POWERS OF OFFICALS | In Fishery Matters Met With| BILL MAY BE REVISED THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL WENT THROUGH As Amended by Hon. Mr. Hazen -- Liberals Object to Spending More Money, on Further Investigation Regarding Peat as Fuel Ottawa, March 19.--The house of commons spent an uneventful day in committee of the whole, considering a bill to amend the Fisheries act, and an amendment to the law re- specting merchant shipping. In the evening the estimates of the depart- ment of mines and the geological survey were considered. Hon. J, D. Hazen's bill amending the law respecting merchant ship- ping was amended and reported. Among other things the bill provides that in case of collision the damages to cargoes shall be apportioned in accordance to the degree of fault of each vessel. (overnment-owened vessels, however, are not liable to damages. My. Hazen moved an amendmant providing that the provisions of the bill should not apply to.any of the canals in Canada, and as the legisla- tion stands it will not apply to the St. Lawrenée above Montreal, the great lakes or the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers. Ran Into Snag The minister of marine and fisher- ies, however, did not fare as well with his bill amending the Fisheries act, a clause of which provides that the governor in council may appoint fishery officials ex-officio justices of the peace, with jurisdiction over poaching cases and infractions of the Fisheries act. Mr. Carroll, the liberal member for 'South Cape Breton, made =a strong. protest against this clause. He declared that a prisoner would not be able to obtain a fair trial for the fishery official who acted as the be the ¢ The Mounted Po Police had «procedure and no one ever 1 complaints of 'unfair trials ¢ eted by them. After some further discussion the bill Was reported, with the under- standing 'that the - objectionable clause would be amended on third read'ng. Peat as Fuel The estimates of the department of mines were then considered. An item of $30,000 for further investi- gation of the possibilities of peat as fdel elicited the criticism: of Hon. Charles Murphy and E. W. Nesbitt, 'the liberal members for North Ox- ford. Mr. Murphy maintained that the investigations of Dr. Haanel, dircctor of mines, had cost the country in the neighborhood of $100,000, and ab- solutely without results; while Mr. Nesbitt pointed out that the govern- ment had spent a large sum in estab- lishing a peat-treating plant near Alfred, Ontario, and after some ex- perimentation had given it up as a bad job and sold the plant to a cor- poration. "Moth camphor. * Gibson's. DAILY MEMORANDA Band "at Covered rink to-tig ht, oe LOP 3 page J, right hand corner Yor probabititieg, The Kellog-Haines Singing Party, City Hall, to-pight, in aid of Pablic Library. Annum thank . offering ladies Ausiliary, at Y.M.C 3.50 p.m, meeting of 2A Friaay, a is most dmportant to a ghtids welfare that it should right kind of shoes. a iF kind will not do-- { are Nkely to leave aes that will cause much Suffering An after life. shoemakers have nt | "in studying Jha 'of children's feet. ey o designed fdosigned shoes on Seprest made them of right id have built them orkmanship. to sing one make or a LXTE For died aged HON, Wasa AM | Minister of © Wednes Ir yea ms, who on allerpoon, vcity-~1 FAILS TO Sk URE 1 VIVORCE Application Thrown Out by Senate ' for Third Time Ottawa, March 19.--For the third guccessive year the senate has refus- ed to grant the application of An- drew Lorne Hamilton, bank mana- ger, of Quebec, but formerly of Por- tage la Prairie, Man., for divorce from his wife. Three times the di- vorce committee of the senate has found that divorce should be grant- ed, and has so advised the senate. But each time the advice has been rejected, and the decision of the com- mittee reversed by the coinmittee as a whole. The application is now a cause celebre. Each year a division has been tak- en, and the verdict secured by a nar- row majority of votes. Yesterday, with Speaker Landry voting, the re- sult was a tie vote, under senate rules, which means the motion has failed of adoption. Chatham Doctor Dies Chatham, March 19.