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inns DEBATE BiiNliNlii-Iii ~

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lilember for Fourth but to the Point oi the Day.

The debate on the Budget was ornmont for their alttentioil? continued in the Legislature April Leader of the Opposition refers to (m, by Mr. Maynard F. McDonald. this matter on every occasion, who doubt because he lills ilothing else the to talk about.‘ speeches delivered on both sides thoroughly familiar with the in: wus of the opinion that tho ni- cuinstances of this transaction, and tempts at criticism by the Opposl- the fact that the present Govern-

(Fourth District of Kings) said iliat after listening to

lion have been the greatest boos this Government could receive. l these criticisms had been lionos and sincere they might bo-liarnliu

to lilo Government, but they are so _ evidently unsubstantiated that they still unsatisfied with the coinlitloil have proved a boomerang to the of the roads, particularly the West-

Oppositlon. ~

Mr. McDonald reviewed tho good work oi previous Conservative ad- ministrations, pointing ollt thatthe Milililfiflflll Government had been subjected to the same sort of crit- icism. even after an additional sub- sidy of $100,000 had been received

from Ottawa through the effortso the Premier at that tilno.-

tho late Liberal government came

into office. how did they go abou

the matter of raising more money to pay the teachers’ salaries? Did they go to Ottawa? No.: their atti- tude was that our claims in that

They to the The present Gov- ernment, however, has followed the Conservative policy and has press-

direction were "chestnuts". went, as they always did, people's pockets.

ed our claims, with the result thn

we are now assured of another says that the condition of‘ the increase of $125,000. roads throughout the entire Pro- Mr. McDonald believed the Lend- vince for the past three or four

or of the Opposition had failed in his attempt to prove that lax-Gov- been brought up and considered by the Had that bill them as it should have been, their “modcst" surplus would have been materially reduc- nrl- and :11‘, the opiloiablus had been

lis would have ‘eu-

ornor McKlniloifs bill hall

Bell Government. been paid h)’

bald. their surp tirely disappeared.

Liberals. why do not the records o the Council show it; and should it have been handed will

other outstanding claims against

tho Province, to the presentGov

Canadian Club (To Raise Funds

For Memorial

(Special to tho Guardian)

NEW YORK. April 19.-— The Canadian Club o1‘ New York, the largest and most

"popular subscription for inl or tublet on Parliament llill at Ottawa to express on i.iio occasion ni‘ tho sixtietli anniversary of coli- iodcrntlon tho sentiment oi devot- ioli to their iiativo land 'of Calla- tiians residing in the United States.

A committee had been appoint.- oti. under tho chairmanship of W. W. Colpitts, to proceed with the work of raising the fluids. ‘Plie committee ilicilldos Frederic liulld. (innadlan Government Trade Com- missioiier; Harry M. Herbert Aired Morelle, Harold Rattle; Cap- tniu J. E. Webbor. executive secre- lury and others whom Mr. Colpitts or the committee may propose.

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Smugglers Active

\(By British United Press)‘

LONDON. April 19.—-'l‘he Clls- toms ewindling season has begun, and officials of all ports have been warneddoylftop a special look-out l" ‘ , wihpoooht-loeklpg men and Women ‘w _ o , adopt ingenious trick- ery in or er to tmuggle goods, wflghllaiétlllgo ‘iiiggedlt recently ‘two

. . 9.81mi! or 50o and $750 folpeciilvgy lfiyogggqmnl. ing to defraud the; ‘aging; tglll; articles were concerned in each case. . . ‘ .

From now until me Dntlhfthe summer every port withdontlnent. ill sorvices.,will strengthen its 011;. toms department. ‘The amqum oi smuggling among woll-to-‘do Women is surprising. lug ny-ot these woman boast of t f}... in

which they have "sot things through." . , “The temptation to smug lo

_sllk". said an iiispectorat. p; n- oon depot,‘ “is very greet and Women adopt all sorts of runes. , ."lil one case. a women was act- "tlly wearing tour pairs of stock- illll. This discovery, made by ac- cident. gave us. the ‘tip’ and on ex- fimineticp her baggage revealed dutiable stuff to the value of thou- ‘Qlllle of dollars. skillfully disguised-parcels. with “eke carefully packed on the out.-

When

lf this Bill had beeli absolutely turned down by the

wily

as represents.- tive Canadian organisation in tho United States. ho decided to take the initiative ‘in raising funds by the pur- pose ot‘ placing a suitable memor-

deellns with the silk smugglers-

.M.F. iiiiiiiiiiiiilil King’s Spoke Briefly on Political Questions

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But the public

tmcnt obtained a settlement in full L‘ oi‘ Mr. McKianolrs claim of $4,800 t. by paying $2,500 is creditable to l their good business management.

