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Depend Upon Aircraft an d Submarines and Are Determined to Pin Their Faith to

Dreadnoughts and the Larger Classes 0f Ships.

(special to The Guardian)

WASHINGTON, Feb KF-Tlm Uni u. Slates massif. continue the lrlinz of ibnttliesibips until it hits pnvy equal Ito till» strongest, the w. to isometric-y Dnniiels today. crul liionril declared ‘Inn speech tvfoinld ibn film‘ height of uiiwni

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ted Sta ihlus a navy o! the strong out. A rding to the report sue Decision of six unonths or any other pended of the bfliltledrip bulidins p drum" vl1as clan as neither n‘ ‘scary nor and gusto. owns; will constitute the most powerful navy, rua the Imlportant nnvaldc vslioinmtcnire or itltowur’ Isprtireaiiy m. for this country to pin its luniowui. ‘mo Board's report is ro- nii nn aircraft ior submarine us guided as one first complete state . vim: replaces: You ‘bilttiesfhlp gal tgent or Anxrtisan nlnvaitfieipoi-ggpn mostwwin itetugin- do uav tpiwlt \ ro V, .t,no__na rfsre. The ill-bard said no fest v6.1 armbgtiiqntn and dbcuxdidh of - on or imitation of‘ armaments utilisation ptiircradt and auhtiinrines ..- v be agreed no until the Uni are superior to liattlnchips;

“BAG PIPES lN-WARFARIE”

teresting Lecture by Capt. Ross, Ill)" in Caiedoniau Club Rooms Last Night.

the Caineronmns, a dour hard race of Presbyterian stock, organized in- to fighting companies in 1689. An - other famous‘ regiment, the Black Watch rvvns orlginallyprganized for defence oh tho boarders of the Highlands to keep down outlaws. In tho original six companies of this grand ‘old regiment every sold- iei- was a “gentl " ‘of high blood, though often‘ poor in the world's gear. The bat they; oushtonn won,» e , .0 the their n .11 ‘of; ,~ loo. on the Penlns s. n 125ml, 1n- dfa. Aruerlcit. South-Afnlow-and in the recent war. were‘ ‘stir-singly dgoolibod by the l iirol‘; yogi- hoart was certainly in‘ his e out. and who‘ was listened to _, ' " attantlnnjanti fsequantly up landed.

. hearty vote.‘of titan-Its. moved by His"Hopour_ Lieutenant (lover - nor MoKiinhoh and seconded by Mr. Jduies ~MoDonald was tendered Capt. Ross at the conclusion of his‘ address.

A‘ highly appreciated feature of the entertainment was a e010. "Our Ain Folk" stlligiby Iiir. Fmnk Mc- Donaldand accompanied on the piano by liilss Arsenault. The bag- pines. so much the theme oi‘ the ey- cnlng, worn not wiallflhfland ‘the stirring music of ‘.__ ‘ of fih“ North" and "Lord Dovot ‘a Lament" played by Piper McKenzie were .1 fitting prelude to the Captain's lec- turc.

The entertainment closed with the singing of the. National Anthem.

Halifax Ilss Another Big Fire

(spacial toffhs Guardian) IAUFAX, Rob. 3.—-I»‘ire early this momins. ‘belies-co to have been caused by an Jegrlgsion in the Olympic Billiard Parlors on the upper floor ofza large wooden two storey atructlire dn- Goltinigen Sh, mused‘ damage estlmgtgd in oxcoss of $100,000. v

Successful‘ _ A Test of ~1,-00CH. P.

Pllnspipoe in Warfare" was the hject 0i‘ an address delivered last ht by Capt. Alex. Ross. hLD... fore an interested audience in e_ Cnledoniim Club rooms. hlr.. . IL. Burnett. president of the lub, occupied the chair and in - oducctl the speaker. Captain Ross gave it short talk rst on tho characteristic fonitllres ihc pi describlnn the various s and particularly the chant- ,wllioh isicapnibls in llflidl s range of nine not. ». J10 dill-I'l- lty in tilnylng, hepxJalnsd. is in axing‘ iiho came note; which is rconie by Putting in ‘lwachlenf grace notes. Pipes are d vildodin two styles; the blow p0 class, which the bit-K is placed under I 311g, illld Th6 béllflyii usly callod "Irish rtnesmraues y beplnyed on the, nines p var i» keys. a _~ Ilhc origin oi‘ the instrument. ~ hack to the "Pines oi Pun’! -.. by the Greeks many years‘ the ~ = tho Christian era ‘and original adapted from the Assyrians. Roll Ientntions oi‘ then!‘ have been in the hiero him of 9UP! ‘ n Persian rinse _ logs. Aristo es, a Greek d Will. 811d” s "buzzing" instrument w ich iiliilloscd to be the pipes. .In Brit they were introduced by the R0 s. At the fail of that mighty plrv- they disappeared from En!- » but spread through Scotland - Ireland, where tiiroilirii man turles they bold their‘ illuce and l)’ are looked illliill Gs the na- il l music of Sco _ The speaker west‘ on to tell or »- fascinating legends connect- wiih celebroitod marches nlld la~ liii, dwelling particularly upon - stirring times of Bonnie ce Charlie. The liiatpry of the ~- are closely oonnected with » Scottish regiments of the {Brit- ‘glimly. The first of these regi- ls. the Ro al Scotti. boasts the '- name o being the oldest In ‘ liritish line... Next in fggic are

