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Fortunes in England

During the War. Suggested a Special Tax 0n These Fortunes Would Produce

a Billion Pounds. ii’

(Special to The Guardian.)

LONDON, Feb. 25.—Three hund- red and forty ‘thousand persons of the country made fortunes during "the war. according to an ‘internal ‘revenue officer testifying today at a tueeting of tihe House of Cum- mous ‘Select, ‘Qommitteé on war fortunes, ‘which is debating wheth- er this wealth should be specially

taxed and ‘if so the evidence thus far given ‘indicates that the coin- mlttods task will be most‘ complex and diftficult, - Sir John Anderson. revenue of- ficial, told the committee that thc Governnieint could get 431.000.000.-

000_ from the ‘proposed taxation. Nor

form of property he added should be excluded. '

Bainbridge Coldy . l.ansing’s Successor WASHINGTON, Felb. 25.—Bain-

‘bridge ‘Coldy, appointed Secretary of State to succeed Lansing.

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MAID WANTED AT ELDON HO- tel. 7261,2-2OM‘Etf

*WANTED.—A MAID, TO SLEEP at home. Apply Guardian Office. 2i.

‘WANTED-A MAID APPLY T0 ‘Pciardon House, 225 Water St. I 7216-2-24-ME3ipd

ROOM TO LET IN PRIVATE home. Apply 07 Elm Ave. 7206-2 ZG-MEBIpd

EXPERIENCED STENOGRAPH- er wanted. Apply Guard-ion 0f’-

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'WANTED.—GlRL FOR sari; at housework. Fnnrlly of three; Ne Wshins. Aniuy Mrs. c. c. Tamale. dlbhongworth ~Ave. s:

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*LOST ON noRci-iEsTER s1". January 27th a black astraehnn neck piece. Finder please leave at Guardian Office. 724.:

‘WANTED HOUSE ‘ro auv of: rent. Centrally located. Apply Box. 503, city.

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"'FOR SALE HERRING TRAP ON ly used two months at a bargain also practically new ‘boat and en- gine trap anchors, and cables. A- iliacbean and Co, Georgetown.

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‘WANTED-A COOK FOR PLAIN cooking. Apply to Mrs. A. A. Bartlett 175 Fitzroy Street, be- tween the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock in evening. 7139-2-19-M-E1wk.

"WANTED.—A GIRL FOR GEN- oral housework. no washing. Ap- ply 249 Upper Prince ‘St.

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PWANTED. FOR ARGYLE SHORE School No. 1.42 2nd class teacher. $00.00 supplement for rcinzhindcr of your. James A. Ferguson Sec- retary, R. R. 2. 7215-2-2-4-MEiiipd

‘WANTEQ- BY MAV 1ST small house or rooms for light house-keeping with modern con- veniences. Appi-y at Guardian 09'

lice. 6697-1-2-MEtf . "‘LOST.—BETW€EN HUNTER-

Rlvol- station and Charlottetown, a sum of money. Finder please leave at Guardian Oiilce. 7263-2-261Mll2ipd TEACHER WANTED FOR BELLE River School to tukc charge.‘ right away. Second class pre- lerrod. Supplement $62.50 for half year. Apply to M. F. Riley Secretary.

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‘STORAGE FOR OARRIAGES and slelgha‘. a good, clean, dry warehouse. Space for any num ‘her at a reasonable charge. A. Pickard and Co., coal dealers.

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‘WANTWED AT ONCE AT THE Farmer's Store at Kensington, a competent man as book keeper. also to take rt hand at general work when required. Geo. E. Brown, Secretary.

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AUCTION SALE-HAVING SOLD my farm at Glen Valley, I will sell by public auction on March 10th, my stock. crop and imple- ments. Sale positive as farm is sold. Alfred E. Corew.

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‘FARM FOR BALL-MR!- DORA Wilson oi Summerville, Township Number 06. has offered her farm containing 102 aoree of land for sale at public auction to be held on Wednesday Marchil0th 1910 at the hour of 12 o'clocx noon in front of the office of B. S. Hessian, Solicitor, Montague.

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Howard o. Kelly Probably Chairman Managing Bd. G.T.R.