--After an ill- ness of eight days, Dr, H. J. Sullivan died at his home here, from an ai- tack of pneumonia. He leaves a widow and two small children. Dr. ot SulliXan,. who w CE tes of age, was born in Pleten, Ont.; and had practised in Chatham for- eight years, TURNS TO ENVOY LIND T0 RENEW PEACE TALK Mexican President, Hard Pressed Finangially Reported As Ready To Resume Exchanges Mexico City, March 19.--Force( by the iucreasing seriousness of the s"tuation in Mexico--from a financial rather than a military viewpoint, however-- President Huerta at least appears to be ready to resume nego- tiations with John Lind, President Wilson's personal representative, which were broken off last August if reports current in the capital to- night are true The minister of foreign affairs, Jose Lopez Portillo Rojas, has been directed to reopen the unofficial dip lomatic exchanges with Mr, Lind. John Lind, in his capacity of speec- ial representative of President Wil- son, ha# had a frec hand in meeting whom he chooses in pursuit eof his general instructions to keep in close touch with the Mexican situation and no doubt will avail himseM, it is said, of the opportunity to confer with the minister, who has been. sug- gested as a provisional presidential possibility in the event of the elimin- ation of Huerta. RAN AMUCK IN BATHS Firing a Revolver, and Two Men Are Dying New: York, March 19.--~Two mem are dying and two others are badly hurt as' the result of Isaac Skinner, alleging that somebody had stolen }. two diamond Hin from him, run- ning amuck in the baths here this wrning among ustlory naked swim- s,. firing an automatic rovolver Tight and left. He was finally over- 'powered and arrested. His rings were found in his own nian ONLY 96,000 UNEMPLOYED In New York City, Which is Average Number : New York, March 19.--Police Com- missioner McKay teported to Mayor | Mitchell, to-day, that there were only ninety-six thousand unemployed im Gotham, which was not an unusnal number for this: time of the year. The report was made in refutation of Thomas Mann's assertion, that there | were 300,000 out of work in New York. | Boilers Burst; Three Killed Tiltonville, Ohio, 19. Three 'were killed and three terribly hurt when a boiler on a smelting plant here burst, "wrecking the buildings of the Leotard Construction company. Un Wednesday evening those mn house in Bor optinrn section of en gore *{ growers. Awarded $50 and Costs Against Rev. Charles Deacon Guelph, March 19.--The brought by James Steele, of Tergus, Rev. Charles Deacon, formerly Fergus, now of Tara, was heard be- ore Justice Middleton and a jury. The action wrose out of a letter pub- lished by Mr. Deacon in the Fergus News-Record of May 15th, 1913. Steele had brought an action in the division court against a man named William Dick for arrears of rent, and interest. Dick had put in a defence, and the case was awaiting trial when Deacon undertook to pay the judg- ment and obtained a receipt for the amount--$7.40--and he then published a letter in the newspaper which he headed, "An Apology to Mr. Dick." It began an apology to Dick for hav- ing intervened and paid the debt, but went on to say that as he had .ob- tained the receipt, he valued it very highly, and would in future use it in giving lectures upon "fair play" and "the Jevil and his helpers," and "up on docal option and the fellows who oppose it." He also wrote that he hoped Steele would use the $7.44 in purchasing a pair of shoes to be call ed "Deacon's shoes." The plaintiff de- manded an apology, but Mr. Deacon paid no atfontion. The jury awarded Steele ages, and his lordship ordered that the defendant should also pay the costs of the action. 230 dam PRICES WILL DECLINE, PROVISION EXPERT THINKS Patrick Cudahy Says More Animals Are Being Raised Than Formerly. March 19.---"1 expect in twelve months food prices will drop," Patrick Cudahy, multi-mil- lionaire packer, said discussing a government report on the cost of liv- ing. "The world is raising more ani- mals than it has been. Germany and France have all the hogs they want, and that showes an increasing supply. Prices would have been lower in the United States right now if it had not been for the hog chol- era. "High prices that have prevailed for some years have made it profi- Milwaukee, there will be enough on the market to cut prices.' + Food prices in the United States reachéd the highest level in twenty- four years November 15, 1812. Since then there has been a slight above that of a year ago, the govern- ment report says. "Prices were high in Nevember compared with what they were six years ago when they were low," sald Mr. Cudahy, "but they were not high when compared with prices of two or three years ago. I do not see; however, that there has been much decline since November." APPLE Daughters Carry ON the Prizes London, Ont., March 1¥.