Bh YEAR so: N o -- ASPHALTIC ROAD OIL BEST FOR THE COATING OF ROADS The Imperial Oil Company's Product Is Highly Commended by City Engineers-- What Tests By Expert Chemists Show Kingston Asked to Use It. versy regarding the qualities of ous brands of comes another on the values o asphaltic read oil the Board of wien tenders ved, and for rout oils were « cu more information was for, the matter was left to the recommendation of the city engineer It is, note the opinions of expert ing ™regarding the This oil has been tried out cities in Can- therefore, very interesting ¢ on pav usd asphaltic road: oll on many oecasions in ada and the United States, and also in Great Britain, and the following long| v by idea of the 1 the list of submitted ex perts, opinjons, SO will give sults obtained, and of compara tive values of asphaltic oils and tar olls In a letter to E. D of the road department of the Imperial O11 Company, A. Mullen, Gray, Charles direc- Following closely upon the contro- much vari-| : Suita ve | marked ad asphalt paving, there| respective | ¢ tarvia, superior road olland | ti At the meeting of | fact Works on Wednesday, | asked | retained to] f { | | 1 | | | @ "| give forth muffled t.me, the THIS is a very more asic aspl surface is 35 easily tured horses calks and steel 3 than is the more rigid tar sur When an asphalt surface film horse's calks or teel tires, instead of be- chipped off, it will have sufficient li 80 that auto- tires will iron out and heal tuminous road coveriug under alTic nts lower and t $s ments since the mobile the | Weathers Better. d road. films 1sistency moderate applied » on adja- even the lay- that at low will be give forth , while the plastic and I'his is of Asphalt tar asphaltic of at Ie 1 are ent sections of a road will readily teniperatures and brittle and under trath still remain m v ter bard minds will mpe ¢ notice he tar harp asphalt ound greate Ceptibility to the the tar to and for thi with asphaltic a winter's exposure ito elements and the tra#ic in better shape than a road treated with tar road oil ana due change nn temperature; treated h reason, a vad oil will come throt the > aily Britis KIN G8TON, CANADIAN SOLDIERS EMBARKING AT LIVERPOOL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, The pictures were taken a -- Eas \ he he o t Liverpool, when 2,000 Can- MARCH 27, 1919, ] AAPA PAN WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISES Bonar Law Makes An Announcement Re. specting Premier Lloyd George. FISCAL POLICY CHANGES 10 PUBLIC HEALTH BILL | er e-------- HAS BEEN INTRODUCED a p-- ---- in the Commons--Minister of) Crown to Preside Over | Department. Ottawa, March Hon. Ww Rowell, in the Hous esterday after- noon, introduced a bill to ereate af fedgral Department of Public Health.| Thé department will presided | over by a Minister of the Crown the usual provisions are made for| the appointment of a Deputy Minis-| ter and the necessary officers and staff, . | ~The powers of 'the Minister of} Public Health will extend to and in-| clude all matters and questions re lating to the promotion and the pr servation of the health and social] welfare of the people of the country. | Ceftain particular powers are men- | tioned in the bill, co-operation | with provincial and other health au-| thorities; authority to deal with] questions relating to the preserv tion of child-health and child-wel-| fare generally; medical care of im- migrants; supervision regards | public health of railways, boats, ships| and all methods of transportation; | supervision of federal public build-| ings in respect to the health of civil servants and other Government em-| ployees; enforcement of the rules] and regulations of the international] joint commission in to the | pollution of boundary waters | The bill, 'Mr. Rowell added, also] provided for the creation of a Do-| minfon Council of Public Health. The | Deputy Minister the department] would be chairman The council} would consist of the chief executive | officer of each provincial department | or Board of Health with three others | to be named by the Governor-in- he as, as respect of Couficil hig mons voted LAST EDITION CALLS. IT A RAID ON TREASURY Dr. Edwards Wants That $5,000 Returned By Sir Charles Hifzpatrick. SR CHARLES 1S ENTITLED TO THE MONEY ACCORDING TO HOUSE RESOLUTION, But He Offers to Return It if There is Any Doubt as to the Legality of His Receiving It. Ottawa, March ~--In the Com- yesterday afternoon Dr. BEd- wards, Frontenac, moved that 'the amount of $5,000 received by Sir Charles Fitzpatrick for the fiscal years 1915-16 and 1916-17 to cover connection with the judicial committee of the Privy Council, should be returned to the treasury of Canada forthwith." In presenting his motion, Dr. Ed- wards said that a respectable raid had been made on -the treasury. Apologists had found, in the techai- cal phraseology of the vote, a loop- hole for payment of the money. But there was no doubt in the opinion of Dr. Edwards that the money was to pay the expenses of Sir 27 expenses in tor of the paving department of