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Monday, Decefltlwer 25th being Christina: Day and

tl statutory holiday, the Jllorning Guardian will not be issiied on Ti_i:Sda_\'.. The I:"ven1`ng Guardian. will not be ismed on Monday, but will51>e published _|.v~u.rtia_l Tu d "cf ` iseffil Ieasifitote thefe c/l¢'lng,e.r.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1916.

NATIONAL SERVILE 'WEEK

'l"hc f\'ati0n:\l .\`t-rvice lloaril of Canada under the

direction of tht- l)irector lieneral has set apart the tirst \\'e‘ek in janiiziry as "National Service \\"eek” for the purpose of i:il<iii; an iiireiitory of the man power of (`:iii;iil:i, with :i vieir to providing "for those adjust- ments in iinr nntiiiiizi-l life necessary for the mainte- nance of the agriciiltiiral.aiiil other basic industries of the dominion at that high point of production and effi- ciency so absolutely css-eii_t_i:il to the successful prose- cution of the \\':ir while coiitiiitililtg uitinipairerl the in- ilispensable public sc,_~r\'ice.< of~ the country. 'l`o accom- plish these results and insure the maximum production of war iiititerial :ind eipiipinent, the services of all available mi-ii :ind gonii-n of (`an:irl:i must be utilized in such a niziiiiiei' :is will, while achieving these pur-

poses. lterniit of the ri-lezise froin their present en\l>l0)"|0“t for uirreglllalgn Posing 35 lV~`W5b0Y5 “nd the l)0`

nleiil of men wlio, pli_\'-ically tit and of suitable age, l

may ilesiri- to serri- o\i-rsc:i< with our military or ua- 0-f I|l0 ll0\NSP3PCl‘ 0m¢`€9 ll2iS the r\am€-S Of ilS \1€WSl>0yS

' ‘ . on tile and thoirregiilars can be spotted without much ln iirrler to seciire i.lii< iiirentori' at the carliest`<liffiClll\y~ To protect themselves against Suspicion thc

possible nioiiieiit :ind with the least possible expense, regular' newsboys should at once form themselves into every |’o~'t-inastt~r tliroiighout the dominion has been_1l l\¥1i0l\ Ol' 0!'g3IllZ€l¥i0l’l Of S0m€ kind Zltld il1_Slillll0 il provided with :i tiiizintity of National Service Cards to -*`)'“°"‘ of "@gl5U`3fl0"~ This W0\1|d make ll at |035!

val t'ol‘ces."

be handed out to t-very |na'n between 16 and 65 inclu- ll si\'c,'l`l1e`c:irils, the qtiestioits on which \vere published S in 'l`he titiardixin soine d:i_\'s ago, are to be answered within ten days :ind the cairds returneil in a self-:td- dressed envelope, itiistiiuipeil. 1

ln addition to the cards. notices and iustructions‘

sent to the .l'ostni:i.~ter_~, personal commttiiications t have been sent to all the school teachers, doctors, law- l

yi-rs, clergynieii, .~ecret:iries of Caiiadian Clulis and gan battering prodigiously on the' Somme, the posi- oiher org:iiiiz:itions .'i.~|<ing their active support and as- tion was “serious." He admits the truth. The fact

sistxince. l’.esides :ill this the l’rime Minister, Sir Ro-

bert Llordoii, is ziilili-i-ssiiig' a series of meetings ter all, they were facing real defeat in‘Ioi7. If the tlimiiglimit t`:iii:id:i on Nzitioiial Service. `Allies were so strong in |917. Peace must be brought

'l`hi- .\`:itioii:il .S`er\'ict~ liozird is doing its part; the about during the winter, when operations would slack-

govi-riiiiii-iit is xissistiiig. lt is noir up to the people e to do their part. \\`e :ire in the war to zi finish, either,

our tiiiisli or (".erm:iny's.' lt remains for ns, in- F.nipire, coincide to support the conclusion. The Bel-‘ dividiizilly :ind ciillectivcly`to'say which' it"sliall__bC.,Tl1e gizni `slave‘r'aiil`s`beg'an in the autumn, The announce- it-hole man power of thi- lirnpire is needed to carrylil ment was ‘made 'of a Kingdom of Poland under Ger-