--As d re- sult of the special courses in fruit packing arranged by the government a new industry has opened for far mers' daughters of this district. In the various competitions they com- pletely. distanced the men, and won all the prizes, and as a result many have signed contracts to pack for leading Agricultural experts predict that. the markets -lost in the west through bad packing will speedily be regained. PAC KERS Farmers' i Emigration Shows Decrease London, March 19.--Official emigra- tion rotnrns issued show a continued heavy decline in Canadian figures. The month's drop was irom 9,359 in Feb ruary, 1913, to 4,458 in February, 1914. The four months' Canada was 12,474, of 10,306 Emigration to Australia and Brit- ish Africa shows an even bigger de- clive, Canada this year receiving eleven per cent. more than: the United States. Last year she was receiving eighty per ent. wore. more. CHANSES BY SENATE MAY CAUSE TROUBLE Senate Committee Refuses To Re: duce Time Allowance For Railway Construction Ottawa, March 19.--Trouble between the senate and the commons seems likely, to develop as a result of the ac- tion of the former | , or at least the railway committee of it, in ex- tending the time 'for the com- mencement and construction of rail wavs. The subject has risen persistently | this session. It is usual to grant a Company two years to start and five vears to complete its line. This year R. B. Beunett initiated a move 1o {make the ove and three years j ively. enlivened discus: [don this amendment was put in seve- frat a) western Bille td th and they Passed the | reaching the senate, however, the original clauses have {hen inserted, and. the limiting amend- | nts struck out. Action of «that kind was taken by the senate com: mites sierday morbibg as mend, will have to | he action table to raise live stock, and oon | An! emigration to | being a decrease | i { FRANCE TURNS To The Expose Of Great National Frauds KILLING OF CALMETTE DWARFED BY AIRING OF ETTE SCANDAL ROCH- Nation's Leaders Involved --Former Premier Briant Among Those Summonen as Witnesses-- Monis, Marine Minister, Expected to Ree sign. Paris, March 19.--The first wave 3 feeling over the shooting of M. Calmette by Mme, Caillaux, and the sersational debate in the chamber ot daputies on the scandal arising out of the postponment of the trial of Henri Rochette, charged with exten- sive swindling, is slowly subsiding. The cold, wet weather has dampened the enthusiasm of the royalists and others who have been indulging in demonstrations throughout the city, and last night Paris was compara-~ tively quiet. The sole topig of conversation in the clubs and cafes is the proposed investigation of the 'Rochette affair by a committee of the chamber, This will begin Friday. M. Jaures, the secialist leader, Who will preside over the committte, makes no secret of 'his intention to leave no etone unturned to get at the full truth. Monis and Caillanx Witnesses The first witnesses to bé examined will be Irnest Monis, minister of marine; M. Caillaux, the ex-minister of finance; M. Briand, former pre- mier; M. Barthou, former minister of justice; M. Fabre, the -vnlic prosecutor, and M. Bidanlt de I'lsle, president of the Court of Appeals, who ordered the adjournment of the Rochette case. The general impression in political circles is that M. Monis will resign his post, at least temporarily. The Fabre letter, which was read in the chamber yesterday by M. Barthou, set forth that the strongest pressure had 'been exerted by M. Momis then premier, on: M. Fabre, to postpone the Rochette trial for six months. Minister Asked' Inquiry M. Monis denied he bad any know ) asked 2 TTETTea son for M, Monist or oy resig- nation, for it has been pointed out that an embarrassing sitvation would be presented by tho confronta- tion of M. Monis, a member of the government, with M. Fabre, a subor- dinate official. He may resume office at the conclusion of the in- vestigation. It is understood that the senate committee is opposed to accord full judicial powers to the investigating committee, as provided by the rego- lution of the chamber. It will, how- ever, authorize the taking of evi- dence under ow i & Jl 3 3 3 IRISHMAN ALIVE AFTER BEING BURIED St. Louis, Mo., March 18.