nan-_-

. is wasted.

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| it town flurdlhn 55,3,‘ Guardian.

A. wish wit-hoot work

‘lwo Cents Iouldod 1M7

ill/l

Business responds to _I determination.

idol m Ill BY ii.ilF it. S

Major C. L. MaeKay First Island Repres- entative and Second Maritime Man

To Hold This I

A telegram received last night stated that Major C. L. McKay of this city who is at preseu-t uttendi mg (he Supreme Lodge of the Knights oi Py-thias at Toronto has been elected to fill the im- portant office of Supreme Master- tit-Arms.

This ls the first time an Island delegate has attended the Supreme Lodge Session and therefore the first time a local man bus receiv- ed the very high honor of being elected to office in this body. which controls the affairs of the Pythian Societies throughout tho world;

During the slx-ty years in which the Pythian Order has been in ex- istence the Supreme Lodge has met in Canada three times, once in Winnipeg and twice in Toronto. It went into session on August the eleventh and will continue for sev- eral weeks.

Major MacKay who, with Briga- dior General Potter of Spriughlll,

nu morn ilPilEME liillilii

mportant Oflioe

years hc has been an able nml on-

doubt that in him the lodges oi‘ Cilnada have soeurctl a strong rop- rwscntntlvc to look after tbcir in- terests for tho next four years. Last night the local Lodge sent a tolcgranl of lit-arty congratulations to their distingulshctl brother knight and they will no doubt bo prepared to give him n splendid re. ception on his return from 'I‘oron1o.

Grand Lodge Next Week

The Grand Lodge oi’ tho Ifnights oi Pytbloli ior tho Milfilililv Prov- inces meets next week at St. John where an elaborate program will he carried out.

The Island will be rcprostintod by the following local Knights, ll. Roy llolman. Ilarry Williams, Murdock McLeod. l’. A. Farqulrar- son, J. Lloyd (Jnrlettin. Tho Pyth. inn Sisters will also convene. at the

reprvsmts the Maritime Prov. int-us, is the only (lunadian to re- t-eivo an offlcc in this year's Sil- prome Lodge (election. For many

sumo time. tho Charlottetown Temple boing ropriast-ntotl by Mrs. R. ll. Jenkins and Mrs. ll. ltoy iloiman.

Cou11t Charged With Robbery]

(Canadian Press)

ItbJGlNA, SaskJAugust ‘15.——. (‘onnt Victor Do Knit, who cnme' to Suskatchosvun after tho Russ- ian revolution, and for a time out a social figure. has been committ- ad for trial at Knmsnck. on a charge of high-way robbery. It is nllegctl that in company with an- other man he held up two men who were running a cargo of liquor from Manitoba and to have relieved them oi-car and cargo. At the preliminary hearing S. S. Hirsch, one of the owners of the. car. claim- ed to have recognized the Court as one of the robbers.

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Condensed Special

RATE-Ac. per word. not each iiissrllon in this column. » k ‘FOR SALE, THAT DESIRABLE residence No..186 Prince St- Apply -to R. E. Colwill care of

Johnson and Johnson's, City. 8583-8-15-3l.

‘LARGE GRAVENQTEIN AP- ples, 39 o, a dozen. Jenkins & Son-Ii.

i

‘WANTED-MAID FOR GENER- nl housework, good‘ wages. AD- piy Mrs. P. A. Farquhnrson. 99 Upper Prince Street. 3i

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-swss1- cannons 390-. A dozen. Jenkins & Son-ll. means, PEACHES. PLUMS

grapes, apples and oranges. Jea- kins & SOIL-ll. .___._.________ ‘STRAYED- FROM ROYALTY two calves, one Jersey and one Ayrshire. Please notify Walker, 114 Prince Street. gill)’-

u.

‘WANTED-AT ONCE, YOUNG man (from country preierrcd) to lcarn Fox Business. ADIJIY l’; A. Farquharson, City. 3'

‘LON-YESTERDAY IN THIS ciiY two ten dollar bllls. Finder please leave at Guardian. lio- ward. 3593 8-16 3i.

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FDR SALE-SEVERAL BLACK Foxes. For details apply to A- ll. Dawson, Uiigg or Bowie)’ Lcsrd, Tryon. 8589 8 l5 3i

FOR SALE-RESIDENCE KNCWN as American House, King Street. "Dliosite Depot. Ideal location for transient or permanent boarders. Bale private.

8585 88 15 4i

‘WANTED TO RENT SMALL RE- sidence with modem convenieno ca. Centrally located. ADPIY '1'- onca to "G" care of Guardian.

