Sherbrooke daily record, 18 avril 1934, mercredi 18 avril 1934

[" Established 1897 s>h?rbrnnk?iatlg &rnr SHERBROOKE, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934.Thirty-Eighth Year.CANADIAN INTEREST FOCUSSED ON PRESENTATION OF RHODES BUDGET Deficit Predicted in Budget to Be Presented to Canadian House of Commons This Afternoon as Revenue Gains in Last Half of Year Failed to Offset Earlier Declines\u2014 Canadian Membership in League of Nations Debated in Senate.\t' NEW TRIAL ORDERED FOR TRINIDAD MURDER CASE Ottawa, April 18.\u2014-Today Canadians learn how the finances of their country stand and what taxes they will have to pay this year.This afternoon before a hushed House of Commons, surrounded by galleries packed with spectators, Hon.Edgar N.Rhodes, Minister of Finance, will present the third Federal budget of his career.By a coincidence the Canadian budget comes just one day after lit.Hon.Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented the budget for the United Kingdom in the mother of parliaments at Westminster.Like Mr.Chamberlain, Mr.Rhodes will likely sound a note of optimism in his budget for it is known that recent improvements in trade, employment'and business have been gratifying to the Government.Canada, however, if advance predictions are borne out, faces another deficit.Revenue returns during the latter part of the fiscal year ended March 31st last were highly satisfactory, but they did not speed up fast enough to make up for the poor collections early in the year.Consequently Mr.Rhodes is expected to announce a substantial shortage of receipts as compared with expenditures.The House of Commons spent yesterday debating the Marketing Bill and disposing of otirer minor legislation.The bill to legalize sweepstakes, recently passed in the Senate, made its appearance in the Lower House and received first reading.The Senate yesterday heard a debate on the League of Nations, war and peace, launched by a major-general in the Canadian corps during the Croat War, and a former president of the assembly of the League of Nations.The major-general urged that Canada should withdraw from the League, and the former president challenged this view and defended the institution at Geneva.The major-general was Senator A.® - U.McRae, of Vancouver, who claimed the League of Nations had failed and Canada, to avoid the possibility of becoming entangled in future foreign wars, should drop her membership.Senator McRae also gave it as his considered opinion, arrived a: recently, that no Canadian government should commit this country to a war without taking a referendum of the people.The League was not a failure, said Senator Raoul Dandurand, of Montreal, who once presided over the meetings of the delegates from the nations assembled at Geneva.Now more than ever before it needed the support of those nations, like Canada, which were bent on peace.He did not mind paying premiums on two insurance policies for peace, he said.Canada spent only about $300,000 a year on the League but nearly $13,COO,000 for national defence, Time would tell which sum was the more wisely spent.Jury Failed to Reach Agreement in Case of Negro Charged with Murder of Young Indian Girl.Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 18.\u2014A new trial was in prospect today for St.Grose Beard, accused | of the New Year\u2019s eve murder of little Alice Poonoo in a lone cocoa-nut grove on Port of Spain's outskirts.\u2022 It was ordered late last night after the negro\u2019s seven-day trial concluded with a jury disagreement.The jury deliberated three hours, and then reported it was unable to reach a verdict.The panel was sent hack, and after a further twenty-minute session another disagreement was reported.Retrial was then ordered.Beard is charged with killing the eleven-year-old Indian girl last New Y\u2019ear\u2019s eve.Her throat slashed, she was found dead next day on a plantation near her home.STEEL DEMAND IFUEL OIL TAX INCREASED BY ! BEING STUDIED HIGHER PRICES\tBY N.S.HOUSE ECKENER SURE AIRSHIP BEST AMONG FLIERS LONDON BUDGET IS PRAISED BY BRITISH PRESS BRITISH ECONOMIST LAYS PLAN BEFORE COMMITTEE Ottawa, April 18.\u2014After a day spent in listening to new monetary and economic theories propounded by Major C.H.Douglas, of London, England, the House of Commons Committee on Banking stands adjourned indefinitely today With Exception of Laboriie Daily Herald and Liberal News-Chronicle, Newspapers Gave Approval to Reductions in Income Tax and Restoration of Pay Cuts.London, April 18.\u2014This Capital\u2019s morning press today was almost unanimous in praise of the nation\u2019s budget brought down yesterday in the House of Commons by Neville j Chamberlain, Chancellor of 'he Ex-| chequer.With the exceptions of the La-borite Daily Herald and the Liberal News-Chronicle, newspapers gave approval to reductions in the income tax and restoration of pay and unemployment relief cuts.The Daily Herald, however, described j the budget as \u201cthoroughly retro- The noted economist and apostle ; gressive\u201d and the News Chroriid of social credit outlined a scheme j said it brought \u201ccold comfort for which, hé claimed, would make the poor richer without making the rich poor and which would put an end to the present-day anomaly of poverty in the midst of plenty.Defects in the financial system were at the root of economic ills, he claimed.He would restrict bank dividends to six per cent, and utilize the surplus profits of banks to reduce customers\u2019 over-drafts and interest charges.Surplus profits of insurance companies would be used to purchase securities and distribute them to the public.Major Douglas did not go into the small taxpayer.\u2019\u2019 Among those who praised it were the Daily Telegraph, Conservative, which described it as a budget \u201cframed by a Chancellor who looks forward with sober confidence to' a good year, but is determined not to count, even less spend, gains in advance.\u201d The Morning Post, Conservative, said it w:as deservedly popular and \u201ccalculated to produce a maximum psychological stimulus to recovery.\u201d It praised Mr.Chamberlain for his \u201ctemperate abstention from the spectacular.\u201d The Times, independent in poli details of his plan of price control.Heal matters, praised the Chaneel- and the application of the doctrines of social credit to the money system.He said he believed banks were generally well-managed and they should be the agencies charged with effecting monetary reforms.It was natural to expect they would oppose but the first thing was to get them to admit something was wrong and then to give them a limited time in which to work out a system whereby the goods produced could be moved into consumers\u2019 hands as they were needed.This was not being done today.If the banks failed in this assignment their privileges should be withdrawn and the Government should undertake to solve the problem.CANADIAN UNEMPLOYMENT AID COSTS STAGGERING Ottawa, April 18.