OFA

MERCHANT

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t uiisii Mill] wiii iiiiiisis,

90,000 Employees of Canadian Railways Seek Wage Increas- es Ranging From 10 t0 12 Cents an Hour.

(Canadian Press)

DIONTHEAIL. Que-H Jiw- 11- "- Wnge negotiations involving more, than 90.000 men and svage increases ranging from 10 to 1'2 cents an hour, confrollt Canadian railways ill the opolllllg weeks of tile your.

One party is proceeding. another dispute is the subject o1’ board of conciliation proceedings, and otller negotiations will follow ill due course.

Negotiitlons opened yesterday

lulhjeot of discussion. Previous-t

negotiations llad been ndlimfned-

Roll shopmen in Canada. I0 1119 W111 be 11594

The Canadian Brotherhood of

negotiations with the Canadian‘ r1111- ways torn wage increase 111101114194 to the company in iAuBnst last. Their request involves 18,000 Can- adian National Railway 911111101?“ including offlce staffs. Yrehihl- @911 employees, roundllauflB 1111111. 1611'? I llontorews, etc.,_ an is for a i611‘ - container-hone increase to: hourly: rated men and S21) il month furl misntllly rated men.

it is not the sot but tho governing motive that rocslvss its reward.

‘uni Subscriptions Delivered $0,00- 5; llsll. (lauds U. B. A. 84.30

Doris Duke World’s

Richest Girl

SOMERVILLE, N, J_, J3“, 6-—1Fifteen year old Doris Duke probably the richest girl of her ago in the world, is worth $58,- 451,069. it is shown in an ac- counting of the estate of her father, James Buchanan Duke. tobacco magnate.

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MERCHANT

Everybody

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927

IN NINISTEN ENIJH INEIIN

LondonN Accom- l plished in Eleven}

Flight 55f;

l] N N E N E l] TN ,‘33l§;;,§,';3?*v Time

Nllllllllilll.

(Canadian Press)

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 6.- Slx additional llavn-l vesseds have been ordered to Nicaragua, carry- ing an expeditionary force of 400 mglggefiiflps um um crumem {my chi yesterday, but soon after they . l , . _ l .

tl b i

around the request of 35,000 lnaln- fénlildgslffgrghleaml w s“ mar “a, "°“““°° c‘ “Y m“ °" C'“““"”" They will report to Rear Aflfllll‘ lines, for a-n increase of ten cents m“ 1 ommfin of the Unned “n hour‘ Three mpresentaflveT of iStatEarheTorgeg in liichraguall waters (he lilen are lneetillg the wage com- _ . '

o1 0111111118 011 1-11111 111M151? $1111 991131“ 111mm?‘ “t M and 8mm“ h so closely to its schedule that it‘ “Writing 001141501114 31° 11150 the Norm“ yes e ‘glace “v0 othger was ten minutes ahead on its arri-

81111» e1 111611" ‘lg; 1",‘;Y,,,*1°",";‘°,33 ti‘.‘tl..i‘i?.li..f‘.iftl.‘ii..iiil$8332.‘ number of 35 000 employed on all crease the total Untitled JStThies na- 11°99” l” ranch Delhi berm” m“ Canadian lines. are looking also to val strength available‘ to Admiralrnd ‘"1 111° week‘ resumption of negotiations, when illatimer. The Navy Department, their representatives will out IOP- said the purpose of the dispatch 01 “Ttffl their request for all increase additional troops and ships was to of ten cents an hour. Their neg0t11r enable Admiral Latimer to "thor- iiore also will be resumed with oughly protect" American lives and the railway llllSOCldtlOfi of Canada. mapefly l“ the (vin- mm hon-mil American country. Rllllrlllllti lrln-luovees are 100111111! 1° ~

hey were to

Supreme Court

Speeds its Criln- inal Appeal

WASHINGTON. Juli.

lit-tween the Canadian National criminuleppeois

Railways irlld representatives of

i he rail ways.

ill use at present.