-- On St. Patrick's Day, Thom- as Burke, an Irishman, was buried under the falling walls of a building being demol- ished. He was thougit dead, but to-day his fellow workmen unearthed him and found him alive, though suff- ering terrible injuries. TSE IIE IERIE i. FPA o> 9 BRITISH AV IATOR KILLED The Eighth 10 Die on Phin This Year. London, March 19.-- Lieut. lI. ¥ Treaby, British army aviator, = was killed today when his biplane collap- sed after flying over Salisbury plain. He is the eighth officer of the Brit- ish army and navy to be killed in aviation tests this year. I'eterbore Drydock Peterboro, March 19.--R. H. Fraser, "E., government engineer, was in the city yesterday arranging for the com- pletion of the transfer of the laud, seven acrog in all, expropriated a few months ago for a dry dock. The land includes ground for a spur line from the Canadian Pacific partway. 'The property will accommodate, be- sides the dry dock, and spur, basins, warehouses and repair shops. Residence Seized Hamiltou, March 19.--In addition to the criminal proceedings that have hoen taken against him, James N. Gow has got into legal difficulties of a civil character when a sherifi's offi- cer, took possession of his residence. C, W. Bell moved, on behali of Mrs. Gow, for a wiit of execution because it is alloged that he failed to keep up his alimony payments to his wife. Salisbury New cabbages at Carnovsky's "English health salt," 40, "Gibson's. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is recover- ing slowly from the effects of a fall on the White Housy floor two weeks ago. : "lee cecant bricks" / Gibson's. A convention has| opened in the capital of China to amend the: re- publican constitution. "Flake moth phot Gibson' 8. { and A. J. Russell Snow, K. C., and F. prusaran irom hiteen to twenty-live mitlions. fo Sur o | 293. JUDGMENT SUSTAINED But a Small Amount Was Allowed Defendant. The Court of Appeal on Wednes- day, gave judgment in favor of the Saskatchewan Land and Homestead company, limited, in the appeal by John T. Moore against the judgment of Judge Kelly delivered in October last. The judgment was for about $70,000 in favor of the company for moneys owing by Moore to it. The court - unanimously sustained the judgment of the trial judge accept- ing that it allowed the defendant, Moore, a credit of $2,000. The amount involved is very large and the matter has been before the court for about six years. J. L. Whiting, K. C., and A. B. Cunning- ham appeared for the land company, G. Dyke, for the defendant, Moore. The president of the Saskatchewan Land and Homestead company is W. B. Skinner, Montreal, and the man- aging director, J. E, Cunningham, Red Deer, Alberta. The company is to be congratulat- ed in upholding its judgment for such a large amount. Died in Committee Albany, N.Y., March 19.--After a three-hour hearing, the Assembly Ex- cise committee, last night, by a vote of seven to. five, killed the election district loeal option bill advocated by the State Anti-Saloon League. SANK BIG SCHOONER IN THE NORTH SEA The Kaiser Wilhelm Was Not Dam- aged And Is Proceeding To New York Osten, Germany, March 19.~During a dwmse fog this morning, in the North Sea, the North German Lloyd Kaiser Wilhelm ran into a, three-mast- ed schooner, which immediately sank with all on board. The liner was not damaged, but remained on the scene for three hours, but failed to pick up any survivors or secure any. idea of the identity of the sunken vessel. The big vessel is now on its way to New York. LOAN Of Some Millions from the Dominion Government. Ottawa, March 19.--Canada's rail- way situation at Ottawa bids fair to be further complicated by an early application from the Grand Trunk Pa- cific for a further loan or a hon tee vurioushy- eatiraated ther help the completion of the moun- tain section of the line. The' report is this morning well authorized. In 1900, the G.T.P. received a loan of ten millions at the hands of the Dominion government, and last year a further loan of fifteen millions was granted. 