YEAR 86: N HOCKEN MAKES LIVELY CHARGES Declares That "Official Patronage" Has Been Substituted At Ottawa. DOUBLECROSSED HUGHES ¥ IN REGARD TO PENITENTIARY APPOINTMENT. WILSON SCORED NUS. SEN (For Assailiog Scaators Opposing the League of Nations Campaign. | A GENERAL FAIBUSTER SENATE TO PREVENT PASSING OF BILLS. IN THE Officials He Alleges That Inside" Traffic and Look After Friends. { "Ottawa, March 4.--Official pat- | ronage, according to H. C. Hocke of West Toronto, has been subsli-| tuted under the Civil Se Act, for the political patrondge bygone days Mr. Hoeken bro} new ground in the debate Speech from the Throne ed considerable sensation last night | when from his seat on the Govern- | | "on the in new rice |} f on the and caus- ment side of the House of Commons he launched a criticism of the wor 3 the Civil Service He that in certain cases, although i vertisements calling for applications | for positions were published in f cordance with the requirements of | the law, the men to fill those posi- | tions had been selected before those | | charged | ad advertisements appeared He asserted that the appointment | of a postmaster for Toronto was de layed because a candidate for the office, who was subsequently un successful, was '"'a friend of a friend of the secretary of the Civil Ser- vice Commission | Regarding W. 8." Hughes, When it became necessary to ap- point a superintendent of peniten- tiaries, under the legislation of last session, Mr. Hocken said the Civil Service Commission named a com- mittee of three men to make the choice. One of the three, the mem- ber for West Toronto said, was hos- tile to the man in Canada best qualified for the office. Mr. Hocken evidently had Brigadier-General Hughes, former inspector of peni- tentiaries "in mind, for he declared that the committee of three had thrown out all the applications be- fore them, readvertised the posi- tion, and sp had '"'double-crossed the qualified man who was a returned soldier and had been promoted to the rank of brigadier-general on the field of battle." "He has no friends on the eom- mittee," declared Mr. Hocken, "there is no official anxious for his appointment." These things led West Toronto member to assert that the "Civil Service Commission was being used to pay debts of friendship by putting men into Government positions." "Is not this a fact," asked Mr. Hocken, "that there is no place for a returned soldier in the eivil ser- vice except at the bottom? When an assistant filling clerk was want- ed, at $1,600 a year, the advertise: ment stated that applicarfts must have five years' experience in a Government department. That meant that returned soldiers were barred, 'T would have every position in the Outside Civil Service filled up on the recommendation of the man who sits in Parliament for the con- stituency in which the vacancy ex- ists," he said. "There is no man so well qualified," he contended, "to speak as to the character and fit- ness of a man applying for a pub- He position as the member for the constituency, who knows his fam- ily and his antecedents." A css Wilson Signs VWheat Bill. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, March 4.-- President Wilson to-day signed a wheat guar- antee bill carrying an appropriation of one billion dollars to maintain the guaranteed price of $2.26 a bushel. | | * < DEMANDS DELIVERY OF : GERMAN MEROHANT FLEET %_ (Canadian Press Despatch.) % Copenhagen, March 4... Mar- # shal Foch has demanded the im- # medaie delivery of the German + mercantile fleet without regard % to the question of food supply, # according to a despatch from '¥ Weimar. 5 bbb eebratesd ds -» fed dll di dob ddd dbp liob bd pd £& WHIG CONTENTS. iy 1I---Hocken Makes Charges In Pare tiament; President Wil Scor- ed : Housing Bill Before House: GTP. Railway to De- fault Interest; City's Housing Needs Urgent. 2--The Y.M.CA. Annual Meeting; Inciagnts of the Day, . * ia oT War: Things That Never 2 3-one Passes the Budget; Lo- ents: General Report; Local News. ; Thestrs and d i Other Announcements. : i S§--Namination of G.W.V.A. Ofjeers; J HEary: Theatrical 3-~Kingston Milk Below Standard: Toning Highway Measure; War 10--1n the Realm of Women; Deaths in the Great Wat T-News the Country: Buy | as | of | to senators as having ae-|* | to 3 | Railway Bill Killed--Senetors Sher- | Appointments | man and Lodge Kill Time by Mak- ing Long Speeches. (Canadian | Despa Washington, March 4 Newspaper accounts of the recent dinner given Wilson to members of committee, esident had bitterly by President the saying Democratic national that the Pr nations campaign, were the sub- ject of an address by Senator Sher- man, of Illinois, Republican, in the this morning senate i led senators opposing the league early | The | aily British