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. L--In an open let- ir of the Liberal Jthis evening, Hon. , mister of Customs, stardly innuendo" 1 maed by Right lenzie King in his . Stevens declares ittempted in that 'n the public mind ; 1 am personally } death of these 13 lic poisoning." He from Mr. King's jis for his decla- ites that, immedi- loffice, he gave 'another ounce of 1 was to be re- * Canadian bond, ir was being strict- lerefore," he con- 'of this poisonous ibe obtained in the 'ada, it is alcohol ur colleagues re- asuspecting public, at from the middle { up to your in- h office your Gov- ted over 175,000 hisonous concoction poses." of the Letter | the letter follows: o William Lyon "11 the years that I I have endeavored to extend to you ch is due from one ther, and to render pertaining to one office of the First Crown. However, at Sarnia on the reported by the call for a public fet to say, were so ably unfair that it for me to charac- hguage which here- efrained from ad- i {iness that has pre- { taking any part campaign, I have i deal - with these ,am taking the op pI AE], AREFULLY AND / FOLLOW THEM EXACTLY Killers--10c and at all Druggists, ieneral Stores. HREE Indian Chiefs from British Columbia who have journeyed twice to London to interview the King about their ancient hunting and fishing rights on the upper reaches of the Fraser River. photographed on board the Cunarder Antonia, on which they returned to Montreal last week. Unable to obtain what they desired from Ottawa, they believed the King would give them satisfaction. referred by officials to the Canadian Government for settlement. Chief Basil David, of Shuswap; Chief William Plerish, of the Chu Chau reserve, who is a veteran of the Great War, and lost an arm overseas; Chief Johnny Chillitsa, of Nicola, leader of the delegation; * Left to right: and Mrs. J. C. Williams, interpreter B.C They 'were They 'were again " for the party, all of Douglas Lake, portunity of addressing this open letter to you. "You are reported as saying: " 'Mr. Stevens, the Minister of Customs, had announced that Mounted Police had been strung along the border, yet we read that 13 people have wied as a result of drinking poisoned liquor smuggled into Canadi.'. Calls It Dastardly Innuendo 'This dastardly innuendo is de- liberately caloulated by. yom to fasten in the public 'mind the thought _that I am personally re- sponsiblé for the death of these 13 victims of alcoholic poisoning. Hav- ing given utterance to this insidious insinuation in your usual cowardly fashion, you seek to shield. yourself by adding such words as " 'I am not going to say that Mr. Meighen's Administration is responsible . . "But in case this might bé taken as an exoneration, you later add: '" 'That the smuggling took place in Tory 'Ontario with a Ferguson Government in of- fice." "Thus having attempted to poison the public imnd, and, in your own estimation, safeguarded yourself from effective reply, you draw cer- tain ludicrous comparisons. You have ever been an adept at evasion, equivication, and subterfuge. You never take a public stand on any clear, definite ground, but by using false statements and half-truths seek to prejudice your hearers, and by these circuitous methods secure for yourself access to office. Some of the Facts "I will now give to the public briefly some of the facts in connec- tion with the distribution and sale of poisonous alcohol. "'First, according to sworn evi- dence, your own Minister of Cus- toms, Honorable George H. Boivin, made a secret arrangement with Mr, W. J. Hushion of Montreal, a form- er Liberal member, whereby the said Hushion and the notorious James Cooper and their associates of the Dominion Distillers would be permitted to distribute hundreds of thousands of gallons of alcohol in distinct contravention of the Canada Excise Act. This alcohol was de- natured by adding thereto brucine sulphate, and dieythlphthalate, and, when sold within the Canadian law, is limited wholly to certain hospi- tals, infirmaries, and for medical purposes for external use exclusively and "must on all occasions be labelled poison." But under oath the notorious James Cooper, Leo George and W. J. Hushion declared that they knew it was being pur- chased from them for beverage purposes. Your Mr. Boivin's only excuse was that it was to be ex- ported to the United States, con- trary to the laws of that country as well as those of Canada, Much of this never left Canada at all, and was distributed in Ontario, and while some of it