‘The Leader of the Opposition is

orn Road. He says he docs not know of any patrol work having been done on this road last sen- son. lie mayremeniber that this is the road built under the Liberal administration, and which, though they did ‘absolutely nothing to keep it lll repair, improved with age un- f til 1923, when they went olit oi’ power; niid then it became so had that it was impossible to travel t on it. At this sessicu-ive have heard nothing about alder bllshos on that road. Can it be possible that the Minister of Public Works has had those alder bushes cut dowil and used in place of eresotc piles ill the Darnley Bridge which the Leader of the Opposition says are not to be found within ten miles of that location? ‘

t The Leader of the Opposition

years is (iisgrnceful. That state- ment, Mr. McDonald said, is ineori root. Ask the visitors who come to the Province year after yeayyand‘

to the other. Ask the farmers andf others who have occasion to use‘ the roads. it that statement is‘ true? They will all‘ tell ug that‘. there is a decided improvement in‘ the condition of the roads — all‘ except the Leader of the Opposi-i f tioli. niuLsome like him. who will

. not allow themselves to see any: i good resulting from n Couservativci (lovormncnt.

- (Continued on pn-ge four)

Women Besieged

(By British United Press)

‘LONDON. Aliril 10.— Hundreds- of the late Rudolph Valentino's women admirers havo been be- fllGKlIli; a London silop. where a dressing case owned by the film star and a‘ ioi.tcr written by him a week before his death, are for sale.

The dressing case is of pigskin lined with scarlet morocco. The fittings are of ivory and silver, and Each article hears the monogram of its former owner. ' I “We are‘ selling the urticlos for his brother, Alberto Guglielmo Vul- eutiuo." said tho manager of tho it shop recently. "A" dill’ 1005'.’ women lire tele- phoning or pouring into the shop to soo the case. Most of whom WM". to Walk rislit out with u.

cannot blly the case, come l“ lo sec it and handle its ‘contents lov- t lnsly. A small quantity of toll“. co in the tobacco pouch had been left there. it was becoming dry, so i threw it away. I happened to mention the fact to n girl who came to see the case, almost wept.

“Oh! what a- crime," she answer. ed. ‘l would have loved it!’ Sheets of the writing papal‘ 1111911 by Valentino are in the writing case. They are delicately per- fumed and bear his monogram, and they could have been sold a hun- dred times over.

and she f

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Harmless-looking boxes of chocc. lntes. bunches of grapes. thermo flasks-all these things have been found to contain small quantities oi drugs. v "Artificial legs have on mo“ than one occasion yieldedn good haul when ‘tanned’ for information. A chinamnn who looked too well wrapped about the legs wag mum] to he wearins two pairs» o: trousers and ‘in the ‘inner pains large stock of raw opium was discovered.‘ “Sinai pellets containing co- caine were oncepdlscoveted in the hislthell of unveil-dressed woman. it Vfllliilffl chance that a flugfljmg man asked if he _ might examine her< shoe. So ‘vehement was ‘her refusal that‘ he insisted OILIIOlTIQ so. ~ _ I

"Apart from these s rt-ofpaseg, which are fortunatey rare. we shall have all our, work cut .0111 during the next six months in

many of whom are women who-

usliy from sheer ‘bravado!’

Biliiii BUY i.

who travel the roads from one end‘ '

riinnutizl will ihi< _ _ "-—~—--——-—- greutoniilvnsiou of tourists ilk-iii intros-s the U " [than lll any previous senzloiri; wus “my h, which istutetl today . . .' i,(;@11Q1-11l 171111151 ugclii, ti‘ the (‘tin-Jugs (l(l_s‘]i1i.l('ll from that city bear- nillzlll Nutlttilill lialilivtilii- Mil Hm)" iiig ‘ illrtl iliiliibtl hi.‘ opinion on the hliii-1l,,,l,1_\~_ (lrcds oi‘ applications for inil-"lullll" have occurred while Conservative tion which are reaching his otfiro fort-cs were rounding up aiid dis- froni cvcry state in U"? "lilo"

and fishing areas has spreallti to H11 - ~1 f l1 r-nutiucnt nut lpaaijg: (purtlifis oi‘ ilnierilauil sports- were directed was raided and offic- nleil are now ‘lacing tirgnuizctl ‘ n visit noted fishing lakes ill itilllilibwm“ iun National Teri-null‘- interest confined i0 Diiilllit‘ "ill-bill";

