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Between Quebec and Labrador is Way Out of Difficulty

MONTREAL, Dec. 30—Antlcipat. ing at speedy settlement of the Quebec-Labrador ques-tion d319- gates from Newfoundland ivtatoa this afternoon that their mission was now accomplished, and that they were taking home for the ap- provia-l of their colleagues o1 the Executive Council, suggesflgpg m, a basis of agreement. which would settle a thirty-year old dispute out of court-

Thoee engaged in conference this futernoon included Hon. W. S. Munro, Prime Minister o1 New. foundland; the Hon. J R Bennett, Colonial Secretary; lion W J Hlg. gins. K C Minister of Justice; Sir Patrick MoGrath, Secretary of the Commission; Premier L A Teacher- eau, representing the Province of Quebec; Aime Geoffrion, K. 0.; Charles hanctot, K. C. Assistant Attorney-General for the Province and acting in the interest of thc

Dominion the, Rt Hon C J Doherty >

and C P Plaxtcn.

No informs-lion regarding the na- ture of tho settlement was given by tho Newfoundland delegates, who intimated. however, that a new boundary line was to be the way out of the difficulty. Secrecy must he maintained they averrcd, since the suggestions after they were passed upon by the Executive Council of Newfoundland as n pi‘o- position which it was willing to put before parliament, would he forwarded by the Council to the Dominion Government as a formal proposal for settlement. cf the dis- putc- Premier Munro explained thut the matter would be dcnlt with very speedily, and that it was

This is t-he first time a delega- tion from Newfoundland has been .in Canada to discuss matters with Canladian representatives in thirty years, and the opportunity has been taken by the visitors from the Island to discuss a number of improtant questions in which Now- ioundlandand Canada are con- cernied.

The delegates will return home. Thursday.

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TORONTO, Dec. 30—Mrs- Chas. Davies, of Toronto, gave birth to girl triplets Sunday afternoon and all three are getting along well. They weighed 4 pounds 7 ounces; 4 bounds 9 ounces; and 3 pounds ii ounces respectively. They have been christened Mary, lsablla and May and are this first girl t-riplets to be born in Toronto in 1924-

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Testify Against Their Mother in Hamilton Court

i-IAMIIIPON, Ont-. Dec. 30. — Two young sons of the murdered Joe Baytowicz. star witnesses of the Crown in its case against the widow and (our men, all held on murder charges, today broke down in the wltncse box and refused to repeat the sensational stories they told at the inquest into their father's death. Baytowlcz was killed on or about Jilly 31st and at tho inquest the children said -t‘hat they had seen their mother strike their fa-thnr over the head with a poker and had then seen Hill Shernrztt eta-b Baytowlcz as he lay upbn the floor. They had seen the body hidden in the cellar they testified at the inquest and next day watch- ed four men bear it awzy. in Police Court today Magistrate Jolfs committed for trial Mrs. Amialia'ilayto\vlcz, the widow and Panko Staho, Yakim Stubs and Mike liudysh. Sbermitt has not yet been brought back from Nova Scotia where he faced a charge of attempted roblz-ery. it was only with grc-It difficulty that ‘the boyn were induced to speak at toilayls hearing. Called upon to identify the mien, nine year old Tony Baytowicz clasped his hands over his eyes so that he might not see the flgiirm in the dock and said hie had nevcr hcard their names before ' To further (iuestions put ‘by the (‘rnwn the boy answered merely: “l don't know." Wall-Pr. the other child. said that he saw a mark on thc dining room floor, but he did

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ing of the parties being as follows" Conservatives. 259; Labor,

Bcrvflllves had changed a clear majority of 77 into a against all parties of 97. Baldwin decided to await an ad- verse vote in the Commons. ment reassembled on Jan. 8 and a week later the King opened both Houses in State. On January 21 a vote of “No Confidence" in Mr. Baldwin's Government was carried by a majority of 72. Baldwin re- signed and the King sent for Mr. Ma-cdonald to form a Ministry. One of Mr. lliacdonaldZ-i first public

tention of introducing a capital levy measure. as "the time was not opportune." and the Dally Mull ap- uppealed for fair play for the new Labor Government.

