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Allis Message Read at Dnveiling of Washington's Busts at London, ikverpooi and Mulgravo - anor. -

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(Special totite Guardian) FLONIDON_ "May 30--0n behalf of 1118 American people President Harding today gave Great Britain a renewed pledge of friendship. His message of goodwill was read today at t-he unveiling of a bust of 060119 ‘Washington in St. Paul's Cathedral. Similar busts were un. veiled in the town hail at Liver- pool and Mulgrave Manor, the an. cestrni fhome of the Washington family. The busts were the gifts of the American psopel. At St Paul's the Washington bust was given a place of honor beside those of Wellington and Nelson. A

special religious service ‘preceded the unveiling and the speeches by notable Britons and Americans The P.esident's message was trans mitted by Ambassador George Har- vey. ~lt said on the occasion of un- veiling busts of George Washing - ton at St. Penis, the town -ha-ll oi’ Liverpool. and Mulgrave Manor: "I" am ‘moved to express my hops that these gifts from the American peo- llle mny be received as testifying n new long-established friendship for the ‘British notion and may in- spire a continued reciprocation oi’ the sentiment by .tiie British people." _ -

Designations Eiiected in House oi Commons

(‘Special to the Guardian)

OTTAWA. _Ont., iMny 303—it is expected the resignations 0t’ J. A. Maliarg. Maiple Creek, and Hon. N W. iitowall, Dul-hanr will be an- nounced in the House of Commons within the next two or three days. Hon Speaker Rhodes said this morning that he would announce the resignations as soon as he re» ceivetl‘ t/bem_ Mr. Msharg is leav- lug the ‘Federal Progressive Party to accept a portfolio ‘in the ISusk- atcliewan Government.

Despondent Man Hangs Himself

NOIUIIH SYDNEY. May 30-—~Slx- of age. in poor

_ty-seven years

‘it » ., mwat-iniiii hanged himself in s. some near his home at Sydney Mines yester- tiuy. Friends who went out to look for him when he did not return home at supper time, found him in garage, dead. Merritt was wid- ower with grown up family.

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FOR 8ALE.-—ROU-SE ON CUM-

berland ‘Street. Apply Mrs. Rose

‘McCarron, 166 Sidney St. 3i.

‘FOR fountain in good order. 238 Kenttstreet.

‘WANTED-IMMEDIATELY AT Y. W. C. A.. maid to assist with general housework.

TO LET iN SOUTHPORT A SUM- mer cottage.‘ Apply Guardian.

m...» can FOR ‘ssts, oven - hauled and painted. Apply I-I. G_ Nelson_ Hampton.

sALs-eooT wares Apply

WILL THE PARTY WHO BOR- rowed a_sui_.aii slide compass from the Marine Office, kllidly return same. '1‘. G. Taylor.

*LO8T BETWEEN OHIARLOTTE- town nlid ‘Sllerryfil Bridge, Sat-

‘ urdiiy, Woman's rubber boot. Finder please. leave at Guardian. ,?__a...___.

WANTED. EXPERIENCED waitress for dining room. Apply Victoria Hotel. .

WANTED MAID FOR GENERAL house work no washing. Ap- "ply to Mrs. J. C. Sims 249 Upper Prince Street.

color black, '13 years old/RIM year old heavy horse. Apply D. C. McKinley, North River.

‘FOR SALE-OVER-SIZ-E REO l-lss just been painted and over- hauled. All new tires, cheap for quick sale. Apply Parker Mc- Kenzie, Truro, N. S.

QAUTO FOR BALE-FOR sAl-E one eight cylinder Cadilac, new- ly paintednin perfect order. Owner leaving country. Price $1500 for quick sale. Telephone Victoria Hotel.

