Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fixing City tax rate the City tax rate May be fixed earlier than usual ear As the finance committee has instructed Heads f to immediately submit their estimated e 5 approves wage schedule Hon. T. H. Johnson yesterday confirmed the fair wage schedule the Only alteration made being the carpenters Are awarded an hour instead of 95c As in the form originally drawn up. Page 5. Today and Cool. Winnipeg saturday May 1, 1920 Sun 5.5 sets. 1h.4g Moor rises is.37 sets. 4.20. Sun rises g.3 sets 19.-it. Moon rises sets. Fifty four pages Over Mem has not Bea step toward meeting wishes of West westerners in caucus w-d8at marketing control and Tariff among important matters discussed staff correspondence following Ottawa april caucus met again today consideration by the various commit tees appointed of the several subjects in which the Western country is Par Chi Early interested. The topics to Ivy Csc committees were requested Premier at Wellington to Confer with strikers Rotorua new zealand april 30 railway strike con tintes with More men out today. Other unions Are offering financial Hon. Or. Massie the prime minister arrived in Wellington this evening having travelled 450 Miles by motor crossing the Mountain Over bad rain damaged roads in thirty one hours. His second car bogged on the mountains but a relay car from Napier met him and took him on. He confers with the strike leaders tonight. The Prince of Wales leaves Rotorua in a special train at Midnight to night for Auckland where he is re joining the renown. The train will i be driven by the engine Crew who Western brought the Prince and his staff to Rotorua. They agreed to take him Back together with All renown men on condition no outsiders were carried. Attack of offer recommendations on labor Laws British commons delighted with Lloyd George s hand Ling of criticisms declares Simian Clatter let Loose to disturb san remo delegates the present season s wheat cropland the question of Iron 11 pro Gross has already been made it on the first topic and the gov has at least promised to portion of the railway to Bay. Which is completed in Good it has also been intimated by chairman of the Senate commit which has been considering the Hudson Bay route for some time past. Us ultimate completion is not univ desirable but necessary. The committee in natural re of uric a. Under the chairmanship of John Campbell of Nelson reported this morning the government. Probe into officials conduct is requested members of a c. Air service association allege incompetence Vancouver . April Spe incompetence of cer Tain officials of the air Board of Canada members of Tho air service association at a meeting held Here last evening decided to ask the authorities at Ottawa to conduct a. Thor Ough investigation into the conduct of these officials while with the . And also subsequent to their accepting positions under the Board in Dominion. Wires were sent asking for the appointment of an investigation Oom Transfer to these Prairie i Mittee to sir Ilobert Borden. Hon said the report has recently an the bounced tha it is and has been its since the government was formed to their natural resources on i Hugh Guthrie chairman of the air such Terras As will be equitable to the Board to the minister of Justice the other provinces and is apparently tie i president of the privy Council and to furring action in this connection until members from the Vancouver Chis such time As representatives of All the provinces shall meet together and agree on a scheme or basis of trans Fer. Such agreement is no nearer being reached than it was eight years ago nor does there appear to be any likelihood of a settlement of the question lie in arrived at in this Way in tha future near or Remote. The question is solely one Between the Western provinces and the Dom tract. Questions asked among the questions asked Are the amount of Money expended by the Hoard up to Date and what proportion of it was used in travelling expenses. The Vancouver flying met also wish to know Why officers o the Board made Cook s Tours to the Aerial exhibitions in Chicago and new York last january and March respectively. They ask if this sex in Iceni. The Dominion a government is could not have been avoid possessed of All data in connector therewith mid is in the position nod is the proper party to work out and present to the Western provinces d if Veteran air men had been employed by the Board and Why thes officials while in the states had announced Canada s Aerial policy Loni fur acceptance an equitable scheme before it was made Public in Canada or proposal for the Transfer to these . J. W. Scott of the Ai pro vints of the natural resources of Board is at present in British col Saiu provinces according to the j . In connection with issuing. Promise made to them by the prime certificates to pilots and according minister j therefore your committee recommend that representations be to the government that it is impera a Ronen. Of this province were not a to officials of the air service ass o