Whig [+=] ONTA BOLSHEVIK SHEL | | | l | | { { i | { | published reports read by the sena-| tor said the President had referred and that he had declared they should be hanged on gibbets as high pigmy minds," | | 1 as | heaven, but pointing in the opposite | direction." "Nothing has conference leaked of Paris," out peace at said the | : 1 Senator Sherman, 'more applicable | the war situation than threats of the chief executive." the President as saying that the | but knots keep | unravelling," the IlHnois senator said: "This language is classic; he has added another matchless phrase to those with which he has enriched our American politi- cal literature." Senator Sherman spoke at great length, and his humorous and scath- ing sarcasm caused senators and spectators alike to rock with laugh- ter, with only perfunctory attempts at restraint made by the presiding officers 'nothing to from were their bodies Last Hours of Senate, (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, March 4 ---With but a few hours of the final session of the sixty-fifth Congress remaining, the Republicags in the Senate this morn- ing were continuing a general fili- buster, which had lasted throughout the long night meeting. The gen- eral deficiency bill, including $750, 000,000 for railroad administration revolving fund, was a measure against which the minority filibuster was specially aimed. Senators Sherman, of Illinois. and Lafol- lette, of Wisconsin, spoke for several hours. the former beginning at one o'clock this morning after Rebubli- can leader Lodge had presented and failed to secure action on the resolu- tion which, he said, was supported hy thirty-seven members of the new sen- ate ovposing the acceptance of the constitution of the league of nations as framed Congress Adjourns. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, March 4.--Congress adjourned at noon to-day in the midst of the republican filibuster in the senate that killed 'a long list of important measures. Among the bills that failed was one appropriat- ing 750 millions of railroad admin- istration, without which some aa- inistration leaders say the raii- ads muse returned to their own- ers before the middle of April. Just before adjournment, President Wil- son authorized a final notice to the républicans that their efforts to force an immediate extra session had fail- ed, that he was unshaken in his de- termination not to call the new con- gress until his work at the peace conference was done. The adjournment marks the pass- ing of democratic control at the cap- itol. Big bills that failed included both the army and navy appropria- tion measures. The only two im- portant measures that ran the gaunt- let of last forty-eight hours of fili- bustering were the Victory Liberty Loan bill and the billion dollar wheat guarantee bill. President Wilson's Statement. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, March 4.--Upen ad- jowrmment of Congress to-day, Presi- dent Wilson issued a statement say- ing: "I take it for granted that the men who have obstructed and have prevented the passage of Hog sume the regpponstbility of the im- paired efficiency of the government and the em finances 'of the coun during the time of my en- forced absence." President Wilson leaves this after: noon for New York on his way back to France. : Merrickville has passed a by-law heads of senators opposing the league | these | De- | claring that one account had quoted | hattered and raked by the fire of age by shrapnel fire. Ne a THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY GIVEN Despatches That Come From Near And TIDINGS FOR OUR READERS |: PRESENTED IN POSSIBLE THE BRIEFEST | FORM. a I The Whig's Daily Condensation of |t the News of the World From Tele- graphic Service and Newspaper Exchange. North Bruce farmers will place a | candidate in the field for the next]: provincial election. General Pau, of the French mission to Canada, placed a wreath of violets on the grave of Sir Wilirid Laurier ait Ottawa. Frank L. Duggan of Stratford sued H. Johnson for libel, claiming $10,000, and was awarded by Justice Clute $1. Six Nation forwarded to Princess oil painting of the wold church as a bridal gift. = Manitoba grand jury claimed that eighy per cent. of the crime coming up for hearing before them in this session was committed' by those of foreign birth. Thomas W. Gregory, retiring at- torney-general of the United States, will accompany President Wilson to Paris as geperal adviser and assist- ant at the Peace Conference, Bavarian troops opposed to the radical government in Munich are marching on that city, according to a despatch from Zurich. Serious fight- ing is probable. Qe Charles E. Van Loan humorist, famous as a writer of . stories on sporting topics, died