MAXIMS or A

MERCHANT

for himself.

11¢ ls Premier who fears nothing; he is Premier who will desire nothing

G udlnn, Founded XIII. gﬁﬂziiozo Guardian ‘III Ont!-

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. Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew DAY. JULY 18130

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A oounhymln. one of nature's phil- osophers. has rough common sense on most questions. _ _ -

Annunl lI-becrlptione Delivered 86.00. llall Clnldl nd lLﬂ-Lllbﬂ-

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Appointed

315...: Granite Plgnntelll do Bel- uonie. Bishop of Albuno. who has w“, appoiniod dean of Sacred Col- “on Rome. to succeed late Cu’- dlnsl Vannutelli.

Charges Laid Against Captain ti)! The Fairfax

iCin-iriizin Pfelsl

WASHIYCVIYIN. D. C.. July 1'1- Olidges oi re ‘es; navigation. neg- ligence anri zziwgnting at excessive Speed in to: have been filed by fed- u-ai steamboat, izspectors at Boston against Captain Archie H. Biwke- Master of f3» steamer Fairfax, which collided “Th the tanker Pinthis eff the tllissnrhirsetts coast; June 1U, with the loss oi’ 14B lives.

ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS, e MEETINGS ETCS.

D;'Cardicnn Monday. Show end lice. Orclicsira. 5§33-'l-16-3l_

htlicucrcam and dance in Vernon AWN‘- July 1cm. 5482-7-18-11

"Notice-Come. see the latest m M. Victoria tonight; Mun-q ver satirrdai‘: Afton Monday. 5489

"Pmlleliy for sale at Kensington hegmd "Pair. Lot '15 x 130. Apply ShPB. 5439-7-18-31.

"Buyinrz Holgs calves Sheep and $55211! Emerald Tuesday forenoon. ~ W» 54500-7-17-3l.

"Elihu Club lOllCllfl r l; hogs, fut mild lfimbs and calves It Fodh. n ‘mi “Wﬁdﬂy afternoon, July ' 5484-74841

n ii Inflligand excursions leaving nt. 3 y Ahdl-gnriard every Tuesday, 1m. er milﬂurdlv- Phone m for mam ermation. Single fore for p- 5280-7-9-481

‘Li: emit 1'71 Queen st. Cher- Q umlm- 9hronic iilsladias prevent- Mnatecurcd at home, where they

' 5416-‘1-15-3111

"Rt Crca "my M10071 Social in Pleasant Monday evening, July all I! not. ﬁne. ‘mesday. lltﬂ-l-ls-ll. .0

[nweoilllnllal Dsrade oi King Wil- gheld 1- éilnd Church service will {my sulllm he United church, Kin‘. limdam Tq-v- July 20th oi. 2.80. M‘ me. Sister lodges in. bill-ll

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Iy‘ gplitgmjrljhzflxanent Wlvo done P‘ ’ min who thinks ‘ lmanent Waves ere sllke ls due

Mioﬁfm"! lllrprise. The best

him wot/mm“ "it. nstural. Its

l“ halts are close to the scalp ‘ e for ‘is left in illwless condi-

leau 3 ‘l "Ye tbut makes Eugene

tram

Li! h? Oil Frederlcks Vite Joule It: 5" F" allllolntments cull 1271.

TrcatymApologists Want Issue liq-gotten

Conservative Candidates Score Heavily And Are Given Enthu- siastic Reception At Bradal- bane Last Night. Audience Takes Hand In Quizzing Anti-

Protection Exponents.

1f the New Zeolend butter apolo- tlell were expecting n bud-out st BrId-llbone ' to offset the chill. lug effect of the Victoria meeting. "My were disappointed last night. the reception accorded to .Messrs. MoLure and Myers being u mum‘. lletleselftbogsthodngweres. Conservative convention end not g Joint political meeting in u one-time strong Liberal polling district.

vainly Meson. Macmillan and Jenkins _,“ shelter behind verbal smokeecreens when they came to ex- press their attitude on tho New za- land treaty.

“It le past." said Hon. Cyrus Mac- mlllln. with a gesture; "the treaty hes been obrogsled."

"If it we; not good. we cancelled

it,” argued Mr. r0.- lifzfeiixins. "wmr

more do they want?"