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LONDON, Feb. ii-Fl-‘he success- ful testing of .1. 1,000 homopifier aero engine, which is said to be iiho most powerful known, has olitiilfil up claims by "expel-ifs of l-ho mun» iluy of a. mutter iIIondion-NW York mini jrlp within twenty-four, hours director s,- changIIiS oh- omlt M t,“ N16 Azores Inland. Ii. is trains ro i, IN rms env- sou E _ Science note soon.

~55 I'M" M’ mmun office‘ fonnddnnd to ‘Ireland in less than l6 ggftiiilill TH! SALE or hours. using tiwo an; horIwPOWBP . "inandh idol! ‘of "jinn o Iiolsoalled ii..';;§,g,§h-- ma?” at?“ it :1 tailored w ‘the time. m“ u “a “m” " hu- rem. 1r is understood ‘ ' ' ‘that it.» mush. a. time mi del- ui which is to be lliiod nil lop: - - aiotgucn, ls. will be equn u" slid have n rnlnge of p.500 nukes. For wartime i118 ntqlibor tbn and for civil- its w‘ wow l.» www- iillleiillm. "titilqf- sumo cylinder! and in a tut indium 1,051 iiorouvowu- in :0 henna maniac. The some

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LOTTETOWN, CANADA.

a Toronto Legislature Discusses Bill

(S ecial to The Guardian) TOR NTO. Feb. 8.-—~ln the Iiegls- laturc yesterday afternoon Attor- Ml’ General Runny introduced a bill providing that lxtronts of any child ‘heretofore or hereafter born out of lawful wedlock or have here iofore married or hereafter inter- IIi-‘Lrry. such child shall for all pur- Doses bo deemed to be‘ and have legitimate status from time of birth.

Britain's Mandate To Mesopotamia

LONDON, I-‘eib. Pin-Grout Bril- ain’s mantiatoifor Mesopotamia vulill be submitted to the council of the League of Notions at its migdtttlng i-t Grmicvrt Feb. 21h is rut .

liiaiiwfllliiieii , W811i 01kt ~'WhQn Wages Are Cut;

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r0, i‘ gal-n.» tweed seven and oikbt men walked ouLt works of the Canadian Co., this morning I the announce- neat of p. to‘; per oent cut. in rates roi- piece‘ vial-u.

Political fliitsiljatiopn In Saskatchewan

nioosniaw, ,s.__-'rne sever- ance of the ‘Saskatchewan Provin~ _ clad Government 6e a body- from any uirguationnyim the Fotleml poli- tical party ts fivoyed by ‘Saskatch- swan Grill! Growers Association at its annual convention in session nun-fistula. "v

Mystery of IhoSea 0ft New Jersey

ATLANTIC CITY. Feb. 3.-—l‘-‘od - oral coast guards reported totiay thug early this morning i-"ey observ ed a vivid flitsfrdf light at sea, fol- lowed bythtl rumble of nu cxplos - Ion. The [little Beach station‘ kuards are seeking information if there is n report of any steamer or vessel having blown up at sea. Three guards, one from the South Brian. tine station, another from the At liintiic City‘ station, and the thin". from the Little Beach station, put- rolling several miles from each oth- er, reported seeing the flash.

NorrisSmith the South Brirzan - line guard. said that a few minutes before 2 o'clock the sky was sud - dondy lighted brightly and after scv oral seconds there was the rumble of an explosion.

From the time between the [fish a d we rumble." he said. "l judg- V thsxplosion had occurred‘ some miles‘ ‘the count l um inclinedlat to‘ connect it with. the blowing up or a steamer or warship."