cation. Their action of last night an answer to his inquiry Why eth plying for certificates. Eleven men sentenced Blackie Ford guilty manslaughter gets 10 years London april service. Eat in the commons was filled yes erday to hear Lloyd George s report t the san Kemo conference. Word and gone around that he was in est form and the House always in oys the Premier when he is that nor were his listeners Digap tinted. Lloyd George was Radiant Vith satisfaction As picturesque metaphors As Ever ingenuous in Ivind liner awkward Points and 11, pugnacious. To Many of his hearers the Cream f his speech had nothing to do with he re settlement of Europe. It was passage wherein without mentoring names the Premier returned with interest blows which the Northcliff e newspapers aimed at him during the conference. The statesmen of Europe it san remo were finding their Vay through a complicated Jungle of difficulties he said when suddenly hey found themselves assailed deaf ened by a Simian this accusation was uttered with the characteristic full throated Ness in which Jloyd George manages to convey the. Suggestion that lie is not merely hit ing out at Tho opponent but also enjoying the operation immensely. There was another phrase about Dis appointed being Predis Saskatchewan University governors acted within eights decision of judges against president Murray declared to have had no foundation in fact make speedy settlement 0welleh of agreement on loan London april negotiations Between the United posing the cause of the press attacks. I which was practically a repetition of j Uele his reference to the controller of the times in a previous speech. Constrained in remarks the Premier s least satisfactory utterance was in reference to Armenia. He spoke with due respect of the Olsion of the san Kemo conference to ask the states to accept a mandate for Armenia but it seemed to More than Ono of his hearers that his re Marks were generally constrained and that there was a. Good Deal More could have been a Vid that he was not saying. The reference to disappointed am of course referred to North Cliffe s desire to be included in the original British peace delegation which Lloyd George promptly turned Down. The northcliffe press Reg Ina april 30. Judg ment was rendered in the court o King s Bench today by the three judges who were appointed to exer j Cise the University Powers conferred j by the University of Saskatchewan i act tron the. Lieutenant governor in 1 the matter of dismissal of professors m Mclaurin Hogg and Mac Kay and a. E. Greenway director of Extension Woric by the Board of governors of the University. The judg ment unanimously finds that the governors in dismissing these men not Only acted strictly within their Powers but that the facts disclosed in this exhaustive enquiry of twelve Days prove that the course taken by the president and the Board was necessary that a state of affairs in the University had been created such As made it impossible that these men should remain any longer in the ser vice of the on this Point the judgment says there is no room i for i reciting the charges made by or. J Greenway to the minister of Agricula i lure Hon. C. A Dunning against the above photograph knows some of the delegates of the Dominion and president Murray the judgment con various provinces who represented the government employers and labor at to Lues the just concluded in at which an Effort was made to co ordinate the Lahore of Tho Dominion. Those shown Row left to right Tun Moore president of the Dominion trades Congress i. A. Calanti Deputy minister of 1-Abor .1. G. Merrick. Secretary of the employers association. Middle Row. F. ,1. Lag ail. Major j. Or Ford Macdonald and John a. Gills Throe repro Senta Tivi s of Tho province of Nova Scotia. Lower Row Gustavo Francq Louis Guyon and John Lowe three of the Quebec ates. Japan France and great Britain aiming at an agreement whereby a loan would be granted to China have reached a stage which it is believed in financial quarters will speedily result in a settlement. Cream Britain has answered Japan s latest communication in which Japan requested reservations with a counter proposal which it is reported will be acceptable to the United states and France and financiers Here believe it will suit Japan. Those interested in member for Carleton takes occasion to place responsibility for h. C. Of l. Wants Shorter hours the can take labor leaving tend time limit for Manu facture of Ole Margarine the of the Altitude that they Are willing to Grant Japan Victory and Ottawa april award certain strategic Railroad lines i Vernoon and the greater part of Tho to her in order to bring the loan into being. Time for filing tax has been an unrelenting critic of the British Premier. Action taken on behalf of firms with head offices overseas Ottawa april 3c. Special or Ders in Ink been sent out from the Fin Ance department today to Ronding the time for filing income tax returns for the whole of the Dominion to May 31. K. Vav. Breadner commissioner of taxation said tonight that ibis action had been