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Moi-ning Guardian, Founded 1891. Evening Guudlm 1".,

` CHARLOTTETOWN

_SATUR-DAY,2DECEMBER 27, 1918. _

- By Mall. Canada. $8410; U. 8. A. $8.80.

Annual Subscription delivered 1400:-

HllI},KllllLlll'5 Iilll lll lllANl|llll

_,_ R llul,lll_uul lui tnutlllui

This Donation Mohos o 'Total of $450 000 00

Given by Mr. Rockefeller for Educatiolial an

__Medical' Research. Portion of Latest Gift t

_.Q be Used in Canada. ` _ '

_ i-?_.i.__

(Special to The Guardian.)

NW YORK, Dec. 26.-John D.

Rockefeller today gave to mankind u Christ-mag present of $100,000,000, half so the genera-i education board to raise the salaries of college profes- sors and half to the Rockefeller Foundation to aid in its work of com batting disease through improvement of medical education, public health ad- ministration and scientific research. lt is estimated that Mr, Ilockefeller's public gifts now approxildate $450,. 000,000. While leaving to the general education board the task of selecting the colleges which shall receive awards for their teaching staffs 1 and the amount

each is to receive, Mr. Rockefeli

ly as may seein wise. The trustees

nectlon- with which Mr. Rockefell

cordial approval’ Such action w

Vincent, president of the Foundalio

- . $

for this purpose.

urged that the 'principal as well as th income be used as promptly and lnrg

,_ - - _ _

pal and income of their gift in con- ‘ ‘ , .

added that if the board should see I \

in to use any part of this new -gut n. promoting lnedical education in Can-

ada “such action would vmect with my '

the Rockefeller foundation also a authorized to utilize both the prlnc

_ i

be taken, according to Dr. George E.

_ v -'»

popular restaurants were carried by

(8 eclal to The Guardian.) 8 eoial to The Guardian.) , l3l’°°'“| t° Th° °"a'dla"‘l

0 PARIS, Dec. 26.-Paris celebrated QUl§}§EC,-Dec, 26,-The canadian - WASHINGTON. DSC- 26-'-Pfeiilfle

liel' llfnl 09800 Cllllilnllis' DB-y Wlill merchant marine steamer, Spinner, is Wllwns Christmas W” B quiet °“

d sreat animation and enthusiasm. great stuck almost helplessly in tho ice bi” ff” ill” _*"9* “me “mc” he P”

‘¢i‘0WllS illrollglnz the churches and flows in the Lower St. Lawrence. H r -been '~`°l\fl“‘i° '-0 the White House- D

0 theatres. The Boulevards and princi~ cpnl-supply is short and the ruddsl' CMV T' G"°y°°“ mted the bars an

pal streets of the capital were filled post is broken, Efforts _ so for to Permitted me P9'-l°"t to "'"l°V °f th all night with celebrators and the -reach the stranded ship have failed/ 80011 things i-llni liliifli the 5955011-

Tbe ice pack is the worst in the his- “TW” '

ll (Special to The Guardian.)

rl, CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Five billion

who stated tollfgllt that the trustees dollars will be needed lly the l‘ill'li`08il‘3 would he n-shed to set iisldo 5,000,000 Oi ills United States for ex ansion

D .

rcllabilitaiion and improvement in the

SURVIVDRS DF THE

BARBARA MDDDNALD HDME

, --. U

Mr. J_- 'Ay Mcnfiiifllil Ol Cnfdlgnn cliff with the seas washing over the

owller of tllewill,-fated schooner Bar-

bara McDonald and Joshua Wllittlei new staunch vessel or she would hav mate, of Charlottetown wilo took conl- gone to pieces on the outer rocks, an

wc would not be alive today. W

nu Wllittlo was wasllcii ovcrllolll-tl and tried to launch il bout, but it wa drowned; Stephen Pike of Charlotte- sninshcd tn splinters. '

malld when his brotller Captain Thom

town; Michael Burke of Georgetown. Then we each got a rope and about

and Robert Emory of Wood Island

:ind the other survivors of-tile vessel ar lea side ulld hung on. The vessel ha rlved on the island on Christmas Eve,.listed outward when she hcgan to g glad to be home again after their down and as thc sea struck her bul ilcvor-to-Rio-foréiiiilen experiences. Mr. warks we did' not get the full weigh

Arthur Yorston, the cook, who belong

schooner, Well for us that she was

B the fore rigging let ourselves over th

l|llllAR$ Al llNl§l

five year period following their return Rciberl; Rloeckllmg, administrator o

to private ownership on March lst.