‘The Labor Government early met with trouble. The Miners‘ Federa- tion voted to terminate the national ivugcs agreement and strike for higher wages, a railway strike dis- organized traffic throughout the country, and as this was, settled the country ivas threatened with a na- tional dock strike. Tlieravages of foot and mouth disease among cat- tle seemed difficult to check, and by the 0nd of January the sum of. over 512000.000 hnvl been paid in compensation for slaughtered an-

not add as he did at the inquest that ho had been told to cover the m-“rk with red paint to hldie it. lie hail also seen “A bundle" car- ried from the house to a car the next day. inspector Hammond, provincial officer in charge of the case said he had found bloodstn-lns on the walls and floor of the iiaytowicz homo-

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stern Monaural.

Exauninialti-on of conscripts for the late» ‘war lvmii awaken-rd libs would to the ravages of venereal dsease; in (Jarnada. 17 (per cent of ‘the conscripts hind been victims. Hull." measures were" nscllee-s, aznd ‘thimtgh prostitution could never be banished ‘wihi-l iohumian- passions exlslteti. yeti tire Putin-e of all races demanded chat ilihel stornest pos- sible repressive measures be alp- pilled at all times. ,

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Sask. Strongly lll Favor of Union . (Canadian Press) l. TORONTO, Dec. 30.-—Acc0rdlng to results reported to tho bend- quarters of the Church Union Coni- - mitts.) to date regarding the vot-y ing throughout Canada, sixty-one churches have decided to enter the United Church of Canada against gins who have voted aganst. Union. - y provinces tho results to date ‘ , __ lpigllllilsilitgzlibotiiéiltliiilu:HHHK t0 {he segittgrlfoggelillrtle fcizaiiriienstnd Ontario; 12 for one against. a" found W75"? ‘itildllitilflitlliltéltiln cas- 'SflSk€itt:ill"\\‘i1ll--i5 fmxiour against. 9'5 we're “V”? ell ' 8d; nenmoo“; Alberta, 4 for, three against. by Dr- A- H- 8'3 “g” _ m“ or o British CcIumbFn. none for. one ”~mli"'e‘“‘°r°“1 45°33‘? “cavities and against director of nswlums oif the Provinc- TORONTO, Dru. 30.~—tACCOI‘(]lngill.l ilealth Deipantmenit, testifying to a Sllitlllflllry liasuvil lust night liy'bl“i‘0l'9i MT- Jl-llll-lce ‘Omlvlm 11l- the the Jo n-t. (fonuni-itot» on Church 110N043 enquiry- Unlon, returns from Presbyterian If there were no clients. tho doc- congrcgatlons whcrc voting on‘tor argued, there would be no pros- (‘iburch Union lids been complete-d tiitutes. lie favored Juli-l sentences show Lhrty-nint- congrvgatlons have in every caste. flirrltilt-PPO Iwcs no oth- vctcd to g0 into Union and flvfl er system iltatuwouldiglve aideqiiatie to lvllllffil out. 'l‘ho results in the pmvi-sioiz ‘lion- medical cxtundmaltioin. grout majority 0t‘ CilllflihPi-l \v‘ill nnt‘,._,-,.[| llfgajqneqflt in 935w wiwm 1,119 iii! known for ovi-r a unit-k zis vot-‘[,,.;,_\._,Nwrs were found (,0 be disarm. inc cunt. mics [or several wrecks. UL “War rto the ties-til." win-i the Hm" Th‘ we“ Vfled wiitness slogan. Alli prostitutes are “him” "m" Y"“‘-“""Y”“""uinusrc- be said so-cailled regula- Sznrlr, l4 for union, 155 against; HOJiIiB Llwtaflwé" ‘M, m mums liiiirii‘. Allan 7 for, 13 agzflmrt; Mac- womlhless emmimtlom and h], Lcod, Alta" 52 for, 1i against; Red rm“ “PM”; _c|nnd,w.lln‘8 ' V101, Dt-nr. (Knox), Alta. 8 for, 42‘_t_, l2 it b ml m’ rim r . against; iligli River, Alta, 42 fang m?“ B” 1y Iv VJ], '0 u“ M" 32 against; Yorkton, Sank. 115 for, ‘imam wmmm‘ 93'“ S a us‘ 17 against; Prince Rupert, 11 for, 67 against; Knox, lfcgina. Saslc. 544 for, 286 ngirinst; Wapelln, Sask. l5 for. l) ngifinsl; iirvadv cw. Sask, 30 for, 34 against; Luiusdcn, Szisk, 72 for. 17 against. {Oé-o-i- Another Home Bank Director Found Guilty (Canadian Press) TORONTO. Ont, Dec 30 ———.l F M Sticwart, Director of thc Home Bank. which failed August 1923. was this morning found guilty oi negligence in signing false or de- ceptive statements in connection with the Bank's affairs. He Wlll be sentenced January 15th _ , .