on Sunday, of chronic nephritis at a hospital in Abington, Pa. "Knotty" Lee, business manager of the Toronto Baseball Club has re- signed to accept the management of the Brantferd team in the Michigan- Ontario League. = New Jersey has barred the Wil- liard-Dempsey bout because of the lack of a suitable building in which to stage it and beeassv of the dis- parity in the ages of the men. In a fire at the Chicago Union stock vards on Monday Morris & Co. lost a warehouse valued at $500,000. One man was killed and three were serfously injured. x : Ivy Hutchinson, who claims to hel the daughter of a mine owner near was arrested in London, a charge of false pretences, in the Oxiord county jail. i a a c women have Patricia an Mohawk Indian V ¥ © u < t grant of a bonus by the Police Com- mission, wanting a straight raise in| salary, so the bonus has been with- drawn and they are back on their old | salary, ¢ 5 4 Allied on the miles south of Archangel. 10 reports at Archangel the Alles have evacuat- : od the village of Vevsievskawa. is front 160 A (Canadian Press De y ; St. Joha's, Nid. Mann The Furness line steamer Apponine. bound from Liverpool for this port, was driven ashore at Witless Point. by the ice pack, early to-day. pfor the borrowing of $12000 with which to build ie in the municipality. | tire east coast is blocked jam, and nothing his room, as well as many luxurious suites, inl flowing freely into this district. Thursday at Brighton, upon a com- Distant Places. > Trenton came up before Police Mag- he week quarts. boxes, way by comotives are months ago 20,000 locomotives available, half of which were in good condition. Lawrence, Islands, has not frozen over. Chatham police objected to the! | The Bolsheviki continue to push § rr off J Y their offensive against the American The photo shows one of the entrances of the Kremlin. in the Bolsheviki. Alexander 11. a |LIQUOR SEIZURES STILL FREQUENT Stuff Brought in by Motor and Some Comes in Queer Disguises. roses March 4.--Liquor is still On Cobourg, Li- of laint issued by 'Geo. Goodrich, ense Inspector, "Judy" Empey strate Drewry and was fined $200 nd costs, He was charged with bringing liquor in by motor. At Pontypool on'Monday Inspector roodrich seized about $250 worth of lcohol, supposed to belong to some tussian Jews who had just moved o the locality. The liquor was pack- ed in three large packages contain. ng old rags, such as are picked up reund the country, t the C.P.R. station here during Inspector Goodrich seized bottles of Burke's Irish, imperial This was packed in paper tussiyp Has Only 4,500 Locomotives. Stockholm, March 4.--The rail- situation in (Russia is most al- rming, the Soviet Economic Coun- il in Petrograd has heen informed the Bolshevik Commi ry of Vays and Cominunications, 'etrograd despatch. Only 4 fit for service, declared, whereas two the government had ommissiary If the present condition of affairs is not ameloriated by the middle or April, the commissiary predicted, the Russian interior would then be com- pletely deprived of means of com- munication, w River Qpen All Winter, Brockville, Mareh 4.--Capt. Lewis J. Estes of"Chippawa Bay made his isual trip by metor boat from Chip- pawa Bay to Alexandria Bay yester- day, encountering. only a small am- unt of floating ice -on the. way. Capt. Estes has made this trip every week this winter, winter in the recollection of any of This is the first he present gemeration that the St. among the Thousand The en- U uding the Emperor's, were reduced to wreck- Around the entrance may be seen the Bolsheviki element gathered. A A A AAA AAA Anam "tiem Moscow, the gates and walls was born in the Kremlin, anc RAILWAY BEHIND A HALF MILLION The Grand Trunk Pacific Likely 10~De fault on Interest. 10 CALL ON GOARANTOR WHICH ARE THE GRAND TRUNK CO. AND THE GOVERNMENT, The Situation May Lead to a Re- ceivership--The Whole Business Is Very Complicated -- The Grand Trank Co. Wants to Hold an to Its Own Lines, Ottawa, March 4.--Thé Canadian Railway situation promises to take a dramatic turn the fact that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is fikely to default on the interest on its bonds A very complicated situation will by result from this lkely development of which the government has quietly been tipped off. The bonds-in ques- are in part guaranteed by the government. The interest that is {due now is about a half million dol- lars. During the year the company has been helped out to the tune of $7,500,000. While the Grand Trunk has been against selling out the parent line, it has been anxious to get rid of the G.T.P, and the default, if it takes place, may aid in that way. The defauft would be to the bond- holders and would likely lead to a receivership, which would\doubtless call on the guarantors--the present company---+to the extent of about $45,000,000 and the government about $60,000,000, The whole business is complidated with some doubt as to. just where one responsibility ends and the other 'begins. There have been guarantees and loans and other financing. The purpose, it is thought here, is for the main company to abandon the un- profitable line--ithe G.T.P.