Leading l~ai;lroad men in Chicago exile and a fine of ten million franc

made this statement when informed upon his conviction of a charge o that the president had fixed a date organizing the pillage of factories i for turning back the roads. ' eastern France. It was testified at h

‘Q (Special to The Guardian.) ( _

l WASHINGTON, Doc. 26.-The ship-l li ping hoard has ulldcr consideration 5 the sale of all forlner German passen-

ger ships with the stipulati0ll.tha.t the vessels -be run under the American

s of the sea but we were uncolllfortzhbic

to Georgetown did not come home with “dough to soy the least, being al the others. having secured n D0Slll0ll drenched to the skin. We knotted the

an teacher in St. Jolln’s, Nfid. ,

Mr. McDonald says the schoone

left, Georgetown on Saturday Decem- bcr Gtll and reached Hawkesbury Sun-

ropes and held on for five hours. it

r was so dark we could not see each

other, hilt now and then alnld the roar of the sca \ve kept shou-ting to one an-

diiy at 2 D. lll.{ Wli0i‘0 iliey Yenlnllleil other calling the roll and satisfying tlll lVl0llilDy lil 7 ¢1~“i- -‘\‘li0ii‘l Iiililnlglilf ourselves that we were all there. l

on Wednesday the hurricane in a

l In the meantime the vessel was

its fury struck the vessel. the wind gradually 1-ending apart and death in

bein terrific and hu e seas running,

‘the darkness and surf seemed await-

8 8

so that it was found necessary to ing ns, About midnight i1 portion of 'heave to under foresail about ten her stem, whlch was twisted- 95, be.

miles off Cape Pine.

Tho following morning about 4 o‘-

came wedged ln -between the portion of the hull to which we clung and thc

clocl¢_Captain_'1‘ilomas Whittle decided shore. It was about 20 feet long and 6

to take wa the foresail. It was whil

e feet wide. Waiting for our chance, be-

dirootln; thyls operation while stand- tween the seas, we dashed across that

ing _about midships that it heavy

sea struck llfin carrying him over-

board. A rope was thrown to him bil ho failed to grasp it and disappeare

,_ d

for ever from view. The duty of taking

.plank to the shore, ,_ .

Above us lowered an almost perpen-

li dicular cliff which afterwards wc

learned was 350 feet high. lt took us seven hours to get to the top of it,

cnnlinund of the shi then devolved di ill ourselves in with finger nails

upon his brother, Mr. Joshua Wlhittle,

tho first mate.

For fifty-two hours, said Mr Mc-

EE S

and we may say -toe nails. It was a seven hour -nightmare and I cannot tell how we succeeded. At dayliglll

Donald tho owner in an interview, we were at the summit completely ex-

the vessel was then driven un-

der bare oles beforo the wllld N

hausted and chilled' to the marrow.

0`wiill our clothing torn and our limbs

n ~ -

lalld could be sighted and it is thought bruised and bleeding Fill’ li€l0W W0

that they were driven about 75 lnil0

| _ s could see the battered fragments of

out to sea. At times there were blind--l what was once il 530.000 V€¢SSi;]l il-liiltii ing ,snow pqnnlls We had no idea of $15,000 cargo. All that was ed 0-

our position. It was bitterly cold an

the vessel was cdated with ice. We

d gether of .tlhe fine new schooner wreck

ed on her maiden voyage was the for-

ioat our foresail on the second night ward lllifi- "Om l-lie l°"“"“"d rigging'

of the storm, the gaff breaklns l00S9-

Some of tlhe foreriggins WHS' Bmalihe

Tile rest had been carried out hy the

d undertow. We had no idea. where -we

but We subsequently managed to get were but we had' heard -the fog whistle repairs effected, although at one time before dnyllglil- Al dawn the f°l5nl“;‘; we thought that some of the masts disappeared and it was no 0 S

is - y `

sible to take any soundlnss_ We were in about 100 fnthoms. The vessel l'0ll'9

sounding. We made off in the direc- tion of" where the sound had come. We finally came in sight of Cape Pine

me ,ea l,gnnl-llnlly_ We tried the Lighthouse after walking Oi' Valli"

would o b the board. It was imDOS

pumps from time to time and foun

stumbling along for three miles DVB

- r

no water in the hold. The forecastle a pathless waste of rock. nnfl lllllgla

however became uninhabltable Jv/in

-lo the -heav sea dashins over it. Bill;

y s

the crew removed their il\lnl'l10l'li A the cabin aft.