through siii't'ei<_<liill_\', tieriitany's mzin power and its 1, u‘otn:iii pii\\-er :ire both in the war, botlt mobilized and g

jrganized to thi- liiii-st detail. Over 600,000 German 'German offers, the other to prepare Russia for terms

youths are i~oiiiin,__‘ of age yearly and as soon as they tl

come of age their services :irc ret|nisitioncd for 'thc But the war lords knew that in the face,of the rever- stzite in ivlizite/ver eapxicity they can fill to the best ad- ge; gl june, july and August they could not oiier peace vantage. This is the power we have to crush or that without openly admitting fear of defeat and confess- must crush us. lt is to enable ns to crush it by actual, in national, iiseful si~r\'ice that the present inventory is .There must be 3 nomble 1,-iumph that Woutd lem] an being taken. i\l<~n are ueedetl in innuition works-,~ in ‘nir of ,,mg,,;m§n,ity to the nge,-_ [mumania was Sc- the ranlts, in the navy, on the farms. in the factoriesylected as the Stagg Rélfable info,"-mation from EU. 'l`lie.iiiventory about to be taken will secure positions mpc is to the effeqt, contrary to most press despatches. for itll 1\Vflil1\bl!~‘ HW" il) ,\\'l\lCll lhey Sllilll _be Of fl_‘<,5_‘._“__0§l_ thati R_oumania had not decided to go into the war this service to their i~oiiutr_v :ind their lintpire to civiliza- yeah After me Russian gu¢¢e5se5_ Roumania |m._{ tion and (`liristianity :ind the world`s future- peace. - agreed to go img the war nut March, in the mean.

Everybody can help in seciiriiig this inventory; time to be provided with Entente heavy artillery and

€'vf'ryhoily can e_iicottr."tge everybody else to (lo \\'/lla! ammunitigm The Germans 'saw their ¢han¢e_ They he or she can to get the inventory completed within the issugd an ultimatum to Bucharest to make iis _ch0ice_ ‘I"l"`5ll“ll 'l'"l‘- l-<`l ‘|10 “<’5l"’"~“@ 'lf' l“`0‘"P_t» ‘Vining Roitmania received from Bulgaria a promise to remain and truthful. ln this way and this only can the matt a]0of_w|-|i¢h me Roumanians foolishty be|{eved_ The power of the dominion he organized and there never Tengo" fm-ces |,0|di,,g ty", Rouma,-,gan bo,-der were was fi time in its history when the dominion needed wit|,d|-aw" to M the eager invaders Spread t|,(.,,,Se|Ve5

organization as it docs now both for carrying on the 0 war and for inet-ting the conditions that confront us`;|

after the \v:,ir. , thered, and the double-jointed campaign to crush Rou-

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fought bravely, but their lack of heavy' artillery and

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The action of the Charlottetown insurance agents e

in levying an :issesstnciit of fifteen percent on its pre- made; ready whereon to offer peace as a victor.

sent and prospective policy holders to cover the losses by the recent tires in .\`ummcrsidc'and to recoup their o

e\tr.iordiit.iry \\ licthcy this .iition was taken on in contestants, was represented by the events of june, strtiitioiis from thi iithcis riprcsented by the 'igcnts july, August* :ind September. Winter weather holds or on tht iiiiti.itivt ofitlit .igtiits themselves we arc the armies tight in their trenches. The' Germans have

not inforniul but in .iny cast it is extremely iupro-I the advantage of this, but as soon as the weather rights lmlile that p°\it;y.lioli.lers _.will submit toit without a for operations the militaryfcondition of this summer

ill bc restored, and Germany will undergo a _further riod of pressure that willsucceed eventually in

*rates are tixed on these data but in no case, except in bringing her to her knees. To talk peace' now, ‘on the

that of assessiiieiit companies, are policy holders ex- strength of the Bucharest event, would be to ignore

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protest. Fire insurrince like life, marine or any other ,w insurance, is based 'upon certain actuarial data, the

pected to bc specially ltvitd upon to cover losses when the' rgaimilitary position and be dazzled by a minor

ndition created speci'ally“T6l* psychological ends.