-to its fate and endeavor to hold on to its own line, ASK FOR CONSIDERATION. Claims to Right of as -Detarmination, a n n Press Despate Washington, March 4 The House early to-day by a vote of 21¢ to 41 adopted the resolution -ex- predsing the hope that the peace conference would 'favorably eon- sider the claims of Ireland to the right of self-determination." The resolution now gaes to the Senate, where it is considered altogether imp ¢ that any action can be sbiaingq before the [final adjourn ment, sts sty, New York Boatmen Strike, (Canadian Press Despatel) New York, March 4---The strike of 16,000 boatmen in New. York harbor, halted last January at the cabled request of President Wilson, was resumed at six o'clock to-day. The strikers will not accept the 'award made by V. Everit Macy, um- pire . for the War Labor : | They demand wage increases aver- ging: thiety per cent. and olght iv la inn ll i IN operations. profit on negative. that the treasurer of a municipality should + GERMANY'S HEAVY GUNS. * USING BIL BEFORE HOUSE Too Few Members Present Monday to Put It Through. INTEND 0 START WORK SOON AS PREMIER SAYS. 10 AS The Municipalities Well Protected --Question Asked if the Govern- ment Has Power to Regulate Rents. Toronto, March 4.--The Ontario Legislature went into committee of the whole on the Housing Bill yes- terday afternoon, with Hon. Thos. Crawford in the chair. Mr. Elliott, of West Middlesex, inquired whether any housing com- panies would be excluded from sharing in the scheme. Premier Hearst replied companies not incorporated under the Housing Accommodation Act, would be excluded. This act limits the company's profits to six per cent. A company which was out solely to make money was not eligible un- der the bill, he pointed out. Mr. Davidson, North Brant, in- quired why municipal councils could the necessary by-law without the vote of the electors. Sir William replied that the muni- cipalities were well protected, und that it was intended to start work as soon as possible. Mr. Proudfoot expressed regret at the absence of so many members of the House interested in the scheme, and asked the Government not to rush the bill through. Premier Hearst agreed not to move the bill beyond the committee stage this af- ternoon. He went on to explain that all the parts of the houses un- der construction would be standard- ized, and that helpful information would be given municipalities as to the effecting of economy. --_---- that al! pass As to Material Prices. Mr. Eliott enquired whether housing commissions were given power to investigate or regulate the price of any building materials. The Premier doubted whether such power could be given the commis- gion. Mr. Proudfoot expressed the opin- fon that the commission had mno- thing to do with actual building Sir William did not agree with this, however. Mr. Tolmie, of Windsor, asked whether a company or a commis- sion could draw up their own plans. The Premier replied in the affirma- tive. Mr. Tolmiée also inquired whe- ther a municipality could make a the purchase and sale of Premier replied in the Mr. Tolmie considgred land. The accounts Sir Wil- keep the housing separate from all others. liam concurred in this. Mr. Hay, of North Perth, sug- gested that credits be granted to workmen who had already made partial payments on their homes. Premier Hearst, in reply, stated that such homes should be built when prices were lower than at the present time. The bill, he explain- ed, was not designed to help those who had built houses, but to en- courage the construction of more homes. Mr. Studholm, of East Hamil- ton, asked whether the Government had power to regulate rent. prices. The Premier promised to give a re- ply later. Mr. Davidson expressed fear that $20 a month would be too high a rate for a workman to pay, and that the bill' would then defeat its own object. Lodge's Mdtion Fails. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Mareh 4.--Senator Lodge introduced a motion in the senate opposing the league of nations as now proposed, but failed to se- cure enough votes to carry it. ¢ - y For Ex-Kaiser. (Canadian Yresg Despatch) The Hague, March 4.-- A recep- tion here to General Vorbeck, form- er German commander in East Afri- ca, resolved itself into a manifesta- tion of sympathy for the Ex-Kaiser. France Refuses to Feed Germany, (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, March 4.