5 v ifn EVANTUREL EXPLAINED :- THAT HE WROTE LETTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL. Admitted Everything, and Offered Apology, But That Not Deemed Enough--Mr. Ferguson Congratu- lates Prescott Member on His Courage. Toronto, March 5.--When the orders of the day wery called in the legisla ture, yesterday afternoon, Gusiave Evanturel read his statement, after which it was handed to 'the speaker to be placed upon the records of the house, Howard Ferguson, of Grenville, who had read the letter upon which the statement was. based, complimented the member for Prescott upon his cour- Hon. J. J. Foy, acting premier, said it was a very painful matter and that the wr. for 'Prescott deserved credit for the courageous w in which he had made his statement, but the fact that was admitted, and was beyond dispute, was that he had writ- ten a letter which he (the speaker) thought was beneath the dignity of o | member of the house. He Mag, hov- 'ever, manfully apologized. "1 have no doubt that every member of the house will consider that an apology is. not' sullicient,"" continued Mr. Foy. "Sometimes more should be done. 1 think he should have resigned, and I would suggest that the honor able member in the meantime should consider placing his resignation before the house," rd . le sugges some action by the house 'in the event of the resignation not being . What that action sl be, would in the meantime be considered br the government. Mr. Rowell, in a Srict speech, was in accord with all the acting premier had said, and asked for the resignation oi the member for Prescott. ton and uf ted by me, and 1 Sitthar 'state he untortinais teter vas written with the object of getting a position as organizer and to request support for the cause I had been fighting for man years, viz: for the hotelkespers of this province and particularly for those of my county "I have learned that the hotel- keepers of this province had organiz- ed themselves in an association, and that they had considerable capi. tal to fight their case before the country. "I made an application to the seec- retary of the association, Mr. Allen, 26 Toronto street, without knowing then what kind: of a position they could give me. - "I 'had In my mind at the time that if they could not offer me a position with their association, they could probably assist me financially in the cause I was interested in. In my application I explained to them. fully that I had taken an open stand in. favor of the liquor interest long before entering into politics, "Mr. Allen, the secretary of the association, in reply to my applica. tion: stated that he would place my application before the board at the first meeting, but said that lie thought my application had come toe late, and 'that a man had already been appointed for the position that 1 was seeking. '"In the letter produced before the house and which was addressed to / ove of thé members of the board asking his support to my applica- tign, .I fully explained then very candidly, as the lettér was not pri- vate, that long before being in pub- lie life 1 had worked in favor of the hotelkeepers in' Prescott county DAILY MEMORANDA | Hockey. jngtch, Covered rink, RM.C "Bes. top of o 3, Hight hand corer top gh os 5 v for pro! Wise advertisers never make © They ov" hat to break faith with t ee public would be a 'than throwing their money away. ~ That is one reason why ad- vertised goods are more in de- People know that there quality behind them. ok on them as stand- ! . knows that are more calls for adver- especially true if they Ee a ave ey Hosts fora; Agatust proitition. and in 1902 1 stood openly on the blie plats on their behalf. Bute > api Wrote as an Individual "With regard to the part of the letter in wet I asked for salars. and financiai support frons the ascodiation ave to suy frankly that in most bonest intention | wivie the letter sud similar ones a: an individual, not thinking of my responsibility to the house, und not intending to ai- fect the dignity of the house. "Anyone reading (he leiter have realized that | had no criminal Intentions whatever, that the letter Was a private one, and can only be attributed to thoughtlessbess and foolishness on my part, in view of the construction which it was possible to place npon its wording. "1 1 had any criminal intention to do anything wrong at the time 1 wrote these letters, and if I had any intention to sell my influence in the house, or if | intended in any Way to' affect the dignity of the house, surely the members of this house and the people of this province will ad- mit