.nion Lilia your tunn civil '77)“ "MY opening lilJ-illfllll-l 1111* i"

expeditious, nud it early sprint: , can he (iujoyt-d iu £21100"? "mi 0"“ nrio iliillflff! the sdvorlt of 11y ~““""i

.5011’ wlll dfllw 11101-1‘, l‘.lil)l'i.‘<illli‘ll lo

"wilmell- kllowlui: well that they tho lake-s and sin-mus.

her conditions k lilishing than in illiifilm‘ "ml Um" nrio. stnzo that ihcre iins been nn unusually early breakup illlll that, the best fishing Will he during the

are already planning their trips Mr. iHoward sllltfiil. ""11 “W005i” writiing l0l“lllll)l‘il‘itlll0il concerning, Ilengthy [rips to the inkoii 11'1"“? the summer. ‘Two of the most nul- ihlflgllg are mell in ulolenn. Aloutmlu and Bristol, Connecticut. The form-

mation from For: IMdPliorson. N- W- T- t" ti iPort Nelson, irliifle tho Bristol man hopes to make -Ne'w York to the illudsun York _ .,homo by ml] qjflel- the adreillllle.

er of a circus elavilfilli. needing with his cherSB .byrflg.lasz?ildh tgennghemwive. one morn n5 1'9 - mill at the roadside while he culled at a farmhouse lib mam route.

Iliad also/resend» ""1 h” if“ “Fm” the road silences t" 11"" i“ ‘m’ l-le fetched 1180919 "W"

gfiswhm the elolfllfllll mm“ ‘be’

PEiiSiiii iiiiii

(By British United Press) i 1

LONDON» Auru m. ~~.\iilii<ius l-‘llllily cigarette packets 111-9‘ soon to form u grclti; b()nfil'e which will mark the cud oi‘ higll "lilies ill illc lcolliory Villllggg l“ ‘l ~ '- . r .... » . ‘it all begun iu llCilill lluyes, two - miles il\\'=ly. Wlicrc u minor hull a » t\\'0lVO-)‘(?£ll‘-iiltl hilud sou. ' A rumor was circulated that a, build‘ W)’ o1‘ iiuriou-tni-'l‘rout, on whose beliuli‘ tiiroo uiilliou cigar-J cite put-hots hnd boon collected. ilzld hccn ninllulcli ll pension for lilo by the inuulifuctliirrs of the‘ cigarettes. ' AQF-illilillkli’ u local minor til-gnu- lzod a collection of cigarette pack- ets for lilo licutil llaycs boy. (:01. ic-citirs wore nplioiilicll ill coliicr-i 10H. clubs, public houses. liilil sciiotils. idvcry rlnitikci‘ for illilos round suvoll his cigarette pnckolg. children brought them lo school bvi the buckotilli. and the hourd grow

9.

prisonment in 1925 on a charge of

shown above.

ilvltwigill: rule of ilcziriy 100,000 a am), those o‘ Mrs_ Lea Hicks Co“ ’l‘lie'.i \\‘. ll. llorinit, the head-i 1924' llllliiiul‘ oi‘ West llill Council’

Conley IDabney, Kentucky moun‘ '

,was sentenced to life 1m»-

having slain little Mary Vickery.

His supposed victim, however. has just returned to her home and the 1 state has attemptedfl: rectify the miscarriage of justice by orautms wrongly dated, 1,... Offered 1., a1. an lmmedialc pardon g0 Dabncy. The two principals in the case are now Mm to remain on the “ram (or l Law officers are now trying to show that the bones a conaldemuom l which were originally lndentified as those of Miss Vlkery were in re “ml l-emnlned_

who disappeared in December,

School. iiclinlesford, writing lo nsil

subscription towards u convert hc, l 1 . lilo cigarette maiiiiiuctiirors for u was organizing for lilo school mod-' ,

ical work. mentioned the collection. being uiudc ou behalf of the biindi boy. Already. he said. two iniliion= packets iizld been i-olltictod.