lilOyéfl on illle C. P. R. became subject of Board of

iPersoils convicted oi‘ crime cull- Homegooenlplqyegginnlhi)gleijplllg1101. now look wiill confidence to lllulng; m“) pal-lap‘ u“ sgfylpeg m’ tile court as n haven where they The ein-pibyees re- ‘may 111W“ 111° ‘ iquest wage increases of approxim- Iliwn them indefinitely Wbllwned- alely 1.2 parent all, well as a u-nl. -By the same token those unlaw- forlll schedule instead of the foul- fully convicted schedules for this class of workers P911111’-

Folimerly it took the court four‘ ‘The ivuge requests of some 0.000 ‘yours to reuvil =1 wee 1111111‘ 11 W111i railway and steamship clerks em.- dockeied, but under tile leadership the 0f Chief JUSHCS Taft it has ilecldeil

6011101103

Congfllgfloll f0 advance tile hearings ill all crln

proceedings towards the close of 111111011898-

last year, wages and working con-

yet completed.

Ordinarily it wmllil not he malls New Zealnnd, who is now on the _ . acquainted with the issues preselit- Atlantis and due oi New York on ‘cllgfllflgfelffis‘fiidffxidfrffe first ed in cases upon its docket until Tuesday next, will trilv .1,,,,,] the cause l3 reached for 0m] al-gll. Canada on his llonlewaril journey.‘ ---»--

that place. Tile fliglli: from London to Kara- M43111 was accomplished -ill eleven

6. -—-TllG l Negotiations are expected to 0D- docket of the Supreme]: Court is m; eh towards tile elul of this month longer to be the hid we plow v

int-posed

will find prompt;

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_ (Canadian Press) l KARACHI, lBritlsh India, Jail. 6. l-Sir Samuel l-Ioare, British air minister, and ‘Lady lloare. on u 20,- 000 mile flight in the air lincr llcr-

' cules. from England to Iluiliia, ur- rivcd on Indian territory today. They came ‘from Junk. Persia. It was their intention to get to Kara-

left Jask they encountered a llciivy to return to

days. the shortest tilne on record. it is also the first long passenger flight carried out on a lure-arranged schedule, and the Hercules adhered

Women and Chil- dren Removed To Shanghai

(Special to the Guardian) ‘SHANGHAI. Jail. ti. -»All thi-

Brltlsll wonlell and children were:

removed fl-olll l-lailkoiv, lchuiili: ulld Kiuklallg last night us a mai- tor alltl-foreigil agitation illllollg tile Chinese. Two steamers ill-o brill:-

S

‘ii wuii

of precaution in view of tho.

AIR JOURNEY COMPLETED

India.

TTTEE EilH

ing_300 of tlleln to IShnnghai. All the nlcli in Hilllkow are being coll- ccntrated uifsilfc polllts along thc

i

Sir Samuel Hoarc, British air ministe terday completed their

llH s NYIN

PENN -TY

. i I I

r, and Lady Hears, yes- 20,000 mile air journey from England.to

MEN iii iihfiiiiiii‘ SENATE

INTEHESTINB EIITNNE llN EINNIPENN TINIEI

By Mr. Reginald H. Bell in the Caledon- ian Club Series Last Night.

There was i1 lurizv uticildullco at tllc ctlllrtlOlllllll Club lecture last lliglli. tile subject being: "Seeing l-‘rullci- and Belgium on Bicycle" .\lr. zltoizlllaltl H. Bell was the icciul-i-r. .\lr. .1215. Piltoll occupied the chair and at the close of tile lociuri- a cilriiiill vote of thanks llloved by Mr. C. .\i. Shannon sec- ollilcil by Mr. l’. W. (flarkin and supported ‘by .\lr. (‘. G. Duffy was iclldercil the lecturer for his ill- structlve ullil interesting descrip- tion oi‘ n illust interesting tollr.

Mr. Bell began his remarks in a happy humorous veln telling of his and ills coillpanions departure from (lllarloitelowll on May 1st and aft- or spending a week ill Afontroal left that port May 8th on hoard the Manchester Reglnlent arriv- ing in Manchester, Eng. Alter a voyage of ten days. From Manchcstel‘ they went to Lolldoll where they spent several days alter wlllcll they proceeded wiill

‘the way from London particularly ltlle Cathedral which they visited. illeavlly Dover they sailed for Ostellil where they lauded on Sunday afternoon. l-Iere lie gave ' humorous description of

ignorance of the foreigners who could not understand tile language

fer coilld not tileul.