QSALISMAN WANTED 1'0 HAN- fllB- tiiiu of slice :Findulss. by House. spccialislilg in Laces. Blv- uqod proposition for live wire. Apply Lacse. Box 170 tStsticnBn Montreal. ’

. . ‘OALIOMDN WANTID 1'0 R!- praseni. "Canada's (mist Nur- series," Handsome free outfit_ ex ciulive territory . Highest com- missions. Start now at best.‘ sell- iIf-timefibfohe I Welllnxton. ‘zhe ntiiili Nurseries," ‘rm-on

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Maritime 0 Provinces Telegraphic News

(Special to The Guardian)

ATTEMPTS TO WRECK TRAIN

NIVDHIERQI‘, N. 3., May 30—-An attempt which nearly met with suc cess was made to wreck one of the Maritime Coal ilaiiway and Power Company's trains running from Josslns to Maccan last week. A large number of sleepers were placed on the track near a danger- ous curvq at illiver Herbert.

A NEAR TRAGEDY

PICTOU, N. 8., May 30—A near tragedy was enacted in a Chinese cafe here Saturday night when fol- lowing an altercation with his wife, Joseph Ilincli of l-lallfnx, threw a mixture of curboiic acid iind lye at her, "beat lter over the bond with a bottle and assaulted‘ the proprie- tor of the cafe. 11inch is now under arrest.

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DEE-R CHARGES STREET CAR ‘ST. JOHN, N. 13., May 30- A young deer charged a street car on Milli street at 7 o'clock this morn- ing. lt was run over and killed be- fore the motor man could‘ stop the car. DEATH OF NEW BRUNSWICK ‘ M P

‘Strum-w, N. '11} May 30—T-lis death of Ferdinand RUblllillIX, n farmer M. P.. for Kent occurred

g here tcdny alter an illness of six

months. Mr_ llobidiaux W115 a no. tivs of Quebec but come to (Sltediac while a young man.

They Want Sandy“ At iliberton

Mr. Sandy MacGregor has receiv- ed the following letter, which speaks for itself. ‘

tSandy MacGregon- Esq. My Dcar Sir:

I notice in your tour through the island you hit-re not included Alberton in ‘your itinerary. What has she done that you should give her the go-by’! We are n very ap- preciative people here and always welcome a good thing, and I trust you will not leave the island until you have favored uswith your tal- ent nnd your presence. Would you be kind enough to let me know if it will be possible for you and your partner to come. We have a large hall and will give you a good reception. _

Hoping to have a favorable re- ply. Yours truly JAMES E. BIRCH ‘Mayor of Alherton

Mr. MaoGregor and his company have decided to stsy over one day and will play in Albertcn Thurs- day evening.

Troublesome Times - ‘In Christiania

LONDON, May 30—‘Serious riots occurred last night in Chrlstlunia and throughout Norway durinl 9-119 day, according to the correspond- ent of the Inndon Times. A mob tried to iiorce the entrance of a public meeting house which was barricaded. Through the timely

arrival of police reinforcements the mob was dispersed but not be-

fore a serious engagement was fought in which bludgeons, stones and other missiles were employed. Several policemen were wounded and numerous rloters including the ring-leaders were ‘arrested. All newspapers have suspended except the Socialist Organs and they an- nounce that the situation every- where ls in conformity with the! views.

ilouse Will‘ Not Prologue Until Saturday

i$peclal to the Guardian)

OTTAWA. May 30.—0pposition which Wm develop to certain items of government legislation during "is 00mins week will probably ile- lsy pwwsratiou -until Sfllllftlay in 1°"!- Allflrt‘ entirely from the fact that there is a very heavy volume of estimates to be dlspoged °f- "We "Te several bills of a cuii- tentiious character which must still run the gauntlet of the House. Notable among these are the m. medial legislation of Hun, c, J, Dclierty in connection with the prohibition plebiscite and the new Federal Lake of the woods Bill,

Bank Clerk ‘ Guts Five Years

- (Special to the Guardian)

TORONTO. May lift-Five years 1n Kingston penitentiary was the sentence imposed "by Judge Coats- woi-tii this morning on Edgar Mor- ton Bi-own, the former Bank of Montreal teller, wtho stole ‘$21,710 froni the Younge and Front streets office of that bank on February 24. When the prisoner who hsd plead- edguilty to the charge on Friday was let into the Sesions court. Judge Coatsworth asked J. Sey - niour Corley ccounsel for the de- fence. whether there was anything further to ibe said in cxtenuation of Brown's defaicatlon. "Notliingf replied Mr_ Corley, "beyond re - minding Your iionor that the pri- soner has a wife and child iind that at the time of making this false step he was grcutly over worked and was under great stress and strain. In pronouncing sent - snce Judge ‘Coatsworth said: "l have considered this case very carefully and‘ consider ‘it as worse than the usunl ones tiint come be- fore me since the theft threw grave suspicion on your fellow workers in the bunk. In addition there was the deliberate destruc- tion of ttliefive thousand dollar