The Atlantic City guard saw tho $1! 1&8 cxplosion. but F I 5 . ‘w - “ma?” Pmmb Rotarian Jim McKee supplied .1 twenty unites up , s cnfiept from m1; I . - r . I city’, “not?” m“ nmaougxrmadihg whiih was I11 the form oi

_ . . "e ‘publish-meat to all, llotarlnns 755 59?“ m’ 59mm w“ There were many and various oth-

. or notable numbers Ibut it is im ~ possible horn’ to go into all the de- SIR HAM HUG BB WANT$ IMPERIAL. ‘OUSE

tails. Followir t was the programme:- ~ O Conn.‘ OTTAWA. Feb. 2.¢-;Yotipe pi’ lie- solutfonrc by Sir 18am fill-Billet; fin-d H. 0. liockcni have been forwardied fro the Clerk of the Commons. Thle ex ' star of militia favors a re- til to the patronage system. An- other resolution from tilts same source calls foc- nn l-inperdal parlia- muni summon wit-h Jurisdiction org: impel-int and international n.f rs but not‘ ‘interfering with the duooholny of the several self- ‘grcup the Empire.

1n uhe case of floss vs. Dolicrty action for riiexliaciseo in driviilk. a verdict wnsrglven rm- defendant. Yesterday" tfM‘ case of Joseph Carr vs. Kelly, an action for wages unis ggfnchmod. 832d a vorltciicggivén for , itndant. , min . i. l‘ plaintiff, Mcliimiourfor detendnnt. The cannot garish vs..'l‘r1iig- send act. n um- arucgec arc- out of n. collision bohwfie: a. c5: u d. triage on the , ‘ Vbowii, £148: u novrboldtie.‘ scout-tn

Rotarians Observe “Ladies Night”

The lbotnriane were “A1. Home" last evening at ihc Country Cluib to their wives rind Iwvr-nihonris. "brid- ios Night" proved» ono oi‘ the big- gest and jolliost affairs yet staged by the Ilotarinns. There wash. large attendance and merrimcnt rciymcd supreme. The RDIHTIHHS were fit - tcd out in various weir-l styles of head adornment, varying from the old-time topper to the Turkish fez, and also including thn "nown ns the “I-‘oolscny oncc w mm": in ‘vogue and which it ii: ‘ . bids fair to trike its timc-ho;....ed place again in tho maimdolu of fashion. »- The first big itcui on last even - Inc's procraltime “'11s rt supper- and tho usual songs were inter - spercrd as sandwiches making an altogether very ilcil ,1: I11! and pal- atable feast. ' There were many nnlquo features

this pleasant. gathering and when rollonii was made the mar - ried ladies land the ioyof once more hearing their maiden names in full pronounced.

Supper» (Chorus Singing.) Addreea» of Welcome by President Irwin.

Solos-Rotation Roy Qulgley. Regular Club Business-(Mlnutss etcl)

Iiialc Qunrtctio.

Roiuiinn Roll Call by Rotarian Pency Turner.

‘Heading-flit PllfblS-lllble Offence" llotarian Jim McKee. Solo-Rotarlan Harry Gorbell. Address by Rotnrlnh Judge Fitz- gemld.

Voting Competition - ‘(Second Ballot) ,

Solo-Air. Charles Earle.

Two minutes of Rotary Educa- iiom-Rotarian (leorgelninmn. Reading-Air. D. Edgar Show Challenge Quartettes

Dancing and Bridge.

God Save the King.

ARGENTINE MAY LAUNCH lpl-‘OW- AT JJN-ITEO STATES

IBUENOS AYRDS, Web. 3.-—As a. measure of mtalisition for the munic- m-irr hill. miw bEfOPe tho iklnlted Hiatus Senate. Deputy Sac- qonie amlouilood tiodrty his inten- lion ti‘) introduce rt hill in the Ar- gentine painlfnmiem, urrovlding for it levy oif ‘dutiiiesof forty per cent on’ all goods imported rlrom coun- tries llwtfiblllg llhiflh‘ import dub ifijflillldlld a manner as to ailfect Argentine exports.