Prom Oatend they visited lilo

Great War. tlle- cemeteries which lay tile bodies of thousands .oi' British and ‘Canadian soldiers ill ‘well nlarked graves and ill artistic- ally ilrrulli-lcil and flower beiluckcll

waterfront. There have been n01 " » IYHYH. 111i ilii: villus lllcluiliui: (lll-lturbanccs ill tllu French until 13U~“§'1'1)1\'--11l1i. 1i-"1‘31|\\'=11'11-1- 11 '11- (Canadian Press) Yprcs, Arinctlcrs, Vlllly, thc Jupunppu (goppegglqlpg, \\'l](§l‘(§ fqy- lillv. first of llll‘('1" men in puy 1111' \\'.\:~‘.lll.\'(i-'l'U.\'. I). 8., Juli. ll. --— fcrcllt battlefields all tlic way eigu officials coiltliiilc'tu function, ilcaitll Jltllltlll)‘ [or lllll nlurdcl- oi‘ u .\l"uulng~ni..- l)\t'l' ilii‘ powers of‘ ilii: Ostcild to 'l’al'ls were —-———-oo>-i—— our bulll night \\“liltllllllill ill i925, Senaii- unlit-r ilii: omlsiitutiilll to llliniitcly uud illost interestingly rc- ‘ wcllt to thc electric c-iluil" lll lilo iicul with ir owii lut-nlbi-rsllip was culling iiccut-s familiar to'llls licor- (jllal-lusluw“ Slum Prlson- sllm-lll,’ lll'l!,lll‘tl iuiluy iii-lore illc Sclluic crs ilurlllg tile ullxlous duys and

ado. On Holne- ward Journey

(Special to the Guardian) , l. AIONTREAL, Jail. 6. —Rt. Hon. J. G. Cantos, Prilue .\iinisiel' oi‘

Th“ prospect for wage mcreams menL ll now l’, lmvlng the dock“ Tile Prcnliei‘ will leave New York!

, . . . ll tl lui iinl 1111110 211]’,:11:eguggggwtgzsuiieoznlgggggg 32:12 y,,,.‘§“,,§,§f,f,’,,f§, bra-lg" am TR; Montreal on tile nloriling oi‘ Wcil- watchman lit the ('lll' l_.-ul,_-,,ywagu,, effected m, the Cum attention’ upon film; Thus‘, a“. ltllestlay, January Rltll, via tile Camp‘ hildiliescx and Boston ‘Slrvvi. lull“ pacific Rallwfly null the gnu. sct for early hearings, a reasonable 11"

“Molltrcalcl” and rcucil

. v - . time only lyelng nllilwqll colmml w (filaies will rcmillil lil lllolllrcill lili- NNElfin?NlllluflfoEhlllhhalvflllltiltlligfll. print Lilo ilricfs llllll ilrciiaril for 111 111" 1111-5111- 111 11111 111111 111‘ 1'11 111-‘

1'fl a strike of these classes recelll- 1*

ly was l-orseeu by m“ runways at when‘ tllc case is reached n satis- 1951'" 1m‘ o1-l111l’11~ ll“, “mo or the Helllcmenl of 111p factoly reason IIIIISL be presented

rguinent it’ C0llll5Ul is not

llmmlened H-mkm l.“ a gmtfllllellt to obtain further delay.

iilou issued the railway-i vXllWFm-‘ll the realization that illo were c011" cushions then made nligllt make inevitable consideration of requests of other classes forlucrcnscs.

UNIVERSITY EOCMOPOLITAN

IIONOUUDU, Jan. il.—’l‘he Unl- vi-rslty of Jlawaii is a cosmopolitan institution. ‘its 728 students repres- ellt 413 of the Ullltod States. Japan. “' Korea. chilul, illdia, iiuam. the Philippines, Mexico and France. ‘Caucasian students comprise 41 Der cent of the enrollment. J81!!!"- cse 28 por cent. Chinese 14 I191" 11-11! and Hawaiian 12 per cent.

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Condensed Specials

RATE-Jo. per word. not each insertion (in this column.

