The Axe, 19 mai 1922, vendredi 19 mai 1922

[" à CRITICAL PLAIN COMMENT SPEAKING WITHOUT\" CONCERNING FEAR OR PUBLIC FAVOR, - A JOURNAL OF ACTION AGAINST REACTION QUESTIONS.EDITED BY JOHN H.ROBERTS ; \u201cLAY THE AXE AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE\" Ne.\u2014 MONTREAL, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 4922 Ansual subseription Two dollars.Price: Sec.TAPLEY INNOCENT OF SEX-CRIME Money-lender Sentenced to ThirtyYears for Rape of Daughter Declared Victim of Frame-up.- Girl's Sworn Statement Names Ontario Man and Clears Father BUCKETY BEN BRYAN ADMITS MOUNT ROYAL HOTEL SECURITIES WILL MAKE A POOR: INVESTMENT GAVE EVIDENCE WHILE DRUGGED Prospective Figures of Promoters Altogether Too Girl has no Recollection - Rosy \u2014 Directors-are not Hotel Men.Just how good the securities of the Mount Royal Hotel are -Rooms, allowing for twenty going to be to the public to whom they have been, and are being recommended is largely a matter of conjecture to us.Hotel History in Montreal, and notably the case of the Ritz Carlton does not bode well for those who will give the hard earned dollar to Mr.Dudley,and say \u201cGo to it, Dud, build us a hotel\u201d.\u201c In the first place, to study the sales literature issued by W.A.Mackenzie and Company and to consider therefrom the \u201cprospectiye\u201d earnings of the new Mount Royal, here is what we find.This company claims that the revenue from Guest per cent vacancies, One Million, six hundred and eighty six thousand, three hundred dollars per annum, Two thousand dollars a room for eight hundred and forty rooms (still allowing the twen.|WILL EXAMINE MEMBERS\u2019 ty per cent for vacancies) an average of almost six dollars for a room, which {indicates that rooms without bath will STOCK EXCHANGE of Gixing Evidence which secured Father's Conviction.William H.Tapley was a CRIES \u201cKAMARAD Well, well! What a\u201cpother! | Here\u2019s the great and mighty Stock Exchange brought to its knees by THE AXE, a little axe.First of all we criticised the Temple of Mammon.Then the then President confirmed all our statements in a famous interview he gave to THE AXE.And we kept at it.Finally we said to the President, \u201cClean house or will be|get out\u201d.And Mr.C.Simpson Garland got out.Montreal Stock Exchange has started to clean Tip house.Montreal Good! BOOKS.At the annual meeting last Friday, it was decided tô ap- bath considerably more.85,500 A DAY, MEALS.Le Why do the stockbrokers the investin = nd oily for Thar aay ar |\u201d made their financial pages real though he may have | be under that price; those with| point an examiner.I -{ that in italics, Mr.Printer, An On the question of theals honest stockbrokers and.beverages, the MacKen-|ves, the proper inspection of zie Company, money lender.He was probably a loan shark.As such we had and have no use for him.In this article we have nothing to say about his conduct or Every loan shark should be meted out the severest penalties the law provides or society imposes upon him.But the loan shark should never be permitted to blind our eyes to truth or deny justice to him, nor to prejudice our minds against him when considering other charges than that of being a loan shark when made against him.Let the minds of all who read the amazing story we have to tell be cleared of prejudice.| \u2014 1914; William H.Tapley ; Was prisonment in the St.Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, for the crime -of committing rape upon his .daughter, Laurita Let's put Tapley.during the month of November, 1913.- We believe Tapley to\u2019 be en- Emi te ia imine of hs ri .1 | erime for which he received so of the investing public and the terrible a sentence (not too themsel-! severe had he been uilty).We believe that Tapley is a which, by the|the books of the members of greatly wronged man and we way,is a security-selling house, {the Montreal Stock Exchange ask all who read the astound- not a firm of hotel men, has it|so that the money of investors ing story we have to tell to rid figured that the Mount Royal] would only be entrusted to their minds of all prejudice hotel will take in two million | safe brokers and the failures against ths man because of (continued on page 2) , T= , « [not involve Is it true the telephone girls! to the investors.And the Mont.x OW moons?Lo.