taken on account of the. Fact hat a number of Tive in the interests of the country As a Ivole and particularly with refer ence to Tho development of its natural resources that the question of the ultimate control of the natural re sources of Alberta. Saskatchewan Manitoba be settled immediately and that the government take the necessary Steps forthwith to have this consider wheat marketing control. On the question of wheat Market i Vancouver . April the ing control tile committee under the close of the Spring assizes Here to chairmanship of Robert cruise of Day 11 men found guilty Dauphin did not reach a definite de i counts were sentenced by or. Jus Tice Morrison. Blackie fold Man Slaughter was Given 10 years Pynn Alfred Simpson Cecil and Phillip Srur Odt All of whom were guilty of vision owing to the complicated nature of the subject. Meantime the Board is getting nearer to the Siuse of its work and the question of r the value of the wheat participation manslaughter arising from certificates now in the hands of the j bile fatalities were sentenced to Farmers or of speculators who have j firs imprisonment. _ acquired them on a gambling Chance acquiring renewed interest. It i two men guilty of manslaughter were released on suspended sentence will be impossible until the close of other sentences imposed were for less the year however to decide finally serious their real value. With regard to the Hon. Must houses if Arthur Meighen. Minist terror when seen today declared i Hope that the Farmers who hold these certificates will not soil them. It would be almost unfortunate it they Sot into the hands of speculators. Livery Man who produced the wheat should hold his participation certificate and thus get. Himself All that is product brought artisans Are to stay Here that Large employers of labor will have to seriously consider the ques Tion of building houses it skilled a flans were to be kept in Winnipeg on the world was the opinion expressed last night i at he meeting of the building own the question will receive further erns association in the builders sex consideration by the committee and change. Great West permanent build the caucus at Large presided Over by n. T. Macmil Tho question of the Tariff occupied Ian. It was asserted that they Couk Over an hour of the attention of the not always depend upon individual caucus. From what can be gathered Enterprise much As everyone would the consensus of opinion in favor like to see Winnipeg grow and elect a certain average induction in the Zelop. The statement was made Dur to riots which would theoretically ing a discussion of the City housing involve a loss of some Twenty million j scheme which was criticised in tha dollars in Revenue this loss to be it required More from the Man compensated for by the imposition of i wanted to build that private owners in excise tax upon Canadian made asked from people to whom they goods manufactured and sold in can would sol houses. If this housing aaa. It was estimated that the value i situation is to be said after make minimum wage act Dominion wide affect All women workers excepting Domestic and farm labor Ottawa april press application of the. Principle of a minimum wage and a working week for All women id girls except Rig. Those engaged Domestic or agricultural employ ent was strongly favored by Tho Oyal commission on the unification f labor Laws at the sesion Here to other important items of today s session included the adoption of a lotion that a committee of five be appointed to report upon Tho action and harmonizing of Law on Industrial disputes within Canada and a further recommendation that 11 Laws at present existing in any province dealing with the improve nent of sanitation or the Protection f life should be made general to u h other industries As May be pos Ible throughout the Dominion. five named for the committee n unification were messes. Moore. Gillis Coughlan Mcniven and Lockie Vith f. A. Acland Deputy minister of labor sex off Siclo. The conference resume it s sittings tomorrow. Will re argue Alberta irrigation dispute claims to have stolen Bonds to Aid Comrade capt. R. A Fletcher sentenced to reformatory for theft new York. April he stole Worth of Liberty Bonds to help out a Man who had s aved his Ufa 011 the battlefields of France while he was serving with the first Cana Dian division was the excuse offered by Russell Holmes Fletcher i aged 27, when he pleaded guilty to j grand larceny in Tho second degree j in general pcs Sions today. Fletcher enlisted As a private in Montreal in 1914 and Rose to the rank of Captain which he held when Dis charged in january in court today he. Wore the military medal which he won while ser Viii is a Pri. Fletcher was charged with steal ing the Bonds in question on Decem ber 4 last while in the employ of City will care for homeless families and fifis or try for Uvo Hundred to encourage building in the Citie the same As the Rural credits an farm Loans schemes of the prove rial the Money of the people of the City was being used t finance the farm Loans and Why of i