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I (Special to The Guardian i ' ' ` I ' """"'_"’
Of 57 Cargo Steamer Old d b , B, n 9,., ,,;-2 ...» ° ' ' ' ° ° ° - l .. . _ . ~ - - '-
18 are now in Comaiisgiolirgind I)l'oli;i?`li’lUl°1en LONDON D S' P ’ " ' ." P0f`5llillliY lil Dlictiiiiliiiiillg Illllwliy Tilllit 0Willg i0_Senatr_»r Fall in Introducing Resolution Declares
- be Ready by End of Year. Service with Aus-
tralia inaugurated and Two Have Sailed for
Great Britain. ‘
(Special to The Guardian.)
-. OTTAWA. Dec. 4.--Ot 57 cargo steamers ordered by the Canadian government from Cunaiiian shipbuild- _ipg companies for operation in con- nection wltli the national railway sys- tnfin, 18 are now in commission and it is asserted that four more will be in service by the end of the year. One of the latest ships to be commission- ed, the Canadian Aviator, is the first
~;._._.__
government vessel to sail for Austra- iiu.. She has cleared from Vancouver
with a cargo of paper for the sister-
Dominion. Two other steamers which were also built at 'Pacific Coast yards. the Canadian Volunteer and the Can- adian Trooper. have also sailed from Vancouver to Great Britain, via the Panama Canal with cargoes of Brit- ish Columbia lumber oi which the government is purchasing some 70. 000.000 feet.
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Young Aberdeen Angus
Bull Won Championship.
- Another of Same Breed Took First Prize.
Sheep also Took Valuable Prizes.
(Special to The_ Guardian.) Two Canadians were included in the
shee awards. It C Arnlstron ol'
ed under what circumstances the ie
i’:.§;.:.".;";.,'.§§,,§“;:,3',';;;',:“,';,f;;l;1:,';; Lack of Supplies. United States Contract Not '
given German ii l t . 1 .' C. - ° ° dian Colonel \\;'lll!l‘s£:1nIl‘s?ll(i0t,lillt1tllia » ~ T0' i
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Iiessels could not be properly-repaired
'on the spot and “sie towed to Ger- , ~ _ ,alan yards for repairs, the cost being - (Special te The Guardian.) becoming worse. The supplies of the
Fmet by Germany. l-le denied that the I Grand Trunk Railway are, it is under
would im-01,,-0 years of del,,_y_ OTTA\l7',A', Dec 4.-file fuel section stqod, very |mi\:h depletied, and ll.
of the Canadian Trade Coininission doubt is expressed as to weather the mist 131- 115 yet Niccived notification road could long continue in operation w,\3mNGfp0N Dm. 4__p,.eS,dem
a e movemen of coal from the under present conditions It is stated wilson “as requested in _, ,,,,,0|,,,,,m
method
- (Special. to The Guardian.)
United States to -Canada is undcrlthai. unless. the shipinenhoi coal from lnrrndugep today ‘pf the' 'génate 'to . _ Way- The fepfefieuliitivfi Of the C0111' South 0! the line tio Canada Starts sever diplomatic relations with lllcxl- ' ' mission in Was-hingtiili are trying to very soon, the Canadian. government oo. The resolution as offered by
y , it is moderation and to evidence the extreme regret with
Tuesday, Dec. 21 and expire on Mon-I day, Dec. 28. . - .
CHICAGO. Dec. ~i.-'Howard Fi'e-l'l‘r>esIv)vater, Ontario; winning gdirst? I
leigh, oi’ Forest, Uutario. won the. prize for aged Leicester rams, and
chanipionsllip a\\'a.l'ded with his Juni-`
or Aberdiion Angus bull at the Inter-E national .ive Stock i`~lhow-today. ile- also won ilrsl prize t`or a senior year-I ling bull of the some breed.
ames Snell, oi' Clinton, Ontario, ilrsl and second prizes for yearlini; Leices- ter ruins. J. E. Brethour, of Ilurforrl, Ontario, won -the championship for li pt-.n“`of Yorkshire Barrows.
HHIHSH lliilllllillll PUHLIEHIES .