8584-8 IE-tf.

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‘J0! Psmflnc OF avznv ‘Iiilcflntlon oil apt on exlwfi it'll"!!! saunas. cTasi-dlha Cent- rat Job Printer-y. Phone 139-

400 Harvesters Leave Halifax

(Canadian Press)

IIALIFAX, N. S., Aug. Iii-Tho first (‘tiuadian National Railways ilarvost excursion spacial loft here this morning boarltig nearly four hundred Nova Scctlu laborers to the grain fields of Western (lanada. This number was ‘expected to ho ailgruentctl by as many more by tho time the train reached Mone- ton. Large numbers joined tho train at Truro. Amherst and intermedi- ate points. Tircre was also a large number left here by the _Do|uluion Atlantic Railway to join the-C. P. Ii, special al. St. John, going to that city via Digby.

An Unusual Will n I Unearthed

NEW YORK, Aug. 1F».- Short and sharp are two clauscs in ill" 34' year-old will of a Hobbs Ferry druggist, unearthed and tilt-d in lire surrogatem OTTICP at White Plains, Excerpts from it road: -

“To my daughter, lli-lvu (I don't know her married natuo), to my daughter Adelaide‘, to my son Ed- die. to my daughter, Sarah (I don't know her tuarrictl name) I give ouch ilvc dollars In use as they llko.

"I would stiggcst to Sarah that Bile buy Mrs. ()plc's work on ly- mg»

Tln- tcsiatcr (lt-tirgc Williams. died May 2C, ISM), llt- apparently

was acparatctl from his family, for I

ho provides:

British Female

M. P. Coming

To Canada

(Canadian Press)

Iii-The

that Miss

secretary to

thuslasitlc member of Empire zlhnld mfmxir I y,’ _ I a . .- aodgt No 10 and there is no Uomnmns

will leave.

LONDON, Aug Callou- inn Press learns Mur-

garet Bonlield pa r l I a m outar y

Ministry of Labor

Nortlralnptonshlro

(‘anada with lllrs.

Last Mimite News Flashed in Over the Wires

(Canadian Press.) MONTREAL, Aug. i6.—Thls morning Mayor Duquette turn- ed the switch and officially 0P-

the

cned the new direct cable ser- mr vice between Montreal and

London that has been installed by the Anglo-American Tele-

mr graph Company, who will 09¢!"

‘ I he H .,.|_. H,“ ate in conyunction with t wit?) miI-lcjiresciils caliidiflfl Notional Telegraph ~ ’ -'Labnr on lliu cimlPimY-

Miss Margaret Bondfield

overseas settlement committee, on tho Empress of Srotlmd on Sop- lctnbcr 17!. 'l‘h<-y arc going on the invitation of the (‘auadluit (lovcru- mutt and will enquire into ditions ruling in the Dominion con. ui-rning tho drt-u. l

immlgrzltltiri ct‘

With Coal For Elec-

tricity Production Says Sir Adam Beck. '

(Canadian PrBsS.) LON-DON, ()nt.. Aug.

llultcil- Sluice

generating

“We can get large (juauiiiics

suit coal from Nova Scotla for use in the auxiliary steam tho jirovinco." “'l‘his will make us practically in- dependent of Pnlted Stairs for our fuel because the Maritime provinc- es can supply us cheaply and sat- isfactorily. All steam plants will have to be pul- verized so that breaking up of soil coal in shipments will be to our advantage and not disadvantage." --<o->-

Ten Dollars As Conscience Money .

jilants slated

coal used

(Canadian Press)

. Downing, thu local

(‘OIL

chil 'l‘lloy will be accumpzmioil iy C. P. Plant anti Llcut, (iuruott oi’ the Ovorsozis Scttloiucnt Board. Tho journey will r-xicntl as liar it's Winnipeg, but it ls not likely that they will spare time lo go farther" west.

NIIIITIINIE TIN SNPPIYNIITIIIIN

15.-—'l'bal Nova Scotin coal will mukv (Janadn independent of respect tn the proposed ment of Ihges 6r four largo steam plants for in this province was tho statement oi‘ Sir Adam Beck on his return to the ‘city today from overseas whore hc has been honorary deli-gate at the conference of power exports in old London.

ostubl Ish-

electricity

Sir Adam.

in our

WOODSTOCK, Ont., Aug. 15.-A Cnmidizin

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Aug. fl5-—“l Hm convinced that an election on the Irish issue,wouid be bad tactics for the Conservative party". said Lord Beaverbrook in discussing the chance for early change of government in England heere this morning.