that I could deal in a more con- Lidential and secret way. I loudly and openly asked for a position and financial support. .I have never ap- proached any of these gentlemen of thé association personally, never knew them. All that I did was to write the letter produced, and some others similar, and nothing more. Nothing came out of it. "I réakize now, Mr. Speaker, and 1 have to adufit it, that my action was against the dignity of the house, and might: have brought dishonor to my country. If, Mr. Speaker, the sin- cerity, honesty and frankness which have 'inspired thls statement have some weight in this housé and the province, I trust that my apology to the house as a legislator, to the peo- ple as a citizen, and to my con- stituency as their representative, will be accepted. I regrét am action com- mitted unintentionally, and I desire to appear before this house as any straight and honest man should do in similar circumstances." munt Evanturel 'Will Resign Toronto, March 3.--8een this morn- ing, Gustave Evanturel, liberal mem- ber of the Ontario legislature, who of- fered his services to the liguor inter-' ¥ that he-{ would resign, both parties, \ come back after a hye-election « almost the unanimous support of his constituency. SEPARATION MOVEMENT SPREADS NORTHWARD -- English Speaking Separate School Supporters In North Ontario Mining Towns Organize Cobalt, March 5.--Cobalt has join- ad in the fight for separation of separate and bilingual schools. At a meeting of the English-speaking Catholic ratepayers of the town they formed thenfSelves ipto an educa- ional = association with M. R. O'Shaughnessy as president and O.A Baker as secretary. The meeting unanimously endor- se! the Macknel resolution and the position taken by the English com- mittee of the Ottawa separate school board. A petition is now being circulated by Cobalt demanding ¥ndépendent school boards for the separate and bilingual schools in Cobalt. When fully signed the petition will be for- warded to Toronto. Word has been' received that the Boglish-speaking Catholics of Halleybury are about to join in the demand for separation. They pay more than one-haM of the school taxes, and, far from be- ing able to control their school, they cannot even get an efficient English education for their children. Yet Haileybury is in Ontario. BANK CLERKS ORGANIZE Founded but « believed ' he woul Association Has Not Been to Crente Strife. Toronto, March 5.--There was cra: dled in the St. George's hall last night an organization to be known as the Associated Bank Clerks of Can: ada. At the birth seven banks were represented, and daring the discus. sion on the constitution it was made slain that the body had mot been or iginated for 'the purpose of causing strife between banks and employees, but to promote the interests, material and moral, of the membership, col: lectively and individually, and, in or< der to better earry out such policy, to follow the strict meanings of the words co-operation, y and ar hitration. Publicity heant to take the public ito its' confidence in cer tain matters and in other ways to do away with the unfortunate results which followed one employee going be- hind another's back in an unfair man: ner. The organization will extend : t the whole of Canada, and ters were at the disposal 3 the meeting from anticipating mem in os en a olin: where, . - White Rose flour 19, Ib. put Ad in7, 13, 98 Ib. packuges at all grocers. Within the Law, 50 cents. Col | [ree book = KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDA WOLVES INVADE ITALY Driven From Apennines, Go to Vale legs and Devour Sheep Rome, March 5.--Hordes of stary- wolves driven from the Apennine tains by the heavy snows, des- cended to-day into the valleys of the Abruzzi provinces and in the vi- cinity of Rome, and devoured hun- dreds of sheep. The wolves afterwards took refuge In: the caverns of Mount Soracte, about 25 miles north of Rome. Par ties of armed peasants have gone to hunt them, and according to the lat- est reports, ghave killed a large num- ber of the animals. in W. 1. R. Preston's Latest Activity London, March 5.--The C. A. DP. learns that W. T. R. Preston, a well- known late official under the depart- ment of trade and commerce, who now resides here, is preparing a life of Lord Strathcona, based on the au- thor's own records, The work will shortly be ready for publication. BISHOP BOWNAN DEAD: DEVOTED TO CHURCH : . 3 Patriarch OF Methodism In America Sixty-one Years In Active Service Orange, N.J., March 5.