The Axe, 3 février 1922, vendredi 3 février 1922

[" Ce ae ae * A JOURNAL OF ACTION AGAINST REACTION = EDITED BY JOHN H.ROBERTS : \u201cLAY THE AXE AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE\u201d _ MONTREAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3ré, 1922 Price: 6 conte.à \u2018 Annual sobecription Two dollars.:.\u201c1 Acceuse Si d\u201d \u201cI Acct imar a e - 5 a a a Lo TON > WL We call the.bluff of the Liquor Chairman and challenge him to investigate the granting of licenses to property owned by his business partner, Col.Mignault.To Mr.G.A.SIMARD, LS | Chairman of the Quebec Liquor Commission.\u2018We notice from a statement in the newspapers that the Quetar and Inst weeks wes Upon, the mat bee Liquor Commission of which you are Chairman is to start an rt elared that somebody connected with | investigation into rumours of graft and undue influence in con- ; the said Bank had been guilty of |nection with the granting of licenses by your commission.~ NERGHANTS BANK Eo QUESTIONS STL AWA ANSHER - TO START SOMETHING.- ro \u201c In the first issue of The Axe, .three weeks ago, we dealt with The Mercaants\u2019 Bank Scandal.We have since written very fully on the mat- pra pa - pt ] .: eat Le the Gov-| All right, Mr.Simard! You have opened the gate yourself Le hiner mooie accuse you, yourself, ot being yo A .ruing to| accuse you, yourself, af being party (0 the undue infinence E.a ee day, we dl ich ie at Work in connection with the granting of licenses, And som eon that the very foundations of| here we give you the first case for investigation.our commercial stability are in danger and that if the Merchants\u2019 Bank ; andal is allowed to go uninvestig- \"ated and the wrongdoers, if any, un- | Fab premio spon hort a4 à prem upon : fratdient practices which will en- - colirage the malefactors of little ; wealth to emulate their luckier com- Please investigate the cases-ef the Club La France, McGill College Avenue, and the Summer Garden, St.Lawrence Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street West.You, personally, know all about these -3.You, yourself, suggested the alteration of the name Carlton Club to something patriotic, so its name became the Club La France.You know that your partner, Colonel .A.Mignauit i EE malefactors of | Was interested poste: in scourine a these two licenses, pardon; three licen- 4 a \u2026jses, one for the Club La France and two for The Summer Gardenno appears that some time this!\" ou know that men like Sir.Arthur Currie and Huntly Dyum- © month & meeting of the shareholders of this bank is to be held when they | mond opposed these licenses as did she Sherbrooke St.Methodist be asked to authorize the sale of Bank to The Bank of Montreal.|\u201c ©.re part of the deal it is currently neighbourhood.You know that you told Huntly Drummond that reported that Sir} | Montagu i, \u2018his opposition was too late, when the licenses had net yet been £0 become a Director of the Bank of |granted.You know that the Summer Garden is owned by your Is a matter of the business partner, Colonel A.Mignault and you deliberately con- 0 > Bank of Montreal will |nived at and took part in the granting of these licenses knowi + part that of a profound mistake if |it Was to your pa \u2018s pecuniary benefit that the said licenses _ Bir H.Montagu \u201cAllan is appointed should be granted.You know that you yourself used undue in- \u201cà, Ditector of that ipatitution while|fluence in regard to these three licenses at that, Either directly 5 Zh 3 Lo ; -$he present doubt, saspicion, and un- or directly your bi | rest ils regarding the directly your business partner benefitted because of your in- ag.oh the parding the manner flunce a8 chairman of tho Liquor- Commission.LT * Investigate theee charges.Ma, Simard.We are ready to produce proofs and to prove to the hilt everything we have said.Investigate your personal interviews with John Parker over these licenses.Investigate the connection of Eddie Lepage with the -sighants\u2019 Bank have bean conducted.d the: Bank of Montreal, mighty