should not it also be utilized to re the Bank Montreal Meam Hue the judge said he was obliged hero to Send the Canadian War the Elmira reformatory. Persons liable to the tax Are absent the country and because greater time is needed to Scur returns. From. Grat Britain. Holland and tier euro Pean countries. It impossible for Many terms with., offices overseas and Branch offices in can Ada to file returns by today and therefore the Extension of time has been granted. All Tho data required to fill out tile papers could not be obtained on this Side of Tho Ocean. Many and Fin Ancial companies in this Cit Tia Lon. The acting prime minister or dered to extend the time ii but if the returns Are not in by May 31 or. Beaver say that the penal ties clause will he rigidly enforced. How have canadians in Caguida acted with respect to the filing of re turns this he was aked. I must say that the Canadian peo j pie As a whole Hun their re turns exceedingly Well this an swi red or. Tir Eudner. "this1 measure Hrus not. Been taken for them but of Tho Absen tees As 1 explained. Late last night no intimation had been received in the Winnipeg office of the District inspector of taxation a. Abb. Of the Extension of the time and at that hour close to mid night Tho officials were still Busy wit ii those liable for the income tax who wanted to Sot in before the time at which penalty according to the act would operate. Durl tier the "mr., Timbli stated the res Ponse of the Public to the request of the department to make their re turns Early has been s Ood and the results for the past in the largely increased number of returns filed show that the admonition has been heeded. _. .1. D. Mcgregor Secretary there the evidence shows that each and every one of these charges was in True and had not foundation in question of loyalty referring to the action of the professors afterwards dismissed in not voting for the Resolution passed at a full meeting of the University Council affirming Confidence in the president and is administration and asserting the loyalty of the members of the faculty the judgment says it is difficult to understand Why a Man who is Loyal to the president of his own institution should fail him at a time of need or hesitate to vote loyalty to his chief if the loyalty exists. It is to be remembered in this connection that All three of the professors had seen the memorandum which Greenway showed to the minis Ter which purported to show thag Greenway s charges were justified the written reasons signed by the three professors amount to an Asser Tion that of Greenway were such As should be investigated and indeed the position which these three professors took on the clue stir is tout Little different front that o Greenway himself. When a Man undertakes to make charges Refle Clin seriously on the character of the head of a great Public corporation of which he is himself a member charge which if i oved. Show Wrons Doln on the part Almos of a criminal nature he takes i life As far As that inst Trade conference to open in Ottawa May 31 extending Trade Between Canada and British West indies Ottawa april press George Foster announced in the ouse tonight that the Trade Confer nce Between Canada and the British Vest indies had been arranged to pen in Ottawa on May is. The sub act under discussion would be a and Able. B Trade relation. The object of the conference would to enlarge the volume of Trade it Ween Canada and the wet indies y an Extension of the existing pre Curence. Sir George explained that the pre Prential Tariff agreement reached at he conference of 1912 would expire n 1922. At the coming conference All the British West indies would e represented including Jamaica. Bermuda the Bahamas British Hon iras and Trinidad. Propose half Holiday for stores in Brandon retail merchants elect w. E. Crawford As president to the president in the Light of the written reasons which were filed constitute such an open alignment these professors behind Greenway i Tho charges he made that it Becam essential that their services with the University should be dispensed wit in Case the charges were not us b disrespect for authority dealing with the attitude of the professors toward the Board of go s errors the judgment declares Thi their actions in this matter show spirit of Contumacy to the Board an a disrespect for their Brando i Man., april half in conclusion the judgment says retail stores in this we. Are of the Opi Niovi that those continuation of wheat Board under discussion for Tec tues half of Ida will Meighen warns Farmers to participation certificates Ottawa. April i3u. Canadian press the question of the continuation of the wheat Board to handle the Canadian wheat crop for 1920 has recently been to the fore. The Western members of parliament have been discussing the question and it is understood a thorough re of the whole subject is under Way in a special committee. Mean-time., the wheat Board is get Ting nearer to the close of its work and the question of the value of the participation certificates now in the hands of the Farmers