OTTAWA, Feb. ‘25.—Hcward G. Kelly president of the (lrand 'l‘i‘unk Railway Company is expected to be selected Ifor the chairmanship of the board of management which is to olperate the Grand Trunk sys- tem, pending the completion of the transfer of ‘control of the govern- ment. l\_'o announcement of any ap- pointment to the hoard however have been made or announced and none will ‘be until the return of Hon. J. D. Reid, Minister [tail-ways to the. 'cnpital. The Grand ‘Frunk and the.(‘anad'lan Northern Rail- ways. it is said, will require a considerable quantity of rolling stock and equipment which will have to be ordered. in the near fixture.

Peace With Russia“ Detnlniued Upon

(Dom. Press Special.)

‘LONDON, Feb. 25.-—Ii’ peace is to be established with Russia it will be an unofficial peace, but cessation of hostilities, neverthe- encouraging development of trade relations. This interpretation of the Russian policy, tiefinetl ‘by the coun cil o‘f premiers. here yesterday". was generally acceptcil in liberal circles as forccastiing rc-establlsh- meat m‘ general communication and lriendly relations between the sad- I_v torn domain of the late (‘zar and other European powers.

The council of nmhasadoi‘ today dechierl tlizit excess of Germain ship ping which was not ilestributed to entcntc powers will be (lestroyell

Lady Astor, M.P., Brilliant Debut ___As Debater

(Dom. Press Special.)

LONDON. IPe-b. 25.—-Lady N: ncy Astor today had established herself firmly as an able member of the commons, in the opinion of thc press. Newspapers hailed her maid- en speech, made last night (luring The debate on liquor control mens- ures as u marvelous parliamentary drihitt. a parliamentary triumph and great personal success."

"l am sure,“ she said, “that this (iountry does not desire prohibition and I am not ivorkiug for that. l am certain that the country is ready for drastic drink reforms."

Ladiy Astor concluded with a fervent a-lrpenl for reform saying:

“Drink promises everything ‘but gives nothing. and ‘l beseech the Houso not lo look upon me as eith- er a crank or a lunatic. because i am only trying to speak for thousands of women and children who cannot speak for themselves." She was warmly cheered on leav- ing her seat. The members crowd- ing around and stinking her hand.

Sir Robert Due at Halifax Toda

(Special to The Guardian.) V

OTTAWA, Feb. 25.-—The (‘ar- mania on whieh Sir Robert Borden is a ‘passenger will call nt Halifax on February 20, on her way to New York. A rumor current. here is that iSlr Robert will disembark and come to Oltnwa. inquiry from his colleagues, however, brings no confirmation of this. They do not expect any change in his plans believing that he will reach New York on Saturday or Sunday and go South wllth Lady Borden.

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COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS. ETC.

"DO NOT‘ MISS the entertain- ment and basket-social at Winsioe Hail, March 2nd. if stormy March

3rd. in aid of Hail. Doors open 7 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. Ladies-with baskets free.

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British Ships First At Constantinople

(Special to The Guardian.)

PARIS, Feb. 25.-Greai Britain took the initiative in sending a fleet to (Ionstantinople, says a Lon- don despatclt to the Setu Parientte quoting Premier Millerand who ia said to have added “there were other allied war ships in the Gold- en Ilorn."

lion. ll. ll. Asquith Elected in Paisley

(Dom. Press Special.)

LONDON, Feb. 25.—I-lerbert ,-\.<~ qnith, former premier, has been elected to the commons from Pars- ley district, it was antiouncetl of- ficially today. The vote was an- nounced as follows: ll. ll. Asquith liberal 15,094; J. M. Bigger, Lah- oritc, 11,840; J. A. hlatmean Union lst, 3,778.

Laborites Put Up Violent Demon- siration

‘ (Dom. Press Special.) PAISLEY, Scotland, Feb 25—Lab- orltes staged a violent demonstra- tion here today when the result of the parliamentary by-election of Febuary 12 announced Asquitlfs election. Crowds of Laborites show- ered the former premier with flour and‘ attempted to hold up his car ‘as it passed through the streets.

Italy to Deal Direct . With Iugo, Slavs

(Dom. Press Special.)

