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Crews Speed Rescue -Wo rk To‘

Reach Comrades Men Believed-Xl-ive In Blast-

torn Sector Of Workings.

BARTI-EY. w. vi... Jan. 10- (AH-Between 80 and I25 miners We" "POYLCCI trapped today by an explosion in the Bartiey No. 1 mine of the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corporation in this soutnem West Virginia. village.

As rescue crews entered the 500-foot-dcep shaft, State Ming Department officials said it might be several hours before the fate of the minerals known. The first unofficial word from

the mine was that crews were “making good progress" but had little hope of reaching the trapped men before midnight.

An indication that some of those caurht were still alive was given in a report that the mine ventilat- 1118 system is working and air is reaching the blast-tom sector.

The Mines Department reported in Charleston it had been inform- ed there were 125 men in the mine at the time the blast occur- red about 5:30 P, M, AsT, but, Elgeklltt "45 men were brought out all l ."

just before entering the mine that 85 were trapped.

Hartley's only telephone is con- nected with the mine company's office alnd it was two hours before news reached Welch, closest city, that "something has happened” at the mine.

H. G. Houtz, chief engineer of the State Mine Bureau; said in Charleston that the mine normally employs about 250 men.

Th8 mine 1S located hi the heart, of the rich southern West Vir- ginia mine fields about i8 miles from Welch, five miles north of the Virginia border and 25 miles east of the Kentucky line.

The main shaft is sunk about 500 feet straight into the earth and corridors fan out from that shaft at various depths. Some reports reaching Welch said the blast 1104' rolled through three corridors.

The Pond Creek Corporation. af- filiated with the Island Creek Coal Company. operates three miles a-

round this isolated village of 2.- 000 persons. Crews were recruited from other operations to aid i'n the rescue work,

HALIFAX, Jan. l0—((‘Pi—P'es- ident 5- J. Hungrrirrd of the C~n- adian National Rrlllwaya accomp- anied by three directors and several officials of the system, arrived here tonight on what was described as anordinary business tr'p. .

Tho=e with him included Brenton

L. Daly.

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"l-"armers wlshmg l0 market dressed hogs notny Mt-Gutgan 8r Boyle, Hunter R..ver. L-ililu-l-u-ill.

"New Glasgow rink tonight, Royals vs. Maple Leafs, 8 p. m. 14-449.

"We buy new goose and duck feathers, not mixed. Henry Mnc- Farlane 6t Co, n-llM-iz-‘l-tf.

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Three Point Policy Decided By Fishermen»

A policy of action in promoting the welfare of t-lle Island fishermen was announced bv the executive of the Prince Edward Island fisher- men's Union following a meeting veswfdliy.

A three point programme of fish- eries promotion is to be presented to the local groups of fishermen. First, the Central will attempt an orfltml- zation or the lobster bait situation: second. an investigation will be made of the possibilities of market- inlz Island fisheries products on the American markets: and third. ed- ucatfonal material is to be prepared for the use of flshermerrs unions and study clubs composed of fish- men. The bait situation in the spring of the year is freuuentlv a tloubleso course. is the big problem of the fisheries. No organized attempt has ever been made to nlnce this under the control of the fishermen. Proper contacts with the American markets should materially increase the in- come of the Island fishermen. This work will be undertaken by the Un- ion executive with the idea in view of presenting tine locals a. concrete marketing plan when the fishinz season starts.

Educational material. consisting largely of core studies of successful projects conducted bv fishermenn unions is to be prepared in the near future. Dr. Croteau of the Adult Education League will assist in the Dreuarntion of this material. It is intended that this be available for use by members of fishermens un- inns and study clubs composed of fishermen.

A full attendance of the executive we: present. Those i_n attendance were James C. Blaoulere of North Rllstico, nrcsldent. Joseph A. Arsen- ault of Tignish. vice-president: W. B. MrNeill of summerside; Arch‘- hnld Hartline: of North Rustico: uni Reginald Cheverle of Soups Wilfred McCurvllle or North Rustioc was appointed secretary.