went to the United States, it was equally poisonous to ' Canadians as well as Americans. This was done with your knowledge, and you publicly in the House of Commons exonerated and defended the action of your Minister of Cus- toms in this regard. : 175,000 Gallons Released "Immediately on taking office I issued orders that not another ounce of this class of alcohol was to be so 1 d, and this order is being 200d Grocers +ETT CO. LTD YO ,CAnNADA r strictly observed and carried out. Therefore, if any of this poisonous alcohol is still to be obtained in the Dominion of Canada, it is alco- hol that you and your colleagues released on the unsuspecting public, and I may say that from the middle of December last up to your in- glorious exit from office your Gov- ernment distributed over 175,000 gallons of this poisonous concoction for beverage purposes. "If, with your usual facility for evasion, you advance the argument that the present unfortunate cases of poisoning are due to 'wood alco- hol,' then the answer to your venal insinuation is that, for at least forty years, wood alcohol has been manu- factured in Canada for industrial purposes, and released without any restrictions whatever. This disposes of your innuendo that the alcohol causing the poisoning was necessar- fly 'smuggled.' Renies Stealing Information "Another matter referred to by yourself, and by one of your ex-Min- Goodison, speaking on the same isters, Mr. Motherwell, and also me) platform with you at Sarnia, namely, that the information which formed the basis of my charges in the House on Feb, 2 last 'had been stolen.' This statement is absolutely and without qualification ' false, and known by you to be false.' All of the information that I used was secured by me openly and honorahly. Such of it as was given. me by the Com- mercial Protective Association was obtained by them at their own ex- pense, and had previously been sub- mitted to you personally, and to the former Minister of your Government, but your refusal as Prime Minister to act on this information forced the business men of Canada to appeal for a- Parliamentary Committee to investigate, an appeal which had been made to you over a year pre- viously, and which you had refused to grant. The result of the inquiry by this, Parliamentary Committee, composed of four of your own sup- porters, one Progressive friendly to you, and four Conservatives, is set forth .in the report to Parliament, which report was adopted by Parlia- ment, and which you, on Page 5130 of Hansard, referred to in the fol- lowing words: '" 'We accept the report as it comes, believing hat it creates what, in ~the opinion of the members of the committee of this House, is most necessary in the interests of our country at the present time.' "And further you say: 'With respect to every recom- mendation in that report my Government is in entire acord.' "I now quote from this report (which was accepted in its entirety by you) the following clauses, which brand your utterances in Sarnia with a more complete denial than the privileges of the. public press will permit me to express: " 'In the opinion of the com- mittee such unmatured spirits © are unfit for human consump- tion and their release is injur- fous to the public health.' Unmatured Alcohol Released "This action is peculiarly appropos to the false statements made in your address at Sarnia regarding alcoholic noisoning, for it must be remem- bered that four Orders-in-Councjl were passed by your Government just prior to the last election author- AUTOMOBILE WINS ITS FIGHT TO ENTER THE YOSEMITE VALLEY Convict - Built Motor Rosi omcgea guards for each hundred "Brings Reservation Within Eight Hoyrs' Drive of San Francisco This summer sees the final triumph of the automobile in twenty years' contest against natureslovers, old-timers and stee pmountain roads who sought to keep it out ofYose- mité Valley. Convicts, - from the State prisons, employed at a wage of $2.10 a day by the California High- way Commission have blasted a new motor road into the Yosemite, a road so broad and level 'that it brings the valley within seven or eight hours of easy driving from the Golden Gate. . A trip to the val- ley thus becomes for San Francisco no longer a stunt, an ambitions vac- ation journey to be planned for months or even yeras ahead. It be- comes instead a mere week-end enterprise to be planned casually on Friday evening. : During the season o £1925 10,000 people were accommodated in the valley at one time. The new road is expected to