Plililllh ill li|§ll|\l|llN. THEAEHEHY
Documents Made Public Including Secret In-
structions of German Admiral for Scuttling of
Ships at Scapa Flow
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(Special to The Guardian.) I
LONDON, Dec. 4.--in view of thel
German i_:ovcrnment‘s denlal_ of res- ponsibility for the sinking ot' ships at Scnpa Flow. the British .\dmirullytu- flisill- published a number of docil- m_ents including all__t.he _secret iustru tions of' the‘Germau Admiral, Von Renter to his officers on the prepare. tions for the ineibod of scutiling 'of vessels whenever the signal to do so `
was given from his ship the iflindeiir his intention being to send the ves- sels to the bottom should the British attempt _to seize them without he cou- sen-t of the German government. Ite- l'ei‘l‘ing to the possibility of Germany agreeing to surrender the ships, Ad- miral .Von Renter said- in one,of the documents "then thc ships will be banded over to the lasting disgrace oi those who placed us in this posi- tion."
(Special to the Guardian.) l
LONDON, Dec 4.--A despatch to ii.
Manchester daily .paper says there are signs that Canada la beginning to think over again on the question of conferring oi’ titles and notes that a Montreal paper has recently describ- ed t`lle resolution of the Canadian .House of Commons deprecatlngauch conference as the work of profession ul democrats.
Trade With Canada
(Special to the Guardian.) MONTREAL, Dec 4.-Among arriv-
als yesterday was Mr. F. E. Jones of Christchurch, New Zealand, chair- man of the importers committee of the Associated Chambers of that coun
(Special to The Guardian.)
MON-'FR-EAL, Dec 4.--The United
States aims not' merely at business control of the \Vest Indies but hopes to annex them politically, T. li. Muc- Aulay, President. of the Canadian West Indian Soclety,`tolrl the mem- bers of the Board of Trade here to- day, iii the course of an address on the necessity for a corumereial union between the Dominion and the VVest Indies. He stated that he had strong reason to believe that United States interests were all working in Jamaica
ated from the Allies, tile Si.iprenie
which it would see Roumaula senar-l P
Council decided to accord a further
and last delay of six days to Rou- ‘ `
mania. This extension will begin on _ - n _
Declares President of West indian Society Before al,
Canada May » . Meeting oi the Montreal Board of Trade.. _Ha
to influence public opinion in -favor, of union with the United States. I
Mr. MacAulay pointed out how byl
exchanging products the West' ln»dies‘ and Canada could reproduce the ideal
hurry up the shipment and it is hop will find it necessary to zo over the Senator Fall Republican, ot New
_ ssible de-Ln . . nite te ailwa a in tratio ouiml ee Inv f i M xlcau
D0 y U d Sta s H y dm is u, c tt ostlplitiiliz tie e
in -the meantime there is no im- to obtain speedy action. The matter situation. declared evidence had been
--f provement in the C-anadlaiu situation is, it is understood, being closely found which would astound the world,
(Special to The Guardian.) - and with the delay in the sliipnients watched by Premier Borden and the it was also asked that the Presidentl
'CoI;;'i‘lglSl,a_l)Iec.id The Srupl-eine from the United .Staten conditions are cabinet here. withdraw recognition oi' thc Curran- 5 ur deia _l F li0Cd¢‘-‘_ 0 Slant -i_lurlh~ . - __ . . , _ zu government. Senator Fall boldly-‘ b 8 5 0 SX “Fl Of “Hill Dtcelll cllarged that the Mexican einbassy, 9’ 1°' n°“'"‘i“l“ to answer its the consulate generals in New York
ed to get it started with the leust head of Directoi-General Hines, ofthe Mexico, wh as chsiinmn 0| ,L W1,
. Evidence had been Found that Would Astound
the World. Charged all Mexican Consulates in U. S. with Treachery. Resolution will be
` Submitted to Congres
s. I
and San Francisco and consulates along the border, with thc knowledge :uid consent of President Carranza, had been actively _enlzazzeii in the spreading ol’ Bolshevlkist propaga.nd'n In the United States. Evidence, it was said. would be forthcoming to hear out the, charno by this resolu- tion, which was sent lo the foreign relations comillittee of the Senate for consideration tomorrow. Tile whole Mc-xicun problem, admittedly grave ill vlew_ot' the refusal oi' the tjarranza administration to release, Consular Agent. Jenkins from l,ln>/penitentiary al Pueblo, will be put before Con- gress. -
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HEIVIIEH lilllllll hi
C Hill
s Nominated Liberal
Legislature.