9.

Free Pick-up And Delivery Service For The Maritimes.

MONCTON, N. B_, Jan. 10-An- nouncernent that free pickup and delivery service Will be established at certain pclnls on the Oanadan National Railways in the Marit me Provlncts WIS made here Ldey by W. U. Applaton, Vice-President and General mlntlgr of the Atlantic region of the nat o"al s stem. This service will be ef eztve as so n as arrangements can b.- cimpleted and w.ll apply on ccl"ta‘n less than car- load traffic moving wholy within the Merit me Provinces.

The new srrvloe will be furnnhed at the following points; Bathurst, Buctouclle, Campbelltbn. Chflthflm. Chipman, Dalhousie, Eldmunswn, Redericton, Grandfalls, Monctml. Newcastle, Rnxton, Rchibucto, Sack- ville, saint John. West St. John. Coldbrcok, Falrville, Sussex, Wood- stock. Amlrrst. Antlzonish. Bridle" water, Dartmouth, Halifax. Liver- pool, Lunenhrlrg. Mi‘d‘el0n. New Glasgow‘, Vlestville, stsllarvmNorth Sydney, Syfrlcy, Sydnfill. Mm’! Truro, Yer-mouth, Shelburne, P‘cwu, Charlottetown and Summersde.

War — 25 Years Ago__T_ollay

JAN. ll, film-Sixteen dcaths from meningitis reported in Cen- edinn Bicpeditionary Force camped at Salisbury Plain. Lest rebels in the ‘Transvaal captured. He“! rains slow up military operations in Poland.

EDMONTON,- Jali. 10-—fC"P)—Al- berta has 23 active credit unions with a membership of 2,191. Hen. E. C. Manning. Minister of ‘Trade and Industry, announced here ta-

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Rumania Said Willing T o Settle L o n g- Standirig Differen- ces With Hungary,

BUOI-IART, Jan. ill-MP) — Rumanian officials asserted to- night that Rumania was ready to settle long-standing differences with Hungary but that any ceding of this country's territory was out of the question.

Hungary wants to recover Transylvania, part of the territory Rumania won when the Austro- Hungarian Empire broke up after the first Great War.

Despite title insistence of Ru- manian authorities that. they would not even discuss yielding of terri- tory, the feeling grew among for- eign diplomats that King Carol might yield soon to an Italian- backed plan for settlement.

Budapest reports said that the Italian and Hungarian Foreign Ministers, Count Ciano and Count Csaky, in their meetings at Venice last weekend worked out. such a program.

Under this plan, to which the Budapest Government is said to have agreed. Hungary wou‘d give up claims to Transylvania for the present in return for a Rumsniar! promise of territorial revision af- ter tlhe present war. v _.

In payment for that promise, which would be guaranteed by It- aly, Rumanla would receive assur- ance of full Italian and Hungar- ian support against any Russian attack om Bessarabia, the former Russian Province she gained after the last war.

Italy was understood to have a similar plan for settlin differences between Romania an Bwgaria, who desires return of the Dobnlja district, which like Transylvania is an area of mixed nationalities ob- tained by Rumania after the war.

The Italian plan was understood to call for outright ccssion of purc- Yy Hungarian and Bulgarian dis- tricts contiguous io Hunzary and Bulgaria and fol" plobiscites in districts cf mixed nationality‘,

Reception At Government House

against possible planes, released by the U. S. Navy

of more than 300 mlles pcr hour.

unloaded from trucks at n New York pier. these pLlnes. which are single-sealer monoplancs with a lnp speed

War Planes For Finland

Completely hidden in tightly planked crates, and guarded by pnlwe sabotage $240,000 worth

of’ Brewster pursuit for shipment tn Finland, are Flrllnllll will got 44 of

Mr. J. M. Murley was elected President 0f the Charlottetown Board c-f ’I‘r:ldc at the annual meet- ing held last night in the Board Rooms.