multiply the number by at least ten, and park concession- aires are building new accommoda- tions to take care of the additional visitors. Hitherto only the more venturesome among motorists took their cars into the valley. The drive involved a climb over steep and nar- row roads to an elevation of 6,000 feet, and then a drop down again of 2,000 feet to the valley floor. The new road--which opens on July 31--climbs slowly and steadily, with no grade that cannot be made in high gear. It is twenty-four feet wide and graveled for most of the way. The curves are broad and sweeping, Most of the $1,000,000 expended by the State on the new route was required for blasting through solid rock along the banks of the Merced River, which runs for seventee 'nmiles through a narrow canyon. Convicts Saved Money Prisoners who built the road lived in camps along the banks of the river, eating the same food as the foremen and superintendents and workig eight-hour shifts. In the evenings they were free t ofish or swim in the river. There were two y "Which would you rathey be--a lit tle flower ora little bird?" The hoy thought a' moment, and then remarked : "A little bifd. Because it eats!" SARCASTIC The Lady--I gave you a piece of pie last week, and you've been send- ing your friends ever since. : The Tramp--You're mistaken, them was my enemies. lady, men, Engineers and foremen are ethusiastic over the quality of the prisoners' work. All camp expenses were paid out of the convicts' wage fund, and the prisoners saved an average of 75 cents a day each for Ihelscivay: io be paid to them on their discHarge. On July 31 and Aug. 1 the State of California will join with the Na- tional Park Service in ceremonies celebrating the opening of the new road end the seventh-fifth anniver- sary of the discovery of the valley. A pageant in'a beautiful meadow on the valley fleor will depict the com- ing of the first white men---Mari- posa rangers in pursuit of Indians. At the same time the cornerstone will be laid for a new hotel in the valley, to be built at a cost of $500,- 000. HELP YOURSELF TO HEALTH Alot ; A] PRR eh PAPE ia A Wilderness Reserved a. It was only in 1913 that Franklin K. Lane, as Secretary of the Inter- ior, signed an order permitting auto- mobiles in the park. His decision caused a protest from many people, and for some years thereafter auto- mobiles had little standing in the park. Owners were subjected to irk- some rules, including a requirement that they rpeort at th eadministra- tion lodge within a minimum num- ber of minutes after checking in at the valley entrance. Once there, their cars were chained up, to re- main immobile until the owners were ready to depart, While many deplore the popular- ization of the valley, the fact re- mains that thousands who would never have seen it otherwise now enjoy its grandeur. For those who want solitude, there remains thous- ands of square miles of magnificent Sierran wilderness just . beyond, easily reached by horse and pack- animal, Camps are maintained at several outlying points where every» thing from food and lodging to sweaters and fishing tackle may be obtained at moderate rates. The new road wil make Yosemite a year-round resort. It is the first road into the valley low enough in altitude to avoid the Winter snows. People averse to crowds will here- after plan their vists for April, May, October or even January. 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"Also, referring to the smuggling into Canada of stolen cars: ' "The procedure followed by the department in dealing with cars stolen and smuggled has resulted in an advantage to the thief and receiver as against the owner of the car' "Sir, I brand your utterances at Sarnia as knowingly false and preg- nant with slanderous innuendoes un- worthy of one who has 'Béen en- trusted 'with the leadership of a great political party." GO UNDER CANVAS Officers and men ot the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, under the command of Colonel Darius Green, pumbering 125 all told, are camped for the second vear on Marmora Fair Groungs The majority arrived by snecial train at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The following officers are on the staff of the camp. Commanding officer, Col. D. Green; second in command, Capt. S. Young; Adjutant, Capt. A. V. Yates, M.C.; Assistant adjutant, Cap- tain A. Mowat; O. C. Company, Major McLean; Quartermaster, Lieut. Fos- ter; Chaplain, Capt. Rev. T. H. H. Hall. 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