the subjected to the same conditions, and Jadians embarked. Many of them were members of the Royal Milton writes as| Wil be in better form for rereat-1 oa nadian Regiment, the Dominion regular army. The follows or] BER larger picture shows the men going on the steamer and the "In reply for cireles shows the distribution of cigarettes and refreshments {Charles Fitzpatrick while attending [sittings of the Privy Council in Lon- Although he did not go over- however, Sir Charles received TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT BUDGET. i THREE RIVERS IS TO HAVE 400 NEW HOUSES don, | seas, Hersey Company, I'ar Required Annually. of these defects ol! rapid S---- to your request our More "Be Jritish Government Leader De- aise opinion of the value of asphaltic road by the Red Cross. compared with tar road oils, and the probable effect of applying asphaltic road oil upon macadam or gravel roads which have been treat- ed with tar road oil during the pre- Vious season.or seasons, we state: vils as At Least Equal In Value. "For dust suppression on macadam and gravel roads, true asphaltic road oils are at least equal in value to tar road oils, whether the tar oil be Tar- via B, manufactured by the Barrett Company, which you state is some- times called Superior Road Oil, Tar- ine, manufactured by the American Tar Products Company, or any other tar or combination of tars, whether they be coal tars, water gas tars, or admixtures thereof. in fact, we con- sider the asphaltie road oils superior to the tar road ofls, and worth con- siderably more per imperial gallon. You will find the well considered opinion' of the undersigned on page eighty-nine of Paving Economy pab- Hshed by the Industrial and Educa- tional Press, Montreal, early in 1917. Will Not Injure Old Tar. =I TParvia B, Superior Road Oil, or any other similar material, be ap- plied 'on a road which has previously been treated with the same material, and if any of the former treatment or treatments have survived the ele- ments and traffic and still remain on the road at the time of the fresh application, the new material will soften the remains of the former treatment or treatments and will fuse with it. If this did not occur, moisture would sopn enter between the layers and traffic destroy the new film. Will Bond With Tar Surface, "Liquid asphalts or true asphaltic road oils, produced from Mexican, Californian or other crude asphaltic petroleums, if applied over an old fil f Tarvia B, Superior Road Oil, or other similar material, will also slightly soften the old tar surface and bond with it, forming a unit road covering. 'There will be no action set in between the tar and the asphalt which will be detrimental to the old tar film existent on the road, but the old tar surface will make good base for the new asphaltic treatment. In this connection, it is interesting to note the statements on page twenty- seven of the thirteenth annual report of the Board of Public Works of the State of Rhode Island, as follows: 'It was shown also that an asphaltic product is longer lived than a tar product. when used as a seal-coal,' and 'In 1910 the typical construction was a mixture of crude tar and erush- éd stone, seal-coated with a heavy asphaltic produet." Tar is frequently used In protected construction where it may be secured much cheaper per gallon than asphalt. -- it Hardens Slower, "The new asphaltic surface will vary in quality from a new tar sur- face in that it will retain its plas ticity or suetility lofiger ald harden WHIG CONTENTS Ri Sane. BL Lyd ¥y Saving 3 yd George to Fulfil rises: Calls t Ri on Treasury. Xelas A. Das upsign; Ine psy aurea: ahs © News. a; Pabiic Opinion; Walt mes. Works Meeting: Re- ldiers. Local and danger; Dr. Appleby" F1-tignast Eek Returns: Engineer 0 Resummitnd if. "Poom by ©. 1e--taw SiO Irikpatrick in mn: 13 pT ----E Nate Trip; dss Tt » Bringing up Father Cars ftaon. ' and deterioration by weathering inherent in the tdr to a greater extent than in the asphalt, and the results thereof as evidenced by both experience and laboratory tests, to maintain a road in satisfact- ory condition for a period of years it will require a considerable larger quantity of tar than asphaltic road oils. While the same quantity per square yard will be needed for the first application whichever ma- terial is used, smaller quantities of asphaltic road oil will be required to maintain the asphalt treated road than of tar road oil to maintain the tar treated rcad in succeeding years. hardening of Tar Never Used In Best Work. "Domlitless, you are aware that asphalt has supplanted tar as a cementing mediiim for sheet asphalt, stone-filled sheet asphalt, asphaltic concrete, and all the more expensive and more permanent types of bitu- minous road surfaeing, mainly be- cause of two facts; first, the more rapid déterioration of tar when ex: posed to the elements; second, pavements constructed with tar are too hard in winter and too soft in summer to suitable. for or to stand modern raffic requirements. We see no sound reason why a city which