About 8 o'clock on Saturday morn-

ing the storm moderated. It became

warmer and it was a case of dod8lii

the ice as it melted a-nd fell from the rigging. The wind almost died nwny

of scrubby. spruce, It had been rain- ing. Then it turned colder, and our clothes were frozen stiff but fortun- ately we escaped being ‘frost bitten.

We reached the lighthouse _at ten

o'clo¢k T-he keeper and his Wife 'lla everything they could for us, Provid- ed us with -food and dry clothins- We turned in and slept all day and the

during the forenoonl pnirlthsrorlpélt 3; g;°;u;‘e;‘\p;lrl;tooIf Eggtnflgxlllifgggslgfffé the day we wallovve n p le Y H In a narrow ,mn the sea. There was a 'thick lol; nt the mil” “Way ° °W 5 I ,mm , , f ' -lime. About 9 o'clock Saturday niglil WG gxhggloxeggsgnglaalf. gage I wi them new. Last nislllli Sl”-Sliig ° __

a southerlybreeze came ull “iid We We " '

made sail steerin a northerly 00””

e ed home the news of iihe wreck. On

» 5 the train

ll. ,W d- lay morning we took

'Lldw‘bllllsvll'tllld°s}ddl.l'lil;‘r)lys\;Mll[dy lgvtlet sllhe for? Nbllfoundland. Last Friday night

thick 'fog etilkenvelopad nil-

we left by the “Sable island" for Syd-

W struck another northweate

i ` 1'

On Sunday nisili 'il “"9" "°‘°°“ “ey” ° d ro obliged to we struck the outer rocks oil’ C0-D0 On llilil Vliyage 'ln we

Pine. The heavy sen and _Well ilffil, us further in towllrds fthe shore.h I hspt pounding and nonnfiins B °’°

q_ lny to for 24 hours in the lee of Lan!-

dny night leaving for home on Wednes

ward until we worked nil °l°S° t° -the day night'

Mr. McDonald 'further said that the

dlan Government Dl`0‘/lded

i_." ll

-11-as wouto el; A GREAT GN, 'A » -rl= lr whom- Foe

‘Hy

Z-_-_-_-_u-8"*

Newfoun -d clothing and transportation for the ~ men home.

their experience Fortunately at the

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‘ 'rim wlianxim

'rnasrlmurunm

TID!! H0010. ET'

9 flag, it was announced today.

These vessels which .were taken

over by the government during the

war total 102, aggregating approxi-

Pllllslullllll inllllti Pllnwltsni ui llllllslllls lllilllwtllltl llillsllllllsllll

r storm tory of the St Lawrence, it is said V e _

A _ A ,sltllstlllltt

(Special to The Guardian.)

blew it up lil Novembel 1018

given similar sentences by default.

ln it lllulslll ll ullllln stills

mately 250,000 dead weight tons. N6 price has been ‘fixed for the ships but $250, a ton is suggested as n probable

valuation by high officials. The silt ex-Gernlan lillers held by the shipping

hoard pending the final determina- (specm to The Gua,.d|a,,_) tion of their status are not included OTTAWA’ Dec_ 26__T1,e orgumza, among the Vessels Wlllcll may be of' tion which has been directing the

tered for sale. _

l thrift stamp method' of war saving has

ret Service" llefoleappreciative aud-

T_he Young Adams Company open-

ed a nine _days engagement at the Prince Edward Theatre on\,Chrlstmas afternoon and' evening, presenting the -three act romantic drallla “In Sec-

iellces. There was quite a largn Hild- ience at tile matinee and a. fairly large aitendallce at thc night sllow.

