OFC NR UNDER OATH OF ASSETS OF THE || SYSTEM And the Financial Operations. of the | Promoters -- Addresses Were Al || so Made by Hom. Mr. Oliver, Mr. Boivin and Mr. Aimes. Ottawa, May 15.--"This carcer of Son To a rot | or tory of the world. & { man in this 6 will i nothing but ove long, upti of hi re roe mo on . tion of parliamentary ipstitutions, of the loweding of the whole moral of pub- lic life, and the degrading of wach standards as those by which it should tuuly apd properly be measured." Such was the, ter anf "Mann ed every word with ---- with a frank confession of | hen the fast athena io & Mann raid [Was made upon the public treasury in the form of a fifteen million dollar subsidy in the dying hours of lust ses- sion, and With the declaration that the "holier thin thou" game of poli- tics was Mhaut pls ed out. Mr. Ben. nolt seeded | deeis to point out Hat "both sides were to blame" in t . "Une party uissces," Yond to ask that the cpp may be "I is proposes and the other said he. "They are 'a few questions in order Fibution to party funds to look this wretched in p deal ive the result of he 4) study and person: ation ef the high financing Mackénaie & Mann, 'the two greatest exploiters whom any coun- try had known, who conceived the scheme of building a transcontinen- tal line and getting the people to pay for it." se doubted, in the first place, the necé y for a third trans- continental line at all at the present thie, and declared that the big prob- lem parliament had now to consider was to determine Yor posterity how best to serve the public interest and . to remedy the financial chaos which had been brought about. That rem- edy, he declared, did not lie in en- trusting the enterprise further to the men who had brought it into practical bankruptcy, who bad de- ceived the public from the first, who had preyed upon the conutry's re- sources, who by devious means had amassed personal wealth at the ex- " pense of the enterprise, who wanted the people now to again pay their debts, and who knew nothing them- selves about raiay operation. The first step which parliament should take, under the circumstances, was to have a complete and thorough public investigation under oath, "either by parli mentary committee or 'royal gemmission, of the physical assets of the system, and of the past and present faancial operations of the promoters. Meanwhile, the government should act in the capa- city of & receiver, take over the road and continue construction as neces- ary, pending the result of such in- quiry. & On the liberal side there came from G. H. Boivin and Hon. Frank Oliver a further vigorous statement of determined opposition to the agreement, "while H. B. Ames, the DAILY MEMORANDA 3, right hand corner, See tor proba ® opens at -cricks rac ie : ! me People dre already begin- ning to plan for their summer - Vacations. | newspaper 'be their best friend they want to select #1 or cottage, or buy ngs they will need. rough the adver- 's Whig and ' it answers' the Oni§ én your mind: eT are sing your needs. _ anticipat your Btest public serviee tosday are the adver- of a good news- Puialiol in the hi | to "do my duty" | Monk, this morning, just after the last rites of the THE LATE HON. F. D. MONK only goverfinent supporter to speak, i maintained (hat the best must be' made of an ugly situation, and that | if Mackenzie & Mann were to hive a | last chance the government was justi- | fied in adopting the adage, "if one Sups with the devil ome must have a | long spoon." ent A FORMER MINISTER= iit: -- DIES IN MONTREAL - Limon nt Hon F. D. Monk Spent Many Years In Active Parliamentary a ¥ Work t Montreal, May 15.--Hon. Pr. former minister of public works in thes Borden cabinet, died here this morning after a long ill- ness. He was born in this city in 1856, was a distinguished lawyer and membér of parliament for Jacques Cartier continuously from 1896 till his resignatien because of illness last March. He resigned from the Borden cabinet in October, | 1912, because he said he was pledged to have the naval contribution pro- posals submitted directly to the Peo- ple. His end came gt 3.25 o'olock Roman. Catholic eh in Erm a "» References In Commons Ottawa, 'May 15.