they occur. - i -Q; _t .»_ __

lf the Insurance companies insist upon carrying

out the decision taken yesterday by,their agents it may __ be looked _#pon as ii prerfdéht, _dad the only recourse “

other pro't£_t"ly owners. Then when a-lossioceurs such

an assessment as that proposediby the agents of the ll

policy holders will have the~additional advantage of

-,.~”'iuiicnf£iiohm_. lf ._ _ _ __ , . t __ , . .f a `f`i"l1°1’5’_@fi'_§3’%¥f""`i`¥l`§`i1`tii.t="‘

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pay:-far losses,incur_red glsewlierifthey will likely cast abourtheni for :i.'less expensive'means'of tire protec- tionv ,- - ,» ` '

9 _ _ _ )o(

` ' PETTY 'l`lll'EVlN(i ,ff ..

”ciet§' made their,represcntationstothe City Counci

streets. The longer the reforms asked for are delayed the more ditiicult will they become. We are informed that certain boys representing themselves as newsboys have recently succeeded in entering certain houses in the City. If observed, they innocently offer to sell a paper, a parcel of which they carry a-le regular news- boy; if not observed they usually succeed in picking up some article of more or less value. At the home of Professor Vinnicombe on Thursday two of these young thieves succeeded in getting away with a case of musicalQaistriintettt tools worth about forty-live dollars, instances have been reported in which the visihiftiion resulted only in the innocent offer above menticined.

' No\\'~the newsboys of Charlottetown are, we be- lieve without.exception,‘thoroughly honest and reliable as the ttcwspapers are exceedingly careful in their se- lectiongof sales boys and it is_almost absolutely cer- tain they had' nothing to dowith any of the thefts per- petrated. Honscholders are warned however to look

ice also will do wellito keep an eye upon them. liach

little more difficult for the irregulars to get in any hzidy business such as that above referred to.

.----><><--- THE WAR

The German`Chancellor told the Reichstag that in

he siiinnier, when the Russians had advanced in (ia- icia almost to the gates of Lemberg, and the Allies be-

'as prodded into the minds of the war lords that, af-

ii. _

Many circumstances, says the Toronto Mail and

ian suzerainty. The one was designed to coerce Bel- iuin into pleading with the Allies for acceptance ol

izit would include the loss of Poland and Lithuania.

'lt-vlits not beforqtjme thafthe Children’s Aid So-

with reiercnce to the care of the “little,0nes” on the

in the Montrail Witness, recently llylntt that no-more funds are re- quired for th; gkrlsonerii of War. I have just reeolyod a cable from the Helduuarters ot the canadian Priso- ners Fund. Loudon England, saying "Sta.t.ement.". in Witness quite Incor- rect, please contrsdict, signed Bul-

Slnce my int letter, the following

Societies and persons have each ad- 0D¢0d H prisoner. The Tlgnlah Red Cross. The Cavendish Presbyterian W. A. Mtsirf Dorothy Simpson and one in memory of the lots Mrs. D. C. MacKinlay, No-rth Rlv_d»r.- Also a donation of $10.00 from the Cra- plud Red Cro`s|,* proceeds of Picture Entertainment und Sale. Flftypne prisoners are now adopted and _we Wlllt as many more: as possible before the grid _ofthe year. Two Canadian Dl`iH0l\Gl‘B who escaped recently, stated that the prisoners parcels were alwnys received. '

` l ant Slr. &c.,

JAMES SIMPSON,

Treasurer, _Prlnoners of War Dept.

(luiinillan Red Cross.

Slr lllfrsd Luurler ‘

Slr.- ln regard to the rumour going

the rounds ., of- our local Canadian Press, and occasionally you will see the same rumour hi that leading Am- erican Papers to the eh`eet that tho Liberals-are, trying hard to put Str wnrriii on mo shelf, itio 'toronto Sentinel- lndepondent-- hus- this~tb say:-

“Tho mon who are trylng`to oust*

Sir Wilfrid from the leadership know what is good for their party. Those Liberals who think Sli- Wllfrld Luurl- er'will retire to make way for Premk er Murray of Nova Scotia to lead the ' party do not know hlm. Tlie move to be rid of lilin wlll make Sli' Wilfrid

‘ I am Sir, etc., ‘

INDEPENDENT.