The play is t1 story of Russia in the days of the late Czar. Plans of a bat-“ tery had been made by it clever Ca- nadian woman spy who Dlfiniifiil i0 sell them to England to get money to give her crippled brother nletllcol attention. Tile difficult situations its they arose were well portrayed. and the audience was kclll liiiellly interested ull the way. Misa Mania as Bessie Grey the spy. was particular- ly effective. _

Last night the company played' that

old favorite, “East Lyilli -'lil a decld' edly able manner -before a S000 Sized

did Isabel and' her acting in this Pilfll

such products i1lWi\y9 “TVB to ‘keep

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t iuo by _tho nfs" “iw ‘l 8

:ildn gtlljavtllss ln_ Camp _Hill Cemetery in this city is now on. The sllD9i'll1'

tendent of the cemetery and trio oi( his assistants notified the Chl fnlnn ‘of the committee that has the ceme-

l -bn-

6.55 a.

tary in charge for the city °0l'l'l0l‘ii'

o s the lace, that

TORONTO' D°°' "'_s°“m ¢° life" `lilAli:h=ssl::lsld,|thoir oi-,olivine out.

9°“ll“"°“ 'mag' milder' to llecome immediately effective. This

The “de Wm be mah th" “island” left the committee ln the Position of

“R 217' wmormw at 158 and :og having t olook around burridly for at 3.31; it will be high tomorrovs TM* man who would open suave, foil nm. ins at 13542 "°“"°’ " 2'” “° si-ou. 'rho' u-oullls is thot :gs msn da at - - t the cemetery. W o are

gil" 9°" this “"°m°°“ 4”. l§4Z-'l|t,°|":>1dli¥dhl?y?`lh; city for their work. also

. n`i°i"'°" 'md Mmm” M 4° silnd Tau- telie"fees from lot. owners ` who re- t°m°"°“' ‘“°""“"' "°”,"” _ - oh-olhom io hs loomed oltsf. 'rho

t ' " .proved too expensive in proportion t

the amount realized and the Minister

V ‘ of Finance has decided to do away

_ _ _ with it. The system is working well

` ' in the schools and where there are

_ ` evidences of thrift being encouraged

' _ _ it will be continued there and throu` h

"East Lynn" compared favorahl

the post offices ‘bu.t,itl1'e expensive

__________,___ -I - - management will be‘cut out. Since

the system was inaugurated the re-

in “Secret Service” and “East Lynll" Capably Pre- 3;;"3l,,*;;“° °‘;‘°‘;“”°;}.‘.‘; “t.°“*_,*""'

sented at the Prince Eilwarillheatre Before

000i liiiiiiii- _ , P Z0 Horses Kill d

, ecos o co c on as een

around 14 percent.

with the best seen here in fornlelll G°T°R°I

years. Following was the cast:- Lady Isabel

(Sbecial to The Guardian.)

Madame Vlllc..°.. ‘.. _.li/iarjic Adams MONTREAL, Dec. ' 26.-A freight

Barbara Hare . . . . _.Vivian May Cornelia Carlyle.. _.Marcello Geral' Joyce.... ._ ..Marguerlte Youn Sir Francis Levison...Perry Herma

o train, running over the Grand Trunk d line ran off the rails this morning near g Iieacollsflcld. Some cars were broken n nlld twelllty horses killed.

Dil1.... .. _...Richard Callart -i---- `

Lord Mount Severn.. _ .Harry H. Ho

Richard Hare. _ _ . _ _ _ . _Donald Mack

Little Willie Lucy Policeman und. Archibald Carlyle. _ _ .H. Wilmot Youn

Interesting vaudeville was intro-

duced between the acts.

C.P.R. Train

lumps Track

%llNsllll slllciits §

‘ '(Speclal to The Guardian.)

FIbEDERl!CT()N, Dec. 26.--A Can-

adian Pacific Railway passeiiger tra-in llulnped the rails entering the yard at Fredericton Junction tllls morning and plowed into another train in tho yard

,CHRISTMAS BTATIONERY w,.rH` No ‘particulars are available here yet.

but it is known one man. who was

audience who showed their thorough selected initial letter .in gold bronze badly hurt( is bedng ,brought to VictO,._ appreciation. fmm L09 t° $11,ig°Kll°"t 'Six' Sentra” ia Hospital here on the train due about

Miss Marjie Adams made a splen- (Jill) Pl‘ll1l0l'y_ on ree _ .2 lfdolock.

be te than in re *WANTED GIRL FOR GENERAL.

‘V39 lf anything t T D N ework in famil of three. Ap- ° °

vlous engagements in which she basl, :{’;'sGuardian 0mce_y 1| been seen here when she lll`0V9fl B -i ____ B d F ° ° greotisvorlte. v ~wANTEo|M'M.§DlA'rELv Malo Fon |]|'ll€ al 2||'Vl€W, . .

