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It I JUD(-iE’S IIERDICT
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At a meeting of the Government yesterday the judgment of His Honour
Judge Neil McLeod lu the Commission of Inquiry into the charges made by the Executive Committee of the Temperance Alliance, was submitted. The Committee made eleven charges against Prosecutor Phillips, Prince (‘.ouuty, it number against the Prosecut.ors in Queens and Kings, besides allegtttioiis
iigalnst Silpendiury Wright, Sttnimersidc, and Stlpcntliary Martin, t‘liur» otte own. .
The Judge finds none of thc clinrges proven. Only those agaiiist the Suni-
merside officials were fully investigated, as the Alliaiitre ttoiiitntttot- nlntndnnl-,d the charges against the others. The judgment is as i'ollows:-
To His I-Ionour Ilcnjaniin Rogers, i.icuteunnt Governor in (‘ouncll:--
As (lonilnissioncr under a Royal Conimiseitin tinted the 23rd day of May,
1914, issued by your Honour in (iouncil, uittler the provisiotis oi' "The Public Inquiries Act," I was reqttostetl to tntilte scarcliiiig ittqiiiry and ltivesligation with regard to certain writtcti charges and t-oinpltiints prt-t'orrt-tl by n (10n,m;L. tee ofthe Prince Edward Island Teniperance Alliance against certain public officials in this Province with respect to the enforcement of “'l‘lie Prohibition Act, 1900" and Acts in ztmentltncnt thereof, and witlt regard to all Acts anti proceedings in anywlse relating to the enforcement of thc said Acts, and to report to your I-Ionour the result ot` such inqttiry and liivestigatloii. I licrchy submit my report: '
The inquiry or investigation was held in Sttmmcrsidc, in Prince County.
and nil the witnesses produced before mc were duly examined tottchiiig the matter to inc referred; the sittings of tho inquiry extending over fifteen dtiys. I adiourned the hearings from time to time at thc instance ot' thc Attorneys on both sides to facilitate the attendance ot' witnesses so as to make the in- quiry as iitorougli as possible. The said written t-linrges art- hereto annexed as exhibit “A” anti “Il."
With regard to charges i, 2, Il and 5, in lfixhibit “/\,"
that Albert .I. Phillips, Prosm-tttor for Priiit-e (iottnty. refusetl or iicglnctctl to bring actions against ct-rtniii parties named for violation of thc Proliibiliott Act where evitloticc was tctitlci-cd him by pat;t.les natnt-.tl in said cliargt-s. 'i‘ito answer of the Prosct-tttor to said cltsrges was t.liat when ovltlt-neo of thc violation ot' said statute was given him wltli the nantes of thc wltticsses, he consulted ill., ll. F-trotig, the Cottnsel appoinf.ed by the Llovf-.t'nnietti to advise him anti that wht-tt Strong advised liltii tiiut the cvitlciice tciidcretl wus stililcietit, hc brought the action, bitt not otlierwiso. l tio not find tin-,se t-liargcs :iustalitetl by thc evltletit-e, for seine discretion must. be allowctl llic l‘rosot-niot' in bringing actioiis.
in Section 0, Exhibit "A," the Proset'iitot‘ is t-.liargetl
with tampering with at satnplc bottle ot” beet- before the contents were analyzed and with advising the dealers to scll Bohemian Beer as it was in strength below three pcr cent. Tho evidence ot' Dr. McMillan, the analyst, did not support this cliargo anti no evidence was produced t.o prove iliat the prosecutor advised thc selling ot` this beer.
Absence from duty is charged against the i’roset-.utor in Section 7, of Ex-
hibit “A" about the 30th oi` December, in 1913. At this time Prosecutor visit- ed iiis family at (`-lirlstntas in Brat-.kley Point. for it few days, leaving his address with Counsel Strong in case he should he wanted in the meantime. 'I‘iie evidence showed tiiat thc cases then to be coiiiinciit-ctl were atteiitled fc by Strong and the action pending resulted in a coiivictiott without the amend- ment referred to in the complaint. No injury resulted from his nbseiice. Tltis charge was not sustained by the evidence.