The answer to tho letter was u great lbluiv. TllO-iildlbl-illyl‘; n sub-i LU-AqDQN, Apr,“ 19‘._.’|‘,|le Sggyel]. Zggaplsljl“ 210111;“ (fiéjllggnlglglrfdl; m" gu-r villturti is to take the place of ‘ ."' ‘ I‘ . . 0' 5t - '~ t’ . " l‘se in its relation gllvcn Ill l‘t‘il}l(l‘ll ior collections oi Lgtwlxxllitli)“; o gurcttu par cts was u nivih. No '_ . '

, » . , , . ,‘ 1 "Vulture ' inns, masquerading a8 V, ‘ bird oi‘ paradise" fans will. he ceivod this disilppoiiiiuioill, it wn “"11 i" m“; "will"; ‘Coulfts- m t3‘? lcurutlfl that lhu blind boy imyiiillliiliill’ (i! "ill" "e" “"15 ma“ lvhoni th- t-olloctitni was mud“ lml‘ ,|l...l_ ‘lifilliillii. Sillipllilb blue and fans of Tho orgauizt-i-s, cmbilrrussorl by ilzlluiull flamingo feathers. The vul- tlio millions oi‘ (algal-cite pnrifcls. tin-o iuus arc made ill soft ilame now propose lo burn lllOlii. colours mounted on dark tortoise_

(By British United Press)

1mm; out oi corks feathers coloured u,

s Hill souls .

feathers of a common vulture, sub- jected -to an intensive "treatment"; which consists of thinning, colour- ing. tinting, can be made to resemq hie tho bird of paradise plumage. i

The difference, in tact, between? the-two ‘plumages. after tile neces- sary treatment, (mu be detected on-j ly by the eye of an expel!»

Since bhe Plumago Bill, and the prohibitions with regard to the use of paradise feathers in~ this country infinite labor and ingenuity ‘have, been directed to the search of a.» posslbleeubstitute. now dlscoveretl injhls unlikely source—the scav- ‘Gngor vulture.

_ ‘m the "lilllh-shfiiéalfovtery that l-lie! U. S. Tourists W111 ~ t

Flock t0 CanadaRadiim-ls Killed in Canton Disorders

(Special to the Guardian)

ii().\'(l|(().\'(i, Alifll Iii. -——l“i~llii.- 5mm“ "miw" lug and shooting throughout ,Can- about 100 radicals Ili°‘l'"i"|-'\\'ci~e killed, was reported in a wire-

(Special to the Guardian) )'illN'liti'I.-\i.. Que, April 1ft. - . yzulr wituos.‘ u

‘c.

iy C. ii.

‘terdnyfis date, received here The fighting is said to

,lil‘llllll;! uiany radical unionists by iulutiug l)l‘(l[‘l' 0i the Canton government. ‘ 'l‘iu: headquarters from which it the Chinese strikers

‘The lilllle or Canada's mail)’ is uiioililli

on the premises

iojinis and tithors A number

arrested. \- , this rifles \\‘(il'(_3 scizetl.__ - ‘ m l‘, lilniost precautions were taken

n i‘

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‘ I _ I _ , . ‘it l.l_ l... hi. blhlmotu, the foreign qllartcro of (j'd.u;ul.ll' W,‘,.li"llllf,lll,l,ixso l... Clinton, lo prevent the (listurti- n’ mo‘! m mun O ‘ _iillllft!li rcsllliiiig from the raids

"it" recuivod iroui Utiunditlu W‘ islrrczltllnl? to tho bridges dlvidlnl‘.

m“, thpiillt! rlint-rssiolls from _tho native h _ ‘ v __ y! fismngq-jiy‘, The irit-lnity oi tho bridge ‘illlghi-i‘ "1 "WW "'“‘m , t u: stated to be heavily guarded ,1,“ "WY "lhfllnlnd tiic troops had tho situation "m" "mlmm wh“ l‘ troll in huiili.

Dances in Lent

(By British United Press)

\‘.il’.'1.\7‘i\'l\. April 19. ——“Fasclilng" will". season without reason-cow, crs n multitude oi’ Vienna folliesi aild sins. "Carnival," with its sull- gcstion oi’ nlie great night of revel- ry iiiill song, is not an adequate word for this "reign of folly" in a city which n few years ago was Jllftlwlllg and on the verge oi Bol-

ilteceiit ‘letters froui fllllllllfillddll‘ helyiaritinit‘ Provinces whore W011i“- oul-tiursiiii viwim“

irst hall of any. "is sruuv """i°"*' ill‘?