--Flag on the tower was dropped to half mast, and parliament mourned half an hour this morning for the passing place in its deliberations for many yeurs. Th& prime minister took oe casion before the orders of the day were called to refer to his late eol- league and fo the members of fami-! ly to express the sorrow of the house. "These of us who have known him as"l have dome since the days of bls Youth," said Sir Wilfrid Laurier, "cin appreciate the ster- ling qualities of the man who has gone. His bad health can be trae- ed to the day when he lost a most charming wife, who had been to him a comrade. advisor and friend FARMERS USING BOATS Low Lands in Kent County Are! Inundated. ! Chatham, May 15.-- Scores of! farms in the low-lying sections of Kent county, and Particularly those in the Raleigh plains, are inunda- led as a result of the heavy down- pour of the past few days and grea damage has already been dome the crops that have been planted. : It is not uncommon to see homes and barns completely surrounded with water and the farmer using al boat. 'It was necessary to move the stock 'to the high lands and had this not been done the loss would have been heavy through drowning. Every stream and creek in the en- tire county is filled to overflowing Rain fell steadily for over iwo days, but it ceased to-day. Bridges have been wished away, and trafic on the Erie Beach division of the elec- tric railway tied up throughout. The subway at Charing Cross is being filled with water. ? MEDIATION MEETING Presented At Washington To Washington, May 15. ~Instead openifig 'on Monday 'us expected mediation meeting at Ni will not commence until esday, it was announced to-day. This was to accommodate Huerta's represents. tives who could not reach the Walls on Monday without extraordinary haste. 5 of the ara Falls [roth f {Inken a prominent eC of one who had occupied a foremodtg, FIXED FOR WEDNESDAY A PUGILISTIC COUNCILLOR Hamiltonian Calls Confreve a Liar and Wants to Fight. Hamilton, May. - 15.----Councillor Dickenson created a sensation in a [county council meeting when he called Councillor Guest, of Ancaster, a lar and threatened to "knock his block off." ° Councillor Guest said Dickenson remarked yesterday he would slip a motion over to get a bigger grant for the Caledonia road. "You are a lar!" roared Dicken- json. Guest remonstrated. . "You surely are," repeated Dick- m, "and 1 d right off! - "You dlways were a' d I mean what I say-and me on outside it yoy don't believe! The Wiigh- pif Condensation of | Warden Bertram finally 'smoothed tters over. MADE A biG NOISE. a lice Court. ) London, Eng., May 15.--~Thdre ware scenes at the Westminster police yesterday. both started -a violent harangue the presiding magistrates and de- clining to be bound. over to keep the peace were sent for one month at bard labor. "KIDDIES" GIVEN HOLIDAY fn Order to Assist in the Cleaning Up Campaign. Iu order to allow them an appor- tunity of assisting in the cleaning-up campaign in the city the Board of Fducation, on Thursday night, grant- od the scholars a half: holiday this (Friday) afternoon, on motion of 'Prustees_Farrell and Mills, Trustee Farrell stated that he had found \in other cities the children had part in making the cleaning-up campaign ou suceess. Shermans .eceive Share Ogdensburg, N.Y. May 15.--Migs Mary Sherman, daughter of the late fh. B. F. Sherman, has heen given w otig-sixth share of the $90,000 ostate of her distant cousin, Mrs, Mary Kane Mathews, widow of United States supreme court Justice. Stanley | Mathews, who died in Washington, I. C'., about a year ago intestate. Tom Sherman, of Rochester, a brother of | Miss Sherman, also received a one sixth share. CITY R Frasidont In Constant Danger, While Outbreak Of Anarchy liable At | Any Moment Vera Cruz, May 16. Officials and refugees here believe that the next act of the Mexican drama will be | days. Because of the conditions in | the capital they fully credit the re- | port that General Huerta is stocking | Puebla with food and preparing to! retreat there, with Puerto Mexico as | his only eastern outlet. (General Huerta is now hemmed in by the constitutionalists in the north, while his most important seaport is in the hands of American troops. Zapata and his lawless followers and the brothers Figueroa and an army of bandits menace Htforta from the south To the west of the capital the rail- road to Manzanillo is.open," but American warships dominate the port, while to the east of Mexico | City, Vera Cruz is cut off and with it { the whole stretch of wild country! northward to Tampico. ! General Huerta, therefore, is fight ing with his back to a wall that of- fers little defense. | The foreign diplomats at Mexico City already have demanded that the battle for the possession of the ity be fought in the open and the capital not subjected to a bombardment, In Mexico City itself revols against General Huerta's rule is seething. It is common gossip there that the members of General Huerta's official family are jealously watching him for the first sign reakness which would mean their r $s well as his. The provisional president is believ- ed fo i nstant danger of as- v . while the city is said to { any moment to an out- break of aharchy. This is confirm- ed by the stories of many refugees Lurriving here. To Wed in British Embassy Paris, May 15.