It was also charged f.liat all the cases comnteticctl on the infortnatioit of the
detectives were brought l`or first offctices anti that they should have been for second anti third offetices accortlitlg to the Statute. Mr. Strong testified that thc informations and sttinmonses had to be taken and matic ottt in a littrry at night after the civic office was closed, and no tit-cess to the records was avail- able and therefore the oft`t-ttccs t-littrgetl had to hc l`or iii-st instead nt` sticoiitl anti third.
in Section S and ll in Exhibit "A," the Prosecutor
ig charged . with witiidrawitig the second t-ase against James `,,-Me_1.,gllaii, when _ the evidt-.tice for cont-ictloii was __ s1l_f1l,c-_ leiitf "i'ii`ere‘Were` two' act'ion‘§"T)`ioT1g`lit 'against James Mciiellsii and one against John Ferguson. two clerks in the same drug store. E. il. Strong, Counsel for the Prosecutor, testified that he and \\'. D. Wilson. Field Secre- tary for the Alliance, had agreed that on condition of James Mcliiell-.in und John Ferguson confessing one suit each, the second case against .laiiics M(-,Lelian would be dropped, I-leath Strong tt-stifled that Mr. \Vilson, tn his presence, admitted tltaf he had agreed to this t-oinproiiiisc. Mr. Wilson dcn- ied iiaviitg so agreed at the inquiry. \\'_ E. I-leuilt-y, representing the Alliance, protested against this promise, alleging that the Governtnent_ had authorized him, and him alone, to act as (iounscl for the Prosecutor, in all tltc cases instituted through the efforts and evidence of the detectives eitiployed by the Alliance, and that the suit against Jaines Mt-.Lellan was one of these. 'I`_he prosecutor and Mr. E. ll. Strong, his cottiisel, claimed that this compromise ttiade atitl entered liito hy them and Mr. Wilson at the tttnc flint Strong had authority as (‘.ounsel t'or tht- Proscctttor, should be faitlifttlly 'carried out. alleging that a somcwliat sitnilat- cotnprottiiso was tnade in`l\nig s,<‘ounty by Wilson anti i~ltewat-t, acting i'o_r ihc ’l`ei_iiporniicc Alliaiicc, in whit-li one suit against Maboii was dropped and the inforniutions in thi-ot: other cases. were changed from second to first olfeitces. The niagistrate adjottrncd the hearing ol’ the Janice IVIt~I.ellttn t-asc till the next day in ortlt-_r to settle the question as to wlticli (‘ounst-l iuid ti right to ut-t. in tht- iiicntiftine, thc I’rost~ctttor was instructed: "Iti the Proliibitioii cases bttsctl on itiforinntion placed in yottr hands by the Tempertiticc Alliaticc, the ’l`cttipt-rttticc. Alliancc_ is allowed to choose their own Counsel, und its one is coiisitlcred sttillcient in those cases, the employment ol' atiy other (`ounsel is not recognized by the Governnieiit. The responsibility for any aciioti, wlietlier comprotnis_e or witlid_rawnl,_or pro- secution will rest with yoti on the advice of (fotinscl for the Alliance.
On the Court meeting next day. tho Prosecutor, on the atlvicc of Mr. Strong.
and after Joitti Ferguson and James McLellan confessing judgment in one suit cacii, withdrew the second case against James McLellan, claiming that tht- iiistrtititloiis sent him could only refer to the renitiintng t-asus, as the l\IcI.cl» lan case had been previously disposed ot by tigrectiicnt.
I iitid flint Strong should not have :ictt-,ti in this suit. as hc knew Ilculley
had been appointed tfounscl iii all the dclt~t'tivc cases. I fliid. further. tlllll tltc I’roset°tttot was jttstificd in iniplemeiifitig the coiiiproniise agreetl upon by all the parties having authority in thc matter hy dropping the second suit against James Mt-.l.ellan.
