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;. Generous Response j to Guardian's Alias - Santa Claus Plan.

' Yesterday afternoon the last of i. two hundred and more chil- mu whose names have been ap- yelfllll; in the Guardian's Alias pints Claus list, was taken up, and 10w all that remains to be done is 1hr distribution of the parcels. For (hi; lust few days members of the office staff have been busy seeing put the gifts are safely wrapped w.) properly addressed. and this work will he concluded today. This evening sleighs will go hurrying shout the city taking the presents to their destinations and the result will he thut Santa Claus on Christ- mas morning will have made hap- py more than two hundred little girls and boys. who. without the liind intervention of the "Alias jsnuls," he would otherwise have missed. 3 An instance of the enthusiastic yecciiililll. which the readers of‘ the Guardian: have given to the Alias ssntn plan, imay be cited in the use of the two ladies who ivere smong the first to adopt children. fsnd who when they saw that the .list still continued to grow witli siiditiunal names, became uneasy last some of the children would be left over. Their letter, saying thut they wished to adopt three more children, arrived yesterday. snil its it happened, their helped to fill several gaps in the list

Any one who has delayed senil-

_ erl to do so at their earliest coll- venicnre, as it is necessary to hnv day

SOME ALIAS SANTAS.

p .)ilss llelen Jenkins, Misses Marl jorie and Irene wedlock, and Mus- [tars Allan and Harvard wedlock. Hunter ltiver; Master John and Kenneth Dbwalnt, Summersida; Mrii. W. B. Prowse, Master Doug- ‘lar Halg Miilar. New Mills, N..B.; = liiss Freda Newson. Miss Stasia

Power, Miss Isabel Campbell, Gra- , Haiti's Road; Miss Lidy N. lninan.

llninpltni" Miss Florence N llllllflilicwblnet mun)’ “mhilflzmi m!‘ MmYI-iltll Jflilil Wilfiiliiey i" iii“ ' ' gomiister of Justice to present to tlifiiliumen-tnry llitbor ‘Party's executive Fnzfltlhambcr oi‘ Doputirs ll. -liill ilghtcnquiections yestoriluy. i5 tionsidcrcil 1t

. lllillllltflll; liliss Ruth lglhMont ery. Milllwlillfi; Miss it]. W. sernld, .\irs. A. A. Pomeroy. Miss Nora ilouise Down. Mrs. ll. S. Mc- lieath. St. Peters: Miss Carol Mc- Connell, Muster Ralph Smith, Mus- for Artie Wright. Muster Orrin .\fcl\'ti,v. Murray Harbor; G. l-i.

_. (Tliirk, AlhertonaA Friend, Miss Elinor \v'unBuskirk, Muster Bruci- and llyron Farqiiliursou. Miss Jcun l.. (lordon, Summersfde.

i Three Children ' Were Suffooated

ERIE, P0,, Dec. 2:i-Three chil- tlren were trampled to death here liite today in a panic which result- eil from the collapse of seats at an outdoor Christmas observance.

The deail are: William Wazlter. hyciirs old. Eileen Rickcorde. 5).,

{and nu unidentified boy, about 9.

Seven children are in a hospit-

' ll. one being reported In a serious _ condition.

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‘ (Canadian Press) _

OTTAWA. Dec. 23.—-A motion censoring the department ofVScIQ. lens Civil lie-establishment in res- Dect to the curtailment of pensions to returned soldiers with 1'0 per. cont disability‘ or 195g has been placed on the order paper of the élouse of ‘Commons by Thom)“; L,

hurch, LOIISBPVUIIVB member for Toioutonorthwest. Mr, Church's motion is as follows:

That this House regrets that the EUVENIIIIGIII of Canada, without the knowledge, authority or cirnsent cl)‘ parliament cut off the pension 0f “like”; wiii! 2i) Der cent disability or less thereby causing great dis- "955 lllflmlg those wlio suffered from the grout war.