FOREST HILLS. N. Y.. Aug. 15.—For the second year in succession Miss Helen Wills. Berkley. Calif..national and 0- lympic tennis champion will battle Mrs. Molia B. Jurstedt Mallory, of New York. for the womcns single crown tomorrow at Wesiside Club stadium.

PROVIDENCE, R. |., Aug. ~’(5.-Australia won the Ameri- can zone tennis finals today when Gerald L. Patterson and Pat Ohara Wood of Australia defeated Sunao Okamoio and Takclchi Harada of Japan in a sensation doubles match 7-5. 6-2, 6-4.

The Australians had previous. ly won the first two singles matches.

Einbezzled I Hundred ‘Thousand Now Penniless

in

(Canadian Press.) 'll.-\I.lIi‘-\X, Aug, lfi-Ftirincr ci- ty collw. or ltobcrt ’i‘bozila<ion who was convicted nl‘ ombcgzllng ltcarly one hundred thousanTi dollars in civic funds curly [Iris rear. senten- ced to two yours IIIIIIISOIIIIIPIII in liorcbcster 1icultentlztry' and after- wurtls released on parole. npjn-zirod in court this morning and was or- dered by a commissioner oi‘ tho su- preme court to make an unsign- mont to tho city of llalifax oi‘ all his personal property.

H0 declared that when arrested he had nothing beside his home on Hobie Street which carried a mori- gage oi‘ three thousand dollars and was subject to taxes and back interest, lt had been sold by nuc- tinn and jiurchasetl by his son-in- aw.

~Whcn he appeared this morning he declared that fifty five cents he carried in his pocket was all he possessed in the world. Qucsiiouctl by the city solicitor ho ilt-clzircd

of

of

NIH IEIIH IN

9-0

I the Sudan, Khartuin itdvlcos state

"'l‘o my wifo, Frances Williams. I give all my turnituro. now in her IIOHSCSHIOII. ilISO if it Im worth any- thing. my forgiveness."

out iiiIliK JAPANESE

IIIITH

Pacific Railway zigont ycstcrtlay rccoivctl n letter with a ton dollar hill om-losctl explaining that this was conscience money. The letter stated that some time ago tho writ- or had prctutitiiintotlly committed a wrong against thercotnpany to the amount of tcu dollnrs. and asked Mr. Downing t0 h-and the sum over to tho company. After bogging the pardon of tho Canadian Pacific for having committed this wronitnlilfl u'rltor signed the lcttcr "A child of Lord Jesus." No indication was glvcn of the identity of tho sender

that he had no investments. The city solicitor asked what had bo- cmuo oi‘ the large amounts that dis- appeared from the city treasury but could get no information.

Many Bears Wander Near B. C. Villages

(Canadian Prfiss)

IIIPITII

Tremors Continued 80

Minutes - Big Scare But no Da- ravage.

Q ‘c-nmfla" Pa") AMLONQIXQI lilo-Y were first attacked. of their arrest June 2 last. TOKIO, Aug, 15. ——Flfteen heavy Sh, ' Alina‘ otrthquuko shocks rocked Todio “mm L", early today. The tremors were ‘ ' _ Q heaviest in the district north of _ , hero where general fllltlfflll but b! Health In n ‘ lg slight damage was repor et. l , The heaviest shocks were felt nt going; OH TTIG 0f TOIT8UG Fukushlitin, a city of 43.000 which met was ____‘___;_ is 200 niilos north cost of here and enema‘, n, v I at Chiba, at the north end of Tokio Y’ t - 0- 1. Ne. 52 Charlottetown. August tau», 1924 FREE

Ilny, whore one house was destroy-

dlxt Choohi, 75 miles horn. east of here. telephone srvlce was sus- pended by thU disturbance while other towns In the earthquake nron reported broken windows.

The main shock. which rellflief- ed for 80 minutes on seismograhhs.

____ A saves-on. ‘TENDER! rdn run JANIT- home. 1., orsblp of Montague school

issuance) for the cominB rem‘

tn run from their the streets. The tremors came utter several days of abnormally high tides near Chiba.

will be received by the Secretary

- J- HYIIBI. not later than Wofl- oglms to renew their boll‘!!! "l!"

"alder. Aulust 20th.‘ . gfIIBJJIJI

i:

I

which caused ilfivemmmi "Iflmob

preaching earthquakes.

