‘or/t

frhcflapoleen.‘ 9f buclnua should

"all" ma: his prcapacta, hla cul- uoman and the rout of the world judge‘ him and hlu firm by appear»

splendid Report-by Re

‘ iC-GS.

._ _ ‘FOR SALE-DRIVING SLEIGH

once: aa wall an by Dan's.

0hr Iufnlfl‘ Founded

Ti

iltillll: ill

J. ‘P. Gordon-Mr. ed President for

The annual meeting of the Char- lottetown Board of Trade was held p19; night in. the Board rooms, and was well attended. The Presi- dcntpMr. J. P. Gordon, occupied the chair-

After the reading and approving of the minutes of the last quarter- 1y meeting, the follolwing communi- cutiOIIB were read:

A letter from Mr. Angus Mac- Lean, ‘Bathurst, President of the Maritime Board of Trade, saying that a-Maritime Board Council was being formed, and asking that the Charlottetown body, which was eli- titled to have on it one member, nlake their appointment as soon us possible. The matter ‘was re- ferred to the incoming council oi‘ the local ‘Board for prompt atten- tion.

A letter from a native of Yugo Slovakia. atu electrical luughnlcr. stating his intention ui’

atiun as to =bis mode of proceliuim‘. iii gaining entrance to the ‘Dealin- ilm.

A letter from the Department. oiilluiltain.

State, Ottawa, calling the attention of the Board to u move- on foot to bring about legislation that would do olway with a certain amount cl‘ confusion arising out of the dis- crepancies of the different prov- incial aiill federal acts covering the litigation oi‘ stock companies. This was referred to the incoming council.

A letter from lion. .i. A. Muc- Doualll, M. P., Cardigan suggestni: that the time table for the Eastern sectionynf the railway be changed in accordance ‘with n proposal rc- cently mndo by the Kings County Board of Trade, and meeting ‘with the approval of Superintendent Grady. This proposal was to delay éhetrains from Georgetown and

0"!’ B f0!’ r- d a half or so in the mug-kw‘ m lottetovvn about oou. The East- ern train ‘would ‘an leave the city again a-t a time luitable to make n. connection with the incoming train, thereby saving passengers for the Idast about twenty four hours. Excursion passengers to the rlty would also have a more convenient time at their disposal in which to do ‘business. This matter was put under the head oi’ new and unfinished business, tn be discussed later on i-u the meeting.

Reports were then given by the chairmen of the different commit- Mr. J. O. Hyndman, report- ing for the committee on publicity and immigration said that during the year they had been working with the co-operatiqu of the Pub- licity Association. and ‘that. as well, circulars telling of the attrac- tions of Charlottetown as a resi- lience city, had been sent out to re- tired railway men. Mr. A, A. Pomeroy reported for the enter- tainment committee, Mr. W. M. llolwe for the membership commit- tee

Reporting for the transportation committee Mr. H. V. Buntain said that there lwns only one thins he wished in mention. the condition of the railway wharf. In his op- inion. and in the o lnlon of manv. it was at present u safe in tnlw steamers there to load. and one

F§-O+O§§-O-O-O

Condensed Specials i RATEPM. per word, net caclh insertion in ell-la column.

‘FOR OALE-DROPHEAD saw- lnx machine in abod repair‘ 224 Richmond Street. 7204-13-31

“WANTED-AT one: A mam Apply 224 Cumberland St. ‘i207 1a 8i.

null speed sleigh. Apply 100 ‘Wat- GI‘ ‘$11902. T236 14 3i.

‘YOU WANT GOOD ENVELOPE! Prices 50 for 106., 1B0 for 35s.. 250 for 550., 500‘ Mi‘ Ql-Wa 1,000 for $1.95. Postpaid. Ouardlanb Offlilel ' " '

‘roulrrnv-Mintivav m» prices/for coma fist ,' aed fowL-J. D. Jcakiul. '

7l08-12d-8i

I030“? Guardian ‘Ivvo ca:

tiring President Mr.