"Phat further. in the opinion of the House, the l). S. C, R_ 511.3(1).) he censured for the arbitrary way this order was issued und enforce-ti m“) the way the veteran has been dealt ivitli. and that this liouse will sup- port more generous and humane Kffliitllltiill. to veterans generally and iilil t0 those ill distress."

Farm Product Prices Take Jump

(Canadian Press) WINNIIPEG. Man" Dec 23.-—-Wii.h the titling of opening bell. the wheat

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANAUA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925

Ontario House Opens

Wednesday, Feb.10th.

(Canadian Preu) TORONTO, Ont. Dec. 23.— The third session of the sixteenth par- liament of Ontario will open on Wednesday, February 10.

Advance In Potatoe Prices

(Canadian Preal.)

HARTLAND. N. B., Dec. 23~Po- tiitoe "Lices rose fifty cents per barrel here last evening following,‘ the release of the final report on‘ the United States potato market; ‘

The report shows a decrease of’ more than 23,000,000 bushels from the report of November 10. The total crop is estimated at 323,503.- 000 bushels and when the report reached here prices immediately advanced from $4.50 o. barrel to $5. Boston market is very active and local shippers booked orders for twelve carloads.

Between sixty and seventy per- cent of Carleton County crop has been sold but a few producers are still holding out for higher prices. One farmer is holding 3.000 hur- rels l'or $10.

Revised Estimates 0f U. S. Crops

(Special to The Guardian.) WASHINGTON. ‘d. C... Dec. 23- Revised estimates of this year's crop production issued today by‘ the Department of Agriculture shew a number of changes for the

glftslon it good chit-ls of buying. attaining

,pit went wild toiluy. the "bulls" l them control, and prices shot upward preliminary estimates anilouncet last month.

Reductions were reported in the

a peak of "bot I -ents nbov u s x L e size of the corn, wheat and Whit-b‘

Tuesday's close.

-ing iu his or her parcel is rcqucst- by exporters nud “shorts" wheat

e in all parcels before noon tit--

iWitli a wavi- of ext-client buying

itout-llctl a high pcak oi‘ about six Iceniia zihove the previous close WllliOfliiX and rye were from three cents to six ccntg up and otrts and barley from one cent ‘to two cents higher. At tho close ‘wheat wuis ~i 7-8 i-tints to 5 3-4 (lelllg higher.

Restrictions Lighten- ed 0n Arms In

potato "crops. willie increases were shown for oats anti tobacco.

The changes from the prelimin- ary estimates, the Department an- nounced. represented readjust- meutg based upon later and fuller information, particularly the pre- liminary figures of the United Sta- tes census for 1924. now being available.

Extremists Get

At Polls France Rebufi

LONDON. Dec. 21i.—'l‘he defeat HARIS, Doc. 23.—-Tiiie Tlriaudiof bath colonel ,1. C. ivedgewood

___________________,___. ‘WANTED YOUNG GIRL TO take out two children. Apply 30 B875-23-2l

25o fol‘ 55o. i500 for 81-00- 1-00" Guardian

‘USE SAUNSOME SAUSAGES- Iilsile fresh every day. Saunders. Market Bulld-

lnilrs socks. Finder leave at this hank

.... ALL Island allo-

~ ' t bl modern conveniences/Reasons o: ma“ has b”

trs good Sliver Foxes CINJtelW gal‘! males. Al)- ~ gkwolllnstaoa McNeil. South-

iing restrictions on otrryiug firms iiintl permitting dissolution of or- iganlzutions whose members carry arms.

| The measure ls aimed iit Fas- cist and (Yommutiist organizations ivhich might [lPliilllCC trouble.

Feel Expectant NDW YORK. Dec. 23.-—Desplte the statement of Sir Montague Nor- man, (lovernor of t-he Bunk of Eng- land, thut he had ‘come to New York merely fnr his customary vis- it ‘to the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street expects that his mis- sion will result in international de- velopments. One of the main tprob- ieins ivhitzh in likely to engage his attention will involve Great ‘Brit- Hill's participation in u projected $l0l).0()0,00Il German rililway loan.