\u201d Ccontiaued on.page 03).of stockbroking houses \u2018would | pig occupation of money-len- videspread loss | der, Tapley\u2019s crime, if guilty was -.\u201care only getting paid for five ea] Stock Exchange has been - cs and 3 half days work each and gone, and done it! What ot oney-lending and he is \u201cweek n 5 entitled and was entitled, to could not our greater contem- | fair play and justice when poraries have done to protect | facing the Courts charged with public had they |the rape of his daughter even been à = nation\u2019 on pages misconduct as a money lender.fact that a man is, or was, a] .On Tuesday, March 1Tth., sentenced to thirty years im- TRUTH OF CHARGES MADE King of the Confidence Men \u201cGumshoes\u201d into Montreal \u2014 A Fight to the Fin nish.Ti WILLOW\" WE WITHOUT THE LAW A.L.Caron, Esq.Acting Chairman of the Quebec J.iquor Commission, Sir :\u2014 In the absence of the Chairman of the Quebec Liquor Commission abroad we address you about the licensed restaurant known as the \u201cThe Willow\u201d at Viauville in the eastern part of Montreal There are trees surrounding it but whether they are weeping willows, or not, we cannot say, but if trees had consciousness these trees would surely weep.\u201cYour commission has made high claims for the way you get the law obeyed by licensees but you have been \u201cnapping\u201d this time.The place is a night resort for some of the most degraded characters in Montreal Well known prostitutes, accompanied by dissolute males, have been seen there and the so-called fun rages fas: and furious, especially \u201cfast\u201d until three or four a.m.If thirsty, you can buy what you wish there, champagne, spirits or beer.Does the !icense of this place permit this.Mr.Caron?The licensee claims to be a protege of yours and some about the place when asked how they manage to run so lively.say.\u201cOh, we're fixed\u201d.Really, Mr.Caron, this kind of thing will not help the Government when it faces the electors as \u201cGood Roads\u201d Perron, the new Diréctor of the Cement Company wants to do immediately.And what \u2018will the law-abiding Si-|.nmrd: LA it he ever returns?| THE AXE Buckety Ben it getting stirred up.Last week he was in Montreal looking over the situation.He gumshoed in and } + gumshoed out again, just like the second story artist he is.Logan and Bryan, of New York, Chicago, etc, \u201cKaisers of the wire game,\u201d are getting afraid.Old Buckety Ben, the senior partner in crime of this firm of unregenerate bloodsuckers, has read the handwriting on the wall and it said, \u201cThou art weighed in the \u2018 balances, Buckety Ben, and hast been found wanting\u201d.Not found wanting in nerve, gall, - brutality, unscrupulousness, rascality, deceit and hypoeri- sy.Of these qualities he has an abundant supply.But found wanting in the things that count in decent business life, the love of a square deal, the desir.to deal honestly with his fellows, the integrity and honor that are the basic foundations of all commerce between man and man.GUARDED BY PRIVATE DETECTIVES.The head of Logan and .u, of New York, Chicago, etc, was a sorry spectacle when he landed in Montreal and while he was here.So afraid of the wrath of his vie- tims was he that he was accompanied here and guarded all the time by private detec- fives, Instead of the usual publicity that precedes and accompanies his visits to Montreal, as part of the propaganda that Logan and Bryan, of New York, Chicago, etc, use to \u201cfleece the suckers,\u201d the ut.prevent any news of his baleful presence in our city leaking out to the press.God, this is \u201cclean-up week™ in Montreal, The city has & \u201c Ccontinvea on A page 4H Thank SE a EIRE tr ga re ae in ARE | dde éd ee, .- = - Page 2 nN in the administrative and po- F litical life of the Province of .- Quebec are involved in poor .Blanche Garneau\u2019s murder.R | If the Taschereau Government i faces the electors with the | Blanche Garneau murderers unpunished, or at least some far more efficient effort made [to discover the guilty parties than has hitherto Deen made, ope ae (we are sadly afraid the Tas- Clues of Indentification chereas Administration will »e tried at the ballot box and found near body were found guilty, guilty net of the .murder of the poor girl, but of never brought to Court such gross incompetency, or \u2014 What is the Rea- it may be partiality, as to en.