\u2014With depression-weary eyes.Canada today studied her relief bill for the past year and hoped for better times.The annual report on relief was tabled in the House of Commons last night, and showed the Dominion spent $25,434,087 to help her jobless during the past year, bringing the total relief bill to $111,906,812.Of the nine provinces, Ontario led all the rest in her relief requirements, for there the four-year term cost, the Dominion $31,838,889, Ox-elusive of the amounts spent by the province and the municipalities, which both share in the cost of relief.During the year, the various provinces spent $1(1,495,183 of the Federal funds in direct relief.Again Ontario led, this time with $7,735,-4 56.The other provinces spent : Prince Edward Island, $16,422; Nova Scotia, $496,9 17; New Brunswick, $215,796; Quebec, $2,608,152; Manitoba, 81,461,048; Saskatchewan, 61,472,278; Alberta.$767,241; British Columbia, $1,831,836.Of the total for the year, care of Continued on Pago 2.lor for \u201cimpeccable correctness.\u201d It said recovery, like depression, is infectious and the budget \u201cwill bring hope and renewed coinage to other countries.\u201d The Daily Mail, Conservative, remarked the budget contains \u201csomething for everybody\u201d and added there was good reason to expect another surplus next year, a surplus which the Daily Express, Lord Beaverbronk\u2019s independent daily, said would form \u201ca perfect background for a general election as it enables another sixpence to be cut off the income tax and full restoration.of salary cuts and income-tax family allowances.\u201d The budget, seeking to raise $3, 636,000,000 without new taxation and leave another surplus of $145,-500,000 at the end of the next fiscal year, reduced the income tax ten per cent., restored half the ten per cent, cut in civil service salaries as from July 1st, restored completely as from July 1st, cuts in unemployment benefts and reduced the automobile and motorcycle horsepower tax by twenty-five per cent.Zeppelin Commander Confident Fifty Atlantic Crossings Give Evidence of Safety to Airship Type of Flying Craft.London, April 18.\u2014-In spite of the wonderful increase in the efficiency of the aeroplane, Dr.Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, is convinced the, airship type of flying craft is the best available method of aerial transport for long distances, especially over the ocean.Dr Eckener expressed this view here when he attended a luncheon in his honor of the British Branch of the All People\u2019s Association.He is president of the German group of the organization.Dr.Eckener told the gathering he had many problems to solve.One of them was whether the airship could become a dependable and safe means of transportation, and if so whether it could become a paying business.It was impossible for mechanical transportation to arrive at 100 lier cent, safety.It would only be obtained, he thought, \u201cfor outlast journey to heaven,\u201d but he claimed as a result of his fifty Atlantic crossings that the airship gave the 99.9 percentage of safety some people wanted.Dr.Eckener said he was working on plans for regular airship services to North and South America.Captain F.E.Guest, M.P., who presided, suggested the extraordinarily satisfactory results Dr.Eckener had achieved with the Graf Zeppelin might enable the reopening of the British Airship factories at Pulham, closed for some time.DEPRESSION FORGOTTEN IN VANCOUVER Winnipeg, April 18.\u2014The depression is a thing of the past in Vancouver, said R.H.Gale, former Mayor of the coast city, when he came to Winnipeg today on business.Mining money from all parts of the world was flowing into the coast province, he said.Production in United States for Past Week at Fifty-Two Per Cent, of Capacity, Highest Since Last August.New York, April 18.\u2014Steel output has risen to fifty-two per cent, of capacity, the highest since mid-August, 1933, \u201cIron Age\u201d reported today.A week aigo the publication\u2019s average-was 49 1-2 per cent.\u201cWith iron and steel makers heavily booked for the second quarter and with higher prices about to go into effect on most products,\u201d said the review, \u201cthe outlook in the industry is most favorable.Some mills have such heavy commitments that they will be pressed to turn out the tonnage if buyers specify fully against their contracts.\u201cThe increase in business coming from regular contract sources has been augmented by Heavier releases from the railroads.Orders for car material are growing in number and tonnage, and purchases of track material have been large.Rail contracts placed in the final week before expiration of the code provision permitting deliveries until August 31st called for a total of 75,250 tons.\u201d QUEBEC HOUSE RAPIDLY NEARING END OF UNUSUALLY BUSY SESSION FRANCE CLAUS FUTUR ARMS New Measure Designed to Offset Advantage Fuel Oil Has in Competition with Coal for Heating Purposes.Halifax, April 18.\u2014Having passed a bill giving the Public Utilities Board power to regulate the sale and distribution of gasoline in Nova Scotia, the Legislature today turned attention to a new measure to impose a tax of one cent per gallon on fuel oil.Introduced by Hon.A.S.MacMillan, Minister of Highways, the new bill is designed to offset the advantage fuel oil has in competition with coal for heating purposes.The gasoline bill, recognized\" as a new departure in provincial legislation.classes gasoline as a public utility the same as electricity, gas and telephones.In the opinion of Government spokesmen it will reduce the price of gasoline to the consumer by a cent and a half a gallon by eliminating the cost of maintaining unnecessary stations and breaking present monopoly.Opposition members vigorously objected to the measure, declaring it would create a new and greater monopoly and interfere with private business.Q nebec, April 18 - The Quebec Legislative Assembly today started to finish up tin' legislation on the order paper in expectation of prorogation tomorrow or Friday.The Assembly yesterday gave second reading to the bill of Hon.BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF PANAMA CANAL PLANNED United States Army and Navy Forces to Unite in Great Sham Battle at Canal Zone.\t__________________ Panama City, Panama, April it.! Adjournment of Legislature Expected on Friday of This Canal defense forces mobilized\tWeek\u2014Amendments to Succession Duties\u2019 Act Ap- 'mass attack of the United states proved by Assembly on btraight Party Vote\u2014Premier naval fleet in joint army-navy war Demands Approval cf Ratepayers Before Permittincr manoeuvres.\t,\tr nx - * i t\t° The fifteenth naval district\u2019s sub- issuance ct Municipal Loans, marines from Coco Solo and the fleet air base force will co-operate with Canal Department forces of1 the army.\u201cThe manoeuvres, which arc for the purpose of training fleet per- ! tftSS *\u2022 F; Sl«k>vell.Provind.l T^surer, proviJimDor Ihe amending ol and use artillery upon a huge at-ll!ie CHicLtc bum .-.on Hulas Act.Despite objections by Maurice tacking force,\u201d said intelligence of- Duplessis, leader of Ibe Opposition, (lie bill was given second reading fic®Ls-\t,\t! by a vote of forty-seven lo nine, having received first reading earlier.winh\"^1^ - submafines i Under the bill, proceeds of insurance policies would be taxed in which point' the attack \"will * °be ! 1)ie llslial manner as would gifts exchanged between man and wife in launched.