--The wedding of Miss Belle Willard, daughter of the United States ambassador to Spain, and Kermit Roosevelt, which has been fixed for June 11th, will take place in the chapel of tile British em- bassy. Rev. D. Watson, pagter of {thé American church in Paris, 'will officiate. : Stride ten) Faculty of Eddcation 'The examinations in the faculty of education at Quedn's university. were brought to a close on Thursday and the pa are now being marked. These be presented to the de The: South American mediators were a presented to President Wil. son to-day in presence of other am- bassadors "and military attaches in uniform, President Wilson merely wished them a safe journey, but made no reference to their mission. "A few leit, 'odd lines boys' only $2.50, worth. double. sale. suits, loney's partment on June 2nd and the an- { nouncements of successful ¢andidates will 'be issued within a day or so af- ter that. There will be some uni- | versity announcements later on. i Survey Engineer Drowned Vaoscouver, B.C. May 15.-Charles Elliott, an engineer attached to a sur- {vey party, was drowned in the Downie { river, t Revelstoke, on Sunday, He came from Eastern Canada, can. knock your curly' You 3 i Cheese sald: Brockville, 1}%¢; 'Sulfragettes Were Surely, In the Por ih to Holloway © juil | y y ax, ARO. each man went to his death he blam- | Sitoen feet to a cement bottom of a ~~. AT DETROIT | DEAN STARR THE RECIPIENT i S------ {Of Gift From the AX. P.A, of St. George's Cathedral On the occasion of the departure of Dean Starr from the city om six months' leave the of the A. {Y.P.A. of St. Coote ati ga thered in St. George's hall on Thurs- day evening and presented the dean with a Persian silk lounging robe. - | Roy Ludlow, made the presentation, | while Miss Edith Evans read .the fol lowing address : "To the Very Reverend Dean Starr, MA., D.D,, rector of St. George's cathedral. Dear Dean: We, the members of the A.Y.P.A. of the ca- thedral of which you are dean,' on the eve of your departure for a much-needed rest and vacation, felt that 'we could not allow you to go J away from us without expressing mn "OMe manner our appreciation wi the valuable services you have always xendered to us, individually and col- lectively. Your presence and counsel at our meetings' have been a stimu- lus and inspiration at all times, and Bt we shall piss you very much during Senator Thoinas 'the period of your absence. We pledge 111, suffering from | you our prayers and good wishes. and assure you of our loyalty to our undertake | church and our association while you rds the establish. | are 'absent from us. - We ask you to al bank | accept the present we tender as a on, has been en {gift from our hearts, and may it con the workmen's | tinually remind you of the A.Y.P.A. Ontatio. of your cathedral. We pray that , the death oc-|your trip abroad will be pleasant, ay of Daniel Mc-!iull of joy and sunshine, 'and that {Laren in his eight¥-ninth year. vou will be sent back to us full of Only about fifteen per cent. of the | vigor and courage for the work of value of farm prgparty) in the prov- | the years to come. Wishing you ince of Ontario hag mortgages against | (rod-speed and a delightful voyage it. : | and vacation we are in the bonds of | FP. Gutelius, general manager of | Christ and His church. government railways, was , hurt on | Thursday, falling from a Montreal street car. }3 ie At Brockville, Ont., Leopold Sim-| The School Children Were Given a 'ard, a young Erench-Canadian from | Half Holiday. Montreal, was committed for trial i A upon charges of Housebreaking and he eall sent out by Mayor Shaw robbery. A | asking the citizens to obwerve Phurs- Three Russians; fwho were 'captur- | ay, Priday and Saturday of this {ed at the time of the hold-up of the Week as 'clean up days" in King- | New Hazelton, B. @. bank, six weeks 5ton, 18 being recognized by a large i to twenty