‘siiovism.

1t is in the nir of Vienna for the two uionths preceding Easter. 0f- ficiuliy, it dies at midnight on Slirovc Tuesday, when the frivol- ous and deplorahly insincere cake- 1M5 knowli as “fasching fritters" are officially baked for the last

r seeking a ions llill ihml-‘Bhjunf harted ivaters. us“ m‘ m“ ‘M?!’ concernillk ll “Mm” m”

me. A total of 6.000 dances have nl- ready taken place. One hundred and twenty were held on Asli Wed- nesdny, once the death of the guy season and the beginning 0i Lent. Those figures do not include danc- 0s in private houses or at night clubs and cahsrets, but only spec- ial tributes by the votaries of folly.

Where is Vienna Bleaching to be found? There are no signs-of it on the streets-no posters, no pla- cards. only little notices, which the Viennese know where to find tucked away in odd corners of.the newspapers. They give the times and prices of admission to the be- loved masked balls.

Let us look in at the ball of the nrt students. They are not much money, these light-hearted boys and girls, but they have made their dance the merriest of all. Costumes and decorations in the wildest futurist style, daring and dazzling. are crested by artiste.-

h boat llill "m" Bay ulld to lllil

tifnlztory returning

Lost! Alliuleihani

(,3), gl-ltlstl UnlfedPress-l

» rll lit-Tile kvcli- LONDCN. M) whfle our from Ash- earl)’ left the eni-

silre of hi8

iwlhen he returned the elelillfli"

their bed! mnpssny ii’ they could sus-

however, and

have no criminal intent but who ""5 h“ ‘em ‘t’ llq y of the costumes being paint- love to get somothins through uli- iii" 011° “mm "',‘*f;.‘,‘g',“‘§§.°§ 112i 211ml... the backs o! the lair revel-

- ' 1111 m; lost lers.

There is little awkwardness at a

Jlre looked po lib-great w " ‘ tuition. Quit: $3.... we Jkfbtil’ mice lo extruded Utlilifir. iii “iwnfirlli Vienna Feeohlne- Chinese. Rod "Isl iueuuh a ‘fllrdil’ over 1:40 lemon our meow on! " ‘aha oroos- ladlaal. Jiohlmikl. r ‘Mellie. .1 , ll pill-lilies - - shim“: ‘ H it. in oth- Crusaders, and orinollneli rolllek

t n. I

~ NliVMIYI-dliogaxnart Gustomsono enowiiie" ‘ _ f!!! nun i)! slam Jllirsiitsl-efld a w

together indiscriminately» I"?!

Premier King Go- ing‘ to Bermuda

(Special to the Guardian)

O'l"I‘A\V.A, Ont.. Aipril 19. -—tAl-'l.' er attending do some matter arising out of the parliamentary session. Premier MacKenzie King has some plans for a short trip to Bermuda and the West indies. At least three ct‘ the cabinet are planning i0 H0 abroad this year.

lion. Peter Jleenan, Minister of Labor, twill leave next month to at- tend. as Canadian Government

League of Nations at Gelletva and will also visit his boyhood home in Ireland to which he has never returned since coming to Canada. tllon. rRobert IFQTkG is going over to take up with the British govern-

cics in Europe.

tllon. James Malcolm is going l0 England in iMay or June on depart- mental business.

Datellllilxed F r Arms Conference

(Special to the Guardian)

NVAYSHIINGDON, A-‘pril 19. ——Ex- changes between the London. Washington and Tokio govern- ments have tentatively fixed Juno 12 as the date for the meeting of a three power naval arms confer- ence at Geneva, The date has I101 been agreed llpDn definiteily but iu in assumed at the state department that lt ‘will be agreeable to the lBritish and the Japanese who had

previously expressed preference r111- an opening date later than June 1.

‘While there has been no author- ized statement in connection with proceedings of the preliminary commission there is a tendency in state department circles to reflflfd the suggestion by the French dele- gation that. the United States might adhere to any g ueral disarma- imellt. convention evolved from the preliminary dtseussionswithouir be- ing commit-ted to acceptance of in- ternetimi-al supervisory machinery as a friendly and conciliatory ses- ture on_the part of the French chief delegate M. Boneour.