\u2019 i*irely unfit that government son! for any further connection (with the affairs of the Pro- Whenever the Attorney | Vince of Quebec.Wake up, General.Mr.L.A.Tasche- somebody! reau, has been, questioned | en about the Blanche Garneau murder he has exhibited a sen- PAYS TO CONCILIATE Bitiveness that could only have been surpassed by the murder- Ç \u2014 er himself.Or perhaps we, Six years ago a large elec- should say by the murderers tric lighting company was themselves.In the most re-| compelled to cut off service to markable speech ever deli-|one of its small tradesman- vered in any Legislative customers because of failure lAssembly the Premier of Que- to pay his lighting bill.Promptbec declared that the two men, ed by a desire to get even, the Binet and Palmer, who had customer stirred up opposi- been declared innocent of the| tion to the company in his lo- murder of Blanche Garneau, cal board of trade.The trade were really the murderers and board enlisted the support bf should hang.THE AXE, it, small but powerful newspa- will be remembered, took him Per in a campaign to force a to task about this utterance|reduction of rates and even- and called upon him to resign |tua'ly & number of city gov- because of same (which, by aye were drawn into the the way, he has not yet done).Cl .The rate fight has been ARE Tr LEGISLATORS IN going on continuously for six \u2019 The case of the com.police authorities is perhaps: explainable, But that the mystery should remain so long un-'thousands of dollars Bolved is not so easily explain- | pense and a great deal of time ed away.And there has been of busy men has been consum- 80 much said about the case!ed in giving testimony.that we shall never be satisfied until justice has been vin-| fight has been lost sight of dicated and the murderers completely.\u2014The Wall Street brought to justice.There are a Journalgreat many rumours, conjectures, and charges is that two members of the Quebec Legislature years, That the discovery of the plginants is not yet wholly in murderers in this case should [and so far as can be ascertain- baffle the Attorney General'sied it may be years more be- department and confound the fore the matter is finally dis- floating [rate case of the Edison Elecaround about the matter.One|tric Illuminating Co.of Bosare the|Department of Public osed of, Meantime, both sides ave been put to hundreds of of ex- The man who started the (The above refers to the ton now pending before the Uti'i- THE AXE, FRIDAY, MAY 16th.192, A BELIEVER IN BIRTH CONTROL Two sides to the story says Correspondent.To the Editor, THE AXE.Dear Sir:\u2014 Having read with intercat the article which appeared in your paper under date of May 5th \u2014 \u201cThe Crime of Birth Control\u2019 \u2014 and your accompanying invitation to discussion of the gubject in your columns, there are some points on which | feel that | must take issue with you, or rather with the writer, Father Bernard Vaughan.In my estimation there is à happy medium to be observed by honorable citizens in this important question.For parents to bring children into the world without the ability or wherewithal to nourish and educate them, to me seems à crime.On the other hand for married couples in comparatively comfortable circumstances to shirk their bounden duty as citizens, ia 8 crime far greater than the one first named.I fully agree with Father Vaughan where he speaks of our responsibility to country and Empire, but 1 cannot agree with the.profilgate populating of our nation with children, who, under the existing social system, will never have a fighting chance to grow up to decent citizenship To me the greatest \u201cCrime of Birth Control\u201d lies in our upper and middle classes, where young married couples avoid parentage with might and main \u2014 couples who can afford children, who can afford to bring them up in the best surroundings, but who dodge their responsibilities through sheer selfishness This employing of false preven- titives, this horrible form of \u2018mar- tied prostiutition\u2019 which hag invaded our civilisation; these indeed must go.Children as the result of \u201caccidents\u201d \u2014 what a ghastly thought to the decent-minded citizen! lt seems to me that there is a middle course to be steered in this subject \u2014 a course which