with respect. to the clmrgr in Section 10- lixhillll "‘\»"
claiming that thc Prosecutor ttcglecieti anti omitted to enforce fines and penalties whore convictions wcrc oiifainctl. I do not flntl that this charge was sttstatnetl by the t\yttit~nt‘cl. Vail true that the Prosecutor in some instances, suspcntled the tssttt. o \ rrlnii ' of arrest pending the good behavior of the Dllrtit-s _anti on their ttntlcrttl vlul. alitl promising to quit tho liusiticss of selling tittoxtt-ltiltig lit:“ti`<ir`(lt.|t:1t:t)tl‘_ttr'-`_yX0t]ti the law. I lltid t.liat. in nearly ull the instant-es whntu tin. tin- tn 1 0'.jH.ct ell-ted this discretion the result. justified tht- course he t_itloptt|t,.`l _'Img IAM of the Legislature in etiactiitg the strltigcut. ntcnstircs ol tht- rv 1: ll `. was not so nittcli to -punish olfcntlers os to abate the evil of itittmperatite. The other cnscs mentioned in snitl ci\nt‘l!l‘ US 110|- INWIUFE i“"`“ I"°‘""""d"'i nguiint-tt ufter`t'otivit‘tioti, are tiiostly parties who lofi tht- Provlnt-c bcforc tltel’ could be arrested, and pnrties who either scrved their tertii in Jail for the offence or paid the fines anti costs imposed on thein.
Although not included in the written clitit~ges sent by the 'l`eini>et‘Hl\_f‘-0 Al-
liance to the Attorney General, on which thu (oninilsston was lssncrl._1l ;»v;1)B claimed at the liearlng that the Prosecutor niisapproprintetl money l'<‘-L-f‘~lV€< Y him for fines. I allowed evidence in this charge to be slvell Ill' l‘0l“P|“I““'“9- lt. was shown that the i’rosecutor, instead of retnitfing all fines receivable by lilm to the Government, tisetl sotno of the money so i-cccived hy' hh" l\\ DRYIHE the fees gf witnesses magistrate anti travelling expcnst-,s int-itlental to tlte carrying on of his work. Without ready money at his disposal It W0'-ilfl be impossible for lilni to properly dlsclisrge the duties oi his otlllt-oi h'l`oi‘.I\l:I§:? the i‘rosecutor's returns to the Government, it is evident iiti_ Hrbprmuon expert in keeping accounts. There was tio evidence of nity iiiitlt-itttdve mm I of money, and the Prosecutor claims that the Goveriiiiieiilt st* mm or -the would suggest in future that the Government place to iiic trm bank from Prosecutor from time to time, a sufficient sunt oi' money n soni “mn to which he can draw to carry on his work and that he bo relitlirtlf iff nf “Nhat make returns to the Government of all fines mid costs of sulth Hill
money he expends of the sum so placed to his credit
to the char e in Section 4- Exilibii
"lfxuh ln reflillitiit the Prosecutor ing accused of tteslcct Ill “Ui pi-oncuttng nr. Jai-tithe, or Kensington, mt- not foragnrgigtl to the Provincial Secretary prescriptions for the sale of liquor. HIS fagnrlgsiox the law, it was shown in evidence that Dr. Jardinewas under t tow? duct” that a. medical practitioner was not subject to this provision. reschpuonm gnyggqnentiy complied with this provision by forwarding thti L mam” Under the circumstances I do not think this neglect a ver_\ ser o . ~
it was als charged that the Prosecutor had so many relaiti-es engaged in
the Illegal indie of liquor as to incapacltate him from discliargintl tllsatiugitei) 1?; his office. The evidence showed that his son, sterling iiiillttisl-i -mmm" time engaled tn that business and that the Prosecutor ralticdmi`sMp“'5 Wm. resulting in I conviction and line, which the son paid. litit-yd me iss” of n was convicted for a similar ofronce. The prosicutor suspendil e mn and wife warrant 'of arrest in her cess. llllhe had a chi ti in arms. on Ftidmwe showed pmmumx t° cm” up their Drain 'lgiisifflllld qigt Ima business' ` limit-e was also (inf the mn and wife faltlifuly ed sr promise, iavt frocurmg H given that a half-brother ot the Prosecutor was convicted mr it -
. mm; gf qntgitey for another party. This who the only ovldt-titre l¥li“‘" I’°f°"“
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ARMY ARIANIIES
Battle Line Over One Hundred
Miles- Relief of Przemysl Objective of Advance.
