration there is I

port or export alcoholic bevorlles, These are tho acts which are ior- biddorl by the eighteenth amendment itself. The Volstead Act enumerates other oflenoes. such as teaching or illrrllshing recipes for the violation oi the law, but the new Jones lalv enumerates merely thosame thins! as are named in the 18th amend- ment. Bo in a sense. whoever is con- victed lmdsr the Jonas law, is a vio- lator oi the constitution oi tho Un- ited States itself. That is why the Jones law, which makes such viola-

undor his control and to the people oi France-a great soldier and a great man. »

The debate on the administration oi the grain act was then resumed. The discussion, with one exception, was confined to the progressive and liberal-progressive members of the West. The Hon. Mr. Dunning. Minis- ter oi Railways, himself a Western man and a power oi largo experience defended the grain board. The grain act was not periect. but, as it yes it

was the evolution of years oi experi- ence and the result oi much legisla-

ticn and investigation. snd the pres-

oi their eniorcement. ‘In ilei. l”

"illustrated lecture. come and hear Dr. Collin lecture on "Willa Liieinlndiflinileartsilailonrri-

wouldliketoasksomooithollfig; M“ 0g m. government ii the! ° it any harder to get t!!!" "4"" m“

Jrlrfisrry made four round trip! yesterday, the first beginning at mid- night, Wednesday. me conditions in

noticeable tendency to go dry and avoid the bootleggers. I The Jones-law makes it a felon!

lions a felony with a Jail lentonco oi ilvo years stirrodyp so much discus-

sion. i

ent act was the hsndiwork- oi the

iarmer members themselves. He ao- cused the critics oi the members‘ oi the grain board oi making highly Bl-

dagsvsniag at lifclock. Silver col- an“ w." d u ‘k ha“. “lain-m u “up” o‘ the lusts- mvorabd e. "w" n" ' , 1 creme statements. The particular "onus to u» Concert and no T“ m"':,,,,,,,,,u,, Magistrate one any docked at Sorden last miners were in u» workinse when grievances complained oi ms never "i" “m” °"’" ' m” “w” o’ doubt Tllodecisicn svenlllonhsrlastroundtripatvlo. _ , the sxplosionoocilrrslLOi thesstbl besnsired in the House before al- ‘m-W 5W1"- ‘m- M‘ “MNMU” mgmm.» Thetralnircmtbsboatarrlvedinthe . great number were believed to have “w. present conditions ma exist- mlIInneubftllIfillpnmzozonlyfigmmcny.t‘.n°v°h°ku“m‘mm _____ _ in."q|iknufflmmgflah_fl-.dpwmme,eutitw‘ggygfy “hhgfimbwmgmwmuuswuxmmmnahmwdeulypumm \ _ (Bpecisltoflofllsarllisn) ingaadrllcuswcrbsrsiearedtlleyylgeromandtrenehantdiseosslonoi ‘. litlt.“'altsrnoon."iiist with "ma" m‘ u m ' _ , i I. PAIVZNABSUB; Pa. uisrch 21- were near centre oi the explo- ulswthsrsidsoithe question."

‘mnwn,’ ‘Md-Wu u“ mueltion lletherornottbe , horhae eeoreseiaiillerswere oaioiobes by sloa. _ " The debate was adlcul-nes at six

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Parliamentary Leaders Pay Tribute To Late Marshal Foch

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Louis Auger. the youngest member oi parliament and known in his‘ own constituency oi Prescott, as the "boy oratorfl-a young man otherwise with apparently a. brilliant career beiore him-ior a crime against a young French girl of his own constituency under 18 years oi ago. The oiiencs was committed in his oflce in the parliamentary buildings.

An interesting question arises as to his status in parliament. There is no Canadian precedent to iollew. Fol- lowing the English precedent. tho sentence, not yet delivered. will be reported to the speaker. It is under- stood that Augor will be given an op- portunity to resign. Ii not, the course to be pursued is that the prime min- ister will move for his expulsion.

The session oi the agricultural oom- mittee was rendered unusually inter- esting this morning by the evidence oi Mr. A. c. nuddlck. dominion dairy commissioner, who explained at leng- th the conditions which govern the present production and prices o! dairy products-butter, cheese. milk, 8tC.—llld the eflect oi New Zealsnd importations. The Canadian dairy- man was lnanuisctilring more and more cheese ior expert and produc- ing more and more milk and cream and less butter. The home supply oi butter was not equal to the demand.

MEXICO CITY, March ill-Gener- al Jesus M. Aguirre. chiei rebel coin- mrlnder in the province oi Vera Cruz, was executed at Lalrlsgras. Vera Cruz province st 7 s. m. today aiter. court martial. The presidential castle did not state whether the body would be brought to Mexico City ior lhlria-l.

A ., JAY witness AN‘ Hi5 LlFii ARE soon PAR-flap

TORONTO, March 2l- Maritime: Fresh to strong southwest to welt winds, cloudy and mild with scat- tered showers, probably fog. Toronto, fair . . ..' ... "Ass-a: Montreal, clear ... ... ... "GI-til Quebec, clear ... ... ... .. 40-1! F“ rlottetown, cloudy ... "nil-S! Halifax. cloudy . . ... ... "lo-es seine John. clear ... ... lee-M Boston. clear ... ... ... OIIIH New York. clear ... ....eo-4o High tide this morning at 0.10 and tonight pt us.

lun sets this evening at 0.10 and rises tomorrow moan: at us. Pull moon Monday, larch Itb. so: a. m.

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utsslater-tbanCbariottstown,

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Delivered Before Caledor. ian Club Last Evsnl —The “War of 1812"

“The War oi 1812-14" was subject of s splendid and most elo ‘ quent address given beiore the Ca‘ edonian Club last evening by

Donald Nicholson. . _

Mr. Nicholson said in part: It “i

iar irons my intention tonight

gloriiy war. All oi us who romem wars oi the past and especially colossal conflict during tho. -

1914-1018, will agree with me that '