\ti virtue of a marriage contract.-Mr.Duplessis declared taxation of insurance policies was \u201cun-| fair,\u201d as they represented the prudence and thrift of men who wished j to protect their dependents.Mr.Stock well then drew attention to ; a clause which exempted all policies under $2-i,00(].The supplementary budget, involving an expenditure of $1,799,OAR ! for the current fiscal year ending June 30th, 1934, was laid before j the House.The budget was divided as follows: Legislation, $109,840; ! Civil government, $30.700; administration of justice, $3.30,000; j èducalion, $138.070; health, $70,000; public works, $140,000; agriculture, $10.3,000; lands and forests, $223,504; colonization, game | and fisheries, $442,431, and miscellaneous, $500, a grant to the Quebec Rifle Association.STUDY FURTHER REDUCTION IN TALKS USELESS WHEAT ACREAGE SENSATIONAL TROTZKY PLOT IS DISCLOSED Demands Equivalent to Military Alliance in Old Entente Cordiale Before Resuming Conversations.CHARGED WITH ATTACKING SALVATION ARMY WORKER Prisoner on Parole Slashed Wrists with Razor After Inflicting Serious Injuries on Benefactor.Detroit, April 18.\u2014Louis Burns, thirty-three years of age, who, police said, has escaped from prisons and is on parole from the Maine State Prison was arrested today, charged with clubbing Miss E/an-gcline Farnum, Salvation Army worker to whom he had been paroled, because she refused to marry him.Rums, police said, slashed his wrists with a razor after inflicting serious injuries on his benefactor.His condition is critical.CLAIM PEACE MUST BE KEPT IN EAST ASIA Japanese Foreign Office Spokesman Said Today that Japan Is Prepared to Meet Force with Force, if Necessary, to Preserve Peace in East Asia.Tokyo, April 18.\u2014A Foreign Office spokesman said today that Japan is prepared to meet force with force, if necessary, to preserve peace in East Asia.Of course, he said in discussing Japan\u2019s restated China policy, Nippon will be guided in tbe application of her policy of responsibility for tranquility in East Asia by the circumstances.But \u201cJapan hei'self may he odTn-polled to resort to force,\u201d the spokesman added, if foreign efforts to \u201cdisturb peace in East Asia\u201d are supported forcefully.In this connection, he made plain that Japan\u2014and Japan alone\u2014will , determine whether foreign efforts ! to help China really imperil peace.1 BRAIN TRUST APPOINTED FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA New Economic Council to Advise Pattullo Government on Administration of Affairs < of Province.Paris, April 18.\u2014France threatens ; ir.a note to Great Britain to scrap rill current disarmament negotiations -unless she is giver, something equi-I valent to the military alliance in the jold Entente Cordiale, it was revealed today.The threat is expressed in a memorandum drafted by Premier Gaston Doumergue and Foreign : Minister Louis Barthou.It supplements a previous note in j which France expressed a desire folia new arms \u201climitation conference,\u201d on the thesis that present negotiations have failed.The note frankly says it is \u201cuseless\u201d to argue about conditions until the full truth of Chancellor Adolf Hitler\u2019s rearmament programme in Germany is determined.Germany\u2019s \u201cown revelations\u201d of rearming, the note says, make it impossible to continue discussion of an arms convention based on the idea of German moderation in rearmament.These revelations are Hitler\u2019s assertions and new German budget figures which the French think prove Germany is rearming far beyond general belief, it is added.France\u2019s^ strong stand was taken yesterday in a heated cabinet session, but the full import of the note was not immediately disclosed.Barthou, who sought to prevent French isolation, feared as a result of a positive stand, threatened to resign in the course of the turbulent.meeting.Premier Doumergue told (he Foreign Minister it was his duty r.o remain and other members of :he cabinet finally induced Barihou to accept the view that French safety demands an immediate showdown on Germany's arms.Australia Aioae Opposes United States Suggestion that Wheat Production be Further Cut to Eliminate Surpluses.Rome, April 18.\u2014Delegates to | the Rome meeting of the World Wheat Advisory Commission went home today with a lot of work done but with a new unsolved problem awaiting their attention when they ; meet again at London in June.J A suggestion of the United States that further reduction of wheat acreage would be necessary to eliminate surpluses among wheatexporting nations was favorably received last night by representatives of the major producers with the exception of Australia.The commission adjourned after almost.a fortnight of hard work.On May 4.a small committee of experts will meet in London to work out minimum export prices based probably on a five or ten per cent, increase in the price of Manitoba No.2 wheat, the world\u2019s standard.Increases in other types will be based on the new price for Manitoba No.2, maintaining the same price relationship as exists now between them.The matter of establishing new export quotas for 1934-35 was left to the June meeting and the commission decided to take no action toward changing the 1933-34 quotas, despite an Argentine request for a more generous quota.Exiled Former Russian Leader Had Planned Red Revolution to Set Up His Own Dictatorship in France.Paris, April 18.\u2014- A sensational plot by Leon Trotzky to use the Fcb-uiary riots to set up his own dictatorship in France by a Red rcvolu-; tion was revealed in his party ! organ, authorities disclosed today.I A revolution by \u201can armed workers\u2019 militia\u201d was urged, they said, in a manifesto issued by the exiled former Russian leader after the j fatal rioting in the Streets of Paris j on February 6th.i \u201cThe two forces have just meas-jured swords,\u201d the manifesto said.I \u201cWar has begun between them.I There is no possible peace, but.in a | fight to the death.In the street, by I force, will las decided the future.\u201d I The manifesto urged \u201ca vast workers\u2019 alliance of all proletarian i bodies and the organization of a ! workers\u2019 militia without delav,\" MUNICIPAL ISSUES NEED APPROVAL OF RATEPAYERS Quebec, April 18.\u2014Days of easy borrowing for municipalities are ended for the time being, and municipalities must consult their ratepayers before entering upon capital expenditures.This was the decision taken yesterday when the Private Bills Committee of the AssetcLly had ___________________ to deal with a demand of th - city of \" Quebec for a loan of $220,603 for the purpose of constructing an incinerator.Proprietors objected, and Premier Taschereau settled the matter by letting the clause go through with an amendment to provide that the loan would have to be approved of by the ratepayers, in value and number.No difficulty was encountered with the clause to permit a loan of $71,C\u20ac0 for apparatus for the fire department, and for a loan of $3.