ES RT DAY Buster K eaton SE BETWEEN GOVERNNENT | oAND OPPOSITION IS SHARPLY | by Gem Goverment 22 War ese | EMPHASIZED IN WARM DEBATE Lapointe Moves a Resolution of Confidence Which Is " Nes Ottawa, Jan. '9.--The session of Canada's 1bth parliament opened in = storm. The first day in the Honse, usually, little more than frills and formality, saw the issne between the Government and the Opposition sharply joined. Motions , of confi- dence and nan-confidence in the Government swept across the stage so rapidly that even old parliament ary on-lookers were bewildered and confused. The gallériés' were packed. Long rows of evening gowns told how the guests from the opening had hurried from the vnlacid atmospheres of the s Want of Conbece Wt I Very Bly De bated Until 9.30 in the Evening seats Mode Tat Noni Atesom, | When jour: remarked. Mr. Meighen Toplicd that! it did not mean very much, | Lapointe's Reply. Mr. Lapointe, replying to Mr. | Meighen, said "that Parliament he been called together to consider the very matter contained in the mo-| tion he had just submitted. It was to ascertain who should Carry on the administration "we are taking the earMest opportunity to submit the question to the' judges. "We are all equal here and it is for the members of Parliament to de- ¢ide who will be in control. This is 'S memate to the troubled scenes of the | the issue for which Parliament has House. Members wildly cheered their leaders again and again, point after point was made. It was such an opening day as the Cana-| dian pariiament has probably never | seen before... Menibers of the Commons had but returned to their own' chamber, af- ter the formal opening of Parlia- ite, ._ when - Hon. Minister of Justice Leader, moved a the peculiar "elrcumstances jnder hich this Parliament is meeting, hich clrenmstances have necessi- tated this |. summoning of hon. vernment thinks it first aot. of Govern- this Parliament, to submit following motion which I make, htconded by the Hon. Mr. Macdon- inister of fiona "That In the opin! in view tion, the in retaining office and in summon- ng Parliament, and the Government ¥ Is entitled to retain office undess de- * Seated by a vote of this House equi- L Walent tos vote of want of confi poiuts. added that he did to take anybody by sur- it the House desired 'he Su debate of the motion all sides that the the tirst order ' of been summoned." Mr.. Lapointe as | could not see who could possibly ob- ject to-the motion. It had been phy- sically impossible to legally give no- tice of the motion before Parliament met. Constitutionally, said the Minister of Justice, the Commons had the right to consider matters of public importance before the speech from the throne was taken up. For this reason the famous dummy bil num- ber one was put through the House before the speech from the throne was considered each session. The gravest matter of public importance at the present. time was to decide who must be the executive and carry on the administration. Accept As Notice. Robert Forke, Progressive. leader, rose to his feet at the conclusion of Mr. Lapointe's words to suggest that in view of the jmportalice of the re-| 1 'Henri Bourassa, Independeént, La- belle, suggested that "in order to re- cover our senses," consideration of the motion should be deferred until Monday. In the interim, time would be afforded for prudent thought by |' all parties. Mr. Meighen took the stand that an adjournment on a debate on a point of order could not be made on the motion of a private member. Such an adjournment could only be made by the Speaker. At the request of the Speaker, Mr. Bourassa withdrew his motion for adjournment of the debate. Speaker Lemieux then announced that he would defer his 'raling oh the point of order till Mapday.. Hon. Ernest Lapointe then moved the formal motion that the address be given precedence. To this motion, Mr. Meighen im- mediately moved: "That all thel words * after. the word 'that' be struck ont end the following substituted therefor: "In the last general election the candidates of His Excellency's ad- visers, at whose instance the abpeal to the country was ade, were de- feated in 'a large ty "of con- stituencies. Sa © "That ce nlalatici. pt thd By vm including the Prime. Minister, were rejected at the polls- and have no seats in Parliament. "That the party re the last Parligment by 3 pion. gi in the sai lec: rt largest support the popular vote 'and has s tially the largest number. ide of any party" An ) {fo orged Franc Notes Believed Prepared London, Jan. 9--French 1, dapest, whith are creating an international sensation, are be- lieved in well informed quarters to have been prepared in Mun- jch as a war measure by the German' Government, late in 1917, but never used. These plates. were made. after a con- ference between the German and 000-franc notes, forged in Bu- Austro-Hungarian financial ex- perts as to the best means of attacking Allied credit. It was desired to forge Bank of Eng- land potes, but this plan was rejécted as it 'was impossible to duplicate the ' watermark and paper. : When the war began to go badly for Germany, the plot was not carried out, through fear of financial reprisals after peace. AAA A A AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA 0 Ht Bl eA ed to the number of one hundred, | yet the Government had the assur- ance to ask for a vote of confidence. In reviewing the popular . vote, he showed that Government candi- dates had received 1,266,000 votes while Conservative candidates had received '1,466,000 vofes. He argu- ed that it was unprecedented for a government to carry on without a Prime Minister whose powers were | very great. The funetion and duties of the Prime Minister were supreme ment's own candidates Were 2 ESI oRR Ite SKIRTS ARESTO BE THREE INCHES SHORTER : + Chicago, Jan. . 