Sir Alfred Mond

Elected Member

0i Commons

(Canadian Press.)

ocied mem-

BELLACOOLA, B. (7., Aug. 15.- Thoro is a surprisingly largo num- ber of bears in this district this suntmer-blnck bears, big prawn fellows and dignified grlzzlies. Yos- icrdny two black bears sauutorcd into this town. ynwncd gootl-Iltttll- rediy to the children and departed. Many members of the Bruin family have been seen in or near villages and towns. Iioslticnts are unafraid

sunn IIIIIINTS out

Demonstration Stop- ped by British Troops-—Cruiser Stands Ready For Action

(Canadian Press) LONDON, Aug. lop-Au Evening News dcspattzh from Khartmu start-s that a party of laborers arm- I~d with hammers and sticks, start- i-d a dcmonstrzition thorn today, but was dispersed upon the zirrival of llrillsb troops, lt was nddt-d that Ibo llritlsh cruiser Wcyuiouth suiudiug by Port Sudan to assure tho public of security. _

'l‘ln-. tivspatt-h stated that a fight (Ii‘l'lll'l‘i‘iI at Port Sudan upon the arrival of the Ilrltislu troops, It wz. said that leaves of (ifllcials and Ilrliish oillccrs have been cancelled and certain rcsponsibieoilltrtars ro- railed.

Now and dlsrjulcting features in

lncltnic tho posting oi‘ anonymous proclaruatloris, exchange of tale-- grams among rtallives containing Vt'l'2~il‘..“l from tho Koran, referring to tln- overthrow of tinbelltaviars and an organized system of sp-oeches.

New Glasgow Blant Resumes Work

(Canadian Press)

Nl-IW (ll.AS(I()\V, Aug. 15—'l‘l1e wclcomo llPJV-H was ziuuouncctl to- day that one mill would rcstinro op- l-Tiliiflll at tho Stet-l Plum on Mou- day, and that several OillPl‘ depart- uu-rtis would start at least. in a small way. The Steel Plant has boon trlostwtl down for the past two weeks. When Vicc-Prtrs-itlent Mc- Lurg Willi last in New Glasgow he Illntle a statement that the local jilanis would bo kept in operation so long as there were sufficient orders to keep them employed. Some small orders have been w- coirod In the past few ivcoks and it is nxpcctctl that the mill will be Ibusy ior some llitlzi. time. The ln-- (IIIHITIIII situation here troutlnuos rather disquii-iitig, Thp Cur Plant is busy on car ordcr for tho (l. N. ll.. but the Hlllillltll‘ plants in town are not very busy

Seek to Enforce Another Blue Law

(Canadian Press.) McGRAW, N. Y., Aug, Iii-Eu- lorcomeut oi‘ “blue laws" recently resurccicd from dust-covered rec tirds oi‘ I869 has caused somewhat of a furore in this unusually quiet and peaceful hamlet. The town po- lice tort-o has been attempting to enforce an ancient by-lnw prohibit- ing tho inhabitants from cont-nega- ting in the streets lo (Ilse-ass cur- rent ovcutl. in a year replete with so much political activity as 192-1. citizens say. obedience to this law is nearly impossible

IIIINSIII HNIEN SIX IIIIINTIIS

. (Canadian Press)

MONTREAL. Aug. Iii-Miguel Maluqucr consul for Spain iii-Mont- real and liaytuond Tey de Torrents a local Spanish merchant, were found guilty today by Chief Judge DcCarlt- in the court of sessions of n conspiracy lo smuggle alcohol lliroilgh the Canadian customs and to import narcotics and drgus into

of tho animals as no person has over boon illiurotl by ihctu tiuless

(‘a-undo and were both stantenotttl to six months in jail from the dstc

is,

(Canadian Press) LONDON,

Aug. Iii-What amounts to a vlr

when Tflpfliflfllliil ilvos of llrltnin. tho ll, S and ltnly joined hands with mior Ilcrrlot of France on plan for Franco Belgian

d...

F. B. Kellogg.

. The decision was handed to the (lermatis with the (lomand that they reply lo the agreement by 3 p. m. today.

Tho (Ito-titans are waiting an ans-

wor from Berlin before replying. 'i‘hcy are resentful of tho ultimatum like character 0i’ tho propositl, one mcmbcr of the delegation intimat- Mi. Tho French delcgtttlon bluntly rcfttsetl to ilisctiss the mntitar. Lat- cr in the day French sources said that Ilurrlot told tho Gortunus that one ycar aflcr tho present protocol was signed military evacuation of ilu- Ruhr would be carried out.

yflilf.

Will Not Press French.