-- Prishop Thomas Bowman, formerly president of Depsuw university, died on Tues- day, at the home of his daughter, He was nfinety-seven years old. Bishop Bowman was the patriarch of Methodism in America. No other bishop in the service of that church over reached such an advanced age. He had been affectionately known for a generation as the "grand old mgn of the faith." Sixty-one years of Dr. Bowman's life was spent fin active church ser. vice, twenty-four as a bishop. His career in the Methodist minis- try ways begun at the Baltimore con- ference in 1829. He served for a year as chaplain! of United States senate (1864-5) and became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, He early became suspigious of attempts to assassinate Lincoln and was one of the first to warn him, His closing vears were spent in Orange with his daughter, Mrs. B. D. Caldwell, wife of the president of the Wells Fargo Express,company. The bishop's hody will 'Be taken to Greencastle, IJnd., the seat of De- panw university, where the funeral will be held on Friday. te 16 to. hy [FUNERAL OF HON. MR. DFLVIN. } Notable Assembly Pays Last Honor to Quebec Minister. Ottawa, March 5.--More than 5,000 people gathered in Aylmer, Que., yesterday to pay their last trib- ute to the memory of its native son, Hon. C. R. Devlin. Practically the entire cabinet of Quebec province, of which the deceased was a member, were present, including Premier Sir Lomer Gouin, as well as representa- tives of the dominion government and opposition, the entire city coun- cils of Hull and Aylmer. Hon. C. J. Doherty represented the dominion government, and Sir Wil- frid Laurier the liberal party, Arch- bishop Gauthier, of Ottawa, conduct. ¢d the funeral services. ECHO OF BANK FAILURE Munro's Farms at Embro are Sold at Auction, Woodstock, March 5.--An echo of the Farmers' Bank failure was heard at Embro yesterday, when the two farms owned by the late Colonel Munro, president of the Farmers' Bank, at the village, were put under the hammer znd sold to the highest bidder. The sale was made by the liquidation of the bank. Col. Seven Years For Killing St. Scholastique, Que., March Leonard - MeGibbon was, yesterday, sentenced to seven: - years® imprison- ment, by Judge Robidoux, for the killing of his cousin, Jobn .McGibbon, on August 21st last. This is the end of the trial which has spread over several months, has been tried by two juries, and has been the sensa- tion of this district ever since the family feud, which started as far back as seventeen years ago, ended in bloodshed on the MecGibbon farm. THE HOME RULE BILL AGAIN INTRODUCED ------ [Further Rejection By The London, March 5.--~The Irish home 'rule bill, twice passed by thé com- mons and twice rejected by the lords, was introduced in the commons this alternoon for the third time by Augus- tine Burrell, chief secretary for Ire land. On Monday, it- will have a se cond reading, and when passed with the various "concessions" promised by Premier Asquith, will become law by virtue of thes veto act, despite the re jection by the lords. To Command in Africa london, March 6.---General Sir James Wolfe Murray, descendant of the Colonel Murray in whose arms General Wolfe expired, has been ap- pointed commander of the imperial forces in South Africa, KING MAY US His P ti | Di I Parliament. THAT THERE MUST BE A ERAL ELECTION Bofore Home Rule Bill Is Put "nto Operation -- If King Exercises + Prerogative, It Will be First Time In Modern Times. London, March 5.--"It cannot be em- phasizel too strongly that the pro- dominent feeling on both sides of the house strongly adverse from any association of the royal name with the critical stage through which na- GEN. is tional polities are now passing." This quotation from a leading arti: ele in the Times, this morning, is a reflection of the understanding which is prevalent to-day that King George has intervened in the home rule dis- pute that a gen. eral election shall immediately follow the passage of the home rule bill be fore it comes into operation. It is further stated that his majesty has informed Mr. Asquith that if ;par- liament js not voluntarily dissolved, he will exercise his almost obsolete constitutional prerogative of dissolv- ing it himself. so far as to insist Liberal circles show bitter uncon: cealed resentment of this prospect, and such a step would bring the erown for the first time 'in modern times in di rect conflict with the dominent politi- cal. party. INQUEST WAS ORDERED N THE CASE OF THE JOSEPH BOWER LATE Who Was Crushed to Death in Sand Pit at Glenburnle on Tuesday Af. ternon -- Evidence Showed That It Was Purely Accidental. That. death