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Handsome Contribu- tion To Alias Santa Campaign

The following telegram was i111‘-

wul-dc‘) my Prowse Bros Ltd. t») tlic (iiiariliiin (lfficlb 011 TiiesimY

__. morning:

San Francisco, Culii’. Dec. 2i. 1925.

‘Prowse Bros,

Charioflotoivn. P. E. I.

Mtllllltg check one hundred dol- lars ‘lifillliil John W. Marchbank 11ml self. Plraso upply some WW5"- purchasing articies desired bv children listed in Guardian. Decem- ber twelfth, column three. Give Ml- ancn if any ‘to Protestant Orphan Asylum. Health happiness -and PM‘

it l nil. ' 8"” y w yo‘ ADAM ANDREW.

llotli the gentlemen who have made this handsome donation t’! the Alias Santa C1511! former islanders. and it) will remembered that tMr. Andrew.

of the handsome oil Mimi"! -

merly belonged to DeSaible. and

has a number 0f wiii

The check forwarded

. Alhses, and fo sum of 903.85 was use

chase Kooils

r this WW9"

requested to the i’ use.

who is a brother of Mr. J1 B And-

rew. rust novelty, Wils the dent’?! O

the Market Square. now hanfliflll i"

, -il Cb hers. Mr. Murch- 2 we S931‘; othgl-I] contributor, for-

tives on the

by these n used ‘in DB" i0 W?‘ for those children wiw h“ n01, yfilibllflfl adopted by 0'11"

d. The bli‘

, 36,15 Ill be forwarded a! u“ ' w . n. ll Orphan-

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decideil rcvbuff to [he extremists ill the party ranks, and an aSeefi-ifil! of its right iby the trade union clement. ,

Flight former ministers 0f i119 Crown m9 iucludoil in the execu- tive which follows in order of elec- fion: iPhilip Snowden, W. ll. Gra- lium, J. H_ Thomas. F. Lees, Ben Smith, R. Smillie, C. IP. Travel- yan, Tom Shaw, Stephen hVulsh, Sidney Webbs, G. illansbury, Will- iam <Adamson and l-l. Dalton.

ilt is noteworthy that Mr. Lans- ‘bll-Py. who headed the poll 111st reor- yesterday received about half‘ the number of votes polled by Mr. Snowden,

Dead In Bank Vault

WHEATLEY, Ont., The lifeless body of Warren Moses teller of the Royal iBank here, was found in the vaults of the bank at 1.45 p.m. Sunday by D. M. Mac- Gregor, manager of the bank. Death was evidently self-inflicted. a 32-callbre revolver, the property of the bank. beins found clasped in the right hand.

Two letters were clasped in the other hand, one addressed to his mother, Mrs. Anna Moses. of Ham- ilton, and the other to J. A Thomp- son. teller of the Bank of Mon- treal. Mr_ Thompson's letter in- dicated that he act was premedit- ated. It is not. thought Moses was in any financial difficulties lbnt that lie was in a peculiarly morbid state of mind. l-ie had been in Wheatley only a few weekn-

Canada?» Trade ‘

With Japan Grows

VANCOUVER, Dec. 23.-—Greatly Japan 6"“- “mland Canada in 1025 is shown in the b" annual report of Y. Snto. the B60- H-etsry of the Japanese Consulate

increased trade between

l . According to Mr. Soto the ox

t

the same ratio as the cxpflfiii-

wheat exported to Japan, use NP Sate.

Revolver In Hand

Dec. 23—

port trade espBciailY Wm PM" a large increase. imports also will be greater than in previoiisjeiirfl, bili- _the Increase is not 0X06!!!“ i9 b9

Japanese shipping in Vancouver has-increased. Al. present there is an average of thirty i“ i0"! F" Eastern ships flailing at this port each month, including the regular the Japanese liners.

iOne of the surprising increases this your will be the amount of

niiiict isltuit lilllP or

ously Injured in

(Canad Preoa)

IBABIDS, -—-<A Tempest continues to howl in France. leav- ing dearth, and destruction in its trail. Nine passengers were drown- ed in the Seine last ‘flight above llouen when a ferry boat capsized. All thevictims were working men. The ferryman was the only person abord the boat to be saved.