(Special to The Guardian.)
conditions to be found in the United'
States. This internal exchange in the United States enabled it to keep away
T0
has
creas will follow liiin in the le1,isluturi> orl
i5 lllllllil SUPPUHT
ward as Speaker. Final Choice' Rests With the
er is not tlnsl. When the Legislature
RONTO, Dec. 4.-Premier Drury nu,-cl.~‘ l’i-cmier Drury will liave'to made his (first public bid to in [move that Mr. Parliament be chosen e the number of members who .or thc Spvakership. lt then rests
\'.'ilh lilo private mcinbcrs to make
from an adverse balance of trade such ' - ~ » - » as we have in (taimdn ,md in (hp “fest at any rate support him on mostmut- lho lln:~.l choice. While Dir. Parlia- 1m_|iqg_ ML Mu¢Au1ay,gnve in dew” a ters that will come before tilellousc mont has assured thc Premier _ibut description of the development “-0,-k He last night announced that he he will accept the posil.io_n. he has that could be undertaken 1,, me west- would reeoiniuendus Speaker of the dom- 'so with the quallficzitlon that his Indies by Canadian enterprise Legislature Ziir. N_eison, Parliament lronslllixoiits must enllorse his deci-
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to italy. Great Britain
(Special to the Guardian.)
‘LONDON ,Dec 4.-An agreement,
which. it lg hoped. will solve the Ad- riatic question has been .prepared in
Concurs in Proposal. l
delegate Polk are declared alreadyl to have signedthe agreement. and ltl is understood Great Britain ls pre- pared to sign upon which the agree- ment will be handed over to the ital-
- __ ___ M- P- ~P. for Prince Edward. who was sion. l-‘or this ln- purposes calling ft
elected Liberal with a. stron" if. F. O. iliocliiiz; oi' the electors nt the rldln-'
Haha" Sm” ls ov" backing. .The selection of the Speak-! to plant.-c tht- matter hcloro tht-in. h
York Market. Pre-w
(Special to The Guardian.)
Nl']\V YORK, Dec. fi.--Idxclillngxo in
England, Frallcc and Italy dropped io- day to the lowest points of depreciat- tion ever recorded ill this -inorkl.-1.!
ar Figure was $4.86 5-8.
outline: lllc pi-o~\\':ir quotation of _$4.86 Tl.. This i'<-plusoiits ll. discount Of sliuhlly owl' :Ill pol' cent. in wliat for ,zcneraillolis \\'zl.~z rir‘,f:tl‘iled as thc most stable form ol' international remit-
._ ‘ __ ‘ ' ‘ ...in . . . . . _-_ '-1 WY- Mr- 30"” ll’ Vismilg C”'““d“ “"“'h pm-is by the 13;-me-li, Frelwh and Am. inn p1Bn|pf,|;9n,tlm-y in p,,_ris_ .The na. Sterling fell to $3.87'/_, to the pound tance.
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The devotional service in Zion I-lull l-.lit 1-.veil_ii\l!,_ which was very largely' attended; .provedto be an inspiring, enthusiastic and.. successful .inaugura- l-ion'.of.the -Forward Convention in con nec-tion with the lniier-Church Poi"- Wllrd Movement.
Slilllulclty and earnesiuess seemed
lo bc the dominating characteristics Of the service and it wus unite appar- ent that a st'tttr`tblo atniospliore for such a muvcment"as this, le permeat- ills all the churches co-operating.
Mr. W. S. Louson presided. with
Mr. George H. W. Moore presiding M the piano and leading the praise.
Tile opening prayers were lcd by
Revs, ,Messrs Bilylnpnd- and Tliomas. Rev. Mr. 'l‘aylor,raa_d the twelfth .chev- t0l‘ of itoinans, at title request of the chalrnmn,lw_h(>_declared it to be a “Wt i-iittlilg passage for the e!lll'2S- sion of,the_-:contents oi' this great ll10veinent,- _M_q<ny, offered prayer. l Dr. Kilboyuf Wllospent over thirty years in China as missionary and Dr., Piilseeu. who is Conve-ne`r_r.~f the ex- tensive Home Mission and Social Ser- vice work of , the Presbyterian Church in Canada, gave brief addres- Sss appreciative of the dino devotion- al spirit revealed in the meeting and also a glimpse of the interesting ,ad- dresses which will -be delivered in thu Convention today. - 'lf - `
This opening gatherings/users well
for todayfgqerin of meetings and it will be a decided loss to the citizens, who -fail to attend. . . .- ,
. .l
lncnzsel or bnunkennsss
R!POl‘Yl.DttN'-0i»A8GOW '
great. iiwreese »
is report-
that
fi
GIRMANY
wel
Cabinet to ~ I
Consider Labor
' (special ee The can-dien.l_’ `
OTTAWA, Dec. 4.-Within the next
few days, it is expected, cabinet council will lconsider iactlou to be' taken as n result of the convention and reco_minend:_1t_ions adopted by the International Labor Conference. Oi prime importance, so far as the Dom- inion is coneernednis- the convention for an Eight Hour Day and a Forty- cight Hour Week. 'l‘o this conven- tion Canadian 'Government delegates novo their assent. Eventually it will bc subniitted to the Dominion Kov- ernment as well, as to the other forty or so ~govermnents~, represented at the conference, ‘for ratification.