Other officers ol ctcd were: Vice- President, Mi‘. D. F. Archibald; Sec; Trees, Mr. Wallace L. Hlgguls (rc- elected).

The Council named fol" the com- ing year consists of the following: Me-srs J. G. MlcDonnld, S. P.

tenant Governor, Hon. B. W. Le- Page, received at Government House yesterday afternoon, when over 940 ladies called to pay their respects.

Mrs. IePage. wearing a most becoming afternoon dress of pale fuchia velvet welcomed her guests mssisted by Mrs. MacDonald, wife of Senator J.A. MacDonald, Cardi- gan, and M.l's. MacArthur wife of Senator Creelman MacArthur of Bummerside.

The cheery grate fires, soft. candle lights and exquisite roses and other cut Lowers added to the charm of Government House and made a pretty background for the lovely afternoon dresses worn by those assisting in dispensing hos- pitality.

The ushers were: Mrs. Reuben Macdonald and Mrs. C. Gavan Duffy. Mrs. W. J. P. McMillan and Mrs. J. Lester Douglas pour-

asslsied in serving: Miss Violet Birtwistle, Mrs. J. D. MacGuigan, Miss Agnes Paoli, Mrs. John A. I'm-sci", Mrs. W. D. Gillis, Mrs. l". W. Tidmarsh, Miss Pauline IePoge, Mrs. George Tweedy, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Miss Margaret Reuel lePllge. Mrs. Robert Holman. Mrs. 0. N. Bisset-t, Lloyd Wonnacott, Mrs. A. H. Roper, Mrs. T. W. L. Prowse, Mrs. E. A. Foster, Mrs. Fred Colwih, Miss Helen Grant, Miss Marjorie Mitchell, Mrs. lra J. Yeo, MrsdArt-hur Wooiner, Mrs. W. W. ford.

Miss Georgie Burns, social see- retary, supervised the visitors book in the hall yesterday. Music was furnished by Mr. A1- bert Blanchardb Orchestra.

llativc 0f llapc Traverse Dies

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Cape Traverse . E. I. Die survived bv two sons. five dalm- Mrs. Ll grandchildren and I loot- lIend-dllldren. .

I Mrs. LePage, wife of the Lieu- ‘

ed tea, while the following ladies ]

Paoll Jr., W. S. Grant, C. N. Biss- ett, R_ R. B01‘, V, A. Alnsworth, K. S. Rogers and F‘. W, I-Iyndman.

‘Ufa members are: Ives-rs E, T. Hlglzs, J. O. Hyndman, R. E, Munch, S. A. MacLocd, W. F. Tifmath and Dr. J. A_ Clark.

Arbitrators appointed for the year are: Messrs E. M’. Bagllzlli. W. Picltnrd, R. L, Cotton. A. B. Cut- rliffc, L. Doucette. A. B. Fisher, J. C. A. Gordon, J. E_ Harris, W. T. Rogers, W. It. Cruickrhauks, J. W. MacKenzie and James McLure.

Following the election of officers a discwsion took place concerning the pn-"s" ilitv cf having freight rates rxluccci all farm feds com n! into til" I-‘rovuwo. Ml". R E ‘Tu‘r'h t"l"l lilo Board that h:- llrd rccoivrcl a I ttrr frrm Ml". Rmd II. lviulicsnn Ma "- agcr of Maritime Trnmpcrtntlul Commission, staring tilat tilcrc had been a reduction made in the rates ‘ in feed going west, and if the Board went after the same tlflng in a pro- per manner. there would most like- ly be a retiucticn mnde hrrc also.

Dr. J_ A. Clark, Suparlntenddcnt ‘of the Experimental Form, said that when Island fnnners learned that Great Britain hlld need of a. lorllfl quantity of pork, they went in f:r raising hois on a l1r,,cr scale. Un- rensonube freight rate; here made it. difficult for famlers to fini h their hogs properly and thry lest money this way.