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‘wanna - ssoono HAND rare. suite pried. mo: m. City. __ 9571-1-44:

--_._-,-_-_.s~u__-» ‘WANTED-NIGHT mine. AP- Dly at Queen Hotel. v 86184-081

--—--—-——~——-.~.'~* 1’°R SALI-JFAIR or Man's ots and Skates. silo 616- (Auto C.). almost new. Apply at Guardian Oifioo. jdfl-i-d-ll

‘V011 WANT do b "Lona Prices 50 f l‘ I02. i‘ lg‘? I80 '1" 55¢. sob for 8 .0 . l0 for

31-115. Post id a

Guardian £11 ‘ I.

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"'i'i-.l‘.'§'.‘.%.“.'" v “M. or. fo . m thor. sol lol- ‘ 50 __tOd l it

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nut ‘("1 ' ~IIA i fl§llfll NA T‘

Till‘.

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lionalres is the record of the famll)’

focturers. Jellies Coats. who found- od the business in i824. became a- lnllllonnire. as did 111B 111199 11°11‘- |_ and ilii their grand-sons-

The present head of the family

Manitoba Will

Have Provinc-

ial Election

(Canadian Press) “lIN-NIPEG. Jan.’ 6. — Manitoba ill be tile scene of a provincial

election [his year and already pre- paration-s for the campaign are underway.

‘The date has not been fixed and obably will not be announced

uuill after the regular meeting of th _ l ely to be held dllfiillt the month’ werc arrested.

of one or July. according to pres-

leglslature in Feb‘y but it is

indications. iii

otton Firm Makes Eleven Millionaires

CIJASGOW’. Jan. 6. —-lllleven mli-

J_‘ "d p, Coats, cotton monu-

tg ‘win knighted and had a son who

g-.. 4! an!" nonw-

is the young Lord Gl-enianar, n dir- ector of the firm, a former officer in the. Black ivmh. 11ml one 01 Britain's most "eligible" bachelors. His fitllor left a fortune of nearly £6000.000.

Chm“ Coats started his business iii the Sallttlsh village of Fergus- lle. When the father and son James died the business passed into 11w hands of Tllfflfil! and Peter. Peter

hocsine Sir James Coats. ills broth-

lll-‘lf. After of tllc 19th for Vnilcouvi-r, J111111111‘Y 23rd. tlio party will lcuvc for Sun Francisco. -—+—<oc-——--—

_ Plot Feared

(Canadian Press)

ICALiCUFF-TA, British llldla, Jun. C. —- Discovery bf thirteen bolubs and two revolvers "with anrnlunition in a house in tho northern quarter‘ of tile city today ivmi said by thc pollceio have “considerable politi- cal llnportainceflTivo Bellgal youths

Baron Says Mer- maids Are An African Fish

TQM-DON. Jan. 6. -- Mermaids exist. says ‘Baron de Fernig, a Dutch nobleman now visiting Eng- land. Barron Fernig libs spent most of his life in South Africa and Kenya.

Mermaids. according to the har- oll, are queer fish that are caught by Swahili fishermen off the coast of East Africa, north of Mombasa. They naive llélllg wltnliflprotrudlialg eyes an ll I ly la hair. although they haven‘: arms. the body dotvn to tits middle has a quite distinct llkonoss to the human form. They are more than five feet in length.

The flesh W89 very shrlvellod and scaly but to the touch was quite the texture of gills." Baron iFornlg said. "The natives are very fond of the meat. So or ed is the resemblance of to fsll to

aThomIo was father of the first

i f ii . Lo dd ired to give or particular de- kot Oimnslnulhtggtism ‘thus yprelflhl! Ittllis to the offlollslnybofon the g _ I __- can be sold in tile-market."

human beiiiss. the natives are rs-

I

flsli

putter midnight. Iic was place-xi in‘ ‘the cllaii- ul 12.01! null llfu was pro-l lloullce-ll extinct nt 12.113.

l)t!\'t‘l'i‘llll.\' Willi llll‘ A iii‘ lmi

John J. (llHl lllzlli ll)

and deuil ut 12.21.