wes accidental, was the verdict gives on Thursuay morning by a jury empanelled Coroner Dr. R. J. Gardiner in the case of Joseph Bower, who mel death in a sand pit at Glenburni>, the property of the Kingston Saud and Gravel company on Tuesday. All the circumstances poinied to the fatality being purely accidental. and it was at first announced that there would be no inquest. How- ever, inspectors of mining, believing this work came under their puris- diction, asked, that an inquest be held in order that the matter might be cleared up. Coroner Gardiner was notified, and accordingly opened an inque;: on Thursday moring 'driving out to Glenburnie with Dr. J. F. Sparks, who attended the "deceased, and Constable John Naylon, who sum- moned a jury There were only four withesses, three of the men who were em J. y- ed in the sand pit with the d..eas- ad, and Dr. Sparks, and after =I! the evidence was secured, the jury took but.a short time in returning a verdict. Bower met his desth as a result of being erushed with froz- en sand. It was pointed out in thy evidence that deceased knew the danger he was running when he end»ior2d to break away a portien of sand, but that he took a chance. . BRYAN TO PUT SOFT PEDAL On Congress Debates Over the Ben ton Murder, Washington, March 5--~Content with the policy of passivity in Mexico, and secure in Great Britain's appro- bation' on their course in the Ben- ton case, President Wilson's cabinet this morning appointed Secretary of State Bryan to" put the "soft pedal" on cpugressional debate on the question, by appearing and making the explanations to the house com- mittee where the resolutions censur- ing the government for its inaction have 'been presented. SEEKS HASTE FOR TREATY Congress Will 'Endeavor to Pass Canadian Pact This Week. Washington, March 5.--Chairman Flood, of the House Foreign i committee, ammounced yesterday af. ternoon that he will seck a rule so that the Canadian fisheries treaty nay Yo acted on in the house' before the of the week. This. urgent action is taken, he explained, because President Wilsc wants immedinte passage of the Hill, so that the ckect of the trealy may not be kill ed by further delay. Not to Be Closed New York, March 5.--Devotess of the. tango 'and uthes forms of dan. sing, » showed keen Wsappefint- ment Tuesday night when police closed several of the establishments ir ¥, MARCH 5, PARCEL POST LIMIT. Has Already Been Increased ¢p Eleven Pounds. Ottawal March 5.--The six-poinds limit imposed by the post office de- partment during the organized per- 10d of the parcels post has been with- arawn by the department, and in fu- ture the full limit of eleven pounds will be allowed. It was Sutended at first that six pounds limit 'should re- main for three months, but the sys- tem worked so eadily that the re- striction is withdrawn already. It is definitely decided that the commmssion which will be appointed to enquire into commercial' possibil- ities of the Georgian Bay canal will consist of five instead of three mem- bers, as at first intended. This de dision hes been 'reached as conse quence of representations from Toron- to and west of Toronto of these op- posed to the project. At present three sames are reliably mentioned in con- nection with the commission--San- ford Evans, of Winnipeg, and Edward Gohlier and F. S. Meighen, of Mon- treal. PROPOSE TO BRING CHANCELLOR TO BOOK The Attention Of The Commons is Called To Lioyd George's . inaccuracies. London;-March 5.--8ir John Rand- les, a unionist member of parliament, has given notice that he will move in the house on March 10 the follow- ing resolution :--- "That the house, contemplates [with regret the repeated inaccuracies of the chancellor of thé exchequer, and his gross and unfounded attacks on individuals." Mr. Lloyd Ceorge has postponed an engagement at Cambridge so that he may be in the house to make a reply. THREE SCHOOLS WERE TESTED In Fire Drill by Chief Armstrong on Thursday Morning On Thursday morning when Chief Armstrong gave school fire test, in the case of the three schools where the gongs were rung, with an aver- age attendance of 155, they were cleared on an averagesof 53 seconds. This, when it is reminded that none were given warning, and teachers and children were at their . studies when the alarms were rung, is cen~ sidered satisfactory to the chief. With fire drill down "so fine" as this in the public: and separate schools the. chance of contusion should a fire take place in minimized. The chief is finishing up his rounds before making his report to the. fire and light committee, Most of