At the suggestion of Mr. C. N. Blssett the matter was referred to

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Board Of Trade Annual Meeting Last tErienling

Mr. J. M. Murley Is Named

President Of Organization — Reports Are Presented.

tile incoming Agriculture COULCU.

Another inlpolt-rlnt di cuss ;.n on the matter of the regulation o! trucking ill the Province occupied the attention of tile Board at ia»t night's meeting. A brief prepared by Ml‘. Rand H. ‘Matheson wrs referred to by Colonel G. Elliot Full. The quest-ion concerned the grurlting of a franchise to common carriers in thi? pPOVillfl? alld also the matter of compulsion of axeqlate iztsur- ance, etc.

On the suggestion of Mr. S. A. MacLeod, the matter was lft ovcl" to be discuss-ad further by the Council

The following took part in the

leod, Mr, K. S_ Rogers Mr.

C. N. Bfssstt.

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Arsenic Victims Reach 200; iSugar Blamed

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. l0 -tCP Cablsl goYlflllcltlS of or‘; sellic poisoning love sprca through a shipment of brown sugar geaclfied close lilo ‘100 tnzluv with five

eat s o i cta .v .

An official s himuclll. said persons had been strltwkcn lll. Two deaths were l‘t"llllé'llt‘flldlll"lllil ‘the ‘day. bringing the o a to ‘lve S llCe ithe outbreak of not ChliVls started ‘over the weekend. _

t Crovcrmncnt fllllllflflflfls continued steps t0 halt (lissclulnntinn of the suspected sugar, sc'ziur: all available ounntilir-s of rl shipment that igncllcd here recently from British urnna.

“They Make Delicious Tea

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* rm lanes

discussions: Col. G. Elliot Full, Mr. R. E. Mulch, Mr. W. F‘. I-Iyndman, ‘Mr. V. A. Almlvovth. Mr. S. A. M~c- E. T. l-ligas, Mr. W. L. I-ligztns and Mr.

attacks on British shipping.

Force.

fighting planes. twin-engined

0f the last mines needed to

shore through which vessels links up with another field Straits of Dover.

and United States ships, and The east coast minefield

get through it.

Shipping Warned

In accordance with the re-

quiremenfs of international law shipping of all nations has been warned of the fields location. 1 During the last few days the German all" force has been ‘bombing and machine- gllllnlng unarmed merchant $111115. fishing vessels and cargo boats in the coastal trade. An official state- ment. commenting on this form of \v:ll"f:ll"e, said that it “must make greater cle- mnnds upon their" conscience than upon the courage of the attackers."

_The crash of anti-aircraft fire, vivid flashes, the dan- cing pencils of scarchlights and the roar of many planes ,t0ld observers 0n the nearby Danish coastline and islands 0f the first battle over Sylt, shortly- before dawn,

RPllorts from various sources

>battles over Sylt and one at sea, JIbOVC llcligolnnd Bight. The Sylt battles were before dawn; at 9 a. m. (4 a. m, AST) and between 3.30 and 6 p. m. 10:30 a. m. to i p. m. AST). The air fight over the sea was believed to have occurred about 1 p. m. (8 a. m. AST).

The air ministry announced that the one British plane had been 10st; in a half hour running light. "far out over the North Sea" when an R. A. F. formation mot a number 0f long-range German fighters. It said, however, that the German planes were beaten off and that the British continued “to the easterly limit of its recnonalssence“ and hack.

(At Berlin German officials claimed that three out of nine British Bristol "Blemheim" bomb- ers had been shot down over liellgolarld Bight by four German planes.)

The air ministry communique

German air bases at Syli, northwesternmost arcll of Germany nearby Denmark, and the heavily-forti- fied l-lcligoland anchorage, were bombed by the Royal Air

Fur out over the North Sea one of the “security pa- trols" fought it out with a squadron of Gel"many’s crack

One British reconnaissance plane was shot down, but Germany lost two of her 370-mile-arl-h0ul' was seen t0 crash into the sea. The other was so damaged as to be forced to land in Denmark. '

COMPLETE SEA LINE Out in the sea lanes, naval vessels were laying some

line of the sea, a £30,000,000 (about $125,000,000) protective shield for east coast shipping.