would not for a moment con- sider 'the purchase of tar cement for its permanent types of pavement such as sheet asphalt should buy tar road oils even on a par with asphaltie road oils. In fact, we are convinced that a city is justified in paying a considerably higher price per imper- inl gallon for asphaltic than for tar road oil. We trust the above fully replies to your engqwfry; if not, we shall be glad to go into the matter further, but we again recommend that you consult Paving Economy at page eighty-nine, which was printed in 1917." (Signed) Chas. A. Mullen, Director of Paving Department, Milton Hersey Company. From the above letter it is con- clusively proved that asphalt road oil is vastly superior to tar road oil. be Telegram from J. A. Duchastel, On Wednesday morning Elmer Davis telephoned J. A. Duchastel, city engineer of Outremont, and hon- orary president of the Canadinn Good Roads Association, and received the following wire-in reply to an enquiry' regarding tlie results received from ithe use of asphaltic road oil: "Replying to your telephone in- guiry of this morning, I wish to state that for the past six years we have used sixty per cent asphaltic road oil on tar macadam roads with very good results." (Signed) J. A. Duchastel, city engineer and manag- er, City of Outremont. An Expert Opinion From Scotland. Thomas Aitken, the county sur- {Continued on Page 6.) + jmeeting in Montreal, will aBo pass ho where he ing his health, i a ------ ---------- tt "A SA NN NO DAYLIGHT SAVING BIL The Government Favorable But Hesitates to Bring in Legislation. THOSE WHO SUPPORT I WILL HAVE TO BECOME AS AG- GRESSIVE. AS OPPONENTS. It They Want the Time Changed-- Montreal Supports Daylight Sav- ing--The Farmers Are Opposed. Ottawa, March -Daylight sav- ing Is going by the board this year because of the opposition the !t farmers to which i thusiastically favored in the and by laber threughout the coun- try. If the bill had passed last vear in the form in which it taken to the House, the Government, Or- der-in-Council, could have proclaimed the system anew this season without consulting Parliament at all Sir eorge Foster, who was in charge |c of the bill, changed it, when some |] criticism was urged, and limited the ] application to last vear. When the Justice Department recently advised |: that new legislation would be requir- ed if anything is to be done along that line this season, the caucus was consulted. . The rural members were a unit against the scheme and those from the cities took a stand of apa- thetic indifference. The Government, which is favor- ably disposed to the measure, there- fore, hesitates to bring it in. There witl be legislation if and when those favorable to daylight saving become as aggressive as its opponents. of is en- cities a system t was by Ht Montreal Wants It. Montreal, March 27.-----A strong tation is now going on among transportation companies and manu- facturers in favor of the re-introdue- tion of daylight saving. All the local Boards of Trade and the Trades and Labor Council have passed resolu- tions in favor of the scheme. A large number of manufacturers and big business houses and the Montreal Stock Exchange are going to run on American time. Condemns Scheme, Fredericton, N.B., March 27.-No- tice of a resolution condemning the daylight saving plan as disadvan- tageous to farmers has been given in the New Brunswick Legislature. For Daylight Saving. (Canadian Press Desparch) Toronto, 27,--The execu- tive of the AsSociated Boards of Trade, meeting here to-day, passed & strong tion urging upon the Government the necessity for a daylight saving bill this year tae same as last summer, / The executive of C.M.A., the a similar resolution. ¢ Partiament to Decide. {Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, March 27.---Daylight say- ing and its continuance during the Present summer will y be left to parliament for decision. It is like- WILLIAM A KEMP ly 20 manadieiheer. * brother of the Bouse to-day on Major Cooper' WAS TE emaet bill i ly that the question will come up in El the dayliont saving at once ! 5 E Pre ' one of the leading officers of French army, was recilled from his command at Mayence, announce, would C doubtedly the Balkans, with a view garian Russia. But' The intend to pass legislation which will La EE EE EE EE ET EE a A a of last year." When daylight saving came before the Government caucus, strong objection was raised to its continuance and in view of the op- position raised it was decided that summer-time be dropped. The fact that Canadian railways will be com- pelled to conform with. American summer-time has. however, compli- cated the situation. It is, therefore, considered likely that an early op- portunity will be given for a vote in the House on Major Cooper's motion and a final decision reached in ac- cordance with the result. MUST FINISH JO BY THUNDER STROKE Coan fs, So pes tions in' Hungary. -------- (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, March 27.