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lmals. On January 9 thc personnel of tho new Mount Eve-rest Expedt’ tion was announced and work was continued on the excavations of the tomb of Tut-an-Khamen, the inner shrine being removed and the won- ders of the sarcophagus revealed on February 3.

The Prince of Wales’ fell from his horas and breaking of his col- lar bone on February 8 aroused wide comment...

The Unionists confirmed Mr. Baldwin in the leadership of the party on February 11, and on the following day Parliament reassem- blcd and Premier Macdonald out lined the Government policy. A week llwter the Government was sav- ed from defeat on a vote on air de- fence by the Speaker refusing to put the closure. ‘Macdonald ‘bad to disavow the statement of Arthur Henderson. made during a by-elec- lion at Burnley, regarding revision of the League of Nations and the Labor Government was rescued from an adverse vote on the Poplar (luarillanif issue by tho support of the Liberals. Winston Churchill agreed to stand as iniipcndcnt can- didate for the Abbcy (liVlSiOn of Westminster. and after a close light ho was beaten on March 20 by 43 votes. Lord Olivier issued a grave warning in the llousc cf Lords with regard to the situation in India. Meanwhile negotiations proceeded all through February for settling the tlvrcatenedo diock strike. T-he strike was called on February 16 and on February 24 the dockcrs voted to accept the pro- poscil terms of scttlcment. Trouble with the Egyptian Government caused Howard (Yartcr to seal up the tomb and abandon work in ElZYDl-

A THORNY PATH

Tho Government was bitterly at- tacked by Lloyd George for its pro- posal to ncduce tho German repar- ations levy from twenty-five to five per cent which, however, was car- ried oh March 6. The Government met its first defeat on MfllfCh 13. On March 18 the Prime Minister announced the abandonment of the Singapore schema. The-re was criticism of the Labor Govern-ment forlincrenslng the salary of the Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Clyncs) from $10,000 to $50,000 per annum. On March 10 the strike of London mot- mmen and cannon commenced. on March 28 terms oi settlement were agreed upon; 7,000 men struck at Wembley on a wage claim and the relaitions between miners and own- ers continued tense. On March 15

Funeral Notice

fllombcro of Eton and Prince Edward L, O. L. Ire rs- quoctad to meet in the Ledge room on December 31st at 2nd p. m. for the purpose of attending tlid funeral of their late Bro. 8. F. ‘Hodglon. -

H. E. WARD. Uovy Itcn Lodgl G .A. WATKlNO, Body Prince Edward i-Odltl ‘ a Drona-mammary winter victim.

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the Prince of Wales met with a still more alarming accident while steeple-chasing and on March 25 MaicLarcn began his world flight by sir from Calshot. The Labor party continued to bread a thorny and uncertain road urin-g’ April. After several trials committee of the building trade was named and reported in favor of a Government scheme for building two and a half million additional houses within the next fifteen years. The budget was brough in on April 29 and proved nelthe revolutionary nor soclalistlc, rang the death knell o the f perial preference dut us. '1‘ Lsusanae Treaty with Turkey w carried through the Commons o

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The year opened in Britain with-a a complex political situation. The appeal of Stanley Baldwin to thelmls w "gm" country bad resulted in the stand-

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nine months held office, only to be chi-own out 1n 0m, o; n,

. ‘In France, Polncares powe wane and ills appeal to the electors in May cos; him m9 o;

[April 1 without a division, Baldwin rsulng that it was the best treaty obtainable as no country was anx-

and bounds. having risen from $15-- m’"°""Y-.'so0.ooo n. 191a to szaoaouooo last. After long negotiations the Pamwlmlncrs agreed not to strike. ‘April 23 the great Empire Exhibi-

Itlon at Wembley was openel with. shipyard clays but

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lceremony. A national jlock-ouit only lasted ten ‘did much economic damage. Karachi. |rvached their base camp on May Subsequently two of the ‘members were killed in the final dash to the top and tbo expedition was once more abandoned.