--France refuses to participate in the feeding of Ger- many, claiming it is robbing her own people of necessary food. : -------------- SEPP ITE & : * ALLIES MA Y DESTROY #. (Canadian Press Despatch.) % Paris, March 4.--The Allies % may destroy the heavy German # guns, aeroplanes and tanks in % Germany, as they are consider- # or too heavy to move. i epresentatives of Great Brit. % ain, United States and France # left for Sia to make final ar- # rangements for the transfer of # Gérmman ships in neutral ports. PROPS PE BBP b OD | POSSIBLE, TH | LAST EDITON CITY'S HOUSING NEEDS. URCENT The City Council Surprised That Kingston Actually Has Shims. IPPONTS A COMMITEE ARRANGE FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING RELIEF. TO and Their With the at its For Returning Soldiers Families--Will Deal | Building Loan Scheme Next Meeting. That Kingston actually has t that soldiers' wives and fagfilies live in them because they can get no other place of abode, and that a large number of new houses are needed to relieve the present congested living condidtions hero were things learned by the City Council on Monday night when Aid. Rodger reported on behalf of the housing committee recentty pointed. The committee recom- mended that the city take advant- age of the Ontario Government's Housing Act, but as this act is only now before the Legislature, and i's final terms were not before council, Ald. Rodger withdrew his report for two weeks. However, on his motion, council appointed a special committee consisting of Alds. Cor- bett, Litton, Wright, Rodger : and Patterson to secure temporary quarters for returned soldiers and their families. This committee will report to the finance committee as to what money needs to be expend- ed tgpfit up these temporary quart- ers. Ald. Graham strongly against into the building business. held that the shortage of houses was only a temporary condition, and that when the soldiers were all discharged they would move to their own homes along with their families. He did not think that at present Kingston needed even fifty new houses, and this number would be erected in the ordinary course of events, as last year that number of new dwellings were erected in Kingston. Ald. Graham contended that Kingston could not give em- ployment to any more men than fit had now, and that if a large num- ber of houses were erected they would only become empty. He could not:see what security the council would have against loss by the housing loan scheme. ---- sl 8, raised his the council voice going He City 1s Protected. Mayor Newman explained that the city would be fully protected against loss, because if a borrower was unable to keep up his payments the property could be sold. . Ald. Smith said he regretted that Ald. Graham should throw cold water on the housing scheme, which was to help the returned soldier and the laboring man chiefly. Ald. Simmons came forward with the suggestion that temporary hous- ing relief might be secured if those in need of dwellings would reside on Garden Island for a while. There were twenty or thirty houses over there, and the ferry = boat would soon be making regular trips across the harbor. Even workingmen could travel across morning and evening. Ald. Rodger made a strong de- fence of the housing committee's re- part and told of the slum conditions he had witnessed in a tour made last Saturday with H. C. Nickle. He had no sympathy with Ald. Gra- ham's arguments that houses were not needed, and that the present conditions were only temporary. Sanitary conditions alone demanded increased housing accommodation. Ald Rodger said he was surprised that Ald. Graham, who was a lead- ing member of the Salvation Army, should not know more about the living conditions here. To this Ald. Graham © retorted that the Salvdtion Army workers knew all about the conditions, for they were always laboring where there was need. A Crack at Landlords, Ald. Patterson expressed sur- prise that Kingston had slums, but this fact was revealed to the hous- ing committee, Kingston, he said, (Continued on Page 3.) PEACE IN SIGHT BY END OF MARCH Arthur Balfour Gives His Views ~All Eyes Are on America. Paris, March 4.--S8peaking to the British correspondents, Arthur J. Balfour, British Secretary of Fore eign Affairs, sald; "By the end of March we shall at least be in sight of a preliminary peace, which will be the greatest stride towards universal peace. Asa representative of the British Govern ment I am in a position to say that what is going on In America at this moment is more important for the success for a general peace than What is being done In Poris to-day." Mr. Balfour added that the League of Nations would not attain its full- est fruit unless the United States ap-