LONDON. Feb 25.——Pi‘Ol1iIt‘l‘ Nitti will leave for Rome Saturday to at tempt to direct negotiations with Jugo Slavia to settle the .~\(Il’IillIf'. lcantroversy. it was learned author- litatively today. The litalian Prem- lier holds thc opinion that the only solution ivmaiuing is foi- Italy and Jugo Slavia to mach an agreement without interference from OIIiUi‘ poivcis. \\'ith this idea in mind it was said he is ‘preparer? to at- tempt direct negotiations with the Irielgratle Government. Nittl also is prepared to make heavy sacrifi- ces for meeting Jugo Slave more than half way.

Indian Strikers Were Fired 0n

(Dom. Press Special.) BOMBAY, India, Feb. 25.~Sl1‘lk-

ers -at Sholapilr heavily stoned troops and police and refused to wlispcrse. It waffound neeess1i‘y'

to open fire with the result l ll six casualties ticcurretl. Order “AP; restored.

$200,000 for Defence 0f Winnipeg Strikers

(Special to The Guardian.)

, WINNIPIJG. Feb. 25."—'l‘\vo IllllllI lied thousand ilollars out of the lpockets of the workers of (‘itnaila will nave been expended for thc ilelfense of the leaders of the Win- nipeg gctteral strike lhcforc tin‘ series of trials now under \i‘ay here. is co-mpieted.

This is the estimate of the worlc ers defense committee which has charge of tli_e catnpaign for tho funds, "the full quota of $120,000. which we thought would he cuouugh has been raised, Mr. Law secretary of the committee said today but we -will need-a least $75,000 to $80,000 more before the trials are ended. '

ReoordFur Sales in N. Y.

The New York Fur Auction Sale... Corporation announces the following, comparison of prices ren lized at its sale held Saturday as compared with the October last. sale. _

Wolf Northern 10 per cent IOWEI‘.

Wolf ‘Southwestern . N0 change.

Australian Opossum 05 per cent higher. ,

Tasmanian Opossum, 100 per rent. higher.

Silverware Free

We have on hand a very limited number of these benutfiul chests of silverware and our free offer ns being very largely patronized. So why delay about coming down to our office and letting us ex- plain our proposition to you and ‘ thereby placing you in a position to get one yourself. Each set con- tains 20 pieces, enough silver for a faintly of six. in the handsome mahogany finished chest are ll tea- spoons. 6 tablespoons, 6 knives. ll forks, 1 sugar spoon and 1 butter knife. The silver is beautifully dis played in the Guardian Office win- dow where it is creating a great deal of favorable comment. Every woman who sees it wants a set. and a lot of them are each going to have one. There are only a limited number of sets of silver to be given away so that onlythoss who start will be able to take their set home.

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(Special to The Guardian lflaNtfOllvlilt, Feb. 25.—-Fivc hundrcd ions of newsprint, two mi: lion ‘feet of lumber, twentfy-thtiiis- and c es of salmon, American aii- tomobiles and sewing machines were the chief fealucs of the 8,000 ton cargo ‘aboard the Canadian importer, lnaugiirating a Canadian

Government steamer service to Australia and New '/.eal‘atid. 'l‘his is the ‘importers ntaltlcn voyage and she is being followed ‘by thrcc other vessels of the same tonnage built in (‘oughlan yard-chore. The immense zimount. 0i ‘freight offer- ed promises success from the start.

PROPOSAL T0 START POT_li__T_il_FlilUR Mil

Mr. AW. P. Hartman Special Representative of the Falk American Potato Flour Co. and Mr. C. Price Green 0t the C. N. R. Addressed. Board of

Trade Last Night.

‘There \\‘.i.~: a large attendance- at l the Board of ‘Prado rooms lasi evening to hear Mr. W. i’. II:ii‘llllll1l special representative of the Falk Auierican Potato Flour Corporat- ion of Pitisburg, l‘:i.. lay before the meeting a proposal to open a branch fiii'tDI'_\’ in lIlIs Province.

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al RPSDIIPCPS Del)‘. imenl (‘auailiaii Niltlonil lfziilwtiys. who also ad- dressed the meeting '

Mr. Isaac (‘arlcr President of the lioard of 'I‘rade pres-idol] and Iii~ ‘irollured the visitors.

Mr. llartanan stated that it. was proposed iu start the factory with one unit which would absorb about a carioad el‘ potatoes‘. a day m‘ 250 carionds i'i season with a vieiw of adding units as the ‘business would develop. - '

The company have five mills op. crating in Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota. Idaho. (‘olorailo and Maine and are planning for the ere (‘lion 0i" additional plants in the Vnited States and Canada.