physicians

ti) lllt! rll

pronounced

L‘l1‘L'lli us Hllll-Uillllllllllflt‘ illl: hrllivlgv cilargcs against SPIIZH- SGWJYAT days spent ill Paris with or (lillllil. Ruluiilili-all, Jluinc. Si-nuiol- Wills-h. llouiocrzit, author places was ,._i oi‘ tho l-osoiuiiiln for the‘ inquiry’. together . ~ l , . l ‘ t A l I ' r~ ‘The Swnth 111115 111111111“ m 113115 llljalilfg-EHENlENiTiNNllr-HlhllrtTlhllilllnth from Paris lo n . “m; llcl u Si-uilior for any i-ilusi: which by places lllcltlilillg illc palace oi‘

invesligili- lllontlls oi‘

15114-18. .~\ stay [its interesting scenes nail historic graphically llescrilleil with tilelr llisiilric sill"- .»\ nilnlbol- of inn-l"

Tile tlllril cilnilolilllrnl mum Juhnf it (‘O1ll41lTUl'L‘(l ju-iifioii Illlll he citorl Versailles with its wonderful hulls".

J. hiclizlugllllll. el “cm”, 12.22, Irlc was pronuullccil iluud 1n.‘-

T110 1111'1‘h‘ 1114111 111111‘- <'1111\‘11'1“11 ‘1111111- Pililfillliltllill ill its power-s over

tiiu murder of Jrllllt-s II. T“('l'll\'liil. ll,- ,,,,.,,,l,,.,-ul,,,,, “ml

n an’, “L ‘Vmumug illlil lllc Mull," finds writing with a m“ nqcmlur Wm 10m“; o" Hm nigh; lmll i-ilsler, illtlloiiiili ho asserts lil- Toni (fllll (llllfbllll! ll l_\'])(,‘\\'l'li(‘i‘.

Congratulation; to Hln Honor?” do - birthday.

“'11?! (‘XPCIIlCTT ill.

his zirgulnulil.

nulllcroilg precedents to bear 0ll1~1$11l1|'\\'i1.‘y'$. RB-liflfiv-H

and gin-dens were iuierestiilgly" outlined; tllell

(‘uuusel for Si-uatol- Gould (‘Oll-IUIB return to England and the

_El(‘il1l1'1l ihi- Sunnis was limited byli-‘OYHEQ 11011111.

illuuiu-r. Sl-v "ul

(‘llAlllil

CONGITATTDLATPETNTY-

successful llliiy- wriuhis urn sulil to ilsir ilii! poll.

Tile lecture which ogcuplcd over

lhut in the all hour ill delivery was entertain-

buru of 11w iuulhl (11.4! ll dill not iluvt- the lug and lnfornlative and Mr. Bell liuil- lliqlll in i-xlu-I rol- an zlliogcil of- whose first public appearance ill' Nutlollal rullwilys. Ml‘. wily. on October -l. i025. i‘. ~11 (‘Illllllllllvtl long bolero his thc role of a lcctul-er was illost \ _ vlvriluil, lilviilyilit: u l-uiirilail con-‘lligllig; COlllDlllllPlliUd for his excel- "_“i_'<~}—"__° |I'il1‘| lli llii- |ll'1I\'l|ll‘t‘ ill Ni-n lll“illl\'- lClli. t‘l'l'Ol'f. ready morning of tllu lllll llllld wgitttluull NEW YORK M“ l; "Th" W H w... i. 'olll il\\'.'l,| . _ _ r ' ,_ _' ' V , __ _ -—-~~—--—~——--———-————~—-————-—- Mr. ‘Coatcs will ‘g0 tn ‘Toronto, SH“ l“ d,” 1111.511.“ d“ H“! l-"MMHM liulliiiiilli, lllti nuvol i. (ITUTIIIOH in 1101K]? duc tllero oli the 15th. tllcucil 1T1,»\,:,h°,,_1““'{1\'.‘0gf|‘fiffirlm“m,” “WW u. :¢l'(‘l‘4‘lill'_\'. bu: l-ui" ms ills lllunll- 19 11811111 Idullii. leaving lllll illll1‘l' .. . _ . ‘ ' ; script with n lilili. StilllUlllllUS rc- ylmllll, on Julltlal-y 17th lm- “ilmll. (“mtfi “‘“‘1“"1~""" '1'“ 1111"“ ivriiiuu uiloli- llul-iii-rrillllll: in lllill N. H. L.