is acquiring renewed interest. It will be impossible until the close of the year s business to finally decide their value. Hon. Arthur Meighen when seen today refused to express an opinion As to what the participation shares would he Worth or As to the Wisdom of continuing the Board s operations into the 1920 crop. I he said that the Farmers who hold the participation certificates will not sell them. It would be most unfortunate if these certificates got into the hands of Specula every Man who produced the nors acted oppressively in the matter nor is there the remotest Sug officers for the coming year for the Gest Ion of any corrupt or indirect Loca Branch of the retail merchants motive and that their decision should association have been elected As Fol j therefore be lows Hon. President e. Bolton pro silent w. B. Crawford list vice jumps overboard president j. B. Curtail 2nd vice Ottawa april 30. Canadian International joint com Mission will meet in Ottawa on Mon Day for discuss Ion of matters vitally affecting the irrigation sections of Berta and Montana. The treaty of 1909, affecting the distribution of the Waters of the St. Mary s and milk Rivers which flow through both Mon Tana and Alberta will be re argued he a in View of the changes in the personnel of the commission s Inco former arguments at St. Paul n and Detroit in 1317. Sir William Hearst has succeeded or Justice Migneault is a member of the Canadian Section and senator Clark took the place of the ate or. Tawney on the american Section. Taw division of these two Waters up to yesterday afternoon there were Tybout declarations filed. That was for this Day alone. Many of them came by Mal Siut there were quite a received Over the or. Climb said that to expected the mail morning would be heavier than it had been at any time yet. Family trim treasurer John f. Me unanimous vote of John i Topkin Donald. An thanks to the retiring president b. Bolton was Given by the association while the work of the Secretary j. J i Tonkin received special mention. The growth of the local Branch and was Given As Calgary Alta. Charlottetown p. E. I., april Vas Docking last evening at the was the _ Rise in to Alberta. The is arranged Between Canada and states in 1909. Both Rivers Tana and _ flow across to to Mon it. William Mother and child have narrow escape fort William out., april Otchia 1 aul and her three year old daughter who reside on Mountain Avenue. Fort Avilla a had a. Narrow the Brandon members at some Edmonton car men to dress As s10 first Avenue Calgary. Have wages increased urge government to n. Homes. This an by to p Vas this morning chief y Heve the housing situation it was commissioner the tenants Proton Brandon Case postponed. Brandon Man., april a novel procedure was adopted Here today 111 the Case of is. R. Lane. Waited on him ing heard before or. Jus in ref Jan sure residences. A. A wild Don of. Homeless ones in the eur sary to postpone the argument until i Jle them at Cost Price i possibly june or until such time As a the charges or. Storing their i judge can hear the argument. Until such time As they no information replies Sifton Ottawa april so. Canadian information is the an s ver Given by Kon. A. L. Sifton to George Parent member for Quebec Kast who asked for a return on the s made on behalf of innocent break in Pilotage service 9f. He Dominion c of the definite an there would be no i service. A h. Dion an to Cir Mikuc a with Power to their numbers. Despatch Cutter to Alaska washing ton. April o alien agitators in the Vicinity of Thi Hoclar Alasta resulted in the Des Patch today of the coast guard Cut Ter Algonquin from port Townsend wash., to that place. Guilty of kidnapping Tombstone. Ariz., april 30. Associated b. Wooten charged with kidnapping in connection with the Bisbee deportation on july "12, 1917, tonight was found to b guilty. Nna while the St. Mary s empties in the Saskatchewan. In the treaty Hev Are regarded As one River Anu Rrt gation development u based on Arisen however., As takes Tho opposite Fol is the latter state. Co cd that sex senator is Are in it is 03 rested in a Large c. Mcmanes win appear for of and also for after a and teas Carpenter Dies suddenly. Cist april in Butl a Carpenter employed Ham . Mooso Cape from death when they were Cut off from both front and rear exits j of their residence by fire thut was raging in the living room Kitchen. Mrs. Paul who was alone in the House with her child was awakened by the dense b Moke and finding her self hemmed in the bedroom by the fire broke through the window and passing the child out succeeded in following. The child s limbs were flow slightly Cut by the Glass and the Mother had both her arms badly Cut. Or. Paul who is an employee at the Plant of the Canadian car and foun dry company had Luft tin House for his work. The Kitchen fire had been used to prepare Brea Liast. And the fire started evidently in the Vicinity of the Kitchen stove men assist municipalities wheat should hold his participation certificates and thus get himself Al that his product brought world s