-Parip is now almost completely cut off from‘ Telegraphic communi- cation from the outside ‘world. Only one line each is in working- order with Swlthcrland. Belgium and E115- lunii. "There is no communication wl-th (lermany and Italy as all

Christmas ClosingiAt Prince Street ’ School

The pupils of Prince Street School hail ll very pleasant gather- infl in their assembly hull yester- day morning before udjourning for the Christmas holidays. The prin- cipal Mr_ R. ll. Rogers, read the Bible story of the birth c-f the Christ child and also another de- lightful story suitable tn the Christ mas season. Choruses, duets, solos and Christ/mus carols were har- moniously sung, and altogether the soizlul hour was thoroughly en- joyed. Although not a pilhlic uf- falr, the (Jhristmas closing left a pleasant memory. The usual ‘(ft giving wus indulged in among the pupils and everyone went home with happiest unticipations for tho holiday season.

Messages Detail Manner In Which Gas Causes Death

NEW YORK. Dec filth-scribbling on the walls of his room, an ac- count oi‘ ills experience as he slow- ly died from gas poisoning. Frank M. Zulaf. business man of Brook- lyn, coin-mltted suicide yesterday as thc result of melancolla, from which he had suffered since the death of his wife five mouths ago. Before turning on the gas. he tried unsuccessfully to shoot him- self with a revolver "The gun didn't work.“ was the first note he wrote. "I'm swooning," he next wrote. Then followed two other notes which read: "Still standing up." “The Kas is gutting ma."

And then. i.i a handwriting that was barely legible, he wrote: "l sleep."

Fail To Discover Ruins Of Airplane

PITTSFIELD. Mass, Dec. 23- Days of search by more than a score ot‘ citizens,’ hunters and woodsmen. have failed to discover the wreck of an airplane which was reported recently by Warren Campbell. of Brooklyn. N. Y., after a hunting trip in the woods of the town of Tyringham, south of here. As a result, a mystery of six and one-half years’ standing may re- main unsolved. it had been thought that "the missing plane might prove to be that of Captain Man- aell -R. James, Canadian aviator. who disappeared on May 29. 1919.

Campbell. himself. led a party of eight ‘searchers, accompanied by

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her into the woods. Twenty or thirty other voluntary searchers attracted by the monetary rewards offered when Captain James disap- peared, also have hunted through

success.

There la uncertainty over plans for further search. ready fallen and there is a threat

the hunt.

lliTllE VIOLENT Siiiilii

Paris Almost Completely Cut; Off From Tele- graphic Communication With Outside World.-Nine Drowned When Ferry Boat Capsizes-Scores of People Seri-

Cities And Towns.

wires are down.

ICable despatches between North America and tParis are being bad- ly delayed owing to prostraition of wires everywhere and it will be some time before the full extent of the damage wrought throughout the country is known. A; tar as Paris is concerned more than a score ofpersons have ibeen ser- iously hiirt -by pieces of plying debris, falling trees. telegraph poi- es, fences and signs.

iThe railroad to Diepe was put out of commission when half a dozen telegraph poles fell across the tracks.

Attempt To Compete In U. S. Potato Market

(Special In tn, Guardian)

WVIIINNIIPEG. Dec. Elk-An 6x- perlnient to determine whether M-initoba and Saskatchewan. lie- splte the long haulage necessary. cnn compete in the potato market of the United States, ha; begun

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Bring Friendly Re- lations.

(SpQeIaI to The Guardian) BEIJFABT Jreland, iDec. Gratification at the Irish settlement was expressed in the speech from the Tibrone read upon the preroga- tiou of the Ulster House of Coni- mona for the holiday season.