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The 'I`itnes‘
Potrograd correspondent telegraphs: 'File advance of the Austro-German division in Eastern or Beskitlen division in the Carpatliiatts, is becoming the dominant feature of the military situation. 'l‘lto cnemy's move- ments arc rapidly developing witlilii the front anti extending frotn Dukla to Wyskow. u distance approximately of it hundred miles. Their columns are trailing the inountains by numerous passes \vitliin this front, fed by four important railways from the south. Przeinysl stands in the centre of the eneniy’s line of advance, and its relief forms apparently the immediate ob- jective of thc invaders.
RIIMRS IIRIIPPEII t
AGAIN IN IIUNKIRK
(Special to the Guardian.)
PARIS, Jon. 29.-Ol`llt~ial this t-vt»n-
ing~At. the east of Slossons thc (ter- niuns ntadt- two attempts to cross the Aisne, one at. Null ot` itocks, thc other at the iicari oi' tt bridge which is held by our troops to the nortli of the Bridge of Vetiizcl. These two attacks were repulsed.
During the night of Jan, 28 Dunkirk
was bonibardctl by more aviators, who caused sonic iiisigiiilt-aitt losscs bttt killed or wountlctl few persons. Ou the night of Jan. 28-29th two of our aviators launched numerous bombs upon the enemy's works in the region of Laon, La Fore atid Soissons. On the morning ol` the 29th a German aeroplane was brought down east of Gerbeville. its pilot and mechanic, a Ger-man officer, and a sub officer, were made prisoiters.
|.II.R. IAAIN MEETS
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(Special to the Guardian.)
ST JOHN. .Iait. 29.-The North
boutitl maritiine express was wrecked this morning five miles from Camp- bellton. All the train t-xcept the engine and postal car left the track, atitl two sleeping cars went over an embankment 30 feet high. It is thought that the heavy locomotive spread the rails aiitl caused the acci- dent. Nitte passengers were injured, lticluditig ('. il. Millvillc, ol' lliontrcui; Mrs ll. N. G. Starr, of Toronto; ldtliel fllbsoti, ol' Suskntnoii; (). W. Goth- waite, of Ste Lambert; G. G. Messer. of Iiaiiiilton, and .loliti Murray, of Ottawa. The accident linppcncd about rl o‘t-lot.-lt this morning.
[Notc.-Majoi' and Mrs llartlclt of
this city were on board the above train, and their many friends will be pleased to learn that they escaped un- itijuretl. A telegram received by their tiauglitcr, Miss Mary liartlott. shortly after the at-.citleiit conveyed the re- assuring news.
Miuard’s Linlment cures garget in cows
CONDENSED ADS. .
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CLIISSIFICIITIOII
ONE CENT per word each inser-
tion for advertising in this column. Cash ititist accoinpany orders. Mini- niuni cltarges twenty-tive cents. ROOM AND BOARD IN PRIVATE
house, tiinrrietl couple or gentleuiun. Apply Iierc. 8413-1-28mIli t.6s'r tN THIS c|'rv, A BAG coN-
taining clothing and provisions f'or poor Inuit. l’lt\usc-~lcnve nt (iuurdiuti iiian. Please lcnvc ut Guardian Office. 84111-1-30M3lpd. ‘ roy street, between the Arena ltlnk
and Great George street, a pttir of skates (lady's). Please leave at 215 Great George street. 8437.
FOXES FOR §Ai:E-3 PAIRS EXTRA
good crosses and 2 pairs silver blacks, imported. Apply J. S. Wed- lock, Canada Fox Exchange.
8371-1~26Mtf.
BUSINESS ENVELDPE8-No. 8 print-
ed with name and address, either on flap or tront.$3 per 1,000; $5.50 for 2,000; $12.00 for 5,000; S20 for 10.000. GUARDIAN OFFICE.
8608-11~21mtt
Eiesssi' l»'o"et<. Ati. size wet.t.
fatted, good order , poultry. print- butter, curers of hams and bacon; also sausages, mince meat, lambs. tongues and pigs-feet half bbls and kegl. John Hopkins, St. John. N.B.
8178-1-7M1Mo.
LADIES WANTED TO D0 PLAIN
and light sewing at home, whole or spare time: good pay; work sent any distance; charges paid. Send stamp for particulars. National Manufacturing Company.