E ANNUAL

sllll ‘Ills til LASINIGHIEHK Pllwfli IN llllll

lLeader 055m Says Workers Must Gain Control 0f Gov’t

(Canadian Press) ‘PARIS, Jan. 13.——'l‘he workers of France must gain control of ‘the government, either by legal or i:-

.W.M. Rowe is Elect- Year 1926.

bad accident ‘hall occurred there this fall. This was the third ac- cident all happening in the same way,'and unless something W115i done before next season. the ship-‘ pers in ‘t‘be fall wou-ld probably have trouble ill getting steamers. except at a high freight rate. leg-ll means, Leon Bluin, leader of The particulars of' the last ncl-litlil Socialist ‘Party, declared today dent had ‘beeil cabled over -to Nor- at the resumption of the Socialist way, and every captain sailing lat- National Congress.

er for this port had ‘been notified The Congress was expected ‘to o1‘ the danger. In many cases vote late today on the question of these captains uvere afraid to doek_ ‘Socialist participation i1“ mum; As an example of what had to be governments. A non-official count ‘contended with at the wharf the yesterday showed a majority again- ispealiei‘ islll of one shipping thatI-at such participation, ‘the figures in course of loading began to iiSI-‘iilelilg 1,769 to 1,306.

Her meetings were loosened and ‘iS/Jcialist participation in pow- she dropped down from some pro- er cannot be shared," M. Blum de- jcl-tion from the pier on which clnied iu his address. “There must (site hall lavfllcutly been caught. be complete possession of power by "Flip. dork. said .\fr. Buuiniil, hull the working classes-a conquest ili‘('.ll filling in on the outer side udileli cannot be limited to legal

l

ftig, arriviuk in Chew

went aground lll low tide. _ _ I 'I‘lic railway hall no facilities for handling tho steamers. stated Mr. Lust year the frost ‘proof warehouse on the wharf ‘ball been filled with potatoes limi- were not being shipped -by steamer resulting in great inconvenience ,r.nll loss of time mid money in ilonlliug Ibo. boats.

The. President lfllrii (lelivorell ibis annual ililiiPP-‘l-‘i as TCIIOWSI

d PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS ,.

l

i

itho Charlottetown Board of 'l‘ralle;

Uentllemen:— Foliblvillg a time custom, probably as old

218

1925 will probably be better ‘borne inous coal. mind than any year since the such sources, the prices paid by close of the ‘wur, and this ‘for sBV- eral reasons. ‘In the flush of IJPO‘ "liililli-l’ 8114i sperity following the close of the coal. is made

in

war we all ‘too well remember-the enormous, and as we ‘see it now- the tinheallthy inflation of business from Coast to Coast. A sane optim- ism ‘is among the nios‘t valuable of all characteristics of a people. ‘but during the time in question optim- ism ballc a temporary farewell to sanity.

‘Of course thc logical economic re

suit ‘took place, as is ‘invariably the casein like conditions. We entered a long, and expensive, and a prebty painful period of deflation. During the‘ weary and difficult pull back to normal cond-ltons, we looked, at the coming of each New Year to an improvement of business coulli- tinns, ‘a hope ltllnt for three or four years has not been realized very largely. However. the yours of disappoint- ment have been years of effort as ivcll. I venture to say that more in- tr-‘lllgeplt effort. more vigorous thought has been gwen to business problems during ‘illls period than for many a day. The virtues of hard work anll economy have been re-lliseoverell. To those who have most lleiorulinedly practised these. and with them pursued an ‘egress- ive. courageous policy. a deserved reward has come a ml new it seems with the new days of 102C that we may ‘he in sight all lust of a new success that shall bc sounder than Wt‘ have known.

Much we hoped for 1025. The ear- lier m-ouths however. did not bnlng to any large dcgreo tho assurance for which Wi‘ looked so oigerly. S0 passed a part of the year. And then i; gflgyyuy] 1"]]\-'l§i overnight there came a change in the attitude of us all. Business iu wholesale and retail took on a more cheerful as- pect and commenced to show a r9- nlly respectable gain. A restored faith and confidence was abroad. “are of lls talked 0i 110W 800d B place after all was \ur Province. Less depression in spirit as well as condition was apparent.