But the ghost of the New Zenlnnd treaty dolled the Liberal dldatcs f» the very last minute of the meet- lng.

As st other meetings during the campaign. the boll was crowded. Mr. Thomas Wigmore. Brsdalbms. pre- sided cdpobly and impartially.

CHANGING rm: rum:

"For the first time this evening we have learned the policy on which our friends are contesting this election," said Mr. W. Chester S. McLuro in s. slashing counter-attack at tho close of the meeting. “Mr. Jenkins told us tonight that they were running this cunpolg-n largely on the British pre- ference. For the past nine yea-rs no

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British House MuchﬂExcited

Two Laborite Members Suspend- ed F or Disgraceful Conduct.

(Olllldllll Press)

After s division. when the tellers

LONDON. July 17.—The Rouse of were lined up st the table to give

Cq|ﬂmgng w” thrown into excito- n-ient this afternoon when Fezuior Brockway, middle of the question period. insist- ed upeh delivering s. speech of Indie end Prime mnistar MacDonald mov- ed his suspension for dlsobeyins the Choir.

the result. one of them the laborlto. John Beckett. scsndllized the chun-

Lobor member. in the ber by seizing the Mace which ls the

House's emblem oi authority I-nd run- ning down the floor with it. A ines- songercaughthimsttheboroitbo House end the Gergeuit It Arms ro- Oontinued on Pics 6

ﬁhinese Dying

By The

Millions

One Province Alone Has Been Re- duced By Three Millions-Star- vation And Disease Wiping

Them Out.

(lpeoiol to the Gusrdlou)

PIDXNO, July if-Tbe Wliuletlon oi abmsl Province his been reduced by tbno million persons durlnl l-h! pent your by death from starvation god dlgoue, by nle end immigration. declares John Earl Baker, Amerlcun pgllwgy engineer, who ls acting ll director of famine relief in the Prov- lnoe.

rmroi lllbt.

The Cnpltel of Bhensl Provlncl. slgnfu, presents o pitiful sight this summer. says Mr. Islior. "On the streets. thousands of P001‘ “m” are to be seen drnsslns their new"!

, ‘ fl V1,, U Beaultyraﬁzlttlﬁrlslt: Mhldanliloil‘

woy from one garbage dump l0 m‘

~ l 5-10». surﬁng, 5455.741.” buddled in s warm comer w

rest. or stretched out in the prelude of the final sleep. mm. of those will die. They ore living on the some kind of food as do tbs. street dogs of Pelplng; they In {rightfully omscisted. their clothes ere in shreds. sndml-nylrelnsdvencedltllllﬂ discuss. “Huey have no ll-nd t9 Plant. no tools with which to work, no job. m homo. During the summer, the lgrger portion will contrive to exist on weeds, glunlngs and gubsge. But when the cold weather comes they will stiffen during the night end in the morning the burial "w" will dreg them out by scores. drop them in the trench outside the city well. and cover thorn with s few ghwell 0t 908th- ‘

‘Sets Record

MsJor Geoffrey O'Brien. who. in u Toronto-Winnipeg was on my i2.‘ Bet a new record of 14 hours with on average flying speed of 100 miles‘ an hour.

PRUSEBUTIDN,

iMlIRER TRIAL

fltiﬁlinvfsgl “

—’!‘hs prosecution in the trial of

IJNII .. ‘ STATES ANll .llN|lllN NAVAL lREAlY

Menace of Canadian Stations At Halifax And Esauimalt Wor. ries U. S. Senate.

(slleﬁiﬂl in the Guardian)

WASHINGTON. July 17-1110 men. oce of Canadian neval stations at Halifax and Esqulmalt was cited Ln the Senate i-Odly as another reason why the United States would not rat- ify the London Naval Treaty. "It is unthinkable that Britain desires to keep these naval stations so close u; the shores of her friends odd m“- people Ln the milled States," dselu. 6d 55118-130! M63011”. TQHJL. 1n may- ing that the ‘Pretty only be accepted on condition that Great Britain abandon Canadian and West India: stations. His resolution asked that

Britain cease maintenance of boom,‘

i p . and concord between the two na-i

tions." In discussing a second resolu- ~

es Halifax, Esqulmault, Jamaica and

Trinidad "in the lntermts of peace]

tlon to force freedom of the seas, the ‘Dennesseean cited speeches of Senators Boron of Idaho and Walsh