8428-1-90M6iE6i.
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American Silver Black Fox Co. stock, par value $100. Need money and will lall lot for $375.00. Coln-
.rany paid over 50 per cont, 1014,
slander, Sanatorium, P.0., Ontario.
8411-1-2811141
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.WITH ANAMIIIIEIII
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tittiuttatn taint
Allies Make Gains in Vicinity
of Nieuport and in the Vosges.
(Special to the Guardian.)
PARIS. JUIL 29.---'l`lie French War
Office this afternoon says: The tlay ot' Jan. 28 saw iiotliliig more than local engagements, which ended favourably to us. In llelgium and the vicinity of Nietiport our infantry secured a footing an Grand Dune, it locality which was tiieiitiotietl in the comnittnication ol' Jan, 17.
A German aeroplane was brought
down by our artillery fire.
Several itifaiitry attacks were under.
taken, btit were at once driven hack by our fire. it has been confirmed that the German attack repulsed by us on the night of Jan. 27th-28th at i<‘onta_inc Madame, t-ost the Germans dear. ln the Vosges there were artil- lery engagements, our cannon at several points silencing the fire of the German batteries atid machine gun tletachments. We have everywhere cotisolitlated tlte positions occupied by us on Jan. 27,
SUMMARY 0F THE SITUATION.
(Special to The Guardian)
LONDON, Jan. 29.--With the armies
in l-‘rance and Flanders rccttpertitiiig tiftcr tite strenuous fighting of the earlier days of the wcek, and only lo- cal actions being rccortletl, interest in the war situation has been transferred to the Russian offensive in East Prus- sia and the attempt of a strong Aus- tro-German army to dislodge the troops of Emperor Nicholas from their positions in the Carpatbians.
In East Prussia a Russian offensive
has developed in the extreme Nortl. where the renewed fighting seems to conflriii the belief that a definite ef- fort to advance North of the Masurian Lakes district, where previously the Russians were defeated, has been de- cided upon by the Russian general staff. More vital to both sides, how- ever, apparently is the campaign in the Carpathians. where to the South- West of the Duklu Pass. the Russians have delivered au energetic attack and according to their. account of the
` ' rent, leaving behlndammuni tion andstores. This attack. accord- ing to military observers, indicates an attempt by the Russians to turn the flank of the Teutonic Allies and if' it should prove successful the observers say it would have serious conse- quences for the large Austro-German army in and about the Carpathians. The Russian military experts antici- pate that the Austrians will deliver their main attack with their extreme right in Western Bukowina, in the hope of achieving a signal victory and tlitts give Itoumaiiia cause to pause. The only thing holding lloumanla in chct-k at present, it is stated, is thc txiit-ertaitityns to the action Bulgaria would be likely to take. Bulgaria it is asserted, is still demanding that part of Mticetlonia now under Serbian rule as the price of her neutrality and this Serbia is reported to be not will- ing to part with. Greece, it is assert- ed, also objects to Bulgaria extending her liouiidaries Westward taking the ground that this would place a wedge betweeii her and her ally, Serbia. Thus seemingly the whole Balkan situation remains involved and it is stated that it is not likely to be cleared up until tht- tieniantis of Bulgaria are satisfied.
Another skirmish with the Turklsli
:idvance guard not far from Suez is reported from the British forces in Egypt. It was not of a serious Chitr- acter. On the other hand British mu- rlues are said to have landed at Alex- andretia, Asiatic Ttirkey, and to have cut thc telegraph wires.
GERMAN AEROPLANES COLLIDE AND KILL THREE MEN.
/til-tsri-inozttti, Jan. 2s.-°'-At-t-orutniz
to I.lcri.in--newspapers received here it collision between two aeroplanes in flight took place last Thursday above the flyliig grouiiti at Johannisthal. Three ulrinen were killed in the crash, inclutling two ofilcors.
THE IEITIIER
THE TEHPITURE
'l'lDE.`I00l. ETC.
(Special to The Guardian)
TORONTO. Jan. 30.-Maritime:
Fresh, Northwest winds, fair; turning colder.-
THE WEATHER.-Yesterday was
,flne, though cloudy. becoming colder at night.