Mr. H. Wilinfii YOUUES alilllll' "5, general housework in small family.

actor is so well known in Char-~ G od. wages, N0 washlng Apply' 14,5 __ _ b k t

‘flint that no further need bel 0 _ Mt H~ALIFAX, Dec 26 Fire ro e ou

olde owne than that in the part of Pownal Struct' t from some unknown source about five

Si! mol' ` " ` 7 ’ 1 k W d da afternoon in ~'\f°iiil’“l‘i C°"li’l° he *°°l‘ me pa" in i-EFT BV M'9TAKE` AT ARENA llc oc argl: ii se liiesthy canadian oil

0 S 9 f

s most mniieily f“°“‘°"~ l Rink. last nieiih mi""S black ‘"6" cw' W ‘ Pio t ot rslrviow. ond be-

Tho play “East Lynn" has been shoe. Apply to A. R. McDonald, Mel* loglélligillnlght Nad completely des-t1'0y

ageingel5s1eg;lf0l;i;lnIy9&`:Vll‘;“i‘1e‘;‘;‘;f;;:N maid. 5889-12-27-Mzlwd two warehouses, tllestables across

_ ., i tl d 1 filllll tanks which

tion' Like me "old Homestead *L°ST'_MUSKRAT MUFF ‘N THIS ellttlalld-Sid: dleldelvtllout $85000 worth of “ch Plays it never grows old ` ‘my “T °“ mad t° Kemmch' Fmdet' to k which a onl artinll insur-

_ P Y

Sll‘0n8 liilmliil i_°“°h Wlllch l’e““e“'t°° kindly leave at. Guardian Ofiice.Mtt.'éd_° W B y

swalvreo.-A elm. Fon eeNenAl.» n ‘ S housework No washing Apply Mrs'

p g ‘ J. c. shns,249 Prinoo3si1té_1z_15_Mu;. Dallfge in llfallgg

All the faithful Charlottetown

newspaper boy's, who have de- livered or sold daily news- papers, for at least three months, will meet this (Satur- day) evening at the Rose and Gra tea Room, for ai good time.

The ticket for_adm_iiisio_n _will

be given to those woftliy of it by the offices of tile Guardian, the/Patriot and Examiner.

The banquet will *start sharp

at six o'eloek und close at elsht p. m.

de at 7.51. - M 'q l that this is done in this for l N9" '“°°“' “°“d“y' December “ne slllllblietlllo city also M!! illiim- A »+o++oN

fron sat: 'rwo Ful.i_ enown -PA-rtls ,nso. zo.-iissvy oontlnu-

» -i i _ ht iloode lllc rivers in

T -- , , , ,, _ 223;..‘s;ti_‘°..;l252--ii°--5-ii?°3-Ri‘li ml .zeiittl ':.'...€;“‘;f.i.-

e ley Island. We reached Sydney U85' LONDON, Dec. 26.- pan .S V Temple, Union Bank. _ cousins ¢w0l‘ 28 _

ing tanks from Enalnnil lil iifldlllon t° - ~ 53gg_12.27.M3l cutting oommuni.cn_tion. Much prollor munitions for surplus war material. _- ~ __ ty damage has occurred.. Yesgerilay General J, Vlllalba is head of the w`*1°'_“'_’“"ANTED .|.EAcH?R"""F°"R MOUNT the wind blew over the Vctory a ue

_ d h arranged also for the I . at Nancy. Several flailing vessels have

i“l"l°“ "“‘, ,§;,,,,,,, e,,,,,,,,,,e,,, 0,, ,, Hops sohool supplement $60 .l.w_ b

l>“'°li““’ " _ Ph _s ` t of 'r tsés se. ee” “"9 lm-ge scale indluding motor lorries BGR Sale 1;: 2- l‘nS_ . ` '

ers, . . .

All arrived not much the worse for dna travel-lingkitchens. - e ' 5s92_12_27M5ipd`

cked _

Farmers Make Galils

"W ii” ‘”"° “°“""“‘ P” .P ‘El A _ _ in New South Wales wreck and being drenched y t gwn HAUFAX GRAVE- plqggrls es the weather was not very~ i‘0 IV' ARE OUT ON STRIKE . d Although they suffered considers? y. SYDNEY, N. S., Dec. 26.-Rgvlse ` md "'° tem 'mature hem lmlllgil ow i~iAl.il='Ax N s neo 25.-what is _ ilsui-so or ihefelec“°'l collmtlissiinlvsli

er they wou d have all per s e . . .. . 1 B much stronger armers par y

|at ilfrst indicated. There are now four- |tesn 'farmer.-members in the House, -willose total membership is seventy 'flve. Of the balance thirty four the §Na.tionaliste and twenty seven Labor- ‘itss. Premier Hughes is safely in the saddle.