Io!‘ litoptoiis, in, f__avor_oi “complete

“for iiéutrblxcoiiimerce: He

Quorum-own. r. s. i.. July l7 ‘predicted adoption of this amend-

ment would do more to keep pence

E16 CHANGE IN WESTERll-IPROVINCES

SUBSTANTlAL GAINS IN PRARIE PRQYINQES

Plane Victim

Chester etnti, firemar clisrgul with‘ the-H the ‘Pfebty Itself. and he said the murder of Antonio rzodrriquesfihn most American wars swans ggagwun o; eh; 5_ a “ﬁnding Gulf‘ from the violation of the rights of was completed yesterday. The sxazm‘

J. D. Vance. Dominion Explorers’ '

pilot. who died in so nl-YUPLIIIO mis-

hap. while lending in fog It Hunter's

Buyout elidof Greet-Bur Lelia. on, July 1t. Bo was thrown trourthel cockpit and drowned. i neutrals in international commerce. It is expected the resolutions will be rejected when a vote is reached.

was tloterlnl s new-function.

inltlnn of Frederick Delano, First‘ Omoer of the seamer by Attorney General Campbell and his cross ox-i alumni-ion by Mr. n n. Mathiesonf occupied the greater pert of the day. w. .1. o. c. Csmpbell lppeued with the Attorney General for the prose- cution. while Messrs. K. J. Mart-in and S. S. Heslsn K. 0., were pres- ent in the interests oi the accused. The evidence submitted gt the pyg- limlnlry hwins by Dolldlls Fiﬂeld and Richard J. Small was rend, Evi- dence wng also heard from M; Egg- eh. nhowsrwher Jlones J. Condom. MugYstrate.

June; Edston. Georgetown, pbgfg. grl-pber (sworn) Identiﬁed photo- ITI-Ph of pert of the steamer from the top-deck.

Frederick s. Delano, chief omcor (SWORD "stifled that he considered Rbderiqua on excellent, omcer, H: ‘"4 in We elm-so of the distribu- tion of paint end other stores. Wit. "is Wes Roderiques st 8.20 a. m.. 0n Mhy 22nd, being chased by Ami‘ w fwwd pm oi the starboard deck Al"! had In anchor engine bI-r thrte or feet long, with”, m“

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6A8 EXPLBSIDN KILLS __T_lIElVE

(Oa-nldlln Press)

OMB AUUOHILL. Calif. July l'I. -A Ile explosion killed on entire shift of twelve men in e tunnel of the Hotoh l-lniohy prefect. Ian hen. clsco's municipal wafer are: elrlyto- dsy. ‘Iwo bodies were recovered by rescue crews shortly sitar the blnst, but further efforts were tempers!- ily halted by excessive gu. A blower wu in operation on the surface and was expected to clear the tunnel of gu in s few hours.

0. R. Rankin. engineer in cbuigs. sold o n! pocket probsbly bud been "willed in the tunnel durlnl the night. ‘the men who were W's!

Tide Is Running Strongly Against Administration

Independent’ Financial Journal Sees Decided Swing Toward Bennett’s Leadership-Tear Of Stalemate Passes.

MONIREAL, July l7.—Tl-ie Finan-

clsl Times prints the following from its Ottawa bureau in its current is- sue: "Indications ore increasing that a tide has set in and ls rolling ND strongly against the Government. Even Liberel politicians who are not slackening their efforts on bc- half of the party admit this.

"Then are two distinct reasons for

tion in Montreal. Since then it ap- pears to have developed repidly and to be steadily Ilinlnl momentum and volume.

"One finds evidence of it practic- ally everywhere Liberals who were confident at the commencement of the campaign, depending on the budget and on the hitherto rellsble oratory oi the Prime Minister to bring another victory to their cause,

this development: First. tbs - le conditions obtaining in the coun- try. end second the msnnsr in which m. King and w. Bennett rssveel- lvely epproecb these conditions and propose to deal with them.

h“ Swing Sets In

"During the first month of the csmpolgn there were scarcely my signs of e trend of popular senti- men wither way. Among politicians and observers in the Capital end elsewhere apprehension was enter- toined that the election would result in o stsloinete. with the independent groups holding the balmcs of power and controlling Parliament. as they did prior to 192d. About the end of June, however. the commencement of e wove oi sentiment toward Mr. Bennett became discernible. It syn- chronized with, ii it wee not signal- ed by. the Conservative Lender's Inst lessen and mnsrbsble recep-

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The Weather, etc

TORONTO. July lt-Maritime:

Moderate winds, foir and warm. LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Maximum-ll.