Admiral Sims Tells Why (lunacy Failed

SPRINGFIELD, Lissa, Feb. 8.- The importance of smaller naval craft as cornpnrod, with capital ships was emphasized in an address ices were so 2'Y'.“~‘.‘. P23311531‘; “filth? .1». éro-rtulatitip-tr.= use» n...» is.“ A govcrnmcntwasunlbo oi er comm} ' hmh“ m“ refuse ornsfee toporiilolpote in the I arming! M I m‘ forthcoming London confer-arm)‘ he; “hmumiis “bu”: “dun”: ‘I cause It hidnot W! 50in inviiodfo w.“ as a 0 ~.° war’ send representatives: A “we Monmdnow M nmxmg Ger. -. .- " "" man in this country." ..’.i‘.f.’i§*i££.-.llt".‘iti°2l.‘°“.l’t‘3 w um- i-t-i w-s-M" n- u... u... muss. s...» logistic‘ iptgtrl" uteri"?! i»- »- n» aw ---.-~ .......".::."...r..'::..lrf“--.t cu urns nounifihsoeoiiiini- ~- -' -

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‘Giltliiliii Will RQIISC To _.A__ccept Terms

BERLIN. Ffab} 3’.—Dr. Walter Simona. the torsion .m1lfl#'-¢P- dir elated in the Betcha-tag today that the German zovsriihisiit would re» rascjto negotiate on the basis of the lilntonte-declslotf psliifiiM P9- parations {nuldf- would‘ feminist» counter-propositional His position "P “l. . Q M" ' ‘ ‘ I vmginm who

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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4

Lord Shaughnessy Is Optimistic

(Special to The Guardian) TORONTO, Fob. Pn-“Tlllndls are not» very bright at present, but I believe ‘libero is Ianprovompnt ahead and not very fnr ahmd So spoke Lori! Dhauzbnessy at noon yester- day while his private car “Killnr- ncy" woii being switched‘ to a spec ial train which left directly for Montreal.

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Express Rate Charges Levied

(Soecial to The Guardian) OTTAWA, Feb. ll-‘The judmnent of the Board of Iiwilumy commiss- ioners on the express rates case was Issued. yesterday afternoon Composites applied for it flat ln- crease of 35 per cent. They have been irranted on first-class rates charges 25 pcr ccnt on second

principally cream, fish and fruit.

Muliltii tun AUGTIUACICSES

(Special ‘to The Guardian) AIONTIZKAII. Feb. 3.--'I‘he s-e- C0lltl fur auction crrmc "to n. close before noon Thursday on Fthe fourth day o1‘ the sale. Practically all the Aimericaxts had gone home and there were scarcely fifty peoplo in attendance as the offoriilg of skins were not of grant general interest. hfnrcus Harris, of tit-e Harris Wool Co, Si. Louis, was the only out- standing buyer from across the lino and This purchases wcno com- fined to bear and badger, of which tho-re were 642 skins riutglng all the way, from eight cell-ts to $1.04. There were 385 black ibear wvith skills of sharply contrasting quality as is sliiovuni by tho mice rangc o1.’ Norms to $16.50. Luv-i. year's blah eclt was $46.00. Grizzly and brown- bear, of which theme were 72 skins, brought from $6 for cubs to $26 for extra. largo and largo. A grizzly and a polar bean- brought $100 comipar- od with $2;t0 last him-ch.

A. Alalr. Quebec. urns n buyer of muskunt on which the prices for tho 68 skin's offered runzod from $11 to $51. bibles which lust

ed 66 cents and slid not rthon all below 27 ranged from 9' to -16 cents and were in fair re- quest by local buyers wiho bought tho rvvhole Iof the collection of 150. S06 skins. Walla-by bought 40 cents and 95 rents; uvombais 60 cents to $1.00 and kangaroo 20 cents to 80 courts, liihese‘ Australian goods being all Wi-ldlrt 11y local buyers. The of- fellllrg of 1225 hurli- seals was taken by [Canadian houses at $1.40 to $4.00. ' A hearty round of applause writs given ‘Captain Craig. the auction- cer, at the conclusion of what Mar- cus lrldmds of St. Louis. one of the biggest buyers, described as n. very tine sale. with prices well in ad- vance of New York. Americans generally estimated ‘chendivanccs at 10 Ito 15 per cent n/nd all appear- 0d satisfied‘ with the prices and pleased that the‘ upward trend being continued. The total sales n/t the Canadian For Auction was officially announc- rd its 81.321.826.64.

Maritime Provinces

i Telegraphic News

(Specials-Tile Guardian)

SELECT OR-EIRAR DBRAL LEADER

FREIDERICTDN. Feb. 3.—-A. T. Cteirdr its comfiuuncd ns the Feder- o.‘ Laud r fby iihs Untitled Fanmeus off New Brunswick alt their conven- tion hrs-o today. They voted ‘ailist. a rehuilttjto the old endem- iy for moi-libero of parlmnnent .