-699,138 for the purpose of consolidating a floating loan to that extent, An attempt on the part of the city to publish official advertising in the English language in a French news- MOB SEES TO LYNCH SLAYER National Guardsmen Called Out to Protert Caddo Parish Courthouse Against Enraged Mob.Shitveporu La., April 18»\u2014Na-i paper instead of in an English nsws-As a result of the new disclosures j G ,-nal Guardsmen todav shielded paper, as at present, was not enter-jof the political activity of Trotzky, ! the 51,000,000 Caddo_ parish court-j tained by the committee.(the Government was expected to j house after a storming mob a - , speed its moves for his expulsion, tempted unsuccessfully to lynch DETERMINE PRINCIPLE OF ordered yesterday.\tj Trod Lockhart, aged thirty-tight, Apparently his activities were i tec artificial butterfly salesman centered throughout the bloody i confessed to attacking and riots, which raged ^or days but were | TAXATION OF FARM LANDS worst on February 6th, at his villa near Bai*bizon, a Paris suburb.Secret service police revealed that several days of grace have been granted Trotzky for his search in an attempt to find a country willing to accept him.\u201cWe are not pushing him,\u201d one member of the secret service said, j t\u2018ol2Pl!\u2019.y; , despite the increasing information I Eany last killing sixteen year old Mae Griiïin.! Quebec, April 18, \u2014 The eternal Remnants of the original mob 0f 1 problem of fixing valuation of farm thousands of angry men milled I lands was again before the Private about the courthouse containing 'Hills Committee of the Legislative the jail this morning but of ic.im Council yesterday when the bill of exported the National Guard to Montreal West providing for a control the situation without fur-j ftete valuation of farm lands at $300 then difficulty unless the crowd is : pen arpent was passed.Alphonse augme nted by groups from the: Decary, K.C., counsel for the pro- i prietors of the farm lands in ques-mght Sheriff T.R.I tion, made out a perfect case for his gathered regarding his plans for his i \u2018D'.vbm, of Caddo Parish, announc- j clients but the issue was not who-\u201cfourth international \"\t0(1 J'^'khari had confessed to lui-; ther the valuation should be $800 or \u201cOne cannot condemn him to I ^ ,thc y0lirf\thut \\hï q^Bti1on death,\u201d this official said.\u201cThat j* .\t*ier mother, Mrs.Mag- ; was raised by Charles Laurendeau, what his immediate departure would F\u2018e ¦\t- -\t-\t-\t1 her PROSPECTOR\u2019S SEARCH FOR GOLD ENDED BY PARALYSIS Victoria, April 18.\u2014The Economic Council, launched at the last session of the British Columbia Legislature to institute a departure in Provincial Government, was prepared today for its maiden venture into the fields of practical and theoretical exploration of the province\u2019s basic industries.Appointment of six members of the Council was announced today by Lloyd Fancy\u2019s Long Search for Yellow Metal Believed Ended Today as He Lay Paralyzed Not Far from Pits He Had Dug Over Period of Years.Brookfield, N.S.April IS.\u2014Lloyd Fancy\u2019s long search for gold was believed ended today as he lay paralyzed not far from the pits he had dug over a period of years.Found unconscious in a cabin he had forded rivers and swamps to reach, he was given an even chance ef recovery by doctors.But they doubted if he would ever have strength to follow lure of yellow metal again.Four and a half days Fancy lay in the cabin on the shores of Cranberry Fake before search parties found him yesterday, and it is believed he was stricken shortly after he reached the lake.He had kindled the stove but apparently had been stricken before he could start a fire.He had unpacked his two-days\u2019 provisions but they remained untouched by the rusty stove.^ Carried to the nearby home of George Smith, he was still unconscious today.The doctors said the hazardous tramp over swamps and snow-drifts had taxed his strength.WAGE INCREASE ANNOUNCED St.John\u2019s, Nfld., April 18.\u2014A general wage increase of six per cent, for employee- at, the Corner-brook paper plant was announced today by the International Power and Paper Company.Several hundred employees are affected.Some of them, chiefly log log drivers and other rivermen, received wage cuts last year.Premier T.D.Pattullo.Prof.W.A.Carrothers, of the University of British Columbia, had \"already been named chairman of the \u201cBrain Trust\u201d which will act in an investigating and advisory capacity to the Government, PRE-ELECTION ACTIVITIES HAVE STARTED IN ONTARIO Ontario Conservative Association Preparing for Annual Convention, While Liberal and Progressive Forces Draw Up Their Defensive for Approaching Ballot Fight.Toronto, April 18.\u2014Ontario\u2019s political forces today were strengthening their ranks for the coming provincial general elections, which mini crons predictions place between June llth and 20th.The Ontario Conservative Association is preparing for the May 3rd annual meeting, expected to be the largest in the organization\u2019s history, while Liberals and Progressives today gathered here to definitely decide their offensive for the approaching ballot fight.Premier George S.Henry is expected to announce the election date following the Conservative convention.In the meantime, the numerous ridings are holding their meetings to choose candidates.A number of veteran members will be out of the running, retiring in favor of other standard bearers, since their ridings have been merged with other constituencies under the Govern-' merit's redistribution plan.Mitchell F.Hepburn, Ontario Liberal I/eader, called today\u2019s meeting to which all Liberal members of the Legislature have boon invited along with vice-presidents of the various district associations.A liquor policy1 agreeable to all is expected to result from the conference.mean.We are letting haven.\u201d Another official declared that reports Trotzky is considering the United States and Spain are \u201cmere guesswork.\u201d FOUR PERSONS LOST LIVES IN Peter.-, a widow, and slaying ; K.C., counsel for the Montreal Me-hini find a | ,,c'li Small crowds and groups of Uropolitan Commission, who objected * I men about the jail became unman- to definitely specified lands being ageable after the confession was j picked out and earmarked for cer-made known.\tI tain benefits.The committee met The crowd grew rapidly into a ! Mr.Laurendeau\u2019s view, and the rata vast milling throng estimated in | was made $300 for farm lands in number from three thousand to ; general.five thousand led by several bun- Hon.Gordon Scott objected to the dred shouting and cursing members j whole principle involved, saying who took po-session of the basa- that municipalities have assessors, nient and first floor nf the court-rind there is always an appeal in house threw bricks, wielded clubs:the legal sense, and why come to and cut fire hose until the Nation- the Legislature each year to over-al Guro\u2019d from Shreveport begun'turn the assessors?Mr.Decary reassembling in the basement of the]plied that this meant lawsuits.Au-coui inouse after midnight.Lock- i rey Elder, K.C., for the municipal-hart was in the jail on the seventh ity, fought the bill and pointed out .teior.