St. Dullstads 'Drive

'l*leNlei-i’_l\.An|sl4

Mgr. D. M. McDonald Senator P. C; Murphy _ ....... -Dr. J. A. Johnson Acadian Society .A.o.li. A. O. ii. Auxiliary

ll is

llllllili ttnrlll dsstlltlll sluts ll'l"'"5'l3 ll" ""ll‘”"l"lS D

OTTAWA ,Dec. 26.-'Phe seats at

the round talble of the privy council will be vacant until Monday unless -lomething unfolieeen occurs which will require the presence of the Min-

5 ‘listers in Conference. »

iSir Robert Borden has' been the rec- lliient of an avalanche of Christmas messages, .but otherwise has spent the

AMIENS’ Dem 25,___A court ltlal-lla] Christmas season so far quietly. He

has sentenced the German officer, Will go away ilnlliediately'tii'ter the

f New Year. Most of the other Minis-

`Mines at Karxguhry to ten years of .ters -are out of the city and will spend

S the week end ill their own respective

f Home towns- A _ _ ailing oi those will olso he dolor-i-ed.

oulwlboldcs A 7 in

5 DURING HOLIDAYS

llr»i-s_.;f"rl' lt- ` t _ 'Z'

8 Premier Borden Recipient ol Many Messages' Lea"

3 for South After New Year’s Day. Ministers w

, of Town. Two Commons and Four Senate

Vacant. '

no-_ o

It is anticipated that from now

‘lie session meets in 'the latter part February and will pin their hopes the decision of the Caucus, which will

be held immediately after the session

meets.

There are two vacant seats in l

hel nor these until after tile Caucus, There are four senate va ci na

can es, o

in Ontario. one in Quebec, one in Bri-

tish (zolulmbia `and one in Alberta.. The

is-

llll|l_E_mll Bulls

_l.argely‘Attenileil Hastily Called Meeting of Farme - and Merchants Yesterday llnanimuusly Urged t

Government to Extend invitation to Empire

Press Union.

On the invitation of the Rotary Club

l large and representative meeting was held in the Board of Trade Rooms yesterday afternoon to consider thc luesilon of the govern-ment inviting members oi’ -tlhc Empire Press Union to Prince Edward Island on the occas- ion of their quinqllennial conference

in Otulwu in July next.

Mr. J. R. Burnett presided and

alnlongthose present were Mr. J. E. Sinclair, M. P.. Mr. J. M. Lnlrd, Kol- vin, Mr. Edgar Giddings, Marshfield. Mr. J. W. Jones, Bunbury. Mr. Mur- chison, Nortll River, Mr. Brown, York, Mr. C. E. McKenzie, Sec. P. E. Ia- 'and Dairying Association. Mr. F. T. Vforrow-,-Mr. W. Bolllter. Mr. Wm.Kerr, organizer of the Agricultural inter- ‘:ts. Mr. R. E. Mulch, Chairman Bonrd of Trade, Mr. S. A. McDon-_ illhohalrnisn Retail Merchants Assoc- iation, Mr. J. A. Webster, President Motor League, Mr. R. Brow Chairman Fox Breeders Ass.-rlciaiiion, Mr. W. S. Grant, Presiilent Rotary Club, Mr. James Paton, Mr. W. L._ Prowse, Mr. W. Allan Stewart, Mr. A/A. Ponleroy. Mr. Archibald Ir- win, Mr_ R. H. Jenkins, Mr. S. A. McLeod, Mr. Gordon Hngllles, Mr. H. »-M. Van Buskirk, Mr. H. V. Buntain,

Mr. W. K. ~Rogel's, Mr. Charles Black, Major A. A. Bartlett, Consul W. A. Pierce, Mr. Reu-ben McDonalld.