--Gen. Mangin, the newspapers to undertake a mission he character and scope of which 'is ndfcated plainly by events in Hun- gary." the Gaulois, he a very important eastern Europe, un- According to receive command in o possible operations on the Hun- frontier and south-westerp v General J. M. G. Malleterre, mili- ary critic, in an article in Le Matin, ipparently reflecting military opin- on, suggests that as a means of checking the Bolsheviki and render- ng definite the victory of the -Al- ies, the Allied armies should march through Germany and effect a junc- tion with Poland. Gen. Malleterre adds that the Allies mustefinish the job by a thunderstroke, and deeclar- es that the sword of Marshal Foch 10t yet sheathed. WON'T ADMIT WOMEN. New Brunswick Legislature Turns Down the Proposal. Frederickton, N/B., March Foster government does an ad ~~ not give women the right to sit in #he New Brunswick Legislature as mem- bers, according to an announcement made in the house by Hon. J, F. Bynne, attorney-general. . 56,000 Canadians Still in France, London, March 27.---Upwards of 100,060 Canadian soldiers have now left the British Isles for home since the armistice, The Third Division is now entirely cleared, and the major portion of the First Division is here. * ; , Only 56,000 Canadians now remain in France. Since March 1, 15,000 Canadians have been cleared from Kinmel Camp. : . Italians Occupy Hungarian Town. London, March 27.--Italian troops have occupied the town of burg, thirty-six miles south-east of Vienna on the Hungarian side of the border, according to a despatch from Buda- pest forwarded by the Central News rorrespondent at Berlin. | 8 £ $EgEzEEns SP ZR E 3. cd 3 7 | = + Would But Not For clares That Britain Have Gained Victory Help of Its Dominions. London |, March 27. --Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the Govern- ment in the House of Commons, made -a statement yesterday on the fiscal policy of the Government in reply to a motion by Mr. Newman He said that the prosperity of the country depended "upon increased production. The Government's ef forts would be directed to framing a policy on that basis. Imperial preference would be carried out at the earliest possible*moment. The Changellor of. the Exchequer was considering how to give effect to ht ih the budget. Theré would be ao hesitation in announcing the gene- ral fiscal policy of the Government whenever it was possible to declde how it could be carried out. The election declarations of Lloyd George would be fulfilled in the letter and spirit, but the Govern- ment must consider the best per- manent system for the country. An anti-dumping bill had been drafted, but had not yet been examined by the Government. : Mr. Bonar Law promised that the Government would arrive at a decision as soon as possible, and that an announce- ment would be made promptly thereafter. A Valuable Spirit. The Government leader referred to the discussion in the Canadiap Parliament upon Canada's share Im the indemnity, and the Acting Prime Minister's declarations that they could rely on Britain treating them generously, He said that that spirii was worth more than any fiscal policy to a nation. Mr. Law's statement was greeted with loud cheers. The Government leader contend- ed in the course of an argument he advanced in favor of tariffs that the most vital vested interest in the country was high wages. He might be asked by labor how it would be possible to maintain' high 'wages if cotton goods from Japan were put out into the markets at a lower price than British manufacturers must pay for cotton. It was ridieul- ous to suppose that the old condi- tions would continue. For instance, a preference on gugar would enor- mously affect the Empire's produc- tion of sugar. "It is not too much to say that we would not have gained vietory but for the help of the dominions," said Mr. Law. ""Therefore' he continu- ed, "any measure increasing the productive power and man power of the dominions is a.good thing for Britain as well ag the Empire." --- Dependents' Return. Otiawa, March 27.--Owing to the fact that a number of soldiers' de- pendents are leaving for England in the expectation of returning with their soldier relatives, the order-in- council in regard to expenses of re- patriation has been amended. it now provides that no expenditure shall be incurred by the Government in the repatriation of any soldiers' dependents who left Canada for the United Kingdom, France or Bel glum on or after November 11th, Those, therefore, who have left Canada for the United Kingdom since the armistice will have to re- turn. at their own'expense. Employees--300 More Quebec, March Three Rivers, the most thriving, busiest and widest-awake city In| Quebec province outside of Quebec | and Montreal, will see in the course | of the coming summer four hun-| dred new houses spring up in its midst, through the National Ship- building Corporation undertaking | to build one hundred dwellings for | its own employees and erecting at| least. three hundred ° other such dwellings for the city, under the | town-planning campaign through | which Quebec province 'is to get] 25,000,000 from the Federal Gov-| ernment. So far Three Rivers is the only such "a large sharé of lowed for -town-plan The town of | { -- | CARPET SWEEPERS * SHIPMENT TO ENGLAND | T--, | Under British Preference to Colonies Tariff--Prospect | of More Trade. -- Niagara Falls, March 27.