the other schools were tested last week. Two of those rung on Thursday morning had been turned out then, but on account of circumstances at that time, one of the tests being tak: an at recess time, the chief agreed to another trial before his report, The chief visited Sydenham school, on Wellington street, and asked Miss G11, the principal, to give the alarm. it was rung at $10.22.35 o'¢loek. The doors of the classrooms on both floors were thrown open, the pupils march- ed out smartly, but orderly, and were standing on the street in 57 seconds' time. They were over 150 in num- ber. The boys from one of the classes downstairs whose duty it was to open the doors, were quickly in their places, sprang open the bolts, By this time the boys and girls were right on their heels and marched out, St. Vincent academy, the Roman Catholic school for girls, was the next proceeded to, and here the chief instructed that the alarm be given in the usual manner. The girls, num- bering over 160, were out of the building in one minute's time, and the chief intimated his satisfaction to Sister St. Thomas, the principal, and the other sisters on the staff, Two. of these rooms were upstairs. The test at Cataraqui school, Ris deau street, was givem after recess, and none, not even the principal, Miss A. Davidson, had any warning. The chief went into the hall of the school and pulled the alarm himself about twenty-five' minutés after eleven o'clock. fifty girls and boys were cleared out ir. forty-two seconds' time, the fire escapes being used by those of the two classes on the upper flat. All those tested were four-room schools. It is thought that <Cataraqui school can be cleared in half a minute. GET AFTER THE LAWYERS The Toronto Telegram's Advice to Gustave wuvanturel. Toronto. ' March 5.~The Telegram (conservative) says : ' Attack is the: best defence tave Evanturel, MiP.P. .* Let Mr. Evanturel claim: the to go before the privileges and tions committee and summon every lawyer in the legislature as a wit ness. 'An overwhelming majorit, lawyer M.P.P.s can tu declare that t ve not by the usage which permits to their 'professional services for tetain- ers and fees that too often purchase thir legislative services 'But is the Ontario legislature en- tirely destitute of lawyer legislators who' are in the same boat as Gustave Evanturel, :M.P.P., in the sense. that harris solidk and for Gus- ight of the One hundred and] ™® THE FREIGHT TIE-UP In Ontario Regarded as the Worst In Years. Toronto, March 5.--The first. train bauling "'dead" freight since the great storm steamed over the Inter- national bridge from Canada last night at ten o'clock. The first tran load of freight from the United States will arrive in Canada this mornfing. i The. congestion of 'dead' freight in the frontier terminals as a result of the storm is sa%d by railway men to be the worst yet known. It is estimated by them that fully a mil- lion. and a half dollars worth of goods have been held in the yards since . Sunday. With the delivery commencing to-day jt will take al most a.week before the congestion is eliminated. y Reports from Niagara Falls state that more than 1,800 cars are stalled on the Canadian side of the border at present, while about 2,500 ° cars are blockaded in New York state. At Black Rock 3,000 cars are still waiting, while at Byidgeburg 2,200 cars are fin a similar condition. According to the 'instructions re ceived from the American roads the freight cam only be handled with difficulty and but a few tralns can be received during the coming few days. URGE BRITISH GOVERNMENT To Patronize the Panama-Pacific Ex. position. London, March 5.--By- a' substantial majority, the House 6f Commons, last night, put on record a desire that the government re-consider its refusal to officially participate in the Panama- Pacific exposition and agree to parti- cipate.-+ A memorial to this effect, signed by over 350 members of the House of Commons representing all political parties, was presented to Premier As- quith to-day. The 'signers include Arthur J. Bal- four, Andrew Bonar Law, and over half the unionist members of the house, practically all the nationalists and laborites and over one-third of the liberals. URGED THE REPEAL OF FREE TOLLS CLAUSE In Panama Canal Act-~President Wilson Appeared Before Con- gress On Thursday Washington, March 5.