.\‘lr. Hart-man after describing

--the process of maniifaeluriiig puta-

t0 flour. submitted sa-ntples of the product in the various stages of its mnnufzicture and said this was a product which they hopell before long to have on the shelves oi’ every nousckeepei‘ in the land. lie (Iifv played ‘.1 stzmple bag of it—-a min aturc of ‘.i 100 pound sack.‘ and samples of the literature (lescrib- mg the product.

A point upon which Mr. Hart- man luid imich emphasis was the grading of the potatoes which would be . one of the requisites. This in Itself would he a great tiring for the market. 'l‘he No. 2's and 3's could ‘be used in the manu factiire. of potato llourfiand this would permit of the marketing a- broad rif the No. 1's which would oping the top notch figure

lie gave the experience of the company in regard to making conf tracts and said they had decided if ot-her conditions ivarrant not to insist on contracts ‘from island farmers but to take their chances in the open lllFil‘I((‘l.

It would be thc intention to make the plant a very vital part of the t-ontmuiiity and the‘ idea would be to have in time a local man as manager who would enter into the spirit of the situation and be in- terested in all matters of local wet-fare and purchase all require- ments locally if possible.

The one unit plant would require from l5 to 20 men to operate it and the pay roll would be about $40,000 a year. it would he the in- tention to sitart operations by the lst of November which would give the farms-rs ample time lo gel. ready. One qf the necessities would be ‘adequate storage. The company

would he willing to make a con- tract for five years at a fixed price.

Mr. E. T. lilggs. 1\l.l..A.. de-

clared the proposition lo be a very inrportaitt one and would result in a good market ‘for No. 1 potatoes. ilo believed that the citizens could come to satisfactory terms with the contpan-yh ‘

Mr. Wm. Kerr said that front the farmers point of view they were glad ‘tto see the vistltlng gentle men-tpresent..The next time they came they would see l‘. is). I. iwilh graded potatoes. lt was the inten- tion of (ianailian Farm Products lnc.. through trheir 43 organizations on the island to grade the potatoes iiereaftein. The soil here was im- rlvalled for potato growing and he expected to see all the 14,000 farms on the island growing their good share of potatoes. Grading houses would be erected from one end of the island to the other lo meet th- iiew conditions. The farmers ‘hc believed would welcome the new move re potato flour.

Other speakers along ‘this sub- ject were Messrs John H. Gill. J. A. ‘Clarke, oi: the Experimental Farm. G. Elliott Full. A. W. Weeks

lion. t‘. W. Crosby. H. W. Lel-‘age, it. l5. .\iiitcli. A. i'., Prowse, lion. (l E Ilughes

Air. Weclts who repre-sentetl the Si. l’i‘t~i“< Starch. Company Said that the dilhiiculty with the Island a t, and Flour business was to find a market for their pro- ilucts. 'l“he l’. B... island Start-h men's experience is that outside of the large cotton mills that the ii.‘- inand is‘ vizry small for starch or flour. (‘aniftlti only uses ahoul~half llic quantity that thi- lsliind lllIIIs can nianiiiiictiiiw- and many ‘seasons, including the p s‘! one. the mills have Iillll to c‘ over a large part of their make About 100 ions were carried from the 191R season to the i910. ‘Flier:- was a deniantl in liilil. 1917. and 1911i in the ll. S. for island starch and flour ‘lint thtis was on ticcouill of tho war. ‘but iluniitg the past season no stitrch or flour could he shipped from the Islam] on ac- count of the duty, the high price we had to liily" ‘for the pDlflfOPs and foreign competition.

Mr. R. IE. Mutch said it was his ltelief that if our potatoes had been gl‘£l(I€‘(i_.W9 could have had received u price "tr the good stock that would ‘j iy the l“.ii‘mei‘ in selling tho other stock. for what he could gel. Even yet our potato mnrlte‘. is in a trongesteil conditiuti and out potatoes are (looted below others because we are- not sending the right stuff away.

Mr. llartmaitin conclusion spoke of Ills visit to Sitmmerslde an.. the several sites around (‘hnrloite- town which they had looked over 'l‘vi‘o or three of these looked very attractive. ‘Fhey tpreferred a site of B or 4 acres. The (‘0llil)llI‘i'_'i' ivr-re keen on beautifying ivhatever site they ‘might select. lie was not in- a position to say what conclusion he had come to . He thanked all for the “royal” reception given Mr. Green and himself.