--4A local branch factory of an American | carpet-sweeper manufacturing firm | has just received an order to ship a| carload of carpet sweepers to Eng- | land. This is believed to be the | first shipment {f carpet sweepers ever sent to I A from Canada, and the present order is due to the British preference to colonies tariff This suggests that Canada will benefit largely by the new British tariff law, as goods hitherto ship- ped to England from American plants will now have to come from their American branch factories, which will make enlargements ne- cessary, and alsg increase the num- Yer of Canadian branch factories of American concerns, REPORT PLAN TO UNITE RUSSIAN FACTIONS Peace With Germany to Be Held Up Till Othér Peace Treaty Ready. mare (Canadian Press Despateh) Paris, March 27.---The return of an American delegation from Rus- sia has given rise to the report that there is under consideration a plan to bring the Russian factions to- gether, | A statement was given out that! Lloyd-George and Clemenceau said that peace with Germany will be held up until the treaty embracing all the other enemy nations shill be ready. This will not entail any serious de- lay. { "> LATE J. X Biation, who died Saturday at the ege 4. BECK Fuperintendent of Toronto Union of 7 * Corporation to Build 100 For the money ib y [lite of the country. cover expenses, Dr. Edwards thought, added that he after the statement mado Sir George Foster in the House last session, that the money woull be returned. But Sir Charles had not taken this course, John Best declared his intention of supporting the resolution. it poor people were penalized for steal- ing a lout of bread he railed to see why a man occupying an- exalted position should be allowed to take and Keep money tor which he hal given no return, Hon. Arthur Meighen sald tha: the resolution was a peegliar one and of a very grave character.' it involved the honor of a private citizen of Ca Mowas not ma terial that the. citizen. involved was a man distinguished in the pablic The point was that every effort must be made at to arrive at the truth before fm- pugning the honor of a private citi. wen Mr. Meighen read the terms of the statute granting the money to Sir Charles Fitzpatrick. He drew the attention of the House lo the fact that the wording was different for the two years in question from the years previous and following. Sir Thomas White submitted a memorandum prepared by Mr. Bo- ville, Deputy Minister of, Finance. In this memorandum, Mr. Boville remarked that the change of word- ing travelling expenses into a grant which might be paid to Sir Charles Fitzpatrick apart altogether from , his attendance at meetings of the' Privy Council The position was, went - on, that the Government changed the wording of the vote which had prevailed up to 1915-16, and which converted travelling ex- penses of the chief justice, when at- tending the sittings of the Privy Council, into a special allowance to "My belief is," said 8ir Thomas, "'that 'the payment was made by the Finance Department legally and regularly. That was the view of the auditor-general, who au- thorized payment' Sir Charles had received the money under the new wording in monthly payments. "My view is that the change in langnage was made to authorize the payment yearly and month by month to him," said the Acting Premier., "Il have got a telegram from Bir Charles Fitzpatrick' which says, "1 adhere 0 my statement wade to Sir Robert Borden last year. 1 offer to return the money if there is mony doubt as to the legality of my receiving money." : Mr. Nickle, Kingston--" That is not what hé said last year." Mr. GauwPeau, Temiscouata, sug- gested thay there had been "a dis- cussion between Sir Charles Fitz. patrick and the Minister of Justice when the decision to change the words, as there might be a time when he would not go across and yet would like to keep the money just the same." W. F. Nickle pointed out the House had been asked to be careful because the reputation of a man high in the judiciary was under review. He remarked wile was above Suspicion because sie was Caesar's wife. Mr. Nickle wanted to know how anyone was going to judge what was in the minds of the members when the vote went through or what was the intention of Parllament. He showed how in the votes for, 1916-1919 the item appeared in fits Sir Thomas '| changed form, but the votes of the two years before that allel eolumns. "This the estimates were brought down it was intended to lead the members to think the vole was for the same purpose," maid he. "When I' voted for it I thought it was for the iden- tical purpose of other years." ) aon samme The United States government has sold Czecho-Slovak military authori- ties $1,000,000 worth of planes. were in par- "o ¢