With the early Autumn came heartening rlmorts of ‘thl- enormous grain crop-in the Prairie ‘Provin- ces. vvhlchhad the effect of inspir- ing a new optimism. As weeks pas- se-d it became apparent that in pro-

'i‘o iil(.'.C‘lll.lli1ll and bieinbors 01'

honored v flie- Iii/lard of Trade itself, i-t becomes the duty of the retiring Preside!" to present some account. as brief- iy as my ‘be consistent with clear- ‘nees, of ‘the activities of the Board

y ‘ glons into which the system is div- durlus the year that has puslwd- 0f supply 0i’ fifgiigzggigdfllliigigyfillig; lliCtl according to the staltmellt! of

W. U. Apple-ton, General Manager of the Atlantic Region addresfliils the Rotary Club today on the pro- blems wi-th which the Canadian Na-

enflgratiilgiwl-lh ilin passing oi’ time, null now moans, but achieved by revolution- tu Canada. alid requesting lnforiu- ships shot-ring off from the wharf

ary methods if needs be.

‘iCertaiuly it would be prefer- ablo to assume power by legal means. but all means are legitim- ate to insure powc-pto -tlic working classmi. We are no longer in the time of Moses and Solomon, where a law was created and society ‘stab- ilized it.

"There are laws that can and must be modified. Thus I am for a

out legal methods. -but once this power is ilssurcll. it must be exer- cised within legality."

Proposal T0 Investi- gate Coal Supply

(Canadian Press)

of the ‘House of Commons be ap- pointed ‘to investigate the sources

the consumer and the methods of delivering Canadian in a rc-s-olutlon placer! paper of the Ifousc Armstrong. Conservaltive.

on tho order liv .I. E. Lambton.

I {ii-ii-

‘,Ba.nk Robbers l Were Shot Down

(Canadian Press) I-‘LINT, Mich.. Jan. 13. — Four men held up and robbed the bank at Hadley near here of all cash re- sources estimated at several thousand dollars, but ‘were shot down in n running gun fight with villagers. A patron of the bank was probably fatally wounded and all of the robbers shot. The loot was recovered.

.- ---..n> i

report a crop in values as follows.

Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . .. $7.‘i59.593-00 Turnips .. $72,280.00 Grains .. . . . . .. 4,300,250.00 Hay and Clover . . Ii,74I,340.00 Dairy ‘Products 1,122,000.00 ggs. . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . 1,250,000.00 ‘Fisheries . 1,518,982.00 Live ‘Foxes . 1,500,000.00 . 1,250,000.00

Fox lPelts . . . . d 523.023.425.00 TOURISTS

flu this wnueetion it may be well to bear in mind a suggestion made to me by our friend ‘Mr. A. E. Dewar, thalt ‘the above figures give a somewhat inflated idea oi’

conquest of power within 0r with‘

Again Before

l

‘(Canadian Press)

QUEBEC, Jan.

union is once more duction in

S. Bullock,

is concerned, The bill, in

that the legislature

supplement such federal

byterlan church. the Private Bills

discussion.

oi’ last session.

(Cmadian Press)

Governor Plnrhot. ell the breakdown 0t’

Pennsylvania legislature

l lutillty.

Lack Off Traffic

} Division > .

(Canadian Press)

HALIFAX, N. 8., Jan. 13— The OTTAWA‘ 0m" Jan‘ 13 __ T o Atlantic region of the Canadian Nu-

prcposal that a special committee

‘tinnal has to contend. lCompzlrativo follows:

ern 0,140.

tonnage‘ ‘per mile.

Island, 251; Halifax. 495; Glasgow, 1,147; Monoton, 2,495.

Maritime Provinces would

Western Canada.

(Canadian Praaa)

in official circles. pointed ou‘t

product inasmuch ns many of the‘ crops mentioned above are not sold but fed blwk to ‘farm animals and again reflected in the lltem of Dairy Products. However these fig- ures are ‘based on the same prin- ciplo as previous estimates, and give us at any rate a fair compar- lson with previous years. In con- nection with foxes and pelts, ‘iii estimates cover only those‘ l0“? outside the Province and do‘ dot include a large v-alill“ traded on ‘w th in the Province, ‘ K The estlmultes, so fur as received would appear to show an-‘improvc- ment of at least FOUR MILLION

portion ‘to our nrea and population norhaps no ‘Province in the Donvin;

‘Tunmn - Leanna svanv mild day at Railway. Thomas Beams 00.. Charlottetown.‘ as

ion would show n better Produc- tion record than our own fair Is-

land. Even then it was hardly re;

cents a bulhel paid. ‘flfit-ll-l-Oi

.._........._._....._..