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Experts Will Examine Silesian Question

(Bpecia: to the Guardian) PARIS. May ISO-A note 1 from Great Britain received’ today, in re- llly to Premier Briands recent com munictttlon with regard ‘to tliii meet of the Allied ‘Supreme Coun- cil, insists upon the desirability of a meeting of that ‘body this week, Great Britain accepts the principle laid down by France of an exaimina tions of the Siiesinn question by a special mission of experts. ‘but ‘hOlfI that the ‘Council should meet first and not delay its session un- til after the experts had reported, as France has suggested dVlr. Lloyd George in the communication udvo cates two meetings of the council, one to name the commission of ex- perts and another later to hear the experts report and act.

Lt. 0’Leary, f Tells Adventures

About four hundred people nt- tended the Strand theatre last night to hear Lleut. Michael O‘- Leary. V. C.. "lecture on his ex perlences in the greet war. I-iis Wors-lilp Mayor Riley presided and introduced the lecturer to his audience.

lLieut. O'Leury is a man of about thirty years of age and previous to the war was iirthe Canadian M/ounted Police He enlisted with the 1st. Canadian Contingent anti crossed wit-h them to England, where he was transferred to his original regiment. the Irish Guards. He crossed to France in October. 1914 and took part in the first bnttle ‘of Ypres, one of the sever- est engagements in the early part of tile wnr. .

The speaker gave a graphic ac- count of ‘his various battle ex- periences in France, gmrti-cuiarly the engngcmenv which won for hiln tile coveted Victoria (Jr-ass, The winning oi‘ this medal was tlic reward of a series of brave exploits in which, single handed, he buy.

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jquste" the- vhlne- of stocks. handed ovcr to the bank being highly pro- biemniiciil and speculative, I there fore sentence you to five ytetirs in Kingston penitentiary."

Stoutiy Reiuted ' By lion. Wm. Sloan

CHARGES THAT INFERIOR SAL- MON WAS SENT BY BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VICTORIA. B. C.. Muy 30.-

Charges recently cabled from Lon- do-n ‘by a special correspondent to a syndicate of newsipapers on this continent, tiint British Columbia “put one over" on England during the wnr when a gift of $5.000 cases of salmon was made which turn- ed out to be so inferior that much of ‘it had to ‘be thrown away, are being stoutly refuted by the Hon. William Sloan. Minister of Mines and Commissioner of Fisheries. ‘ The 25,000 cases of salmon do- nated by British Coiumbia to the imperial Government in the fall of 1914 consisted entirely of the choicest pink salmon packed in the province that year. No other species of salmon was included in the shipment. Before purchasing and shipment it was most carefully inspected by the most competent inspectors anti buyers for British firms in tho province, said Mr. Sloan. _

Death oi A. ll. , Chambers, LL.D.

PROMINENT MONTREAL LAW- YER WHO FORMERLY ‘RE- GIDED HERE '

The death occurred last Friday morning 'in Lachlne General Hospl tol of Arthur l-Iitchings Chamlbers. L. L. 13.. brother of Colonel E. J. Chambers, Gentlemnm Usher of the Black Rod at Ottawa, and of Canon W. iPercy Chambers, of Montreal_ I-Ie.was well known there, where -he formerly practised law, and previous to taking up the legal. profession, was engaged in journalism. Born at Pankridge, county of Staffordshire. England. in 1860. the son of Princlpifl Chum- bers, the deceased was educated both iii that country iind iirMuiit- reai_ graduating L. L. B. at Laval University. and also taking speci- al studies at Muffin University. The legal practice of Mr. Chambers was ‘brought to a close through serious illness some yen-rs ago. when he retired to Prince lildwortl ‘Island, spending some of his time t-iiere, and ct other, times going to Bermuda. and Grsnby. Que. A fort- night ago he entered the LIDMIIQ General Hospital. In addition‘ to the two brothers mentioned. he is also‘ survived by a third brother. E. 1‘. D. filmbers, of Quebec tfld