\t^\t| the lands in question could not be _______ -i .D''\u201d p clock the rioters in-1 properly termed farm lands, since X , M j T nr\t*\t*-\u201ce building had been driven [they were only remnants of farms two men ana two Women In* to the outside and the general bowl- ! and their future had to be indus- I ing mass began a breaking-up pro-j trial or used for railway purposes.ce,Y'\tI The only farming done, if it coula As the crowd outside the court- be so called, was that done for a hoime milled about in disorder ear- ! Montreal florist where some flowers ly in the night they were whipped : were grown.As a matter of fact, Delias, Texas, Apr.18.\u2014Struck bv i\u201d \" ;1 \u2018\t,'1''aULt °n !'K C \u201d\u2018-' T saili Ml- Elder, appeal had been lightning during a severe electrical ,CU\"'.j e!'.trances by two gmlsimade to the city council of Mont-iignmirig uuung a se\\ue eietnicai mounted on a truck who challenged reai\thad been refused and storm, an aeroplane crashed, carry-! \u201cYou men ave a bunch of dime îî.1\t\u2019 nau , teiuseo, anu.IP g two women \u2022iml two mon in \\,\t1\t?,?lu., 01 ri.the case was before the Circuit i.g a n women am.two men to , yellow cowards\u201d if they did not Court If the rate fixed bv the as- effhe-ett:.zt&h*northvcst;fr,,m^n- ^& The victims were Harry Fowler, ! I, this vicinity occurred late yesterday afternoon, wlien Noe Couture, eighty-four years of age, was almost instantly killed when he was struck by a car belonging to Jules Rivard, of Montreal.The fatal mishap happened near the Irwin bridge.According to eye witnesses.Couture and a friend were walking along the bridge when a car approached from the direction of Waterloo.The road on the south than Three Hours, Carried Away Highway Bridge Over River at Plaster Rock Yesterday.Saint John, N.B.April 18.\u2014Although the mighty St.John River, the annual spring freshets of which are faced with trepidation by the many residents of New Brunswick who dwell along its banks, is apparently not rising higher, two other large rivers in the province, the Tobique, in the northwestern section, and the Nepisiguit, on the north shore are on the rampage.The St.John River, which on Monday caused damage in Sunbury County estimated at upward of $100,000, has evidently decided to side of the bridge is under con- ; rise no higher, at least for tb struction and two high mounds of | present, although further warm dirt are heaped on either side of | weather and more melting snow in the highway*.From infertration ' the woods along the river\u2019s tribu-gleaned prior to the coroner's in- taries will send its water to fur-quest, the car which was driven by.ther heights.Miss Lillian Leroux, of Granby, got' An ice jam broke up in the To-out of the driver\u2019s control as it.bique River yesterday, four miles travelled between the two piles of.above Plaster Rock, and the wat-earth.\t- i ers, sweeping south and rising Striking the railroad track, the more than eight feet in less than machine almost overturned.Sud- three hours carried away the high-denly aware of the danger, Couture way bridge over the river at Plas-and his companion separated.The ter Rock, separating the two sec-car struck the fromer and the lat- tions of the community as counter escaped without injury.Cou- pleteiy, until temporary means of ture suffered serious injuries and i crossing can be obtained, as if a GRANDSON OF LATE T.EATON WEDS ft TRADING WAS VERY ACTIVE AT MONTREAL Volume of Business for Firs! Hour and a Half on Konlreil MONTREAL LIVE STOCK MARKET QUOTATIONS Monterai, April 18.\u2014 Offeringi j STUCK AVERAGES | *-\u2014- The average price of twenty representative securities listed on the Montreal Stock Ejçahango yesterday was 30.40, which was a gain of .07 over the average price of Saturday.The average prices, with net changes for the past month, follow: , t i P J 7 eno kets todaJr totalled 958 head.Re- Apr.14 Slock Lxchacige iotahed tjSoO cejp^s were composed of 61 cattle, 542 calves, 352 hogs and 3 sheep.and lambs.\t; Apr-10 There were no early sales made Apr.9 The Montreal on cattle.\tj^Pr- 1 Apr.e Apr.Shares, Compared with 4,200 Yesterday.Montreal, April 18.-Stock Exchange experienced one of Calves were firm.Today\u2019s offer- the most active sessions in several | ings were mostly fair to medium Apr.4 weeks in early dealings today but listings failed to respond to any j weights and sold between special degree to the quickening in I $4.75, with one lot of 84 activity and gains held only a small majority at noon.Volume for the first hour and a half totalled 7,500 shares, compared with 4,200 yesterday.Paper issues as a group were strong leaders of the market, while the remainder of the list was irregular.St.Lawrence Paper preferred held the position of leader with a gain of two points at 20 ^ in heavy turnover, while St.Lawrence Corporation preferred rose % at 87â and the common Vi at 2Vs.Among the remaining members of the group Bathurst finned % at OVs and others were not traded.A few of the power issues also Mr.and Mrs.Eaton K.Burden photographed as they left Deer Park United Church, Toronto, following their marriage recently.The bride was Miss Isabel Thompson, daughter of Mr.and Mrs.E.Blake Thompson, and the groom is the son of Mr.and Mrs.G.E.Burden and grandson of the late Mr.and Mrs.Timothy Eaton.A guard of honor was formed by the groom\u2019s brother officers in the Royal Canadian Artillery.died an hour after being admitted i mountain had been built between Dr.Lord's hosiptal.\tthem.The bridge, built thirty-five i LARGE NUMBER OF DEATHS years ago, was swept off its piers j TWENTY-ONE KILLED IN .v.\t«oTndïLa ii\u201erÆïï ! MEXICAN STATE VOTING RECORDED IN DAY\u2019S NEWS the river.The latter was not dam-\t~~ _____\tI aged, although the highway span Defeated Candiaate Seeks Annul- Lons List Contains Nmes of ™\t^\tI mart of Priory Election for Many Widely-Known Public today and plans are being mad-e to | State of Puebla Figures in Various Walks of :win?an overhead cable-supported, «- BOY SCOUT NEWS ¦# Life.foot bridge across at Plaster Rock.On the north shore of the pro- Mexico, D.F., April 18.\u2014Charges that twenty-one persons were killed -\u2014\t! vince, in the vicinity of Bathurst, § during a primary campaign of the Today\u2019s news despatches recorded an ice jam damaged a tower sup-i National Revolutionary Party in the the following deaths:\t! porting a power line supplying state of Puebla, were made today by London\u2014Air Vice-Marshal Fran- Bathurst industrial plans with en- Dr.Demardo Chavez, defeated candi- likely that the damage will be re- els Rowland Scarlett, 59, middle east commander of the Royal Air Force on his retirement in 1931.Campbell\u2019s Bay, Que.\u2014Frank S.Cahill, 58, former Liberal Member of Parliament for Pontiac.Shanghai\u2014Vice-Admiral Descot-tes Cenon, commander of the French Asiatic Fleet, London\u2014Gordon Stuart Erskine Shipley, 84, Fourteenth Earl of Buchan, well-known sportsman.North Vancouver.B.C.\u2014Harley C.E.Anderson, Co-Operative Common Wealth Federation member of\t_\t.__________ the British Columbia Legislature for INSULL FINALLY PERMITS w\u201e.32.! taking of photographs retired member of the publishing\t~~ company of Longmans, Green and Former Utilities Magnate Stead- Company.\tj Sauli Ste.Marie.Ont.