N. B. FARM-Bl} ' A8 Pg

8T. JOHN DISTRIIBUTES FOOD T0 NEEDV

sr. .1 us,‘ Feb. s-rgur ten ollonv _ gt ilrisli stew are belmx ‘tsrtiéiibuitirtd _ t cost price dnéiily fir) e amid of uneuuployod. yt e uiiolti- one dotisbllshed throuflb it the cliyfor ‘that. purpose.

Inooxzvisrs susweunzo

CPIATHAM, F61). 3.—'l‘ho P0081111 billlatin n,- uit- m. u. of A .1 o. 0'. has ‘Btaiwieysnrl Wil- fred‘ Vqiitiit. 1M0 of the‘ town's best hockey players- They arc

eligible to 9181 with. either stihaun or ‘Monsoon now.

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U. S. President i To Invite World" T0 Peace Conference

(Sseclai to Th . WAISHIIINGTDN, Feb, 3__,)\ mg. IUIWMDU authorizing uho president to dinvlite the nations oi‘ the Wflfld i" Bend delegates to a conference “iio provide for disarmament” was reported favorably today by the house foreign affairs committee.

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{No Follow Zealand

(Special to The Guardian)

‘WELDING-TON. Fob. 3.»-T~l1e New Zcalrnnd (lover-hunch: in .1 pro. kclnmnllon has ordered that no ino- ‘iion luicilrre film depicting ‘thieving, robbery; fmurdor; 0,- isilicidc shn-Il ‘be qie-iunintcd to bc i-sholvn in the Dominion. oil‘ New lZmtlrtnd nfior Ziiny l next. The ; ifllilflififlrs of tfllms have boon I thrown into consternation by th ». oniter.

iMurpliv Wll (lo to Prison for All Life

‘DUBUIN, l-‘ch, ti. —’I\ho dcittli snntonro imposed on Joseph Mur- ilhl’. convlctwl by it court martial of having 10d an; lflltllitk in Cork, October 8. i920. iuzitinst the mili- iiwy. has ‘been commuted to life imtrrls-onanont, The date set for the execution was February i). At cen- ernl iheadq-uartors it svits sail’. to-

vincing evidence of the guilt of hiurpluv, it was considered uni act. is»? inert-v i0 oonmvirto tho sentence, in. view of the unxinty tiltrough which ulna prisoner had pus-sod‘ by the repeated lmostponiemonts of this execution. Altogether tour datcs 11:14] been sot for tho oxocutlqn of hfurphy.

MAGISTRATE ‘SHIOT DEAD

‘ihlbllll iFastic rtmorts that this morning near Dunlavln, County Wicklow, Robert Dixon, s. magis- trate, was shot. rl-cad and his son. James. soniouely “rounded while resisting armed imcn who demand- ed money from them.

Tho submarine cable from Bur- fonport to Arranulort- lsluurl, Couli- ty Doucgitl, was cut and the tele- |gffll1ll ‘ the Dunfunagby [district were sever-oil six times in ‘January.

‘Tho report adds" that mails for Dublin (‘rustle are now dropped within tho wounds of title castle by airplanes.

TOWN ON EAST SIDE OF DAR - DEN ELQES IIJESTROVED BY ' F E.

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CONSTANTINOPLEZ, Feb. The town of Elapsitki, on the cast, side of the Dandenellcsfopposits Guilt-poll was destroyed by fire on Sunday, it has been noted for 2.600 years for its fine wines. The popula- tion 111111113975 about two thousand.

Hundred Million for Dominion in Reputation

OTTJHVA, Feb. 3.-—The most that Canada can: hope to gc-t in the way of reparation from Germany is thoulrltt in Government circles to be around n. hundred million doll- tars. The fixture, however, is rt mere iguesc, Canada. may get mom or inlay get very considerably less. It Ida-pends out Germany's willingness and ability to pay. And ib-efors or- dinary reparation claims are met, there are the prior chargen for tho oost of army of occuipnition and Belgium's prionivty claim or 100.100.- 000 pounds.

‘like total British Empire claim for reparations is around 2.720.000 pounds of which about seven per cmut rls “from Canada.

‘Exact rflgilrts on tho Can-Mum claim will, however, not be avail- able for some days yet.

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[WOMAN AIDS MAIN TO

FOIL BANDIT.

BOSTON. Fob. l~nioses spun, stopped g ‘shoes in his shop in Shwwunut Avenue today long enough tifreach tom puck- age or cigarettes tin response to a ruminant from one or two entered.‘ At the some time he pdcked up s piece of lend pipe which be kept lieslde lrim as rt precaution against robbers. Turning around he faced u pistol, in! ho bad expect- ed, but an instant later the pipe landed, on the. wrist of one of the men and the weapon fell to the floor.