will save the country from being overrun with undersized, under-educat- ed, underfed men and women, but eme eat ttete Plencia ride race of Canadians, ever increasing as the years roll on.But, Mr.Editor, how can We over awaken tho present generation of young married people to their responsibilities, or make them forget their self-centered selfishness?Sincerely, A FATHER OF THREE, Montreal, May 15th, 1922, STOP BUCKETY BEN \u2014\u2014\u2014 ee con ara.Sn American Exploiter must Cease Canadien Operations, Says Correspondent.Dear Sir:\u2014 Will Canada raisc a defending ARM! Will Canada wait until other Heroes are choked to death by the venomous talons of Logan and Bryan of Buckety fame, or will Canada wake up to the realization of the spider\u2019s web she is housing and in which her subjects are being daily ensnared.Will the wail \u201cI have been ruined by the double crosser\u201d find no echo.Is the moment for officia) dusting, not right now?The Fortress which surrounds this false news Juggler, is Gold\u2014Gold drawn from all over Canada, via smooth, well oiled lying wires, which end and empty\u2019 into his one-way pockets.Gold which could be i~dustrially exploited in Canada is thus by this fabricator of deceptive advice directed GOVERNMENT SHOULD aa crave vo - \u2014 = NT.ROYAL HOTEL DOES NOT APPEAL AS INVESTMENT Outlook for this New Hotel as painted by Financiers too rosy by far \u2014 Not Practical Hotel Men.( continued from Page 1) dollars a year from meals and beverages.This is practically five thousand, four hundred and eighty dollars a day, all the year around.Figure it yourself.Two million dollars; three hundred and sixty five days.Fifty five hundred dollars a day is a lot of money for meals and drinks.It means that the Mount Royal must serve almost three thousand meals a day, at the prise we presume they intend to charge.erhaps.It looks very much it brings to mind the story of the tourist who entered the dining room of a metropolitan hotel and attempted to consult the high class French menu, with it's corresponding high prices.He couldn't understand most of it, but finally he came to \u201cCorned Beef and Cabbagelike conjecture again to us, and \u201cThe death dealing blow deli- from an innocent and confid- $1.20.\u201d ing Canadian public into a°\"; scorpion\u2019s nest; Gold amount-| Corned beef and Gabbage, ing to millions, a dollar twenty?\u201d he asked the Canada is today a rapidly-| Waiter- _, lied Ge growing productive country in|,, \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied orge, which prosperity Looms Big.| nd very nice too.\u201d , _ The immediate future demands| , \u201cWh, damn it man, said protection for Canadian Gold ee ats mth of obtained by the sweat of the corned beef and cabbage.\u201d brow.The machinations of the Logan and Bryan outfit de-|, Fro Which you we da not mand instantaneous attention.believe that the Mount Royal vered the late Major W.G.V.| Will take nearly fifty five hun.Bishop, Hero, at least calls for | dred in meals and drinks daily, Canadian Justice.because we frankly do not Why dces not the Govern- think their clients will stand ment irterfere?for the outrageous charges persons responsible for the |ties.) crime.Because of this, it is freely asserted, there has been little if any effort made to bring the eriminals to justice.We can hardly imagine any member of the Quebec Legislatur.having sufficient stamina to commit a crime.With one or two notable exceptions they are such a tame lot of time-servers that the sight of blood would make them faint.The exceptions we have in mind are beyond all suspicion.But if any legislator is suspected of the crime, and if there is anything like a prima facie case against him, he should be brought before the Courts of Justice and tried for the crime, declared innocent if so found, and punished if found guilty.Membership of the Legislature dues not give any murderer immunity so far as we are aware.WERE CLUES KEPT HIDDEN?There is such a mass of rumor current that something must be done, if the people are not to lose all respect for law and justice.It is freely stated, for instance, that a diamond pin and a cuff link, the latter with initials thereon, were , found near to the murdered girl\u2019s body.If this be true, why were these things not produced at the trial?.Many other things are being said.From mouth to.mouth the.rumors fly until, in the city of which will bring out a strong, vi- THE AVENGER.