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-m.~'cs%3>Eai5sa°“-1§d experiences as airscruitlng officer in Ireland in 1916. your _he was ‘transferred tu the Sn-lontka front. The granspm-g We. tietling his WiiS torpsdoktl and all 000100111 lost. Lieiit O'Lcary was to have taken this ship, lbut. as he (inscribed it, his life was saved by meeting some convivial compaii ions who iletnined hiim sufficiently long to miss the transport and he went safely to his destination on the next.

Tile fighting in‘ Salon-Ike was not such a serious business-as it was in France lie said, but it nbounded in hard work, there be- ir“;;io roiitls except tliosc made by the soldiieijs.

From isulonika Lleut. was transferred to Egypt. - He graphically described marching through the desert where the heat was intense and time's feet snnk to the knees in the sand. He des- cribed the battles under General Allenby which culminated in the tiefeat of the Turks and their utter rout.

Willie in ‘Egypt. Lieut. O'Leary qualified as n pilot in the flying coups but had to desist from this occupation owing to some a-ccl. dent: due to the condition of his nerves.

Cumin-I to Canada. he applied for a position in the Civil Service, b"! 110i ‘being aibis to receive one which ‘would enable hint to sup- port himself and his wife, he 10in. ed the subscription department of the Women's World." and it 1g in the interests of this magazine thn-t 71o, is now lecturing. He speaks Teflllllgly of the kindness shown him in Charlottetown and is satis- fied with the success of ills cum- palgn here.

Atthe conclusion of his lecture Limit Olfialywns entertained by the local Knights of Columbus, of which 8901M)! he is a member. Mr. Joseph Trainor. city. is fill oltl ac- quaintance of Lt. 0‘l.eary, having been with him in Western Canada previous, to the war.

'Lieut. O’Leary left for Summer- side early this morning. wlierc no doxttbt he will receive n warm wel- co 1e.

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Falling u... Kills "Young Man

. NEW CAISTLE, N. B. May 80-—- A sad accident ‘that ended fatally occurred oniaturdsy st Blisslisld. Ncrthumberlsnd j 00.. when Gordon G-"Bllthelfl/Bllfl, son or J. '1‘. Suther- lssd ‘well known htmberman of Biissfielg was ab severely injured by ‘being hit in lhg heed by a fall- lug use iuiiuist died iii o.» nit-s. miciii hospital. Iaere yesterday cf- ternoon. VIDOBIGIOOKI young man was working for his father, ‘and in feli- tiiittre» was-lite, myths‘ and of m- ling timber. , l-Ieiwac, Allied to the ldiratniclul Hospital w ere he pas- Ied sway flundsy afternoon. pe-

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C.N R. Headquarters To he Detided

(Special to the Guardian)

OTTAWA. Miay so.- unistiicr Montreal or Toronto is to be the headquarters of tilie Canadian National Railtways will be one of the questions to be determined af- ter consolidation of the Grand Tmm‘ F1110 tllo National ldnes is llut into effect. The claims of the two cities have. it is understood, ‘been considered but a definite de- cision has not yet been reached. it is expected that thepermanent Ibouril of management which will adlllllllfitfll‘ the consolidated sys- tems w-ill be appointed within the next couple of weeks or so.

Lady-Astor ileproaches Government

LONDON. May 28.~.Lntly Astor, in a speech ill the House 0f Com- "Wll-“l i'csiit~.ltllil\ repltonched the guvctnitiotit for ivliat 5hr, tanned its failure to realize the awaken- ed (‘illliilllflllfkz of the. country on ills subject of tnuternity benefits.

ISlic iulggestcti that before the iiiil providing for the cure of work- ing woolen during maternity was rejected. a committee representing womctfs societies should he ap- t-flflilltCli to sec what could be ob- ‘tziincii t'rom.thc nultcrnity conven- tion at Washington.