The Chairman opened the meeting

by elrplaining that the Members of the linlpire Press Union would hold their quinquennlal conference in Ottawa in Iuly and it was tllc intention of ithe provincial governments to invite tlheni to visit their respective provinces for 'he purpose of giving thenl an insight into the industries and potcntialities of the different parts of the dominion. Invitations had already been sent by till the -provinces except Prince Ed- ward Is‘lanii and it was for that meet- ing to decide whether the advertise- ment which P. E. island agricultural products would reccilve warranted Ihom ill askinlg the government to _-lend an invitation to visit Prince Ed- ward Island. The Dominion Govern- ment was contributing $50,000 towards the expenses, Ontanlo $25,000; Que- hec, Bri-fish Columbia and Manitoba $15,000 each; and the other provinces $5000. If Prince Edward Island desir- ed to be included in the itinerary the governnlent must extend the invitation and provide $2,000 for the general fund and nt least. $1000 for local ex- penses. it was not a matter of per capita expenditure but what benefit the province would obtain from the advertisement such n visit would give its main industry, agriculture. The representatives of the Emlpire Press Union were the principal editors anti proprietors' of newspapers in the Uni- ted Kingdom and throughout the Em- pire aud would be the means, by spec- fel correspondence and otherwise of bringing to the notice of the British public the resources and capabilities of the different provinces of Canada to supply the British market. As ag- nicltlture was our principal industry here and as an endeavor was being made to establish direct steamer com- munication between Charloi-tetown and Liverpool, it appeared to hlnl that the present opportunity was one which should be taken advantage of to ad- vertise Prince Edward Island as the Denmark of Canada and to make it

tain.” 'iihe mutter had been brought to

lcd Premier lBell and his colleagues

also -the new Denmark ol Great Bri-

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the attention of the government

the United Prcss of Prince Edward s-

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land but unfortunately it had not seen

its way to extend th'e invitation which must bein the hands of the committee

in charge before December 31. The Rotary Club had got behind the move. ment and as a result of their 1nitiat- We ll1l‘S 'large and lnfluen-tial meeting

had been get together at. a few m ments notice to see if pressure could not be~brought to bear upon the gov- ernllnent to reconsider its decision.

After considerable discussion in

which the unanimous opinion was ex-

pressed that the government should extend the necessary invite/tion it was resolved to invite Premier Bell and

.ls many members of his government as were within reach to a/ttend the lueeti -_ .» -. ~ _...wr

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Premier Bell, Hon. J. J. Johnston, Hon. George E. Hughes, Hon. W. M,

Loi and B. W. Lepage, M. L. A., rg. sponded to the invitation and were

slleeilliy in attendance.

Mr. J. E. Sinclair, M. P., address.

and said he thought it would he

were not invited to this province.

lnunlty had large surplus products t

put on the market and Grelt Britain was the natural outlet for them. No better opportunity could present it- self in order to advertise our agricul- tural products than that presented by

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the vlslt of the 'Empire Press Uni0_ . He considered it was the duty of the

government to bring the visitors here and hc was sure it would_be backed in its enterprise by the whole agric-

ulturail community .

1Mr. Kerr, said he represented or-

ganlzed agriculture in the provi

n .

having been appointed official organi-

zer. It was the endeavor of organiz- cd agriculture to raise the standard of agricu-1-tural products in this prov- ince and to make them the finest and higiheet grade produced in the domin- ion ng they had already done in the matter of eggs. The greatest difficulty they hid been up against so far had been to obtain suillcienlt effective ad- vertising aud to his mind bile propos- ed visit of the Emfpire Press Unioil provided_just the kind of advertising they wanted to make tlheir products known in the British and other mark-

S , it

would not be too much for the adver- tisement Prince Edward Island agric-

ets. If it cost three times 3000

list ts

the Government will mark time unul

of on

Dominion amely Kamouraska and Te g. No by elections will be

is he

calamity if the Empire Press Union

they were aware the agricultural ` -

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Many Canadians _

Stranded in Englall

_._.. (spasm to The huurdlun.) LONDON, Dec. 26.-ln repiy‘to

that thousands of Canadians who to

their discharge in -England are now stranded here, and whether arrange

ments can be made with the C-anad

Government for free passage for those desiring to go home, Colonel Amery. under Secretary for the colon

ies said the men had exprsrly waiv ed their right to free repatr ation. Na doubt special cases of -hardship would receive the Canadian high commission er's'caraful consideration and lllch

should be communicated to bhp.

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if it

question as to whether he was aware

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