The highest temperature recorded
yesterday was 26 deg. above zero, and the lowest 10 deg. above. The lowest the previous night was 24 deg. above. At 0 a.m. yesterday it was 24 deg. above and at 9 p.m. 10 deg. above.
The tide will be high this morning
at 11.03, tomorrow at 11.41 and Mon- day et 12.14; it will be high tonight at 9.55. tomorrow at 10.49 and Mon- day at 11.38.
The sun sets this afternoon at 4.31,
tomorrow at 5.45 and Monday at 5.08; it rises tomorrow morning at 7.24. Monday at 7.22 and Tuesday at 7.20.
The moon rises this aftemoon at
4.31 and tomorrow at 5,45, ,The first quarter of the moon was on Saturday, Jan. 23rd. at 1.34 a. m.
There- will be it full moon on Sun-
day, January llist. at 18.41 a. m.
The length of today will be nine
hours and thirty-nine minutes and tomorrow nine hours and forty-one minutes. -
Minn-d’s Llnemont Cures Neurslgle
co ,,c,0m`D_e1led..t1ie Austro~Germans~ . tow -
IILLIIINCEE CHARGES AIISIRIII- EERMAN GERMAN IERIIPLANE “AUSTRIA EEARS CONSUL MAYS
EIIIIII EAMINi
ment Confiscale all Stocks ofGrain and Flour.
(Special to the Guardian.)
VENICE, Jan. 29.-Despatches from
Vienna state that the City Council press is demanding that the Austrian Government immediately follow the example of Germany and confiscate all stocks of grain, flour and meal. Prac- tically tio grain is being offered in the markets of Vienna, Budapest or Prague. Press despatches declare that a great catastrophe threatens un- less confiscatlng is adopted, and tle- nounces the selfish attitude of certain Hungarian agriculturlsts, who, it is claimed, are hiding thousands of tons
SIRASSRIIRG NNW
IN SIAIE IIE SIEGE
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Jan. 29.-The Morning
Post's correspondent at Bern tele- graphs that Stassliurg is being placed in a state of siege. Even officers' wives have received orders to leave immediately.
IIANAIIIANS AGAIN
EIIINIS III IIIINIINENI
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Jan. 29.-A start has
been made in despatching the menof the' first Canadian contingent to France. A number have already gone. but tlte greater bulk will be moved across the Channel next Monday.
Every man of the contingent is pre-
pared for the move, and all are highly elated at getting to the Continent. Health conditions at Salisbury Plains have greatly improved since the frost hardened the mud tracks.
Colonel Victor Williams, who has
been seriously ill,`.is new out of danger, and is coming to London.
PLAN, A GREAT- MARKET- -
TERMINAL FOR NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-A great
market terminal, costing $1,000,000, the first of a dozen or more planned for receiving and distributing food- stuffs in New York City and' tiiereby reducing the cost of living, will be
-erected here by the New York Central
Railroad Co. The project was an- nounced Sunday by John J. Dillon. commissioner of the new State De- partment of Foods and Markets.
Under Commissioner Diloln's plan
this and other similar market termin- als will be leased by co-operative companies organised mid conducted ttnre rules laid down by his Depart- ment.
The profits of these companies will
be limited to six per cent.
BRITISH MAY BUY
FOODSTUFFS HELD.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-A. R. Urion, n
lawyer representing Armour and Co., and all the other Chicago packing con- cerns, which are interested in cargoes of foodstuffs detained in British ports, conferred here with t_he Foreign Ot`- flce and Admiralty officials concern- ing tho supplies on the steamers Al- fred Nobel, Frldland, Sif. and Biornst- jerne Bjornsen, which have been held for it prize court.
These vessels carry lard, bacon, oil, and oleoniargarlne “to order" before, the British order was issued against further shipments of foodstuffs which were ttot. definitely consigned to some individual or firm. It is generally be- lieved that the British Government will buy the four cargoes in dispute and thus settlo the controversy.
ENGLISH MAIL
BRINGS SAD NEWS.