\u2014John C.Richardson, 54, city editor of the Sault Daily Star.Toronto\u2014Louis Franklyn Heyd.K.C., 79, one of Toronto\u2019s oldest | ergy to such an extent that the date for nomination for the Cham-power had to be turned off and the ber of Deputies.mills shut down for a day.It is j\tchavez asked that the ejection EIGHTH PACK WOLF CUBS ENTERTAINED A very delightful party was enjoyed by the members of the Eighth Pack of Wolf Cubs in the Baptist Church Hall last Friday tvening.The evening\u2019s entertainment comprised different games played under the direction of Cub-: taster Carlos Wright and assistant Cubmistress Mary Dillon.A BOILER BLAST DAMAGES LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED Cause of Explosion at St.Johns Laid to \u201cDown Draft\u201d Brought About by Heavy Wind St.Johns, Que.April 18.\u2014Damages caused by Saturday\u2019s boiler explosion in the Grey Nuns\u2019 hospital here have been assessed at fu'l j ?l,500t which is much lighter than provided a slight flurry with Power Corporation finning % at 12%, Canadian Northern Power % at 21%, and B.C.Power \u201cB'\u2019 % at 7%.Montreal Power and others moved contrary to the trend in this group to show' losses.Among the recognized leaders both International Nickel at $27.90 and Bollinger at $17.90 lost ten cents.Shawinigan declined % at 22% and others were also lower, including McColl Frontenac, Canadian Car preferred and a few mope- STRONGER TONE PREVAILED ON WALL STREET EXCHANGE good quality drinkers of fair Apr.3 4 and ^ar> ,\t1 Mar.28 calve' ; Mar.27 averaging 137 pounds at $5.Com-1 Mar.26 mon to just plain drinkers brought Mar.24 from $3.25 to $3.50.\tj Mar.23 Two loads of hogs were deliver- Mar.22 ed on former contract at $8.25 for Mar.21 all grade?.A few early sales ware Mar.20 made at $8.35 for selects and Mar.19 bacons, with $1 per hog premium Mar.17 on selects.Butchers were $7.85 Mar.16 and sows $6.25 to $6.50.Some 165 hogs were still unsold.Aver,\tNet Price\tChange \t+ .07 \t 30.39\t+ .12 \t 80.27\t+ .04 \t 30.23\t\u2014 .13 \t 30.36\t+ .23 \t 30.18\t+ .07 \t 30.06\t\u2014 .04 \t 30.10\t+ .02 \t 30.08\t+ .10 \t 20.98\t\u2014 .24 \t 30.22\t+ .24 \t 29.08\t\u2014 .02 \t 30.00\t+ .17 \t 29.83\t\u2014 .05 \t 29.83\t\u2014 .27 \t 30.15\t\u2014 ,04 \t+ .28 \t 29.91\t\u2014 .24 \t 30.15\t4 -06 \t 30.09\tM \t 30.11\t4 .10 \t 30.01\t\u2014 .23 \t 30.24\t4 .12 \t 30.12\t\u2014 .14 , , ,\t,\t.\t.held Sunday, be declared void and paired today, however.\tjthat the nomination of the success- One of the two dams guarding fuj candidate, former General Juan ' the city of Saint John\u2019s reserve Cardona, not be accepted by party water supply at the Little River ; headquarters.reservoir, a few miles from the;\t_____________ ciry, gave way yesterday under ! pressure caused by rains, melting XTTlffTBtFl\t0^3 i snow and ice.The city\u2019s regular , M/H I g U HI water supply wa?not affected.\tif 111 1.JLi\tIL.2J CROSSES SEA .umout of twenty-five members were present.During the evening a short business meeting was held, when the Wolf Cubs were reminded of +he June rally and requested to attend all meetings to prepare for the various competitions.As the conclusion of the evening refreshments were served by the officers in charge.Financial News fastly Refuses to Talk fur\t______ Moving Picture Operators, New Bninswick Re giment, Affili- M0NTREAL OPENING AND NOON PRICES The following quotations of today\u2019s prices on the Montreal Stock Exchange are furnished byi McManamy & Walsh j However.members of the legal profession.New York-\u2014Dr.H.L.Abramson, 48, director of the New Brunswick Bureau of Laboratories, Saint John.Brockviile, Or.:.\u2014Captain E.S.Day, 64, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Forgings Company.Bowmanville, Ont.\u2014 Dr.John Spencer, milk pasteurization movement leader.Aboard the S.S.Exilona at Miiaz-zo, Sicily, April 18.\u2014Samuel Insull has softened his attitude towards photographers, hut he still isn\u2019t ated with Royal Scots Grey, Receives Insignia Dating from William III.at first feared.The cause of the explosion, is now laid to a \u201cdown draft\u2019\u2019 brougnt about by a heavy wind which blew soot back into the firebox whcie it formed a mass of carbon which ignited at a certain temperature.The oil furnace was out at the time.ready to talk for the films.It was only a he angrily m my own\u201d when cameramen flocked about.Today, however, as the Exi-Icna put in at Milazzo to take on eighty tons of olive oil, he altered his stand.He agreed to pose for photo-but it was \u201cnothing doing\u201d AC DUAncç nunrVT \u2014firmly and with finality\u2014to all Uf KnUDth DC Dut, 1 entreaties that he \u201csay something\u201d movie sound apparatus.Saint John, N.B.The white horse of April 18.Hanover, cen- , , ! a üc r* i :.c\tu l a A«iiu v cx , u c - -\tu-rraent rtirid\tturies after it was first awarded by Can.Cement ttered -ms mug m william of Orange, has become the can.in3.a: the New CANADIAN INTEREST FOCUSSED ON PRESENTATION graphs Continued from Page One.single homeles?persons who had no jobs cost the Federal Government $1,432,661.while $12,429 was r-per.t for transportation of jobless to farms and relief camps.insignia of Dragoons.When four regiments were sent out to escort the future William III from Holland to England to take the throne in 1688, that monarch rewarded the famous regiment of the Royal Scots Greys, one of the | four units, by presenting the white t ! horse to them.The Exilona arrived at Milazzo a: horse to them.In 1930 the N - v i.SO a.m.after a leisurely voyage ; Brunswick Dragoons became a\" beneath the stars from Catania.ated with the Greys, and word has PROBLEMS OF LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY UNDER DEBATE CiOseiy.Ottawa, April IS.\u2014The views of Western provinces on the ills of the livestock industry are being presented before the Stevens committee on price spreads and mass buying today.Hon.Wh C.Buckle, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, is the chief witness and yesterday the committee heard Hon.D.G.McKenzie, Manitoba Minister of Agriculture, make a joint submission on behalf of the three Prairie provinces.Mr.Buckle will amplify Saskatchewan\u2019* view* and later Hon.George Hoadley, Alberta Minister of Agriculture, will appear.Mr.McKenzie urged the appointment of a commission to carry on ihf inquiry into the livestock business launched by the committee with the object of devising means of getting a larger portion of the con -timer\u2019* dollar into the hands of .farmer.\titiire\u20ac Capter If a change in merchandising practices were not made to bring this about farmers could not continue producing.They were now producing at a loss and their reserves were rapidly disappearing.He outlined a long list of points towards which the commission might direct a detailed investigation.TALKING SHORTS\u201d FOR BLIND BEING PREPARED On this, the second stop since the been received that H.Majesty the ship left Turkey to return the form- King has approved the white her e.er utilities financier to United in metal badge form, as the Drag-States for trial, Insull was watched : goons in ignia in token of their affiliation with the Scotch regiment.The new cap badge, showir.g a white-metal running hor.