years Number of citizens. A good start ago, were sente Tho 3 : | each in the peniteltiary. | was made om Thursday morning when | i i ; the kine | every carter in the city was engaged. The king, of panied By the kine | The children: of the = public schools ay a military toi ont. in of the city were given a hall holiday nu hh so far has raised on Friday aiternoon for the purpose thousand poynds military jof allowing them to assist their. pa- ity. o ; Mute - Seaning " Hh ites, 3 slay, who has! The cleaning must be 8 n Sa- PI pb rg ty for up-| turday night on account of inspectors wards of twenty-one yeass, has re-| commencing on their tour on Mon- signed, and Mayor Joba IL. Island, | day mormng at eight o'clock. barrister, Orangeville, has been ap- the News of changes. Vankleek Hill ¢; Alexandria, of the Railway an with this compensation ack 3 At Carleton curred on Wed EVERYBODY CLEANING UP Lou: minety char- oe ee" wank nuvie,| DRIDGIE" WEBBER LIED - IN SWORN AFFIDAVITS ed his companion in crime for the WItHESS For Prosecution Forced To deed. | Make Admission By Becker Judging from the attitude of two | cabinet ministers an efiort is now | Counsel being: made to. hold the provincia g o - . elortions over for another i At | New York, May 15... Counsel or present it is said the Possibility of | Charles Bec ker, the former - police a June of July election hat pass | lieutenant in trial tharged with the ed : ! murder of Herman Rosentaal, the yesterday from Vancouver, were off Friday morning | ha fi ) of Police oa As! A new record for travelling be- 8ambler, secured | played in Mexico City within a few |tween-Toronto and: Hamilton was es- | "'Bridgie"" Webber, described as the tablished on Friday, when Aviator | financial backer of the plot that re- McAuley and Lou. E. March, a well-| sulted in the killing of Rosenthal, known sporting writer, made the tr'p | the following admissions ; in a hydroplane in less than thirty-| That he had lied to Deputy Police three minutes. The distance is! commissioner Dougherty, hyly aia about forty miles. things during his diregt eXamipa- Eugene Beam, aged seven, fell tion earlier in the day that he omit- twenty-five feet from a bridge at Og- | ted the first time Becker was on tri- densburg, N. Y., and was picked up |al for his life. and had sworn to only slightly hurt. In the same! affidavits that he swore now false. town, William Goings, a laborer, fell Under the fire of the cross-exami- nation Webber trembled, his mouth tank and was internally injured. He | quivered and then curled into is now in a hospital. | smile. At times he seemed to defy Re | Martin T. Manton. of Becker's coun- BANER B | i sol. to draw any contradictory sta- TWELVE KILLED | tements from him. At other times { he appeared to give way in despair. 5 WN EXPLOSION Twice he admitted that he was re- | morseful for the part he had taken | in the crime. Mention of the death of the four guumen in the electric chair affec- ted the witness almost to the point of tears. But he gripped the arms of the witness chair, regained con- trol of himself and went on with his testimonv. In its essential points the story he told of the murder conspitacy and its result remained unchanged by cross-examination. Attorneys for i the defense expressed themselves as down of buildings several yards _ ' Ee away. Immediately afterwards fire Svatilied, Whey had made Wabber ad broke out, and the works™ are a | complete wreck. A detachment of the Detroit fire brigade and a hun-| dred other rescuers are working! RL frantically at"the ruins to release To Hear Singing Pictures That Are others who may still be alive, The] Being Shown. x cause of the explosion has not yet The Ideal Theatre was packed, last been determined { evening, when the Warick famous sing- : ving pictures were being shown. | Four { The Late ¥. J. H al. {songs were put on, two by Harry < ' . lauder and two by George JLashwood, The death occurred at 4.30 o'clock | {he popular English music hall artist. Thursday afternoon at the Hotel | In Harry Lauder's song, "Back to Dieu of Francis Jowsph Harpell, aged | Bonnie Scotland," the pictars . was fifty years. The. deceased was a far- | staged by Lauder himself, which added; mer aud resided invthe vicinity of 'a great amount to the reality of the Jackson's Mills wntil a short time pictures. § ;dgo when appendicitis followed by | W. J. McQuinn, the manager for peritonitis set in and he was re. these pictures, very gemerously showed moved to the Hotel Dieu. the Whig Yepresentative the mechanical The deceased loaves four soms: device that allows the voices of the George, a farmer pear Catavaqui; singers to be shown at the same time William a» farmer at Iverary; James [as the pictures are seen on the stage. from Nebraska, and John, also from |The sound-producing machine is con- the states. = The funeral will be on :Dected bya belt (with a hand that re. Monday, to St. Mary's cemetery. volves between a - light and a round , RE ' glass dial. On the Jower left-hand Butter, Butter. f comer of the [istre on te screen, a . 