[they will have to make in order to secure such a revenue.DIRECTORS NOT HOTEL MEN.It is very nice to line up a Gan a Man Love Two Women 100 Per Gent?:+:5525 = \u201cIt is entirely possible for one man tolove 100 per cent two different women, or one woman to love 100 per cent two different men,\u201d Dr.Andrew Tridon declared in New York, joining battle with Dr.David Forsyth, of Washington, fa the realm of psychoanalysis.Dr.Tridon, a leading authority in his line, was proofreading his new book on \u201cLove,\u201d and he declared that his deductions on the subject were based on years of collecting of statistics, Dr.Forsyth has declared man to be incapable of being \u201chead over heels in love\u201d with more than one woman at a time.But that he might be \u201chalf\u201d in love with two or \u201cone-twelfth\u201d in love with a dozen.It is not so, declared Dr.Tridon, and he amplifies his theme.\u201cA man may love, more-than the whole world, a woman who is of the mother type in whom he seeks protection, whose praise and belief in him tickles his egotism,\u201d Dr.Tridon said.Quebec, at any rate, the people MAY LOVE TWO 100 PER CENT.are almost ready to believe that some of the highest men) 1 .À No .\u201cA woman maÿ love à man ruse who is the image of her father.A man who means reliability, safety, respect, wis- dom\u2014a man who will not overpower her, not \u201cforce his decisions upon her.\u201cYet this man may love 100 per cent a woman who is merely female and nothing else She may be neither likeable mentally nor distinctly attractive physically.> \u201cAnd this motherly typé of woman may love also, sensuously, a man of the reckless, unreliable type, who is brutal, who would make her jealous, who, in short, is all of a male and none of a father.\u201cNo one individual can be both of these things, nor can any one individual satisfy both phases of the human character.\u201d Selection, according to the psychologist, is a matter determined in childhood, while man is a nursing babe.His ideas regarding feminine beauty are determined by his mother, his nurse or women who surround him.0 CANNOT LOVE MORE THAN TWO.\u201cOur dual nature makes it Lawyers and Financial Men, » most of whom aïe members of dividuals whole-heartedly,\u201d Dr.|the so-called Upper Ten to Tridon declared.\u201cBut for any|boot, but we must admit that \u2018man to love 12.women 1-12th| we do not see the names of many practical hotel men on is impossible.\u201cTwo whole-hearted loves|the directorate of the Mount are possible for a man or for | Royal Hotel, and we are bound a woman, but any increase|to think back to the last hotel beyond that means merely | white elephant in our midst, flirtation or promiscuity.A |the Ritz Carlton.Despite the woman may love the kind of a; warm hopes extended by fi- counts straight, is never in|dividends of over a million for debt, always gets home andthe common stock holders, the stays home nights, who is al-| precedent of the Ritz, and it's, ways considerate and kind\u2014| Society Men Promoters and but that kind of a man is ex-| Bag-holding Stockholders tremely unromantic.to a movie audience.She may | ject.- turn to romance and danger.| The Mount Royal will un- \u201cBut if a woman or a man|doubtedly be à very nice hotel.has more than two loves, they|It will charge the customary are not loves at all.The nien | high-class charges, and will re- to be in meed of constant|in it\u2019s boiled condition at a change are persons who have] price which would stagger the a feeling of inferiority.hen, did she but know of it.\u201cThe confirmed flirt is a|The Mount Royal will dip deep make rew conquests in order{ ment, charms and attractiveness.ling.He moves from one at-{turn of mind that we cannot tachment to another, conscious| see, how most of the people possible for uk fo love two in- Le er [A his loves\u201d.- 1 - er \"1 _ 1 = ; : 52 5e - Fa = se (rer as TY Fm ie man who always keeps his ac-|nanciers, not hotel men, for.{does not tend to give great \u201c \u201cHe would not appeal much|faith to the Mount Royal pro and women who seem always |tail the ordinary barnyard egg woman who lacks self-confi-|into the public purse for ac- dence, who must constantly|comodation, food and amuse- = just-as it is