. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1915. : Easter ~-New Togs Livingston's Easter Comes Soon--You Want New Togs. Display. You are certain to be satisfied here. We have said 80. Now you make us prove it. An elegant showing of new suits, and the styles we are showing for spring are certainly dandies, $15 and $18. Every good drésser appiépiates a smart spring over- See our $12 and $15 overcoats. : We have the hats that will please vou, too. Mes, the hoys are well cared for by our big stoek of SUIS. For the small Boys' Suits {or the larger Boys' Suits See 'Our coat. $4.00 to $ 7.00 $4.50 to $10.00 » . 4 1 Livingston's ; Brock Street. A little out of the way, but it will pay you te walk. New Goods = =m-------- NEW SUITS, the the newest styles - NEW COATS, all this season's latest novelties; from 4 SEW KID GLOVES, the best Froth and English es, ew guaran- teed ............... $1.00and $1.25 a pair Si >" NEW WAISTS, the latest designs in Voile, Silk and Crepe- LI "980, $1.48, $1.06 and $2.98 DR. EDWARDS Says the Prison Commission False the Evidence HE STAKED HIS SEAT ON. THE STATEMENTS HE MADE. HAD Frontenac Member Criticizes Col. W. S. Hughes and Urges Removal of Warden O'Leary and Others -- Justice Department Under Seru- tiny. Ottawa, March 31.--Ounce again Dr. 4. W. Edwards has thrown the white light of Parliamentary publicity on the penitentiarics. He availd him- self of the discussion of the esti mates of the Department of Justice yesterday afternoon to discuss the whole subject. Some of his state- ments were little short of sensational The populfition ei Canada's peni tentiarics had increased, the member for Frontenac pointed out, fifty-six per cent. in the last ten years. To- day flty-five per cent. of the &onvict inmates were under the age of thirty years. Both facts indjcate that'some- thing was wrong with the system. Tho investigation held last year had failid. Malters had improved, but to a very slight extent. Dr. Edwards declared that the Com missioners who vonducted the inves tigation of the afiairs of the Kings ton Penitentiary had - "deliberately falsified and misrepresented the evi dence taken." Ii he could not prove this serious statement he was wil ing to resign his seat in Parliam r retire from public life. The Cammis sion had consisted of GG. M. Macedon nell and "Dr. Ethérington, of Kings ton, and JP, Downey, an official of the Ontario. Government. The Frontenac member was also se vere in his strictures tipon Cdl. W S. Hughes, lospector of the Peniten- tiary, whom he charged with supply- ing the material upon which the evi- dence for the investigation was call éd for; and subsequently, having re ceived a position drawing greater emolument, ol stulifying himseli. Dr. Edwards Iso charged Warden O'Leary with cruelty and inhumanity, and urged that he dnd several other officials be rel'eved of their posi | tions. Robert Bickerdike (Montreal, St. Lawrence) endorsed much of what Dr. Edwards had said. In some re- spects Canada permitted the "worst blunders of the most heatheniéh na- tions He urged the Minister of Justice to make a visit to the On- tario Prisen Farm at Guelph. Col. Hugh Clark also commended the Frontenac member. It was time! for radical prison reform. Some of the instances of gross and heartless cruelty outlined by Dr. Edwards' made reform imperative. | Mr. Nickle, (Kingston) differed | from his Frontenac colleague upon | the latter's strictures regarding the | commissioners who investigatea. If the conclusion arrived at were erron- eous, they at.least were honest and, painstakingly evolved. Hé agreed, | | however, with Dr. Edwards that re- {form in the administration of the! | institution and the introduttion of improved methods was desirable. Hon. Dr. Doherty reminded the house that strong and exaggerated; | language was not calculated to help | any case. He was in Sympathy with | doing as much along the Hnes of hu- | manity as was copsistent. with the! purpose of the institution, but care! Was necessary that in the zeal for reform injustice was not done to these charged with carrying out the! law as the law is. However, | would rather have a bad system in! the hands of good men than a good! system in the hands of bad men. The | Minister said he was now convinced { he had made an error in not dissas-| sociating the work of investigating | charges against specific officers from | the inquiry into the general question | of penitentiary conditions. The responsibility, however, was | not. with the Commissioners, Their! report was only a recommendation. | "I will not seek to shirk the decision which has to be made," commented 'the Minister. It was only justice to say that so far as the Sharges, MAKES ~ SERIOUS CHARGES against Mr. O'Leary were concerned he had found no ground for disagree- | ing with the Commission. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. Extension On the Intercolonial Takes ' a Million. ! Ottawa," March 31.