1 ial 1 4 ton Every pound of Dairy School but | 1ublicate dial is used a Sera ter is made from pure cream .pastur- jesd : J ! { | Detroit, Mich, May 15.-~-- Twelve men were killed and fourteen bad-| ly hut to-day In a tank explosion at the plant of the Mexican Crude] Rubber "company at Delray, | near here. Ten others are buried in wreckage and may be dead. The explosion caused a terrific tearing "MDEAL THEATRE PACKED uses these dials ax a guide to the The result is said to be perfect if rea- sonable care is exercised Ly the per son running the machine. The other song by Harry Lauder was "Stop Your Tickling Jock," the songs of Lashwood were "Take Me to Your Harem" and: "The Apaches : Dance of Paris." All the pictures are $5.50 and bows' bloomer el suit for' $3.95 at Réfier's sale. The Presidents' association of the Toronto district A. ¥. P. A. have ar-' ranged to hold their annual conven- tion for 1914 at Kingston, on Aug- ust 18th, 19th, and 20th. al Wil Raise New lssue In The Mexican Situation FEAR COMPLICATIONS WHEN EUROPEAN BOATS AT TEMPT TO LAND SUPPLIES Policy of Washington Government Is Not Clearly, Defined on This Mat. ter -- Britain Will Press the Bea- ton Case. Washington, May 15.--Tampica's fall, considerably enlarging the con- stitutionalist gphere of control and giving to them a seaport through which munitions of war may be di- rectly imported, injected into the Mexican situation yesterday several new phases to occupy the attention of official Washington. The last conference of the South American mediators was held during the day and later it was announced that Ambassador Da Gama would start for Niagara Falls via New York to-day. Minister Naon will leave to- night and Minister Suarez Saturday. The American government has al- ready begun representations to the constitutionalists to secure protec- tion for the American and other for- eign operatives returning to the oil wells. Americdn warships have gone up the Panuco river to their old stations before the town and a re- turn of mormal conditions is confi- dently expected by officials here. At the mouth of the river are the federal gunboats with a part of the federal garrison. The captains of the ships asked for an interview with Rear Admiral Mayo which was grant- ed, but its purpose has not yet been divulged. Discussion yesterday centred 'chief- Iy.on the question of shipping arms and ammunition through The constitutionalists are short of ammunition and are certain to avail themselves of their first seaport. to ship war supplies into the interior for. the campaign against Mexico City. : The American government has never made a clear definition of its policy toward shipments of arms inte untries nite Re Py TE When asked what the position of the United States would be, Secretary Bryan replied that there would be time enough to discuss that question when it arse, The presence of Ye two Huerta gunbeats in Tampico harbor, after the evacuation of that city by the federal troops, has led to the conjec- ture that they are to be used to blockade the port, stopping not only importation of arms and ammunition, but all kinds of supplies for the con- stitutionalists. The case of William S. Benton, the British subject "killed 'at Juarez, also looms threateningly on the constitu- tionalist Horizon. Great Britain has announced that it will exact ade- quate reparation as soon as responsi- bility can be fixed upon authorities from whom such reparation can be demanded LE HAD LOADED REVOLVER. Youth Who Admitted Theft Cataraqui Home. When taken in charge, at Brock- ville, the' French iad, Leopold Sim- ard, who admitted committing the theft at the home of Sydney Baker in Cataraqui had a lodded revolver in his possession and a box of cart- ridges. He has been committed to stand his trial on the charge af theft preferred against him there. at a Dump on Fire. The firemen received their third call of to-day, from the dump at the end of Stuart street. It was on fire and the man in charge had an idea the situation was dangerous, but he was able to handle it all vight and the fire- men were not needed. LIBERAL CONVENTIONS IN FIVE RIDINGS There Is Much Activity In Reform Camp In View Of Election Toronto, May 15.