--The repeal of free tolls given United States coast- wise vesséls in the Panama canal act, which raised a protest of Great Brit- ain and other countries, was earnest- ly urged on congress, to-day, by Pres- ident Wilson. The clause, said the president, was directly antagonistic to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and the honor of the United States demanded that "the treaty be rigidly observed. The message was received with ¢vident approval by congress. The galleries were crowded with diplomatic repre- sentatives, C.N.R. CAMPAIGN NOW ON Government Knows What We Want Says Sir William Ottawa, March 5.--8Sir William Mac- kenzie, Sir Donald Mann, Mr. Zalash, K.C., W. lI. Moore (secretary of the Canadian Northern) and William Sloane, also of the Canadian North- ern, arrived yesterday and an aggres- sive campaign is on. Sir William Mackenzie has no com- ment to make upon Finance Minister White's statement in the house that no application for assistance by way of a loan had been made to the gov- ernment by any railway company. "The government," he said, "knows what we want and is in possession of the facts and figures which justify our uest." It is said that the Canadian Pacific Railway company is {eading the fight against the granting of financial aid to the Canadian Northern. WOMAN, 0, COASTS WITH THE CHILDREN Mrs. Hager Demonstrates Her Hold On Youth -- Enjoys Hackettstown, N. J., March 5. -- By way of celebrating her ninetieth hold on youth, Mrs, Helen A. Hag- er, familiarly known as ¢Auit Hel- en," weit coasting this month with a number of children. She sald she enjoyed it immensely. She climed the steep hill with less apparent trouble than did the young people. « Despite her advanced age, Mrs. Hager goes about the streets daily shopping with her daughter, Mri, Henry Vail of Warren street, with whom she makes her home. She reads and sews much, but does not use glasses. - "Sale $1.50 colored sateen under CHARGE IS AN ALLEGED WAKEFF ON THE N. T. R. WORK IS PROV. EN UNTRUE, Untruthful Charge Was Contained in the Government's Own Synop- sized Press Report of the Come missioners' Findings. Ottawa, March $.--The stock of Messrs, Gutelius and Lynch-Staunton, the National Transcontinental rail- way scandal-hupting commissioners, dropped a few more points yesterday by reason of further official informa tion given to parliament, contradic- tory to the statements made in\ the commissioners' report. A direet\re« futation was given by the govekn- ment of the truth of one of the mail, charges contained in the govern ment's own synopsized press report of the commissioners' findings. In that report it was explicitly stated that the former National Trans- continental commissioners had paid over to M. P. and J. T. Davis a 10 per cent. commission, amounting to $740,000, as their profit on two con- tracts sublet to Messrs. O'Brien, Fow- ler 'and McDougall. « In the press report handed out by the govern- ment, and since then duly exploited in the government press, this $740, 000 was called a. clear "rake-off" paid by the N. T. R. commission to Messrs, M. P. and J. T. Davis. Yesterday the acting minister of railways, Hon. Dr. Reid, was obliged to admit that this "rake-off" was not paid over by the N. T. R. commission at all. If payment of that amount was made, it was made by the sub- contractors themselves in accordance with their private agreement with the main contractors, and following out the usual procedure as to profit allowanee in cases of subletting. Further replies to questions by Hon. George P. Graham, Hon Charles Murphy and Hon. H. R. Emmerson brought out the information - that Megsrs. Gutelius and Lynch-Staunton were not specially sworn to faithful: ties, that the" 5 them was not taken in public, and that Mr. Gutelis was not' ized as a British subject u J ary 23, 1912, or nearly one month after he was appointed a commission er. { Mr. Gutelius and Lynch-Staunton drew $65 a day as commissioners. Mr. Gutelius became general mana. ger of the Intercolonial on May 1, 1913, and subseqfent to that date he drew pay ouly for the latter posi- tion as a salary of $20,000 per year. The term of his engagement is for two years, and thereafter "during the pleasure of the minister of rail- ways." THEDAILY BRITISH WHIG 1S ON SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING CITY STORES Frontenne Hotel ..........Ontarle Gibson's Drug Store .. McAuley's Book Store ....08 Princess ¥MecGalls Cigar Store Cor. Prin. & McLeod's Grueery ....51 Union St. 'W, Medley's Drug Store 260 University Paul's Olgar $020 ,..cvv..T0 B 4th, 191 os % $ 1 Gladys, daughter of Frederick Smith, all of Kingston. a a DIED Ls duel { years id Bn a Le Sathragul cemetery. birthday and to, demomstrate her | ly and impartially. perform their a : ephen z 4 moi the. sR place at 5 Bittle on #