"3'... 0.1""??? °' liiiidl’

r , , -

ti only eggcugcdfngtaidiun Cont» rl Job Printer’. Phone 188,

‘ewlhc 1c AN ‘Aovmca ‘m "w m» of pout malice anni-

Piilnce 10d round bated ‘prosperity than for many NIH; I condition more solidly sat-

aliletl that as well as an excellent‘

agricultural yield. we should have,‘ an almost unlimited market for our I pmducta and this alt prices afford- ing a splendid profit.

than we an- able to report tori ward ‘Islinll better all conditions. a mare soundly

DOLLARS. anll it would ‘appear lill-rl-frcm that 1025 has been it not. tho best. certainly our‘ oi’ the best

tain in. 1933.

hority stained. ties from ‘Baltic fir."

"British

(Canadian Preaa)

in the history of th’a Country. DISEASE FREE AREA.

l‘i will be remembered that It a meeting of this llnnrd. Th:- Hon. D.

A. MacKlilnnn. llldriltllliiéii, through Co. whi

../ /‘,

1A.“. ..\

- r n“..-

- ..-..g:‘l.~.rj.,¢:>*'

Church Union

‘_ Quebec House

18. -—-Cburch before the Quebec legislature with the intro- the assembly by MP- W‘

I. L. A.. for Shefford of a bill to provldqfor such‘ union insofar as the province of Quebec

its present terms. which are but a few paragraphs merely recited the fact that federal legislation has been secured and is asked to law. There is nothing in the bill as in- troduced to deal. with the special provision for the remaining Pres- lt is on that matter that the question will ‘be raised when the bill is ‘put before Committee for

The Legislature is pledged to the principle of ‘Church union ‘bill. m virtue of its unanimous resolution

‘

Blames Operators For Breakdown In Negotiations

HARRISBURG, Pa. Jan. 13. - tuday attribut- anthracite negotiations bi New York to the operators and announced his inten- tion of pressing passage by It)? making anthracite mining a publil.‘

. C. N. B. Atlantic “

of

l n

ltional Railway suffers from Iackwg troffictho volume being theiow lu this respect of all the four re-

figures for month of November were given as Atlantic Region 1,307 aci- tons per mile; central 2.9M: west- ern 4,232 and Grand Trunk west- ln addition Mr. Apple- ton poilllcd out that of the six divi- sions oi‘ the Atlantic region Halifax ‘division is second lowest Prince Edward Island being the lowest. The figures in this connection were given for November as followsPrlnce Edward New Ediuundston 1,191. 1.982 and Cnmpbelltou,

‘Mr. Appleton believed ‘that in- creased ‘farming operations in the solve tho ‘railway deficit ‘problem and said he believed one Acre of Land in Prince Edward Island would yield the equivalent of fifteen in

Order For 26 Milion Feet Douglas Fir

LONDON" Jan. 1.'i—Bri-tish Col- umbia has received an order from one of ‘the greatest of the Britiflh Railway groups for 26,000,000 ‘feet of Douglas Fir railroad ties it i! stated

It

In the same circles that this ‘s more than British C01- nmbiws ‘total export moi-eat Bri-

“This breaks ‘the lbuydug tradition

for more than ‘a century." one our) IPubliclf-y Committee: ‘Mr. ‘J. ‘P. railroMl Gard” heretofore halve been madB

ifllt Bilillll"? ,‘ tiilllfliili

‘NEW YORK, Jan. 13.——Thc HM‘!

the

the

. l" ‘ ii ‘t i/rj/r 11.71)}, ' “mi/W-

wv-v-wq‘

Covers Prince Edward Idand Like the Dew ‘ CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1926

ill ill

iiilliill] iii iliiiil iiiiit,

Majority Believed to Have Been Killed by Explosion — Rescue Party at Work.

(Canadian ‘Preaa ) WILBURTON, Okla" Jan. 13. - Most of the 105 men working in Degnan McConnell Mine, three miles west of bare ape believed to have been instantly killed "today in a traffic explosion that wreck- ed the main shaft and entombed them. ~ A rescue crew started work at ten thirty this morning and will attempt to reach the trapped men through an air shaft ‘which is still open. Some of the victims are still alive and conversed with‘ the rescuers through the shaft.