Extending from Kinnairtfs Head. Scotland. almost to the mouth of the Thames, the minefield is the biggest in the wol"ld's history. It blocks off a safety

BIGGEST MINE FIELD

The biggest minefield in the First Great War was the northern barrage extending from Scotland to the terri- torial waters of Scandinavia. It was laid in 1918 by British

raiders as well as submarines, which is the reason that the rnlnes have been placed _at various depths in the water. It ls_from_four to eight mlles off shore, and in places is 30 mlles wide, a gigantic death trap fol" any vessel trying to

indicated them were at least three ‘

formation i

coastal

boarcli) of Allzuardians tor. r. Premier Mitchell Hepburn said

iya Dionnes _ said he believed the Ontario ernment would agree _ wishes and allow the puints to leave the province for the first time-

at the said. a pact between the Ontario uovernment. The would be k of the fair grounds and not allowed to ITO beyond those bounds-

BASES

[Retaliation For Renewed Attacks On Shipping

Two German-warplanes G0

Down In North Sea Battle With British “Security Patrol”.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Jan. l0—(CP Cable)—Britain bombed Ger- man air bases today and rushed to completion the world's biggest minefield in retaliation for intensified Nazi air

llionncs May Appear At World Fair

TORONTO. Jan. —(CP) —Re- ports that the Di e uuintupietl may appear at the New York

world's Fair have brought comment from most parties interested -but the bdullbilltv appears wdfl-v i0 b“ lust the .

t

decision is up to the ouint-s‘ and their doc- lan Roy Defoe." Ontario

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At Ottawa. Henri legal

to the pare n _ s’

"I think the showlnlz of the nuinis (air n s. likely thing. he “But, it will have to b9 dime l‘V New York State drill: r1. .

ept in a specified area-

n

Defoe declined to comment

Dr. 1mm a definin- bldhad been receiv- ed from the Worlds Fair.

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lane close to can sail to coastal ports. It

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which closes off the whole .‘ J Thermometer consisted of 10,000 mines. Extreme-i is designed against urface Low]

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One Area Cleared Of

“Red” Troops For

First Time Since In- vasion. t l

liEl/SINGFORS, JJn. IO—(AP)\. Finnish troops in Central Finland " We"? Wbcrtsd to have surrounded ‘ a new Soviet division today after ‘ hurling the remnants of the milled Red Army"; 44th and l63rd divis- ions back into Rus~ih ea=t of Suo- mussallni.

This third Russian division was

Pelwrtcd trapprd at Kukkammo, n. bout 60 mile: south of the regent vlrtorics nt Sucentlssnlnli. e The I-‘inns se-t. up p sitlons along 30 mlles of the Ru-slnn frontier east of Luke Kizlnta and Suomussalmi. i ‘This covers four poll's at which i Finland has thrown back the in- vaders on to their own soil.‘

A Finnish crmnluufque said aRed Army battalion hnd been dispersed

northeast of Lake Lzlrloga with the l enemy lravlng "200 dead on the field " 'l"l"lc Finns took 40 prisoners.

"At Surmusnrlml our voops. ad- vancing in the direction of Ratte, have roaches! tin- frontit-r and clear- erl the nrca of enemy BTOOIF," the ctulllnunlquc riaid.

'l‘holnns Hun-kins, Assoclatrd Press cwrreqrnnclcnt. with the Finnish Anny a-t Route, mrorted the Rus- sulns in full flight as the Finns l drove riszllt up to the border in iclennulg up operations

It 011-. ill" first t-‘me the Suolnvs- wllni QPTtM‘ hart been clrnvel of

Rll< lnn- since lite war stifled

llmvliins, recounting the huge war stoma loft on lllfl hnthefieltl by the Peeing Rctl Army, said pVl(l"ll"i‘