, May was a quiet month in British ‘politics. A proportional represent- ation bill was defeated on May 2 by 03 votes and on May 16 a dis- cussion cn a motion favoring na- tlonaliziation of the mines ended in a defeat of the proposed meo- snrc by 96 votes. On May 29 the Conservatives moved a vote of cen- sure on the Labor Government for its failure to deal with UHEIIIDlOYV ment. but Asquith supported Mac- Donald and agreed to give Labor a little more time to make good. Coal transport workers and building-trades operaitlves contin- ucd their negotiations for higher wages. The King and Queen of Riimania and the King and Queen of italy were visitors to the British court during the month. Before a month was over more than a mil- lion persons had passed through the turnstiles at Wembley. At Holyrood Palace James Brown, M. P.. working miner, represented the King as Lord High Commissioner ‘to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

THE TUNNEL SCHEME

On June 30 the Labor Govern- ment was defeated for the seventh time on division but refuses to re- sign. Diplomatic relatlons between Britain and Mexico were suspend- ed during June. Britain made a formal protest on June 20 to the United States. protesting against the elevation of the guns of the main armament of battleships as contrary to the Washington agree- ment.

On July 15 the important Juba- land Treaty with italy was signed in London and on the following day the Allied conference met. at the Capital to consider how the Dawes plan could be put into operation. On Jilly 2S phe Allies (lcclilctl to ask Germany tn send a representative to the conference which was ac» ccptod. Before this, on July 8. Ramsay Macrlnnald had had a most friendly meeting with Harriet, in Pa-rls. 0n Jilly 26 the King review- od tho fleet at Splihoad. On July 16 Do Valera was released from prison.

STRAINED RELATIONS

On August 2 Mrs. Evans was shot dead at Rosalie, Mexico. and rela- tIOns with that country became even more strained. The German delegates to the reparations confer- nca reached London, August 5. The London conference came to a close on August 16, with the initialllng of the agreement. ‘Ten days later ll was approvedby the French Sen- ate. 0n August 29 the RelchstBK dressed the necessary laws for its signing, and on August 30 it was signed.

After a brave fight Major A. Stuart MacLaren. British round- the-world flyer. was forced to abandon his journey at Nlkolski Siberia.

On September ll the Labor party executive proposed that, no Com- munists should be recognized as csndidiatos of the Labor party at the next election. Sept. 23 Zag- hloul Pasha a/rrlved in London for an informal conference with Prem- ier Mscdonald, hut after several days of discussion the conference proved abortive and Zaglilcul dc- parted without having gained a single point.

Political events moved swllftly wihen Parliament reassembled on September 30,, and tha Labor Gov- ernment. deserted by the Liberals. ws ‘defeated by 384 voteato 163 on a otlon to set up a committee to vesiigate thg dropping of the pro- ecntion of the Communist editor, J. R. Campbell. On Oct. 10 Parlia- ment dissolved, on the 18th writs of elections were issued with 1893 for Q15 seats; _on Oct-

e greatest r began to flce and he United States unprecedented

As a result of the recognition of ithe Soviet Government on Febru- 1911i"! 2 mill Anglo-Russian conference Liberals, 155; Nationalists, 2' Slnnlhcga“ swung in Loud“ 0" Mm‘

Fem’ l; and various 7_ The Con_,24 Meanwhile the cost of unem-

ployment was going up by leaps

On

April 16 the Mount Everest Expedi- ltion arrived at Pharl Dzong and on lApril 25 MacLaren had arrived at ‘ The Mount Everest men

dber 29 the polling took place after one of the b tterest campaigns aver (Continued on Pile Two)

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in accordance wtth their instructions, the owners of a larfl" farm, Mr. and Mrs. John Llewellyn of Scoliock, _ shire. England, ‘were buried together in a ilicld facing the hill-I"

figures of this devoted couple, carved In alabaster, stand out in reilicf on either side of the central column. The faces ‘were Copied from the llivi-ng models and the figures and apparel

and death, there ls also the following wordingi- _ "Peace, perfect peace." By the blessing of“ God. and“ their joint industry and thrift they bought. their farm, and hand it down without encumbrance to their heirs. “Endeavor to pull together as ‘they did. Union is otfoillili. A! ye would that mcn should do to you do ye ailso to them wish that you may prosper in this life and have no fear of death.”

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(Canadian Press) ROME. Dec. 30.—Cardlnal Crectg Giorgi, 68, died of pneu- monia here today.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.— President Coolidge iis hopeful but not certain that it will be possible to bold another inter- national ‘avail disarament bonfercnce in another year.

BAKU, Azcrzaljan. Dec. 30.

-Hca_vy snowsforma and bit- ter cold prevail throughout Caucasus entailing consider-