Minimum-Bl. Pllr.

High tide this Afternoon at 3.40 and tomorrow morning pt 4.05 (B. Time).

Sun sets this evening st 1.45 end, rises tomorrow morning at 1.27. ‘ Lust quarter moon Hidny. July 18.

1,06 p. m.

C onceded Conservatives, Accoi d ing To Impartial And Exper- ienced Political Observers Throughout Manitoba, Saskat- chewan And Alberta.

fight in BowRive: While in Wctsski- :d;n, William Irvine, ivho was in the last Parliament as Labor-Regres- isive is DGL; closely pressed by C. ill. Russel, Conservative. Dr. Gersaw jLibefal, should win again in Medic- ‘me Hat. and in McLeod there is a. {close contest between J, D. ‘Aiathes- ‘on. Ccnservafive. and G. G. Ccote. farmer member for the past nine years. There is but one sate Liberal sec; in Alberta. as against three

(Special to the Guardian)

WINNIPEG. " July 17.—W. tliout there is a decided change in sen- tlment before July 28th. the 0on- servutlveg will make substantial gains in the three Prairie Prov- inces. This ls conceded by impar- tial and experienced politcnl ob- servers throughout Manitoba. Sa-slutchewnn and Alberta. The close cooperation between Liberal: and Progressives in the last three

demons is “m, “d in many i conceded sets for Consort, comutumcles has been "placed i atives Hon. Charles Ste-raft l! ‘likely to be defeat-

by bitter hostility which re- bounds to the betterment of the Conservative prospects. The Con-

‘ed a..:d the Liberal repiﬁentatzon from Alberta in the next Parliament servatlves also have the added Imn proﬁablyv be’ one‘ w?“ 15x3?‘

, . ‘, u , v o ive o.se. '- 35s” of a friendly Government isteltvcs bndhafiiﬁe ciilffriendi" farm- ln Saskatchewan. s not unfrieiid- j ' ' ly government in Albert: and ‘em in Mluiltoba. The Prnvfncial ad- ministration is inactive in this

. contest.

SASKATCHEWAN

Saskatchewan has not returned 3i

‘Stfﬂdghb Conservative to Parliamenﬂ

TF1: ISSUES _ since 1911. although in 1917 they el-a

The issues m n“ present Co“ est’ ected fo-ur Oorservative Unionists. - Y v

are more fa\or2b.e for the Conscn- ‘ A" the present it would appear mm

atives than in former elections. To market the great Western nheat crop is the char! prcblem of the Prairie Provinces. Western farmers fear the

the Conservdtives are reasonablv car ‘tam of carrving ‘Maple Creek. Ap- pelle, Melfort, Mocseiau: Rlzglna and