(Canadian Preai) WILBURTON, 0kla., Jan. 13- Eigbt of the 105 men entombed by an explosion at u coal mine near here this morning emersed from the mine at a. late hour today. All eight were negroes. Little ‘hope is held that any of the others are alive. About seventy of the im- prisoned ‘men are said to he negroes. The men. W110 ‘W679 held in a small enclosure under 100 feet of debris iflli the main shaft worked their way out to the air shaft which was open and were . rescued. They told of seeing numbers of bodiaihboth w-bitcs and negroes on their way to the air shaft. ‘

Baptist Church Banquet And Business meeting

ch the annual membership banquet. roll call, and business meetini; W" held, and was attended by about a hundred and ssventysfive of ‘the members and constituents. lAfter a very enjoyable repeat served un- der the couvenorship of Mrs. J. D. Jenkins, the roll was called and was responded to by the members, and by communications from the ‘Mn-resident members. The business meeting of the conxwsaiivu of the Church followed, and reports were given by the iPalswr. He“ R- C- Eaton. the Superintendent of the Sunday ‘School, Mr. G. ‘L. Sim- mons, the leaders of the various other department; of the Church. The report of ‘the ‘treasurer. Mr- R- H. Jenkins was also read and the bud-get preeeutbd ‘for the comins year. The Church officers for the en- suing year were appointed as fol- ‘lows:

Church Olcrkz- Mr. E. _ D. ‘Sterns. Trcasurerz-Jlllir. ‘B. H. Jenkins. Assistant ‘Treasuren-Mr. ,M. R. Bethune. . ‘Finance Commif-toez-Mescrs J. A. Webster (chairman). R. H. Jen- kins, Dr. I. J. Yeo, J. P. Gordon. J. I). Jenkins, tD.‘ F. Bethune. G. P. Nicholson. E. D. Nicholson, L. H. Warren and J, A. Clark. ‘Music ‘Commftteev-Ibr. I. J. Yeo. Chairman. Trustee Boardrilltlesars. Doaald Nichols/m, J. A. (hark, G. B. Nor- ton, J. D. Jenkins, J. P. Gordon. J. A. Webster. Flower Committcei-dl/liss Edith MacLeod, Chairman. Collecting Committee:—J._ ,W. ‘Robblee, Chairman.

‘House Committee: J. D. Jenkins,

Chairman. lSocial Committee: (Pbilaihea

class.

Visiting Committee: Executive of the ‘W. M. A. S. ‘ Auditors: R. N. IMacNeili, H. W. Yeo.

‘Envelope Clerks-J. H. Ho ca. Clifford Robinson, Nelson bin- son. ‘

Movie to Expand _ ‘ Alberta Coal -

It la the _ mer-hammer cf honeat atatemcnta,

U. S. Will At- tempt to Break

(Canadian Preaa)

NEW YORK. Jan. 13. —-Definite plans involving expenditure of millions of dollars by the United States industry ‘to break the for- eign crude rubber ‘monopoly are now in progress and have received approval of ‘Secretary of Com- merce Hoover.

ltaiieta have six hundred million dollars invested in rubber in Sum- atra Java and British colonial pos- sessions.

In Floods In Mexico

(Canadian Press) NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 13- Fully tlwo thousand persons lost their lives and tlbousauds of families are homeless as a result of a re- cent floodp which swept the state

Rubber Monopoly

aervc, that pets your producti nae-and‘ keeps them there!

ateady hammer-ha...

the ainocre determination to in!!!

‘UWSERVATIVES THEY Will.

It is Announcedizlie Mr. Meighens A ‘ at all Events at L

The plans generally provide for ' ' stimulation of rubber production ' P r 0ST esslves W111 under ‘United States control in - - troplcalareas, 8110b .. .i.‘. can... vatives Ensuring pines ‘not within the influence of British corporations. British cap- ment,

(Special to the Guardian) (YPTAWA. Ont., Jan. 13.——Mr. C.

I G, lPower, Liberal for Quebec , South, resumed ‘the adjourned de- Thousands Pensh bate on the motion of Mr. Lapointe

for the consideration of the speech of His Excellency the Governor General at the opening of the ses- sion and on the proposed amend- ment thereto of Mr. Meighen. The Quebec member s-aiu tbs/t the whole question was w know whether the present govern-meat should carry on, or should a government headed by ‘the Right Hon. leader of the 0p- poaitlon take the power. There is nio necessity of going back as far