Lutly Astor,_sliid she regretted the BFliiSll guvcrnltientls :ipp:trent apathy concerning the League of Notions and declared she believed the women of the U. S. sooner or litter would get their country into some sort of a league. She said if there was failure to have an in- tctnutlonzil labor conference through the league. such n con- ference would come through the Third lnternationate.

The lobby correspondent of tho London Times says the address of Lady Astor was in some ways thc best she ever ‘ made, especially where tliif: extolled the heroism of motherhood.

Tile correspondent also mentions that when Lnily Astor was unable

to find zmpussnge sh Alotsirqdsllil} ...afl-l . . tern‘ one‘ 1 r _wtlienl:go to Lorri Reborn Cecil, cxclaimlng:—“|1=‘ind it for

me. Bob "‘ "This," the- correspond- ent says, "is the sort of tiling that makes history." .

Lynch Mob Heif- By Brave Pastor

(Special to the Guardian)

HiA'l"l'-ll'JSBiIRG,|Mis:-1.,‘May 28-— Ftlstol in hand, the Rev. G. S. liur- mon, a ‘Methodist preacher. stood off last night a masked iiiob intent upon removing Casey E. Jones from the Methodist Hospital here.

Jones was wounded yesterday by J. ‘S. Mosltly. after he iind shot and dangerously wounded Mrs. Mosley. Dr. Harmon, commissioner of the hospital, upon learning tiint feeling was aroused against Jones, took liis stand at the stlllir head. after asking for police protection. Be- fore th'e officers arrived, however, a number of masked men slipped into the building to find them- selves confronted by the preach- er.

“Doctor, we aren't going to make any racket," snid one; "we Just want our man."

"fI am a Method-lat preacher," re- plied the doctor, “in charge of this hospital, and responsible for all in it. You dare not come up those steps unless you cross my dead body. Now shoot if you dare. You may kill me but you shall not come up those steps."

The mob llllll dispersed when the officers arrived.

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Earthquake Felt In Washington

wmlt-Nororuwiiy 30-An Bllrlll- queke, described as nf moderate intensity and estimated to be 1,40 miles from Washington, was regis-

tered on selsmograph at George- town University yesterday. Trem-

ors began at 4.10 and continued un- til 4.35 p. m.

Seven Killed In Airplane Accident

WASHINGTON, May litF-Seven men. five of‘ the army and two civ- ilians, were ‘killed in wreck of an army Curtiss Eagle Ambulance Air- plane near Indian Heed, Maryland, forty miles southeast of Washing- ton yesterday evening in a terrif- fic wind and electrics-l storm". The accident is described by officials

as one of t e worst in annals of Army Air Service. The plane had just crossed, the Potomac River

when it ran into the storm. Of- ficialnwlao viewed the wreck were

sinister Hrs. 11,1. Ilortleyaefgline m’ . ., t

ceased was as years of age and un- iflrried. . -'

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Leuine Wants Recall oi Russian Democrats

(special to the Guardian)

RIGA llmwA. May 30—-Accortl- ing tir a direct Moscow despzitcli received totiay from independent sources, Nickolai Lenine, the ‘Sov- iet ‘Russian Premier, declared yes- terday that communism was in Complete bankruptcy and‘ asked the presiding officers of the nli~ Russian central executive commit- tee to aprove the unlimited return of cnpitalizm and the recall to Russia of the constitutional Demo- crats and other parties to aid in re- building the state. ‘The stutenietiis contained in the despatcii have not been carried in any official Bol- shevik advices noi- has anything tending to confirm them been re - ceived from any other source.

Bntglars Cause ' $100,000 , Damage

MONTREAL, May 30.»—*Danlnge

to the extent of $100,000 was (lone by burglars who set fire to the top floor of the George Gales iind Company stores zit 481 St. Catharine street west. Iin an attempt to open the safe yesterday. The neighbor- ing stores of Fairweathers Limit- cd and Paqtlet and Grenier, Limit- ed, were also slightly damaged by water and smoke. It. was only when the fire had been extinguished by the firemen that the burglary was discovered and the safe found to have been tampered with. It iind, however. not been rifled and contained o. little over $3,000 in cash. >