Premier King's tour. 'I‘here is also a i

Saskatoon. and have good prospects w ivillow Bunch. South Battieford. market, and believe the British zm- “n: Lake and 5a..“ Current Um porter “in buy m the “hlapest mark‘ rrais are certain of ivtory: h. Pmrice s‘ $5M“ b‘: ‘if tm'5~“““ G°"*-'“‘ Albert represented by the Prime Min- men have an n he western pm“ rster. In‘ Melville.‘ re resented b? inces for months studying the mech- 1H0“ w R Mothemtnpand m Hum_ amzafbn of farm “'°rk' “d Onmfroldt their next. best prospects are this is adopted h Russia. wheat will ‘ “y,,_‘.bum‘ Norm Batﬂefm-d and Last‘ pour by several hundred mum“ i Mountain. A. M’. Carmichail, Kind- bush“ annually int“ the “mus OTSIV and Milton Campbell. Marker.- markets. Western farmers want more '21,‘ 'P‘.O,,,re_<.,\.,,5 “in again Wm‘ “u... than s. sentimental preference ink” Oéposgd m (he Government. the Bﬂush market‘ iJchn Evans. Progressiw leader in UNEMPLOYMENT ithp, last. Parliament is having a hard Unwpmyment is me mm m Might. in Rosetovm. while W. R. Fan- muntrysndoitymtheWesternProv- Whey‘ m“ Mountain o; m, Mme inces. That this reacts against the gmup ‘m! probab... be defeated Government. was plainly evident inlmrough a m,” mmwed mngcsg Robert Ecbeur. Yorkton ‘rill likely feeling that the Government is llfl-irrln Yorkton Rb is o'er-om’: as an stable and in supp-rm, of this view the ; 7nd...-_endcnt_ bu. “y; m; mpmy; Dunning tariff is lmtanced, and that Emma... Km: In A..5-;,.h,,.3 “m1 15 “w” the m“? pa“ l‘ 15 Playing ‘ South listtieford there are close con- m the Wm“ dﬂmtm- c°ndli°nsr icsts. Conservatives tivzl frlcndlv Ir- "Slm "m! Permmﬂnﬁe "e e11 =-,s=~,~.endent,.=" v11] be more rim-i half 881115?» the Kﬂveffment 311d "he “lib! Snrkst-"hcwrin i~rji:os--:.tr.'i':~s in look is for a large Prairie-Conss-rv-"the he.“ panama-L ‘mhnlyob; had "i"! mPTﬁseniaiVln l" n" W” R"- no Conservative mprmcntstliss in the 1131119119 W119"? All?" “M bl" H“ list Psrlinmcnt. In thLs contest they R- 5- Bmni-“t l" "it 1359- appear assured of elecﬁnr: B .\!, Stitt ALBERT-i Nelson. Frrlci; wists. Solirzcs. n, '1'.

Albert-l in the 1w Perlwmrrit had Hewitt. new: Dr. .1 s. Belungcr, Mr- Bennett as its sole Cc-rservﬂt-iwoi-meher: Thos. r-nw, Springfield. ive representative, In the next heiﬂmt Robe,» Rpggy-y Wmnipgg 5mm. will brine with him It least four and w. w. Kennedy. Wiititiipzg other: and there will be we five OTPSoUth Centre. n. w, soluble: is giv- siu frlendsly Farmer members. Con- 1;»; non, '_r_ A, Crerer the run of sorvstivcs are conceded iii present-ibis life in Brandon. Exithusiastic b0"! 17818811! Sells ﬁnd East Edmbii- , Conservatives us making cisim to ton- They claim thcv will deimpou hin. Marquette. st, Boniface. Hon. Ohnrlss Stain-art, in west. Ed-rrortgge La Prairie and Selkirk. but monton and will redeem Lcthbridile they are all in the doubtiul class. with General Stewart. an overseas artillery commander In Battle RlvBfige-rvglhg pmy continue; mv nun;

Russian wheat menace in the British

yci if the present swing to the Con- ,

then ls a close fight. betw-en H E Spencer. former Farmer msmlvr and J. W G Morison. Conservative end u victory for th- latte.- u-milri not

may happen in these constituencies. The two Labor representatives. J S. Woods-worth in Winnipeg n<12*h centre and A. A Heaps. Winnipeg North will

b9 B- SUTPTW Y3» Y" KPHYWY- FﬂYlYmJbc reelected, LibernLs hove a decided

member. Mil probably v1“ Rial“ i“, advantage in Nepowo and MacDon-

Athabasca w. 'r Lucas M. Lurhovich. Vegreidllc: Kennedy. Peeoe River. o-d A. Sneak

Camrose. 31d‘ n. it;

It is evident that there is i su-Ing on the Prairie to the Conserv-

TIWBAY-elx days were required f0;- imsn. Red Deer. all Farmer members. aim-o pony; u-itbcrp m» uzxcxpccted

the trip cf tlhs first steamer to cross the Atlcntlc.

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Russia. which led uhe imrld in

in the lust. Psrllsmen‘ and all on- posed to the Government. will iviri lllill. Rubi. Gardiner. Acadia loadc. of the Albeﬂn grcun in the 1w

hsppcns. there trill be n trrrv lazve ‘Coiuservotivr representation from ih ,Pi"alrie Provinces in lbc no" l“? liamcnt, end this u-ith iri-"nrfv Fr“

wheat exports before the war. now Farliementhssbten civrn an srrlim- mars will lere the Liberals in s d barely produces what it oousunw stiooJL-Lclsrluidisl-ioving o herd lcided minority.

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