According to a report circulating at the Front-h headquarters, Am- bassador Kellogg, Prime lllinister Ditto-Donald and the Jujmncsc dele- gatluu have zissuretl Frontier I-lcr- riot they have canvassed the situa- tion regarding the Franco-German tiispitto and will press the French or no further concessions regard- ing the-dnteof military evacuation of the Ruhr. The report cannot be verified.

Heated Arguments.

It is understood before the first adjournmctit tho French and Gor- maus had several healed verbal cbtsiu-s. lI-crriot. Strcsmnun and Marx shouted at one another and banged the table with their fists‘

tual ultimaltuxu cool off. They also urged the Ger- was handed to mans to get in touch with Berlin. (lermaay today When tho Germans returned to

Great

Pro- iho military

M evacuation of tho ‘Jabltuhr within cnc

PIIIIPIISE EVIICIIIITIIIN IIF IlIIIIIl WITHIN IINE IEIIR

Ultimatum Presented To German Envoys. -Fears Expressed For Success 0f Conference.

One contort-o, seeing that a fias- co was imminent. forced an adjourn -n\ont to allow th-c belligcrtlnts to

- the (EOIITHITIIIYG thc atmosphere was much more calm.

Refuses to Believe Breakdown.

Tho Daily llcrald today refuses to admit the possibility of a com- - plots breakdown of the reparations contort-arse.

"Franco wants to sell military evacuation iu the Ruhr and moans to get the highest price possible. It is oven possible that one side may break away and declare the deal off. That usually happens five minutes br-fore the bargain is concluded." the paper says.

'l‘lr.~. telegraph wires over night were clogged with diplomatic mea- sagcs to the French and German governments,

It is rumored that early today President Ebert wired the hand of tho German delegation here that llcrriofs proposal to postpone Ru- hr evacuation for a ycnr would mean the imminent collapse of the present (lermnu Government. Both the Idronch and German delega- tions rcmaln friendly. The schedul- cd conference between MacDonald and Kellogg probably will be later in the day, Willie the triple meet- ing of tho French, German and llolginn delegations scheduled to resume the first thing today, has been postponed until later.

It was reliably reported bore io- _day that former Premier‘ Poin- care had scat his

H8! t! llollvorol IIJO flung-n?‘ l’ n‘ u. s. A. u.»

Canada and

Inna stung

TIIIIIIPS SENT III NIIIIIINIJII

Action Caused by Re-

newal of Activities of EneiuyNatlv- ,, es There. » i

(Canadian Press)

MADRID. Aug. 15. -Battallons under the command of General Al- berto Gastro Gierna, will be sent to reinforce the Spanish troops in Morocco, it was announced last. eventing after a special meeting of the military directorate called t0 consider the new situation created in Morocco by the renewed activi- ties of the enemy natives. The an. uutixicetnent contained the asser- tion that the directorate insisted it had communicated the absolute truth about the news from Morocco with the object 0i giving the coun- try a true impression of the situ- atlon. The Government, it was said. did not for the moment plan to send regiments to Morocco but would send battalions under the command of General metro Glrona. who la woli acquainted with the prdlilsm in Morocco and who will, ltls‘ thought. make the most propitious distribution Ofythe troopsp One battalion of Asturias left today. MADRD, Aug. 15. -Continue‘d activity by the rebels in the Span- Ish zone of Morocco is reported in an official communique. Minor tmgagoments are cited, in which the rebels were repulsed.

Sees End of Monarchy '

PARIS. Aug. 15. -Prof. Miguel Unamuno, who was deported from Spain early. this year. has written an article for Quotidleni declaring that contlnntition of the monarchy in Spain now is impossible. "The Moroccan debacle", he writes. “will be the tomb of the Hapsburg= Bourbon Dynasty in Spain and the

principal private secretary by nir- planc to London to lay his chief views buf o r o. Ilcrrlot.

President Ebert.

Li

(Continued on Page 3)

Lady Howland Dies At Home In Toronto

(Canadian Press) TORONTO, Aug. 15.—Lady IIow- land aged 84, widow of the late Sir William Iiowlantl, died here today at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. G. G. S. Lindsay. Sir William, who died in 1904 at

Returns From Sask. Liquor Plebiscite.

(Canadian Press.)

'REGTNLA, Aug. 15.-Qitlcial gov- erument returns from the liquor plebiscite July 16 issued yesterday show a majority of 38.956 against prohibition, while the majority in favor of straight government con- trol was 7,886. Analysis oi‘ tho ill.’-