'Che. securities in each case was the line of railway from Winni- peg west, while the G.T.P. guaranteed the debentures both as to pringipal and interest. It is expected that the company will not be granted its ap- plication without some protest. STRUC IK Ww ITH A STONE Nose Was Cut and and His Cheek Badly Bruised Nice, France. March 19.--Arthur J. Balfour, the former British premier, | while proceeding in his automobile | from Cannes, yesterday, was struck with a stone thrown by a boy. A deep gash was cut in his nose and his cheek was badly: bruised. Mr. Balfour; however, was able to take part in the International igolf tourna- ment. PRE RRNEAT Liberals Retain Seat Que., March 19,--4& provincial byewlec tion, following the appointment of; Hon. J. Tessier to the new portfolio of minister of roads in the Gouin cabinet, closed yesterday, the govern- ment retaining the seat over J. A. Desy, conservative, by a majority of Rivers, hotly contested Three MORRISBURG BILL ANGERS HON. ADAM BECK: He Declares Its U Is Unjost And That It Overrides Proviecial , Toronto, March 19.--Hen Adam Beck is incensed over the action of the private bills committee of the house of commons on Monday in giv- ing the Morrisburg and St. Lawrence Power company authority to distribp- ute electricity in the province on a mere vote of the municipal couneil without submitting it to the ratepay- ers. He said he regarded it as a decided invasion of provincial rights and a matter that had been protested against strongly without avail Three or four similar bills were up this year, all of which are declared to be for the "general advantage of. Canada," but overrode all provincial legislation. In the present case Mr. Beck wants the rates to be Sharged |, made subject to the Hydro commis-! * sion, and not to the railway board. Cannot Find the B Rody Herbert, Sask., March 19.-~Mount- ed. police' who have been investigaf- ing the drowning of J. N. Langridge, af Régina, and recently of Outario, in the Saskatchewan river, returned to-day reporting no trace of the body. The ice is breaking up and a thor- ia | tbr. search of the river is impos- sible. 5 | | easy under the domination of promise still possible. yesterday urged this course. mor that Mr. Baliour, d | Creased, DERRY BARRACK GATES) ARE KEPT CLOSED AGAINST THE ORANGEMEN Who Might Rush hema to Obtain Arms ---- Section of Unionists Un- easy Under the Domination of Party Violence. London, March 19.--Rumors are cir- culated freely both - in London anid Belfast that the government intends to take drastic and immediate action by the arrest of the leaders or the seizure of the Ulster volunteer head- quarters. While the rumors are dis. believed, some excitement was aroused by the drafting of extra police into Belfast. Ulster leaders complain that they can no longer trust the post of fice, Rumors of government action have this foundation--that a small cabinet committee, under the chairmanship of Winston Churchill, has completed the necessary arrangements for dealing with any rebellion or disorder. It has taken some simple precaution, such as additional guards, military arsenals, ammunition and wagazines. To- night's censure debate will see the lib- erals supremely confident. It becomes daily more evident that there is large section of unionists un- party violence. They are moving to induce the lords to Send the home rule hill a second time in order to keep com- Lord Parmoor Much interest is aroused by the ru- who is return- ing from Riveria, will intervene in the debate as a conciliator. Derry Gates Kept Closed According to the unionist pfess the guards of the military barracks in Belfast, Londonderry, Enniskillen and Armagh 'have been doubled and the gates are kept closed. The gar- rison at Carrickfergus has been in- It is stated that there are {large stores of munitions in all these barracks, and the government fears that the Orangemen will make raids to obtain arms and ammunition. It is alleged that a large quantity of ammunition has vanished mysteri- ously from one depot. The Belfast correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "There "is great irritation bere at the constant sur. veillance by the police of prominent men, especially