9---Girls in this % country think legs were meant & | to be seen and are going to fol» low the Paris mode and wear % skirts three ifiches shorter in + | the spring, the National Shoe # Exhibitors assoeiation has been < told. + + * > & -* * 4 J & +> * * + & > "1A WOLF PACK MAKES ATTACK :. ON FUR BUYER AN AWFUL EX I EXPERIENCE : +An Unmolested Dog Brings G.. Beneson, of Hamilton, Back to Civilization. Cobalt, Jan. 9---Attacked by wol- ves in the depths of the Quebec bush and saved from death only by the | saéritice of his sleigh dogs, George Beneson of Hamilton, well-known fur buyer, was brought to the hos- in importance and he was not only |## $F 4 + +S ++ +444 + %| pital here with his speech temporar- leader in the House of Commons, but the spokesman .of the nati and was the only medium betwen' Parliament and the Crown. The Prime Minister had the right to choose his colleagues, but a gov: ernment could not function. in Par- lament unless the Prime Minister was a member of one of the two Houses. Amidst loud cheers from his supporters, Mr. Meighen stated that the House of Commons should ! not take into account any Speech from the Throne which came from a government which: had not 4! Prime Minister in either the Com- mons or the Senate. In sedrching phrases the Leader of the Opposi- tion assailed the Prime Minister for his inconsistency and faithlessness to his election pledges. Mr. Meighen concluded with a statement that the Conservative party bad retnrned with the strong- est group in the House and for that. reason they asked for the right to present their programme to Par tg. QUITE EAGER T0 LOAN |"eezanst MONEY TO GERMANS As There Is Limitless' Capital Waiting for Investment in Great Britain. London, Jam. 5-- 9---Partly as the consequence of depression: in trade and industry, which makes difficult employment of money: in trade, there are signs in the London markast since the removal of the embargo on col- onial and 'foreign loans, of Almost limitless capital waiting for invest- ment. As far as Germany is concern- ed all war feeling has disappeared, and British capitalists are falling ov er one another in their haste to lend to Germans. REST IN N ABEYANCE, Lave Requiring olf Motor Cpe Drivers Be Licensed. Toros, ges 9--The Provincial law, requiring all motor car drivers to be licensed, which came into force with the first of this years by the terma of the statute itself is being allowed to rest in abeyance for the Provincial authorities. f.setting up machinery for licenses Nis {Death Ends "Police 30,022 were Britis POST OFFICE CLERK COMMITS SUICIDE Clerk's Books Short by $4,000. Winnipeg, Jan, 9---Death last night ended the police search for William Hart, clerk in the local post office. whose books, it is stated, showed a shortage of $4,000, Hart was missing from work yesterday, and the police authorities failed to find him at his home. Late last night he drank poison in the lobby of the Garrick hotel, and died while being taken to hospital. Hart who was $6 years of age had h#én employed at the post office for nber of years. Ottawa, Jan.' 9--Immigration to Canada for eight months of the fis- cal year up to November 30th, 1925, amvunted to 70,112, according to of- ficial figures made public' today by the Department of Immigration and and Colonization, Of this" number 13,989 from the United 'States, and 2§,151 from oth- er countries, During the same period there. re- turnéd. fo 'Canada 'from the United States after an absence of six months or longer in that country 25,606 Ca~ nadigns, who are not included as immigrants in the above return. Of. immigrants. from 'the United. States the largest number are from. the state of Michigan, which contri- Washington is second, +: 18/18 interesting to note that the state of California contributed 642 new settlers to Canada in the eight month's period. Immigration for the month of No- vember was 5.323, of which 2,082 were British, 1,236 from the United States, and 2,004 from other coun- tries. In addition 4,331 Canadians returned from the United States af- ter having been residents of that ily lost and suffering from other ef- | fects of his experience. He is vecov- ering. Three of his four dogs were killed in a pitched battle with the wolves, Beneson says, and on the survivor fell the onus of hauling his master back to civilization, together with a Search----| valuable foad of furs picked up dur- | ing the trip, Therd were between fifteen and eighteen wolves in the pack, which swooped down upon Be- neson and his dogs about half-past | three in the aftérnoon when the lit- | tle company was in the vicinity of Bass lake, some 80 miles beyond North Temiskaming. Beneson was armed with a rifle and hatchet and 'when the leader of the pack, a big fellow, jumped for him he fired, bringing it down dead in the snow. While the attention of the others was thus dTverted the fur buyer unloosed three of his sleigh dogs and a general melee ensued. In the confusion Beneson slipped be- shind a 'trea and while the animals fought ha Brought down three more i but the wolves finally 4 -{the bush. Beneson skinned the four wolves and will turn the skins over to the government. With the surviv- ing dog he started for North Temis- kaming, the lone animal hauling a big load of provisions and furs valu- ed at $1.800. Traveling for two days and nights through the bush the party managed to reach Clark's farm, a distance of sixty miles sleep- ing out one night when Beneson, who was speechless after the attack, could not make some men in a cabifi un- derstand his position. From Clark's place Beneson secur- ed a team and drove into North Tem- iskaming and on to New Liskeard, afterward coming to the Mines hos- pital here for treatment. Two years ago: when in the same locality, he was attacked by wolves at night, but escaped by waving his flashlight. Beneson who {8 a fur buyer for Rob- ingon and Robinson, Toronto, has been trapping and buying furs in the north for the past 18 years. Yours 2 FEET GROW jtes sues nrdtsevens * IT PAYS TO SELL REAL GOOD LIQUOR. Chicago, Jan. 9.