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Isslon 'of Ontario "had' 'been _ the . adoas | bédy -- appointed under g;S and ~ _ ko o k c n noenmnt us .2 Council on November 10, 1915, BF y : subsequently by statute, to finmlers | ployment for discharged isg $42,-- ' and in connection with wh ¢i ho , j 050 had been expended during "IC , | ; ¥ i year 1916--17. : Lacking compI¢te TS | _ | turns, it was l'?,p?iss:)télfnt?oggired mi | many soldiers ha a s ¢ s 'Dosit};ons. but 1,510 had taken tvot::':d tional work _and employm%nthem \ : §| 'been found for &Lmol:s'tmfltlugot TT . § mymenntee rectscmmims i to + o 66 1 # ,Méaafr?'é'am se ons Cw 3 Burng Absolutely Repudiates" Edi--| ' International Detective t a i | Tad been licensed, to do business in \ torial Statement in Local | Ontario on ay ® » | the Guarantee Company of North Paper America had undertaken to guaran« & tee "The faithful, honest and é%wtfl;l; w----_--_--__._._._ | conduct' of the usiness ':agency. ncien uenveenaranbranmresemtarinntens e TIFF WITH THE PREM'ER' e There was a brief but warm verbal ' encounter when the Legislature opened yesterday, between the Prime | | Minister and Mr. H. Hartley Dewart, | M.P.P. for Southwest Toronto. Mr. | Dewart rose on a question of privi-- | . lege to take objection to an editor-- | ie}l which appeared in The Toronto oi e W o News on Thursday, in reference to | ! his attitude toward returned sol-- ! | * diers, which he said "suggesteed that ; if I had my way there might not | have been so many returned soldiers | j back home to vote.'"' He absolutely ' on m omm someme Aemmmsae 4 | rgpudiatfid the statement, and point-- Te ed out that he had, in March, 1917, Mr. Bowman Seeks Informa I irged the enforcement of the Militia ! « # [ Act so as to secure reinforcements | tlon on Ag"CUIturaI to send -- overseas. He. had also | | s spoken on many occasions in the | EXpendltures interests of recruiting. J u. § Mr. D;:wart said that he would not y noanoriscat ave taken the matter so seriously Mr. Beniah Bowman, the U. F. O.| had not the organization for <the j member for Manitoulin, apparently Government in the recent by--elec-- | intends to be something more than , tiggsm':asde'd T?e N;WS as a clrc'ula-' a seat--warmer in the Legislature. | views. }l{l;msa?; §1ee fi:gr':fiie';?eodt ;t: Representing as he does the farmers, | a previous occasion to the close con-- ' he has placed a number of questions | nection between Hon. Frank Coch [ on the order paper, inquiring chiefl.\" rane, whom he alleéed ownedO(t:he-e pdiretemape i ;r)e_rtalming to the De-- | Government, and who was connected partment of Agriculture. i A with The News and the nickel in-- He wants to know what expendi-- | terests 2 tures have been made by the Gov--| "I haw $ 'lernment for the year 1918 to the. a.bl: };'!a}i'ee;lgor?s?i?titgnafomma?ttgl?no(r); Women's Institutes, and how much privilege," said Sir Willi H t 'the members of those organizatioqs' interrupfing ~ rDev»:a;?m"aneclarsi |ppid in fees'during Hio Yeals He: i8 want him to have the widest possible also seeking similar information in' scope, -- tbut he. khows He i8 I regard to the Eastern and Western eressinge. the ruleso f' the Hs "'Fmbs' Ontario Dairymen's Associations, the | ente}-ing into & deba(;abl e tt;use" Y Board of Agriculture, the Ontariu' ~q ca&; Iuite un derst: ';'athe!'-P , Horticultural Association and the mier's ansicty."""Dperahn M" 1 € tre- Ontario Fruit Growers' Association. | § "We can't }}";a.ve %'1at s :ie leayvag .;Si k Mr. Bowman is also asking what ex-- | WilHam empharicaliy. clared sir ipcnditures have been made by the | AG pap ag 1 Ant c)(;n ned I take | Government in connection with for-- it that my own eti'ortsce eih Asa on 'estry during the year 1901, and for this case were far more gote:tpt'ha.n ; ea'ti'};lgefir ix"or(r; lx?nlelmtt?e:git&also in. those of any of the nickel--plated f hest, hao HfrA 'yes patriots behind that journal,",said' terested in the soldiers settlement' s Mr. Déewart | at Kapuskasing. He wants to know * ' : é | how much money has been spent in ' : C e tss | connection with the scheme, how many acres have been cropped, and the number of soldiers who took ad-- vantage of it. A return is also be-- 9 ; ing asked for showing the personsi ® receiving salary for full or part time }in the Department of Agriculture 'during 1901 and during the years p lfrom 1911 to 1918. 3