(Canadian Press) National Ilockoy lmaguc results, iunighl were as follows: l At Pittsburgh ——1Dotroit 3, Pitts-

l

vomor Frohk Hurt: on his ll

than Ilsa! of tlo slroil. _

York ——iCBlli1lllGll5 o, Former Private 1 Gave “Orders” To Pershing ILI1.\'(.'OL.N, Eden. iL-Gen-l

oral Jollll J. iPershing has taken “orders? from a former private. , The story has inst been told here. I Wllllc hunting at Red Deer ranch, (‘hurry county, ‘Nebh this fall as thc guest of Mark W., and George .l. Woods, Lincoln capital- leis. “Black_.lilck" Pershing sow n flock of ducks on some land near- by. The ownel- of the land protest- ed against the party's trespassing. “I want those ducks for myself and there's not many o’ them." the old plainsman asserted. “Wei-l. we Just wanted to shoot a couple." said Mark Wooks. "This is General Pershing with us and he wants to try his aim. It was pretty Rood in the old days and he thinks it still is." "You mean that is ‘Black Jack" Pershlnlf" asked the rancher. "Well shake hands with your old

for you. You may not remember me but 1i fought with u in tbellmls Indian campaign. was buck pri- vnto in the Seventh cavalry at Fog-t Niobnrs (our Rod Door ranso- t

in .._

0t‘ thc tourists alld whom tile lat--

Boston. fair private that usod to peel potntoeirNow York. fsir 40-4!

rid rim monon- ‘ilonih; at

spirit that is appreciated.

it is not tho manner but tho

Calls Prohibition

(Canadian Press)

OAKLAND, Cailf., Jan. 6.- Gcneral Smedley Butler who spent months fighting graft and bootlepgers, as director of public safety In Philadelphia, denounced prohibition in an address yesterday as class leg- islation, saylng it reacted against the poor man and fav- ored the rich one. its princi- pal dcmerit, ho Indicated, is the manner In which enforce- l msnt has grown out of it.

lllorllllll Glllrfllnls. Founded II’) Charlottetown Guardian ‘hm Cont:

Crs-er-i-fio-‘ll YElElE l5

NIEEHK lil iii lfi-IJPHENEIJIIIIHI

{Was Record of James Lawson, Who Died in a Massachusetts

iiiiiiiiiiist A“

l (Canadian Press) | ‘WIESTEIELD, Mass, Jan. C. —

his retirement in 1923. had com-

H E A H I N B HE- James Lawson who at the time of

[l-PENS TNEEEINY

‘The Hearing, Which is

pleted 42 years as docket and re- cords clerk of the Supreme Court of Canada was buried here yester- day. Mr. Lawson. who was 70 years old, diedat the Noble Hos- lpltill here, following his wife in death by less than two months. The funeral was held from the

a Final one, homo of his daughter, Mrs Charles

Not Likely be Ter

Russell. and burial was in Pine . l-Iill cemetery. a native of

. . M . I l -. Illlllatt-Id Ulltll the l‘l8.llll'alf.‘a“soIglS“'T:tllCl', William

, Latter Part of Feb ruary.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Jail. 6. -— Alberta will

fore tile Dominion Board of Rail

way commissioners. The heal-in

which is a filial one

of February.

The Province of Saskatchewan. is expected to follow Alberta in luukc understand the presentation of its case on the

I - |iltliilefielils of iBclglum taking ill I lull tile places lllailc famous by the

issue. Manitoba, New

Ontario and Quebec will ponbab

Lawson, was a member of the firm of Lawson, Farrlngton and Coim- paay, which sailed the brig "Amer- ica" between Halifax and Boston. Mr. Lawson attended Upper Canada College and was with the Hudsons vBay Company in Labra-

B’

on the pres- ent freight rate situation through- out the Dominion will not likely 11w be terminated until tile latter part

No More Vodka . For Natives 0i Yakutia

(Canadian Press)

Brunswick. Nova Scotla. Prince Edward lslanld)“ YAKUmSK, Russia, Jan. 6. __

be [TIC next to be heal-t] in the ord-11""°111‘b111°11 111.121 been proclaimed l-n

111 er lliinleil, although there is no def- inite ngreclllcnt yet on tile ques-