I olffwulrlu Ama. ' .
,.lt. is .here that _the diill_cu_lty. lies, so fur. it has been assumed, that lex- islatiou to regulate hours of work lies exeiiniivei-gr within the jurisdiction. Of the provincial legislatures. But what the exact position in the matter is, there is some doubt. lt is considered probable that the upshot will be re- ference to the Supreme Court of Cans- ada for_n deilni-te ruling. »~Such a course, at any rate, apparently finds
considerable fgvor.
Should the ilprcmc Court find that
Eight Hour Dey legislation lies with- in the eitclusive jurisdiction of the provinces the' term; of the convention -would. no doubt, be referred as re- commendations' to 'the iliiferent pro- vincial governments. Therc is, in filer'-e. speéiliioiouso in the Peace Treaty to meet-the _case oi' a federal ‘etate,l“the power of which to eater into conventions' on labor matters is subject. to limitationii.” In euch _a case, thn.Treaty provides "it siieilbe ln' the disgretion of that government. |_e_,- me government of the Federal state, to treat a‘ draft convention to which such limitations UDDI! M 0 recomnicndation only.
nnnomrommursi _ - oonnno nvnnrrs. ' ’ 1usnr1Nos,'_s'rc. aI~in¢$`:nve:wS';i°¢rae' manipu- ior auction rate at B. if 1hifeti's. r
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a _view to looking into trade condlt' ions and of promoting commerce be- tweenn Canada and New. Zealand. “We are particularly interested in seeing if we cannot secure a greater ehareof the printing paper produced in Can a.ds,". said Mr. Jones. »
Home Rule Bill ' ` is Not Ready
LONDON, Dec 3.-'°.The belief en-
tertained a. little while ago that i.'he Government would be in a position before Christmas to introduce a biil 'for the establishment of a sel.f-gov- eminent; in ireland is not likely to be fulfilled," says tho Daily Tele- graph. ‘
“The Cabinet committee appointed
to deal with the draft of the new measure is still engaged upon the difficult question of finance, and as the bill cannot be ready -for another fortnight at least the opinion now prevails in well linformed quarters that time will not be available for the settlement of the Home Rule problem until the next session.
“What the Government is expect-
ed to do is to acquaint Parliament nud the country with the details of their plane before -their prorogation.
"The matter will than hold over
until the session of 1920, and will be dealt with as one of the urgent measures ~in the Govei'nment’s -pro- gramme for the coming year."
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housework. Apply Mrs. Begnail, 125 Fitzroy street. ’ __ Si
*Gi-IRIBTMAG STATIONIRY WITH \ selected initial letter in gold bronze
from 1.00 to $1.ii0Kper_box. _Central Job Printery. 17( ent Street. - it.
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foxes to DBR- Try, W'."S‘. Burke. ‘West Royniiry. Phone tg.. ‘ '
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ericnn peace representatives. -for sub- mission to Italy, according -to pri-, vate despatches today _
Premier Clemeuceau and American
ture of the proposals is not stated,l but they are said to have been .framed with a view to satisfying the italian people.
Co Operators A ee to m0ifer Ncilvlglgc Scale
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.--Represeiv
tatives of all the larger coal min-ing corporations of the United -States to- day-'resched an agreement upon a new scale for mine workers, after an all- dary session here, and announced it would be submitted to the Fuel _Ad- ministration for ratification tomorrow. it embodies, it was said. 'a little more tliun the fourteen per cent. increase for themen suggested by Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield as ,the Gov,ern~ ment proposal for dealing with the strike, which the miners rejected.
Meanwhile. the operators were
keeping in close touch with develop-
ments al indianapolis, where the :federal Court on he application of Department oi’ Justice agents cited eighty-four general and district oin- ciais of the United *Mine .Workers for contempt of Judge Anderson’s order calling oil' the ooai strike. Some optimistic reports reached the oper- ators. indlcating that at several points in the central competitive field, around which the strike centres, miners were going back to work.
'Attorney-General Palmer would not
discuss ton-ight the steps taken at indianapolis, in advance of thc heal- ing to he givontbe miners” officials Tuesday. 4 .