increases Brandon Council to inform men new schedule adopted Brandon. Man., april at the pumping station have requested an increase in pay although the civic employees legislated for then positions in the new schedule adopted by the Council recently. They Are at present receiving j110 a month for a seven Day week. They now Aak s120 a month for a six Day week. A meeting of the City Council to night it was decided to inform the men that the new schedule had been adopted and that the positions had Bee legislated for this year. The stationary engineers have notified he Council that the Union has set a new rate for a 56-hour week and the Council will take up the discussion of this notice on monday evening an order has been prepared asking the Public utilities commission to Issue an order requesting the Canaca Gas and electricity corporation to proceed at once with the grounding of All secondary wires on alternating currents in the City. Hegina april death. Heart disease was the cause Hea apparently in the ground mediately. And a dead almost in distribute anarchist literature Hamilton ont., april 30. Litera Ture of a revolutionary character Vas distributed at Many houses in tvs City tonight. It called for the Striction of Church and de state and cattle men to visit . Ara Couver . April party of who Liik cattle men will visit British Columbia in july or August to investigate the possibilities of raising livestock in this province. The party will visit Centra Urith. Col Ibia where the gracing lands have Edmonton .-uta., april. Civic authorities of Edmonton have in Rived at an agreement with the Street railway employees for a new or Saskatchewan boards of Trade wage schedule by which operators waited on Premier Martin and other of one Man cars after two years sex Janem Bers of the Saskatchewan gov Prience Are to receive g8 cents per Ern ment this afternoon to urge Tho hour or. A basis of a nine hour Day. Government to lend moneys to Muni men with less than six month sex j i parities under the housing. Scheme Prience. Operating one Man cars who i a. The delegation called on the were Down for cents per hour. Government following a meeting at Are brought up to Lio cents per hour a nigh a Resolution calling upon the j according to City comptroller gov to take up the scheme Mitchell the senior employees on the Vas unanimously passed one Man cars will now be paid at following is the Resolution the rate of per month. Com j that we approach the government missioner Ormsby stated that close Saskatchewan with a View to hav on 90 per cent of the employees have ing to Advance to the municipalities entitle the housing scheme act Mon evs on the general credit of the municipalities the borrowing Power of concede japanese demands. J municipalities to be relieved by Tokio. April War office securities taken by such Munici announces the imminent signature of parities upon their being turned Over agreement which j to the government As collateral to to the extent of Fitch Curren there was a lengthy discussion this evening regarding a change in the no running was which schedule of the Street Rad wich will take one car off the Normal school route and there pro to be another Bis on the Farmers Are disappointed a Leton. Man. April Here in looking Forward to Good crops much disappointment upon learning that the provincial gov tuning the House today discussed Ole Margarine. The debate arose on a government Resolution to extend the time limit for manufacture and importation of oreo to 31, 1921. And for Sale to March 1. 1922. But criticism curiously Noush came to chiefly from Rural a Vernl Kors on the government Side of he House Al 4, though George Boyce. Of himself a that it a Man wanted Oleo and was prepared to pay for it. There was no reason Why he should not have it. Icon Best of Dufferin. Took occasion to charge responsibility for dear food on the City Dweller. To get Shorter hours labor was leaving the farm for the City. Thank exclaimed or. Best thank god the Farmers have got into n position where they j can say and they arc doing it and will continue to do it. We have this country by the Throat. They had us by the Throat Long enough and now we will defend ourselves " Cost is reduced the House subsequently went into Supply taking up the Trade and com Merce estimates. The administration of the Canada Grain act is estimated i to Cost As against 000 last year. D. D. Mckenzie raised the question a of a court of Appeal on trading As decided by legis nation at the previous session. He asked if the Light Between factions or the Loci Tion of the court at port Arthur and Winnipeg had anything to do with failure of the minister to establish the court. Sir George Foster replied that or. Mckenzie was entirely wrong if he thought the location had anything to do with failure to establish the court. True it was that legislation was passed but there had been so few appeals that the Survey Board had a handled them without trouble. It on the ground of Economy that he had not gone ahead with the court. When the time come to create the court i am quite