"l am deeply moved and grati- fied at the agreement entered into between the governments of Great Britain. Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State," the King's speech says. “As a result; it is m earnest prayer that friendly relat ons be-

plea of the north and south may be

of goodwill and friendship to their common advantage,

‘ilteeent developments in the field of world politics glive ground for

fldeuca between nation and nation, may bring In its train the long awaited trade revival."

“John Bull” Will Have Bountiful A Christmas

(Canadian Preaa)

. Dec. 23.——John Bull's Christmas stocking this year will be well stuffed. 1,600 shiploads of

[XPESSES Hi5

King 110K; Irish Agreement Will

23.-—-

tween the governments and peo-

promoted and cemented by a spirit

hope that the spirit of mutual cou-

tiiiiilll-H [I illilllli SAYS ‘ilH-N L LEWIS

(Canadian Prose) IPHL-LADEIAPHIIA. iPenn, Dec. 23.—Reaponsibility for continuing the anthracite strike “through the Yuletide season’ ‘is placed on the

operators by John L Lewis bend of the =Mlner’s Union. ‘In a statement issued before

leavi g for hi; home in Springfield lllinoa to spend the holidays Mr. bowls said that bills responsibility must Ibo assumed by these leaders of ‘industry whose hearts are filled with hatred toward their employees and whose minds are forever plott- ing to reduce workers m economic servitude He declared that t-he fail- ure of the operators to resume neg- otiations as suggested by the com- mittee of mayors and bllrgesseg of the hard coal field left nothing but to continue fighting with all vigor and in a manner t0 protect to the fullest degree the interests oi‘ mine workers.

Will Probably Reduce Duties On Auto- mobiles

(Speeial to "lg Guardian) I ~0‘l"I‘AWiA. Dec. 23.—-'l‘here is a1 strong probability that in the event o fthe government's success- fully carrying on during the com- ing ession of parliament the bud-

Annnal Subscriptions Delivered IIJO B! I Canada and U. B. A UM

Eiiiiiiilitll and

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Statesmen Discuss the Confederation o f United States of Europe.

LOCARNO-‘IS FIRST STEP.

Paul Hymans S a y s Political and Econo- mic Entente Be- tween Countries of Europe, is Coming.

‘(hPlNl-IWA. Dcc- 23f.» Extraordin- ary interest has been created here by the replies which members of the Council of the Lotigue of Na- tions have muule to a query pro- pounded by it Geneva journalist — will there come a United States of Europe.

Though varying in views coll- cenuing the desirability of the poli- tical ilnlty of Europe, practically all the (‘oilncillors questioned were of the opinion that an economic union was inevitable, thus confirming the impression held widely in Eu!‘- ope that the llocarno security con- ference meant a European economic

with the shipment of 25 carloads Yuhu“ m" "m" 111° milfiwii 0i’ of potatoes from Winnipeg to Pitts-tum “m! and 0311mm"! "PP!" B” burgh .to imoke up a goodly amount of the imports for the holiday trade.

vide for a reduction in the exist- ing duties on automobiles.

federation. 'M ‘Paul ‘Doumer. of France, an!- wered bluntly: “Yes, we are headed towards the

zet of d-lon. James Robb will pro-

'l-t is not the intention of the

The freight to that city is 7B cents per hundred ‘pounds and the d-uty 50 cents for the some amount. in addition to payment of $2 a hundred pounds for the potatoes. The potatoes were graded in con- formity with United States require- meats.

Look For Tazx Reduc- tions

(Special to The Guardian.) OTTAWA. Dec 23~ln the course of the next budget speech it ls the

i

Ailai-Pfilifi- 811d New Zealancl have

supplied most of the roast ‘beef for

Britain's Christmas dinners. {a-i-

Terms Of Turko- Russian Pact

(Canadian Press.) MOSCOW. Dec. Bil-Russia has concluded a three year guarantee pact with Turkey. - it stiplates: First. that neither country shall attack the other; second, in event of military or nav-