Mr. Green followed iWIth a short

and very interest-lug address full of good words ‘for P. E. 1. and of his interest iii getting a good lit ilustry started here. ‘Before the meeting closed a hearty, vote of thanks moved by Mr, Ii. T. Higgs M.L.A. seconded by Mr. R. E. Mutch was tenderer] the speakers to which both ‘fiibingly replied.

Skunk Puts For German Market

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NEW YORK. Feb. 24.—The pur- chasing of skunk for export to Germany‘ was a feature of the eighth tiny of the fur auction in the lllasonic Hall here today. Generally good prices were obtain ed for this fur.

Wolverine touched the highest price of the day, when the choicest skins sold for $40 each. The best gray fox reached $0.50.

Compared with the average prices obtained at thr- fali sale of the New York fur auction sales cor- poration. Wolverine advanced 30 per cent. anti gray fox 10 per cent. The sales reached $1,430,000. Grand total to date is $9,280,000. The salc conclude; l0~I1i0PFOW.

Iperial Press . Union Coming

Official word has been recolvetl from Mr. f‘. F. Crandaii, Honorary Secretary imperial Press (‘oafer- once intimnting that the Imperial Press delegates will arrive at llali- fax. July 25th. and that it has been arranged that they will put in the day iii Prince Edward Island as re- quested and expect to be hero July

29th.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920.

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Canadian Importer Sails from Vancouver With Huge Freight for Australia and New Zealand. Other Ships to Follow.

Sir Arthur Currie Down With Flu

(Special ta The Guardian.)

_ ST. (‘A'I’III§ItINi‘.'S. Feb. 25.— Word was reci-iveil in the city lo- day that General Sir Arthur iur rie will be llliklI)Ii‘ to pay Ills vial‘ to Si. Catherinl-s on ‘Alarr-li 5 iziiv- mg been taken dcuu tit Otwnrn with influenza.

Attempted Murderf 0i Prince Alexander

(Dom. Press Special.)

ltOIVlll}. Feb ‘_’5.—A ilispatch from Trieste today said advices have, been receiving there telling of an at tempt to assassainzite Prince Alex tinder, Serbian lie-gent. Both Alt-x- aiitler and Premier Profit-h ivere ivounilcil the dispatch said, Prince Alexander became regent of Ser- bia and head of the new Jugo Slav nation after it was sot up by the peace conference. Recent dis- patches have reported coitsiderable trouble in Belgrade resulting in lIie fall of the cabinet of Premier Davi Dovltch, early this mouth.

20,000 More Armeniaps Massacred

(Dom. Press Special.)

PARIS, Feb 25.~.\lore than 20,- 000 Anneniiliis have been massacred by ‘Forks in the region of Marash, ‘Turkish Asia Nlinor, a tiespaich to the Armenian ilelegation here l0- day said. The ilespatt-h, dated Alex- andra, Itlgypl IIGUIiIIQtI the situa- iion in (‘iii a, ‘Turkish Asia Minor, was crlli. . Since the French troops eval-ullteil tbs district it is said m: “ cres have been frontin- uous. L;-irge,_'l‘iii‘lsi.sli forces were tlireziteiiiiig Alesslna. Zitl miles south west of Militia, the iiespuich zidilcd

Allies May Drop ' Charges Against Kaiser

. night. The (‘liizeu

.. W» ».._.---__ (Dom. Press Special.) Feb 1. The (‘ouncll 10f Premiers is‘ now all its. charges against the lorlnei‘ Kaiser, eve: it’ IIliIIiHllI persists in her position of rcfilsal to ltcetl the Allied‘ suggestion that she banish William liohenzollern from Europe

it ivas learned ziutlioriialively‘ to- flay.

The l'lllllli'II yesterday discussed the former limpet-tn‘, It was learn

ed and ('0ll.~‘lfIl‘i‘t‘(I the altitude of the Iiulk-h G‘_il\'l\l‘lllllG1l.l.. The change‘ in the Allied attitude is apparently reliable.

Italian Strikers W Proclaim Soviet

(Dom. Press Special.) LONDON, Feb 25.—A news agen-