ready to make a. Decision on the he said. X wrong place to economize another query which sir George took some time to answer came from William Duff. Lunen Burr. Or. Duk did not want any reduction in Tho extending Canada s Trade in foreign lands. He noted that instead of the As voted last year it had been Cut to sir George agreed that this was indeed the wrong time to be too on Trade expansion and intimated that there was another vote further on in the estimates which would cover sir. s Point. It was the government s intention he intimated to be fairly generous in the matter for they realized the importance of getting into new Fields and re establishing Canadian Trade in countries from which they had been barred be cause of the War. The House Rose at. 11.25 . Votes of for the weights and measures department and 900 for Gas and electricity were passed they being about the same As last year. Before the House adjourned in the sir George Foster assured Hon. W. Mackenzie King that details of Money expended on demobilization would be Given when that item was discussed in the estimates. The sum Given As required is Public accounts committee to sit. Indication that the Public accounts committee will sit this session was Given in a motion by sir George Foster and adopted by the House this afternoon. The motion was for reference of the auditor general s re port to the committee. Hon. C c. Vallantyne. Minister of Marine. Introduced a Bill to author ize alteration of the Pilot rates for. And , Quebec. An arrangement he paid. Had been reached Between the pilots the ship Ping interests the department of Marine for new rules in the coming season. The Bill would make Provis Ion for the change. It was read a first time. Third Reading was Given to the Bill to Amend the soldiers settlement act of 1914. An act to Amend the Ani rnai contagious act was second Reading. Put through the committee stage and Given third Reading in i few minutes. Objects to mixture. The House then went into commit tee on the Resolution which provides for an Extension of the time in which Ole Margarine May be manufactured and imported into Canada. Donald Sutherland of South cd Foid. After stations that the importation and manufacture of Oleomargar Ine had been authorized in the first instance As a temporary measure j during the War. Said he had never been opposed to this. He was How Ever strongly opposed to the mixing of quantities of Ole Margarine and butter in order to make the former to i j. M e. M off. M m the two years experience to them to the higher s Cale. Us proved to be Ideal for the purpose. Noted britishers dead London april Canadian Oci ated ported press of capt. Be of parliament for Houton Linco Shire lord Guthrie scottish Jud As the deaths arc re Lincoln de sir Hen a Burdette Hospital expert lieu . William Briscoe and Frederick weirder scottish a musician. Vancouver customs duties Vancouver . April 30. Customs duties on imports for april re Cheo. concede virtually All the japanese demands. J such securities four killed when logging train derailed 25 palatable. Or. Sutherland charged that the weather Kel out. Following in the weather port Arthur Board of Trade. Port ont., april the i port Bnard of Trade is highest figure the Seattle wn., april men wore killed and 25 injured at Edgwick four Miles from North Bend wash., tonight when a logging train of the North Bend lumber company left the track according to reports received Here from North Bond. D news was elected to the presidency i by acclamation As was also j. A. Uia Carthur to the vice presidency. I messes. .1. F. Hewitson w. A read. C Sorenson h. B. Dawson u. Mar reran b. Bonin f. To. Dolan f. 13. Zoberis a. Wolvin w. Y. Montgom Ery and r. A. F. Strathy were nominated for seats on the executive Council from whom the members will elect five to fill the vacancies on the Board. Edmonton. 3g, Cloudy. Barometer continues of Manitoba High northerly Wensi. In Manitoba and Truro 3s dem bum. 30, 44 thai 34 56 Moose jaw 27, Ssu Katoon. 29. Prince Albert. 20. 41 Winnic a 25. 4s port Arthur 28, s2 pound.-32. 52 is. T Ronto. 34. 53 kilns Aston 36. 4c Ottawa 3d 54 Montreal. 33, 50 Quebec 3c, 48, 30, 62. Ferret again to the threat contained in a paper Laid on members desks the papers being brought Here by a woman from Toronto. A Page advertisement told How the National coun cil of women would oppose members who sought to Slop the Margarine Resolution going through. It was most unfair to the Farmers to allow butter to be mixed with other fats and sold As a food product. The Farmers May not he organized and Able to protect their own interests us some Are Anu you May drive them out of business by legis lation but if you do this you will have to reckon with them in the last he declared. Or. Sutherland declared that be cause of this Ami other such legis lation there were thousands of. Vacant farm houses while the people in the cities were crying for housing Loans. The boys who went overseas to Light and die for Canada had not been brought up in Homes where Oleo was on the table three times daily ;