-e over a brace scroll bearing t New Brunswick regi: received by the hea-of the Dragoons at f will be distributed in the province.The badge being relinquished has been worn since the Dragoons were organized in 1910 by Major-Gen-the Hon.Hugh H.McLean, Dozen or So Full Length Books May Be Ready by Midsummer, Declares Miss Anna Caldwell, of the American Foundation for the Blind.horse over is name of th \u2022ent, was fir: quarters win aint John an o other uni: Chicago, April 18.\u2014 \u201cTalking .short stories\u201d for the blind were fij&nt-pomted star, -vva 'demonstrated today.1 Mis* Anna Caldwell, of the : American Foundation for the Blind, : said the Foundation has recorded '¦ half a dozen stories, among them De Maupassant\u2019s \u201cHappiness.\u201d A dozen I or so full length books may-be ready ! by midsummer, she said.\u2019 They are a set of thin records, Colonel, Sir James Dünn, Ban.finely grooved.Two sides will carry ?.\te.\u2022 e\t., , .c», '»»£\"«*-»\t« *»\u2022 ~ .4 srætfW, oïÿ\u201c if rhrfip.Ahantf-.r* nr a nnv* .\tr\\\t¦\t./,-., jtinctly Scottish cavalry regiment, having been organized in 1678 to quell religious trouble.The first eral present Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.This insignia, an designed by Major Colin Mackintosh, Saint \u2022John, from a similar badge of his former unit in Ireland.Officers of the Now Brunswick Dragoons include: Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel E.J.Louns-bury; honorary colonel, Major-General McLean; honorary Lieutenant- OTTO\u2019S CRAZE FOR AUTOS CURBED BY COURT DECREE Injunction Granted Prohibiting the t hp \"Gasoline Widow\u2019 GOVERNMENT PUNNING NO EARLY ACTION ON HARBORS from Buying Awhile.New Husband Cars for 5\tOpen\tHigh\tLow\tNoon Bell Tel\t\t119\t119Vi\t119\t119% Brazilian .».\t\t11%\tn%\t11% Brack Silk .\t18Ç4\t18%\t1S%\t13% B.C.Power \u201cA-\t2914\t29H\t29%\t29H Can.Car Pfd.\t14\t14\t14\t14 Can.Geianese .\t20%\t20'i\t207'3\t20 Vs Can.Cernent .\t- s Y\tsT4\t8%\t8% Can.Cement Pfd\t47\t47\t47\t47 Can.Inu.Ale oho]\t\t15%\t15=i\t15% Can.Pacific .\tI6V2\t1614\t36H\t16% Con.Smelting .\t164\t165\t164\t165 Dom.Bridge .\t34 Ms\t84 Vi\t34%\t34 Va Dam.Textile .\t80\t80\tSO\t80 Dom.S.& C.\t\u2022 4%\t4 Vi\ti%\t4 Vi General Steel .\t.4M}\t4 G\t4%\t4 Va Int.Nickel .28.00\t\t28.00\t27.90\t28.00 \u2018-la-isey Harrw .\t6\t-G\t6\tG McCo ! 1-Fron te r.a c\t12 Vi\t3 2 Vi\t12 V*\t12 Vi Mont.Power .,\t38\t88\t371/a\t8 7 Vi Nat.Breweries .\t28\t28\t28\t28 Power Corp.\t12>j\t13\tn%\t13 Qu .bec Power .\t18\tis\t18\t18 Shawinigan .\t22V4\t22%\t22 U\t22% Steel of Canada\t37 R 37 K\t\t3 * Vi\t37% NEW YORK QUOTATIONS\t\t\t\t The following qnota\u2018\t\tOliS of\ttoday\u2019s\tprice* n the New York Sloe\t\t< Exchange are fur-\t\t \u2022ihed by McManamy &\t\tWalsh\t\t \tOpsn\tHi::h\tLot,\tNoon Air Reduction .\t93\t99%\t99\t99% Allied Chemical\t152\t152\t152\t152 Am.Ca n\t\t\t101\t104%\t104\t104% Am.Smelting .\t44\t4 4 Vi\t44\t47 V* Am.T.& T.\t121%\t123\t121%\t123 Anaconda Copper\t16 Vi\t16 Vi\t16 Vt\t16% Atchison\t\t6Yi\t69 vg\tes%\t69 Vp FJalti.& Ohio .\t23\t29\tOi, 7.\t29 Beth.Steel .\t\t42\t41%\t41% Can.Pacific .\tH'/i\ti«Ti\t16%\t14% r he-vapeake\t\t\t\t & Ohio\t\t46%\t47\t46%\t47 Chrysler\t\t*>4 7g\t54\t63%\t54 Com.Solvente .\t2b %\t26%\t28%\t28% Ou Pent\t\tro%\t95%\t96\t96 General Electric .\t22 Vi\t22'/,\t22\t22 General Motors .\t\t387»\t38\t3*% Kennecof?.\t21\t21\u2018/*\t2i\t2}% S\u2019.Y.Central .\tZl%\t«%\t34%\t34% Seam Roebuck .\t48%\t49\t48%\t49 stand.Oil of N'.J.\t47,12\t4 6 Vi\t45%\t45% South.Pacific ,\t21%\t27%\t27%\t27% Texas Gulf SuL .\t36*4\t26-K\t36%\t36% Texas Oil Corp.\t26?i\t26 K\t26%\t26% Union Pacific .\t132\t132\t132\t132 United Aircraf .\t23\t22%\t23\t26',2 U.S.Ind.Alco.\tMlj\t53\t61%\t53 L.S, Smelting .127\t\t127\t126%\t127 C.3.Steel .\t61%\t52%\t01%\t52% TOOTH BECOMES LODGED IN EAR Hamilton, Ont.April 18.\u2014Seven year old Billy Knox got a tooth stuck in his ear and an operation will be performed to remove it.Billy pulled out a loose tooth, examined it and then put it in his ear.The tooth could not be removed by the boy\u2019s parents, although Billy\u2019s head was given a great shaking in an effort to dislodge the molar.New York, April 18.\u2014 Stocks were disposed^ to further extend yesterday\u2019s quiet recovery into the early trading today.Preferred issues advanced actively, while a number of.specialties were also firm.Leading industrials and raiis showed mostly fractional improvement.Utilities were steady, Gains of fractions to around a point were shown by General Motors, Amercian Can, U.S.Steel, American Telephone, U.S.Rubber.Case, Du Pont, Westinghouse and Chrysler.Consolidated Gas recovered a fractional loss.Pathe A, Mohawk Carpet and California Packing rose one to two points.Similar gains were recorded ' y the preferred issues of American Foreign Power, Electric Poww and Light, Radio, U.S.Rubber, National Department Stores and Armour of Illinois.Call money renewed at one per cent.| Country and Dairy Products Prices j *- Montreal, April 18.\u2014The butter market was steady to riightly firmer as demand showed some improvement.Fresh make from Quebec or Ontario which grades No.1 is generally 25 l-2c to 25 3-4c per lb., with lower grading butter selling at 25c and even lower.Finest No.1 graded New Zealand op western butter is generally 26c to 26 l-4c per lb.Small lots to retailers are 27c for solids and 28c for prints.The egg market held steady.Graded shipments in caflots or Led.lots were qqotçd at 19 t.2n to 20c for A-large, 18c to 18 l-2c for A-medium 17 l-2c for B, and and 16c to 16 l-2c for C.Small lots to the retail trade were quoted as follows : Grades\tCartons Loose A-large .A-medjum.B .C.A-l eggs are 2 cents above the A gj-adeg.The cheese market held steady with current Ontario make quoted 11 l-4c to 11 l-2c per lb., while summer Ontarios were 11 l-2c to 11 3-4c for colored and 12 l-2c for white.\t\u2022 The potato market was quoted as follows:\tNew Brunswick\tMoun- tains, 80 lbs., No.1, $1.05 to $1.10; 10 lbs., fancy, 18c to 19c; 15 lbs., fancy, bakers 29c to 30c; Quebec whites, 80 lbs., No.1, $1 to $1.05; P.E.L Mountains, 90 lbs., No.1, $1.25 to $1.30.Imported new iota, toes: Florida, 50 lb.crate $2.50 to $2.75.The\tpoultry market\twas steady.\tPrices to the\tretail .\t.trade by local wholesale jobbing Buy advertised goods.They must houses follow, per pound, for \u201cA\u201d always give full value.\t: grade, \u201cB\u201d grade being 2c under 23c\t22c 21c\t2Uc 20c\t19C 19c\t18c Bonds and Banks\t\t BONDS.\t\t \tBid\tAsked Power Debs\t\t45%\t46 BANKS.\t\t Commerce\t\t\t162 Montreal\t\t195\t197 Nova Scotia .\t.\t268 Royal\t\t164 Vs\t.FOREIGN EXCHANGES.\t\t The following rates furnished by\t\t the Bank of Montreal are\t\tthe ap- proximate quotations for\t\ttransac- tions between banks at the close of\t\t business yesterday\t:\t N«w York Montreal\t\t \tClose\tClose Sterling\u2014\t\t Demand\t\t5.151.2\t0.13'% Cables \t\t5.15%\t5.14% Australia\t\t4.12\t4.11% New Zealand .\t4.14%\t4.13 France \t\t.065\t.065 Belgium\t\t.234\t.233 Italy \t\t.085\t.086 Switzerland .\t.232\t.322 Holland .\t.677\t.674 Spain\t\t\t.136 Germany \t\t.394\t.393 Sweden\t\t.266\t.265 Norway\t\t.259\t.258 Denmark\t\t.231\t.230 Czechoslovakia .\t.041\t,041 Brazil\t\t.087\t.087 Poland\t\t.190\t.188 Austria\t\t.190\t.190 Hong Kong .\t.389\t.388 Yen\t\t.304\t.303 N.Y.Funds .\t5-16 P.\t Can.Funds .\t.