FIVE GANADIANB TO BE RELEAS-
lLONDON. Dec. 2.-The _Holm
Secretary has informed Bernard Ab- inker, the solicitor who presented the 'petition iiraylns for clemency for the Canadian soldiers who were sentenced to 12 months' imprison- ment for rioting at Epsom, that the men will be released on December 15th and handed over to the Canadian military authorities who will convey them to Canada and discharge them there.
These men participated 'in the riot
in which a,poiiceman lost his life. The prisoners. originally iii-
cherge which
t%"ono of
riing. in
conduct , ml!!!
evidently
Millers and Bakers l
In Tradc_(I_onspiracy
(Special to The Guardian.)
OTTAWA, Dee 4.-W. F. O. Conner,
oi the Board of Commerce. told af deputatlon of master bakers yes-ter~` day afternoon -that at Montreal lt' had been found that, as a result of per-l sons connected with the milling inter- ests selllng their product to bakers with the proviso that they charge a certain amount for the bread, a con- spiracy had been unearthed in which, from 100 -to 125 persons in the milling and baking interests were mixed -up, and action might bc taken against them.
I
Rotarians at l
Victoria Hotel
A most enthusiastic meeting of the
C-harlottctovm Rotary Ci-ub was held last night at the Victoria Hotel when the members and a number of invited guests amounting in all to about 60 sat down to an elaborate din- ner pnt on .ln splendid’ style by the hotel management.
A most entertaining programme fol
lowed. `
It -was M-auuafacturelre Night and
there was a large representation oi' local manufacturers,
The chief Address of the eveninif
was given by Rotarlan Pierce who spoke on the importance of industry.
He was followed by n. number of
the guests present and much valu- able infomation was given.
Owiniz to the very late hour at
which the igeeting closed it -ie im- possible in t is issue to give any de- tailed report of the proceedings.
A very enjoyable musical program
rounded out one of the most important meetings that the Club has yet held. . --~_-------
IERLIN LOAN SHOWS SIGNS OF , _ .IIING 'A Phil-URI.
has time
THIRTY BOY
cnlsn_l:_o_
Brave Act of Teacher Di
Rescuin
STUDENTS THROUGH ICE
0_1--.
ving into icy Water and g a Boy.
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(Special to The Guardian.) '
QUEBEC, Dec. 5.-Thirty boys, stu-,
dents at the Ciiarny College on Slou- day afternoon crashed through the ice on the Cllalllllere River and were rcs- cued with difllxzillty. One of the tfmcli- ing brothers. Brother Loon. dived in-l to the icy water and saved a lad, named 'l`urr:olte after breaking a bolt- tllrougli lilo ice to get the boy who’
vi'-.ls floating under the patch. The acclllerit was caused by the locks up the river being npr-llod to lei. down the stream of surplus water that illrcatvncd to flood Bounce district. The boys, who were skating, did not know that the gn-Leg were lo be open- ml; they were in :in awful predica- ment. Brother Leon is to be recom- mended to the Royal llurnanc Society.
Man Burned to Death
i-iAl.lFAX. N. S., Dec. 4.-Trngelly
visited Halifax early this morning. when Andrew Hayes, a well known il'i:ure in thi- South End, where lic has lived with his brother, Owen, for the past eighteen years, was burned- tn death in n tire in the shell at the rear of his -house, 41 Dresden flow. Hayes was -in the shed, which was usoil for a store house, with it light- ed lump, and it is supposed that the lamp was responsible for the rapidity with which the fire spread. cutting off his escape and preventing the tire- inen who arrived on the scene with commendable promptnees. from going to his rescue. The shed 'burned ilerceiy and it was found necessary to get la. liiie of hose on it after tho cbemical 'had failed to check the flames. The charred remains of Hayes were not removed from the
'cally put ont, and life had been ex tincl for some time. -
THD WEATHER
‘ TIHPERATURE ‘ TIDB, HOOK, ET!
west and South winds, fair with
little liiiiier temtpefature. Tile tide will e high this mornin at. 8.57 and tomorrow at 9.68; ii. wil lbelbigh toiiiliii at 838 and tomorro .a¢~.O.d‘t.» . _ - .
tdihq
#hed until the ilre had been practi-
TORONTO, Dec. 5.-Fresh south-
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f.
“Pussyiool” Johnson
Refuses Gratuit
(Special to he Guardian.)
LONDON. ‘Dec. --William E. John-
son, the American prohibltlonisi who lost an eye as a result of his recent hazing by students, has declined to re- volve a $1,200 cash testimonial rais- e;l by il.o Evening News, re-im-sling lhat the money be handed u'/or ioSt. .Dunstan's liostel for the Blind.
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