LONDON, Ont., Jan. 26.-To-day's
English mail brought fo Mrs. R. li. French, the news that her husband had been killed in France, her eldest son lost in an action on the Belgian fron- tier and that her nephew had part of his face shot away while dressing the wounds of a comrade on the battle-
..fleld. R. H. French was ti. veteran of
the South African and Egyptian cam- p.'t.lt’ns.
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“There will be a basket social and
-entertainment in Elliott’s Hall, Fair-
view, on Tuesday evening next. at 7.30 in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund. Admission 10 cents. ladies with bal- kets free. 8419-1-29tn2l,e1i
"Miss Seller Dressmaker il now
prepared to see her old customers at her room 53 Queen St. Orders for Spfrella Corsets taken.
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Demand Made Thai Govern-
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is Ciittlc|Zli,iJ
Sir:-I have before mo a. copy of a letterfroni Mr. Llvings'ton"I’.ffM\)rs,
American Consul ut this port, bearing date _Cltarlottt-town. December 18_tii, 1914, and addressed to Mrs. Lillian N. Riley, 80 Morrison Ave., West Somer- ville, Mass. It is endorsed at the top “I-`orwartletl, December 24th, Department of State.” .. ' -‘
In this letter of Consul Mays, you will not find one single paragraph in favor
of the 1'. E. Island fox business. but, instead, every statement. he makes ls intended to hurt our great lndustry. Now, lt seems to me that a man wlto has not one single good thing to say for the fox business must be so bigoted mid biased against P. E. Island, that his opinions, to thinking people, must lose weight, and they do; but his letters travel to people who know itotlilng about
the business and his official position gives them strength. We, knowing the kind of man he is, laugh at h s statements, but people outside the Island have tio opportunity of sizing the man up, therefore, they may believe his state-
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CONSUL MAYS.
(1) Madam:-In reply to your fav-
or of December 14th, 1914, inquiring in regard to the fox business, and In regard to the "honor" of a certain exchange, and as to whether they misrepresented things in their ad- vertising literature, 1 beg to inform you that American Consuls are not permitted to answer specifically such questions. If you will compare the following quotations with the letters and advertisements sent yott, you can draw your own conclusion la re- gard to the reliability of anycoiiceni which offers you stock In P. E. I, I-`ox Companies.”
(2) “Fur Faming in Canada. pair
lished, 1914, by Commission of Con- servation, of Canada, has in it the following:-"Most fox breeders in other provinces have sold silver and dark silver stock to Prince Edward island." Pages 236 to 251 are neces- sary to provide sufficint space to con- tain the list of fur farms and compan- ies rearing fur bearing animals (al- most entirely sllver black foxes) in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia."
(3) Compare this with the state-
ment on page 2 of the Silver Black Fox of December 10th, 1914. which distinctly says that the fox breeders ot' Prince Edward Island have not only the only herd of pure silver foxes ia North America, but also ln the whole world."
(4) "C. M. Lampson and Conipniiy,
the famous London Company which has handled nearly all fox pelts sold by Prince Edward Island, says:-“in our opinion fox skins from Labrador, Newfoundland or Alaska are fttlly equal in quality to those from Prince Edward Island."
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(5) “Hudson Bay Company says:
"Apart from the few sold the first. year or so of the commenceinent. of the lndustry, pelts that have been considered by furriers to have been obtained from farmed animals have reallzed a compaaratively poor price when compared with the pelt oi' thc wild animal."
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(6) "Hudson Bay Company quot-
ed on page 208 of Fur Farming in Canada gives $352.30 as the average price of the skins of silver foxes for the ten years ending with 1911."
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(7) “To quote from Fur Farming
in Canada: "it can thus be readily understood how highly speculative fox trading is at the present tlmc. The tendency toward inflation is en- couraged and fostered by many old breeders." In 1913 as in 1912 options were sold on more pups than could be delivered."
(8) “l-‘rom Fur Farming In Can-
ada:-"It. is maintained by some that the present one is similar to the Bel- gian hare ci-ale in America and the tulip crane in Europe. both of which collapsed with a heavy slump."
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MIn\rtl'| Llnlmbiit Cures Rhonmtfht
ments to he true. -
For the purpose oi' examination, I give in parallel columns the letter above
referred to anti some authorities and comments thercon:--
COMMENT.