members of the Ul- ster volunteers, whosc movements are dogged by. detectives. The rooms of the unionist council are' closely watched. An ugly feeling is spread- ing among the. volunteers, and any sharp action by the authorities is likely to be followed by reprisals." The Daily Telegraph asserts that if the lords tie up the army bill the government 'will dissolve parliament. but will pestpone a general election until the Home Rule bill 'becomes law under the parliament act. (Beresford Sarcastic London, March 19,--In the com- mons Lord Charles Beresford re- minded the first lord of the admir- alty, Winston Churchill, that he him- self was working hard for the re- form on the lower decks, when Churchill was pulling strong at the business end of the feeding bottle. He also remarked that Churchill's trips in. aeroplanes were as near heaven as he would ever get. Moved Vote of Censure London, March 19.--Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson this evening in the commons moved a vote of cen- sure cu the Asquith government for Jetuaing to give the details of the Ul- er counties' local option scheme. 6 challenged the premier to decide thie matter by a referendum to thel. people of the United Kingdom. THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE T. and N. O, Litigants Secure Fiat Toronto, March 19.--For .a second time the bill to enable proceedings to bo taken against the Timiskaming and Northern Oatdrio railway without first securing a fiat from the attor- ney-general was defeated in the logis lature yesterday. The motion of W. E. Sinclair (South Ontario) to give his bill a second reading was rejected by a vote of 59 te 17. Some interesting facte were gleaned by W. McDonald (Centre Bruce) with reference to the operations of W. K. Spider in the recent campaigns for the Canada act in Welland, Huron and Peel counties. W. Proudioot (Centre Rr ed the government with the spoils system in connection he administration of the liquor ys cense law WE bill introdured by Hon. W. H. Hearst provides that for a limited period, not extending beyond the end ofvthe present year, the exportation of pylpwood cut {com crown lands will be 'permitied. "Dish washing gloves," SORE 80c. Gi» Queen Eleanors, of igaria, -- Must First] GEORGE SPEAR Proprietor of the Wocdbine Hotel, of Toronto, badly gutted by fire he 17th of March. Several men Toat their. lives in the her odes" hid it it it probable that other recovered from Tom Alo ulus. ruins, WIFE OF NAT GOODWIN WAS NEARLY CHOKED Capsule Lodged in in Her Throat At Brockville Hotel -- First Aid Saved Life Brockville, March 19.~Miss: Margar- et Moreland, wife of Nat Goodwin, tha comedian, following a ¢ ¢ here, narrowly escaped to.' death in attempting to swallow a capsule of castor oil. Mrs. Goodwin was sulieving from a bad cold and at her room in the hotel sought relief by medicine. 'The capsule stuck. in her throat and caused her to choke. A nurse, who happened to be in the hotel, rendered first aid wntil the 'ar rival oi a doctor. On account of her illness the frew date, billed for last night, was canceled. Yesterday afternoon she was able to leave with the company for Ottawa. iiss Canadion Club } Hon. T. W. Crothers, of bor, will 'address 'the aisle of fio Canadian Club on F 'evening, in the Frontenac hotel. at: ls o'clock; tickets, 5c. THEDAILY BRITISH WHIG 12 CN SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING OITY STORES Nuckoell's News Depot . yx E Clarke, J. W, & Co... College Hook es Coulter's Grovery ....,...000 in nc 'ullen's Grocery, Cor, Princess & Alta Frontenac Hotel ....;.0..¢ Gibson's Drug Store -, . Market or McAuley's Book Store ....03 Princess MeGall's Cigar Store Cox. Prin, & King McLeod's Grocery ....51 Usiom St W. Mediey's Drug Store 200 Tr Tei an Paul's Cigar Store ...u.... 70 Prouse's Drug Store "3 Valleau's Grocery ... Y Lowe's Grocery '........... Portsmouth MARRIED. WOOD----BAND R--AL tie Ren- Met] arch Mountain Grove. ILMOL 1 ~ Mi 18th, G! OUR-~In ngston, arch 1914, at 440 Barrio St. Gathering beloved wife of Robert Funeral from her ate residence Fri- 4 y, at 2 pa. to Cataraqul ceme- ery. LOW 2 In Portsmouth on Mayoh 18th, © mu OWe, age you! Funeral Friday morning at 10 retodk.' from St. John's = ehurgh, - Hor uth. Frivegn and acquaintances are respoot- invited to at