--Liberals through- out the province continue active in view of the approaching elections. There is, iu fact, "mueh more activity in the liberal camp than among the conservatives. The only other signs of activity at the moment are the of- forts of the officials of the gover 4 to complete the necessary prepara- tions, which are going of night and day. Officials who have been spoken to are mum as to what they know, but answer questions with a meaning twinkle of the eye. The situ- ation appears to be now that if the necessary preparations can be com- pleted in time jor holding the elec tions on hily 6th, the government will speed that he runs his picturs machines [so order it The following additional liberal con- ventions have Leen arranged : : May 18th, St. Catharines, new rid- ing, visional, May 20th, Stormont, at inh at elland, at Wel land; May 25th, Lennox, at Napanee; May 30th, East Elgin, at Aylmer. Tampico. |" i Aeroplanes and Hydroplanes Will bo you like to the king's birthday in Ror taking a trip up into the air a birdman ? If you care to do so you will have an. opportunity, as the two hird- men who will be here to make ex- hitition. flights 'have urged to ta passengers. Two roplanes will give an exhibition in (i har- bor off park on | the morning of the holiday and in the alterncon the two aeroplanes will give an exhibition. Bomb throwing and other features will mark. the ex hibition. x The celdbration committee has ne gotiated with Mr. Luckey, of the Cur- tiss company; ' for the attractions, but it is not known as yet whether Mr. Luckey will be here to partici pute iu the flights. FIRE AT TANNERY Friction From a Pulley Was Cause of the Blaze. Friction from a pulley was the cause of a 'blaze, which started at Davis tannery at 11.24 o'clock on Friday morning, when damage was done to the extent of $300. The fire occurred in we belt chute, A large leather drive belt which was destroyed, was insured. The fire was extinguished with a line of pri- vate hose. : , The ladder truck from the Brock street station was delayed on its way to the fire when a horse driv- en by Mrs. Richardson, wife of Dr. A. W. Richardson, bolted on Barrie street, near Colborne street, and . caused some excitement. Mrs. Rich ardson showed great skill ii hand- ling the animal, turning it west on York street. . Have yom yet ? ~ It depends largely on the hyma~- ity of his master whether the dog's life is easy or not. 3 i the place Anderson's meat market to get good meat. = 21.50 corsets, $1. Dutton's. R SE THEDAILY BRITISH Ry yal yh. Seber 4 C \ ha I RE ING wi % J os Depot ..205 King =, Princess taken in Romney's «ale Bucknell's News Clarke, J. W, & Co.......008 College Book Store ......100 Princess Coulter's Grocery ..::....000 Princess Cullew's Grocery, Cor, Princess & Alfred Froutenac Hotel ,.........Ontarle Si, Gibson's Drug Store .. Market Square McAuley's Hook Store. ...08 Princess McGalls Cigar Store Cor, Prin. & King Medley's Drug Store 200 University Ave Paul's Cigar Store ....,...70 Princess Prouse's Drug Story ..,.518 Princess Valleaw's Grocery +.308 Monmtresm) Lowe's Grocery ..... i+, Fortamouth BORN. ALLEN--Friday, Ma 15th, 1914, to Mr. and Mrs, R. y. Adlon: 340 Jolin- son St, a son, : DIED. HARPELLE--At Hotel Dieu Hospital, May 14th, 1914, Franels Joseph Har- pelle Funeral notice later. STEWART--On Thursday, May 18th, 1914, at his. fate fesidence, Har- rowsmith, Samuel F. Stewart, Wn. his 73rd year. Funeral from his late residence Mons day, May 15th, at 1.30 pn, inter ment at Cataraql gemetery TIN MEMORIAM. Tu loving memory of hy dear moth. er, Mrs. Capt. John G. Hurley, who died in November, 1803 4 Although ten years Was passed and gone by Since that great Borrow came; Yet In our hearts we mourn the loss Of.another 'we loved so well, Mother's voice from our household is gone, Her voice we Toved ig stiiled. A place is vacant in our home Wihich 'never can be filled, God called her home--it was His wish But in our hearts she liveth still Mother's memory i§ 88 dear to-day As in the hour mother passed away. --Written by her daughter, re. Alex. PRAY Big mm este te -------------- Profit for you at Roney's sale. = McLeod's Grocery ....Bl Union St. W.' © i