(ll Not being permitted to "ans-
wer specifically." the Consul proceeds to answer by innuendo and insinua- tlons anti by quotations torn from their context in auch fashion as .to l'orm gross pervert-tions of the author- ities which lic professes to quote.
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(2) Tito American Consul's obvi-
ous intention here is to represent that a best of silver foxes had been import- ed to Prince Edward Island from other provinces. .
lil:-asc ttitltin Ito pages 230 to 251
ant you w ttere find one ot the most deliberate cases of misrepresen-
téttion tilltlatnligs einer been perpetrated.
ou w n ere companies to whom we have sold foxes; companies not yet in business; permits for farm-
elt;s land lothers to Iirleed and capture s un s, eaver mn , racoon, sable and foxes. On one page alone, you will tlnd 17 mink and skunk ranches; on another 15 mink and skunk ranch- es; on another 19.mink and skunk ranches; on another 18 mink and skunk ranches; on another, 12 mink and skunk ranches; on another where
there are only 35 inames, 29 of them are persons perm tted to catch cer- tain nunibers of mink, marten or sable, and only six are allowed to deal in or catch wild foxes. in nearly all the other pages. many, mink and skunk
ranches gppear. Now, according to our Ame ican Consul, these men are "almost @>t\tl\‘r\v_ ,.breed°¥s.oI» silver black foxes," andworse -than that have nearly all sold silver black foxes,to Prince Edward Island ranchers.
(3) The statement quoted from
“The Silver Black Fox" is in an ar-
.ticle by Mr. E. H. Rayner. This
statement is for all intents and pur- poses correct, as I know of only two ranches (of course, I sm not count- ing the rancites which have been start- ed in other Provinces with Prince Ed- ward Island stock) having silver black foxes which will breed trtte to color and type.
(4) “No foxcs, cxt-cpl. a. few old
oties and culls were killed in Prince Edward island for their pelts in 1911, 1912, 1913 or 1914.” Luuipsolfs statement is therefore in effect that skins from other parts of the world are as good as the culls and refuse from Prince Edward Island, Prior to 1911, 1912 and 1911!, Prince Edward Island ranch bred pelts brougltt far and away the highest prices in C. M. Lampson & Co‘s sales; in 1910, March sales of (‘-. M. Lampson and Co., there were just 40 pelts which brought £100 or over. In this 40, 24 of them were grown by a single P. E. Island rancher whose output for that sale was 25 pelts. Lanipsons statement., therefore, is positively untrue if applied to the years before 1911 and, if after that date, is quot- od unfairly by Mr. Mays. -
(fl) This statement is indeed weak.
It shows flint the 1iudson’s Bay Company knows absolutely nothing about wliel.her.tiie pelts which they speak of were formed animals or not.; they are simply guessing at. it. Again, they arc also guessinli M “W time the lndustry started. lt is quite apparent that their guess is that the lndustry started somewhere about 1910, while, as an actual fact, it started 25 years earlier. Yet, Mr. Mays must use this ridiculous state- ment to further his own itofisecial views.
(6) Title ~statemeni. is absolutely
untrue. On the very page that Mr. Mays quotes from, is the following: -“The I-Iudson's Bay pelts for the decade 1900 to 1909 inclusive for sil- ver black foxes averages $158.55.” Mr. Mays says "$352.30" I can read- ily see that Mr. Mays made o mistake. but, taking his whole letter into con- sideration, I consider it was a wilful mistake, and I may say. in either cue. it is unpardonable. ~
(7) The sentence here quoted from
"Fur -Farming" is followed immed- iately in the volume by these words: "Their optimism is accounted for by the fact that they have become well- thy in the last. three years, whereas six or elglii years ago, some of them possessed only mortgaged farms and ii few foxes." in regard to any Mer sale of options, it should be stated that this occurred in only a few ellen where companies were dlsappohtbed-lu the number of their young foxes, in which cases the option money was re- turned, or other young foxes supplied to the satisfaction of the purchasers.
(8) The quotation here is from I
paragraph in "Fur Farming," untier a sub-head "Pro and Con." The Consul quotes only from the " ." side, as usual. On the _other ge. Fur Farming, page G2, nyc:--" thermore, it is claimed that A
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