\t5-16 D.\u201cA\u201d prices»\t\t \t\t\u201cA\u201d Milkfed chickens .\t\t.25-29c Selected chickens\t\t Fowl\t\t\t\t Turkeys\t\t\t20-2'le Broilers\t\t\t Geese \t\t\t\t\t Brome Lake ducklings .25-26c Domestic ducklings.16-17c \u201cStep right up, LADIES and GEN\u2019M\u2019N\u201d the Ottawa, April 13.\u2014 The Government is not likely to implement the report of Sir Alexander Gibb, Brit-: ¦ r- engineer, on Canadian harbors the present -ession of Parliament.This was the answer of Hon.Alfred Dura\u2019 eau, Minister of Marine, in the Home of Commons yesterday.Now, Bo&uy, describe from the Battle of Chicago, April 18.\u2014 Into separate Maintenance Court Mrs.Jennie R.Barth, with gation that she was a \u201cgasoline widow.\u201d For sixteen years happily wed, but, she charged, the affections of ber husband, Otto, were alienated by streamline* so that he purchased one new car after another, while their five children went hungry.Judge Walter Labuy granted an injunction prohibiting Otto from buying new cars for a while.colonel, Sir Thomas Dalzi ed to cut his beard or alter style of his uniform following execution of Charles I.\ti At Ramilles, under Marlborough, I the Greys captured the famous ' French regiment du Roi with ail its i colors, drums and side-arms.Liking! the bearskin hats of their captive-,! ^ the victors discarded their own ' rt came cocked hats and donned the others., .ne aue- a resu]{; Marlborough decreed! \u2018or mv daughter.She\u2019a coming out that henceforth bear:-kins could be ; oni r ^at day ?\u201d .\t,., , worn by the Greys, the only regi-\t^ave the beat in the ment of Dragoon , in the Br iti-h ! mar\u201de^ ma\u2019am,\u201d the woman *n-army not wearing the regimental! -wcrc^- \u201cVVhat is ;-.he in for?\u201d brass helmet.The \u201cEagle* of!\t~~\u2014 A lady walked up to a flow-er seller in London and asked for a shilling\u2019s worth of blossoms.After -ne purchase the lady inquired, \u2018v'vhl you be here next Wednes* : day, a- 1 shall want some flowers Teacher : an incident Hastings.\u201d Bobby: \u201cWilliam the Conqueror ordered his archers to shoot their\t_______________ a\u2019 ¦ ov- at the thickest part of the eneirv and they shot them up in] Don\u2019t neglect to read the classified \u2018\t.; o that tb'>y fr-1 on the advertisements in this issue.They *>< hi! of ; Engl.\u2022\tlikely name something you want.France\u201d are the Grey:,- badge insignia.Their origin wa Waterloo, where the Scots captured the \u201ceagle\u201d banner of Napoleon\u2019: \u201cOld Guard.\u201d An effort w-a made to obtain the \u201ceag.- .\u201d for the badge.: of the New Brniuwiek Dragoons, but the Grey : were not allowed to part with this .of Montreal.The charge of the devotional period I s)nze.s Miss Johnston reported having ,,\t, chipped twelve bags of clothing and nation, Mrs.Matthew Graham; Girl applies for sailors\u2019 use during th Guides, Mrs.A.V.Richardson; Child Welfare, Mrs.P.M.Robins; League of Nations, Mrs.C.H.Bowen; Films, Mrs.F.C.Churchill; Distinguished Visitors, Mrs.George Hume; I, O.D.E.Endowment Fund, Mrs.G.S.Thomson; Soldiers and Ex-Service Men, Mrs.A.O.Robb and Press, Mrs.A.Reid.Samples of stationery, decorations, souvenirs and other I.O.D.E.emblems were exhibited for the benefit of the members, all of which are procurable from headquarters in Montreal.being won by Miss Bradley and Miss Margaret The hostess also presented the to-be with a special gift T: .\t! lovely cups and saucers were pre- P Isented to the bride-to-be, hidden be- i ¦ bride-1 n8ath a beautifully decorated; , \u201e\u2022 \u201cbride\u2019s\u201d cake.Later dainty refresh- prize.merits were served, when Miss Ro- i ¦ bertson was assisted in her hospit- month.Mrs.C.E.White\u2019s report Lat«r,a delicious buffet supper \"as ; Dertson ,vas asslstea ner hosplt.\u2022 \u2022n flower mission work, read by served when pink snapdragon cen- lab, duties bv hel.moth yj,, c.c .\t___ .\t-.it-.\tr.eren the attractive table.\t, ,, ,\t-, ,,,\t, j Robertson, and Miss Doris Clark.tered the attractive table.* Mrs.Henry Veilleux, Miss Eiiza- Two local artists, Miss Lucille Moore and Henri Vanier, members of the Schubert Music Club, will ap-| pear on the Montreal artists\u2019 pro-j gramme at nine-thirty o'clock this Î evening j THE CLOWN IS IN TOWN ! Remember! Thursday and Friday, At 8 p.m., at the Y.M.C.A., a circus i is being put on by the talented bnd-'ding youth of Sherbrooke.They do Amazing stunts and the clown is so | comical that you'll dip laughin\u2019.'Help make the Circus a success by your own attendance.The lads are counting on you.Don\u2019t neglect to read the classified advertisements in this issue.They likely name something you want.MAPLE SYRUP WANTED Î 00,000 pounds bulk maple syrup, delivered at my warehouse, Lansdowne street, Sherbrooke, April 23rd and 24th.Any quantity.At the following cash prices: Fancy, 8c; No.1, 7c; No.2, 6c; No.3, 5c.Quebec grade and standard to apply.Can furnish drums on application.See C.GUY BISHOP MAPLE SUGAR PRODUCTS Phone 945W, Sherbrooke.TRINITY W.A.ENTERTAINED There was a large attendance at last evening\u2019s meeting of the Women\u2019s Auxiliary of Trinity United Church, which took place at the home of Mrs.F.Cathcart, London street.The chair was taken by the president, Mrs.- J.Lowe, and the devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs.F.A, Cutter.Plans were made for a waffle tea and the report from the recent rummage sale was presented, showing that the effort had been quite successful.Later the hostess served refresh-ments, assisted by Mrs.G.Aubrey.MUNICIPAL CHAPTER I.O.D.E.HELD INTERESTING MEETING There was a large attendance at yesterday\u2019s meeting of the Municipal Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, held in the club room at the MacKinnon Memorial.The Regent, Mrs.George Hume, occupied the chair, and fol- LOCAL MAN INJURED IN FALL FROM CATHEDRAL ROOF Jules Jacques, forty-eight years old, 68 Convent street, was going by St.Michael\u2019s Cathedral yesterday afternoon carrying a ladder, when he spied some men at work on the Cathedral roof and decided to go up and have a look at what they were doing.It proved an unfortunate thought.For when Jules Jacques had satisfied his curiosity and was descending the ladder, the ladder slipped and he fell to the ground, a ditance of about sixteen feet.He is a patient in the St.Vincent de Paul Hospital today suffering from a partial fracture of the vertibval column.His condition is serious, although not considered critical.the secretary, Mrs.J.R.Munroe, in Mrs.White's absence through illness, was a tabulation of the I\ty » ciucua, hubs t-iiza- ¦\t,,\t, xt\u201e.v o-noct nf year\u2019s work done \u201cfor kindness\u2019| beth Bradley Mrs.Francis Hoye, \u2019 ho*oi:\tevemng when the Ladies\u2019 \u2022 sake, and included nearly a hun-i-VKs.G.1.Ciaccio and Mis.James o ,\t» Ph-mmith UnPr,! rhin-rh dred visits to sick and \u201cshut-in\u201d Kenalty, were hostesses at a very ^re ,d4santlv enterü ied bv Mr fruit enjoyable bridge party last evening\therhome on Km for the benefit of the Catholic Wo- N J-\tJt21e1 home 0,1 ,Km*r men\u2019s League.The pleasant event C]e,or^e streeti Therf was a ,!al:f \u2022 was held in St.Patrick\u2019s church hall, atten