--The supple- 'mentary est'mates for the ensuing | year were brought down by Hon, W. | T. White in the House Tuesday after- noon. The expenditures are: Civil Government, $44,400; legis- lation, $19,000; arts and agriculture, $30,000; seed grain, $1,275,000: pensions, $1,388,400; militia and de- fence, $35,450; railways and canals --Bathurst spur line, $62,400; branch line frgm Sunny Brae to Mul-! grave, $1000,000; enlarging Port! Colborne 'elevator house, Welland | Canal, $25,080; Vancouver and Fort! William harbors, $875,000; public buildings, $243,902. The total supplementary estimates call for an expenditure of $6,667,- 540, of which seed, grain, pensions, . C. R,, and public works items! amount to $6,100,000. In future Dominion polls will Ve open from § am. until 6 pm., in! stead of from 9 to 5, while workmen | arg given an additional hour at noon without loss of pay in order to cast their. votes. Legislation to provide for Canadian soldiers on active service at the front polling their Votes in the forthcom: ing general election is to be introdue- ed in Parliament. Col. Stoneham, Ham'lton, claims to | be inventor of a patent spade and shield of "which. the Government bought 25000 at £1.35 apiece for use | by the Capadian Contingent. Miss! Ida McAdam, private secretary 10 the Minfster of Militia, holds the pat nt. He gave the fects to the department as far back as 92. A Conservative member of Parlia- ment bought $72,000 worth of horses | for the Government, ihrough middle men of his own choosing. The facets | are coming out helore the Public Ac counts 'Committee. Whether the coun- try*®really got the horees purchased or the farmers got all the money paid out is stil to he investigated. RESEMBLED CHRISTMAS TREES. | Describes Appearance of Canadians | Entering Trenches, Montreal, March 31.--A descrip- of the appearance of Canadians en-| tering the trenches is given in a let- ter by Private C. D. B. Whitby, of | the Royal Montreal Regiment, in| writing to friends here. He says the first time his regiment went into | the trenches they started out at mid- night. Each man was loaded down in heavy marching order, with great ' coat, fur trench coat, ratioms, blan-| kéts, rubber sheet, personal kit, am-| munition, rifle, accoutrements, mess | tin, firewood, etc., ingeniously hung about his person--the collecgion mak- | ing each of them look like an ani-| mated Christmas tree. { To Remove Silver From Detroit. : Windsor; March 31.--Qliver J.! Wilcox, MP., for North Essex, is au- thority for the statement that the! Government, through the Receiver--; General at Ottawa, has finally econ-! Ji cluded an arrangement whereby the glut of Canadian silver, in Detroit! banks will be removed at kages of $100 each and distributed! to various Canadian points where a shortage exists. This will ebviate! the necessity for further mining of. Ji silver by the Government for a time! at least. It is estimated there is at Teast $150,000 in the present time. War Keeps Glass Plant Busy. Toronto, O., Mar¢h 31.--The de- ||| mand for lamp chimneys and other similar lighting glassware for" ex- | port is so strong, as a ves .r of if: war, that the local plant of ue Gill Glass Company has been compelled | to lncrease its output, and addition-| al forces are being employed. Th> orders on file for export will neces- | sitate continuous operation, of the! plant until the end of the present | fire on July 3rd, i qnce. The NH money will be accepted at par in pae- | | Detroit banks at] | Exclusive - Styles in Smart Suits We wish to impress upon our customers that the styles offéred are not the usual "ready to put. on." They are garments of a much higher type, made of materials which we guarantee and made from designs that have received the seal of approval from the very best makers. : : Models in Spring Suits $14.50, $15.75, $12.50, $16.50, $18.50, $20 and up to $30. Also Spring Coats In Correct Style Designs, $7.50, $8, $9.25, $10, $11.50, $12.50 and up to $16.50, be EET Sree rr Alterations FREE of Charge Alterations now looked after by competent tailoresses and satisfaction assured. 1 i The Buying of Your Easter Gloves Should not be left to the last moment and we suggest se- suring them to-morrow, a We have never had such a complete stock and our exelu- sive dependable gloves are priced as bfore. . - $1.00 Kid Gloves SUITABLE FOR EVERY OCCASION. These are French Gloves, properly cut, fitting perfeetly, andl in shades of tans, greys, black, white. : $1.25 Kid Gloves Selected skins; every detail has been properly looked after, in shades of tans, inode shades, greys, black, sand, white, putty. WHITE WASHABLE KID GLOVES... $1.25 | WASHABLE CHAMOISETTE GLOVES, Special 50c Kid Gloves for Girls Special makes ready for to-morrow. and Boys: at .........0...........5400,8$500 and $6.00 shoe js the Patent Button Plain Toe. with bisck cloth or kidney, heel at ieee... $3.50; $4.50 and $6.00 ¢ 1