--Belling % good whiskey at reasonable # le prices was termed "sufficiently % * meritorious | in : these trying # # days," to warrant mitigation of % sentence at the trial of Charles {* 8. Young, Aurora, Ill., saloon ls proprietor. % "I would say that this is % more than a mitigating circum- + stance," their attorney argued. '$ Young was sentenced to 60 % days in prison and the barten- 13 der was fined $200 and costs. : + + $ess0s [#essssenssssecse | | | PAUL HAD STENOGRAPHER. Apostle's Notes Were in Shorthand Says Scholar. Chicago, Jan. 9.--The Apostle Paul had a stenographer who tooks down his letters in shorthand, Henry O. Lloyd, scliolar, of the University of Chicago, declared in a thesis yesterday, This fact, he said, was revealed through recent studies of the Greek papyri bearing the origi- nal scriptures. That the writing of shorthand in those cays was a definitely-estab- lished trade is shown in Mr. Lloyd's thesis through a contract A.D., in which an ex-magistrate Oxyrhynchus apprenticed his slave to a shorthand writer. BLAMES PROXIMITY T0 UNITED STATES English M.P. Advances Theory for Drop in Canadian Immigration. London, Jan. 9.--""Why has the progress of Canada in population and wealth not kept pace with the promise of former years?" is a ques- tion asked by Captain Victor Caza- let, Conservative. member of the House of Commons for the Chippen- ham division of Wiltshire, in an articles in the Saturday Review. Captain J proceeds 1° an- draw people to that country. After drawing a rather gloomy picture of the outlook for Canada, Captain Caz- alet admits that perhaps the outlook is not as gloomy as 1t 'would seem. In all the large cities of Canada he says, the feeling prevails that the corner has béen turned and prosper ity is coming to the country, and he refers to the excellent craps of 1925 as a basis for hopefulness. Referring to the subject of migra- tion, Captain' Cazalet says the Brit- ish Govérfiment is anxious to foster federal and provincial schemes of immigration in Canada. Captain Cazalet speaks of Canada being 'the happy hunting ground of American tourists." He concludes his articles by staying that if the Dominion has good 'harvests in the next few years there is mo reason why she should not. make the pro- gress to whieh she is entitled. Brockville: Education Report. Brockville, Jan. 9.---G. Elmer Johnston has been elected chairman of the Board of Education for the The financial state- pre- sented at the inaugural miveting of the board, places expenditures up- on maintenance of the Collegiste In- stitute and public: schools at & sum in' excess of $100,000. Comitions 'Adjourned, Ottawa, Jan. 9-The House of GLORIA SWARSON in "STAGE STRUCK" : PARIS SHED FROM FLOOD to , However, i000 Francs. = 2 2 : Is Narae, Meuse and Oise Val: levs-~-Abott Two Miles Paris Streets Under Water. Paris, Jan: re --Paris is saved from a flood catastrophe, in the opinion of an official of the minis try of public works after an extems sive survey of the flooded areas, but the damagze to property will amount | to something like 650,000,000 francs, approximately $17,500,000 | at the present rate of exchange. Technical experts who have ven- tured ail sorts of. prophecies since the floods began concerning the pro- bable rise und fall of the rivers now say that the dry somewhat colder weather will avert the danger of further. flood. The Marne, Meuse and Oise val leys are the worst stricken areas out | side Paris, which has been ravaged by the ever-mounting Seine. Wreck- ed 'bridges, undérmined railways and roadbeds, houses and factories destroyed or rendered uninhabitable and ruined fields of winter wheat make up the list of damage caused by the incessant rains and melting snow. In the capital only a few hundred persons have been forced to aban their. homes, these along the banks of the Seine, but in thé northern and eastern sections of France have been wrecked or flooded. The water of Ae Seine early to- ho 6 prowperity nels as a Mmignet to : 'thin layér of ater and ecireulat! through the streets has not been seriously interrupted. Officials the ministry greatly sa * | out that in the serious floods of : when the water was at ; the same level was registered teen miles of Parisian streets submerged. A number of wine cel- lars have been « Two Srext: werb set to work yesterday at th great wine warehouse at Bercy, ins side the walls of Paris, salvaging kegs of wine which were floating down the stream. Many volunteered in assisting the crews and the bar. pols were removed fo ~ places of. safety. Many times their work was cheer- ed by the people they were helping to move. The high water in the vicinity of Invalides station, the Qual d'OrsSy and the Austerlits bridge has routed thousands ad ats from thelr usual - haunts. They have scampered away toward iand, invading parts of the atin Quarter. Here some of the venture-.