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iiiii_i_it|ti1tt

Amp i-i`En sonos.

The wlnso-me and wltchlng per-

sonality of Emma Abbott wlll always be associated with Balfe'i-x "Bohemian Girl," although she made a great tri- umph ln “La 'I`ravtnta" and Meyer- beer's "Faust" in London and Pnrls Emma Abbott was born ln Cliicugn

Lake (llty frc-m pneumonia hi 1891 deprived America of one ol’ her most gifted prima donnas, It was her de- llght to sing selections- from “’|‘lu\ Bohemian Girl", "l Dreamt I' Dwelt in Miirbio 1-tails," "friio Hriirt bpwot Down," and “Then Yc'u`ll Remember Me."

These songs nro conttilnetl ln

“Heart Songs" -ii collection ol’ 400 of the world's favorite songs. 'Flilia

distributing It.. Real] the coupon else- wheré in toduy's issue.

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AT THE HOT'E L8. ff!

REVER.E.- F. W. , Actherlngton,

Wlltiz~hlt‘e; D. C. E. l'1erome', Sum- mersltle; Fred Hooper, Freetown; ll.

kaley . " _ ~

stick the tighter. " »

in 1840, and her early death in Salt K

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paper endorses thi:-i book and is now `1'0 Kggp 59,099 _ ._». ._ .

forty-tive will he kept in Canada this winter,

forward to 3 rediictioii of _insurance rates. Now, P|’lQIl“f$ bf 'ill' _ l ' _ ` _ = » 1 »._ __ whengtmstead-of the reduction they had hoped for, »f ' _ _ _ .. the are confronted with a fifteen r cent increase to - 51"” Th” “f"°m°“t “mt °W°*"°d ` I _LI J,” __ i __ _ _ ' - _. _ . i i _ `

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c _ Will Soon be Ringi;ng

It is impossible tor you to appreciate what our careful buying

means, until you see our g00dS and Bel Q01' PHCCS- _

Read our list given below. It w1ll_furnish some valuable sugges-

tions. Check the items ot interest and bring it along when you visit our store.-

‘Chocolates ` K"d°k9 '

Parisian Ivory Goods Walkin! Sfkkl .

~ Perfumes Toilet Waters

Manicure sets T"il‘2' Set! _ _ Shaving Sew Shaw/ig Brushes ' `

Sh I M S - Mirrors s.i`§r"§..fff. ` “"2" S"°v°

7 'Travelling Rolls

Cale°¢5ir Mounts Cigarettes ' C5331? ` Cigarette Cases ,

_ Cases _ gniokers

P5998 Cigars Hum’dors

T°b3_°_¢° Polwhes Hair Brushes

Military Brushes not writer banter

Chamois Vests playing' Cmllii

hlickel Plated Bottles __ .Thqmos Bowes Fancy'Soaps Clothes Brushes

- Thermos Lunch _ kits Etc, Etc, Etc ?

When you visit our store other things will also besuggested as ' ’

'suitable for gifts _ , _

We want YOU to visit our store and look through OUR HOLIDAY

STOCK just as often as you wish, whether you are ready to buy .or~ not;

Johnson & Johnson

Y .

' The Quality Drugstore

_ Cor. Kent & Prince Streets

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though the policy of i serpdiiig relp- thousand per; m_onth._ “It |g_ believstl forcements by drafts instead of com- that this tlguré during the winter

plete rsgtments will tend to c/xpedlte wlltl be materially increased, so that ~ the mo ement overseas, while the mlnlimum " number of

Recruiting is now going ulicuil at troops ln the country wlll be' maln-

the rate between six and seven tained, the needs- of overseas organ-

' ~ lziitlon will be fully met..

t _

MEN IN CANADA.

or'I‘AwA, Deo. 17-A mtnimiim 'of

or llfty thousand soldiers

H. = _= AJ ,_ -5- i 1 --11' “-

g weakness. They had to have the stage properly set.

ut in most vulnerable fashion. In the meantime, the rmies of Von Mackensen and Falkenhayn were ga-

iania and get Bucharest began. The Roumanians

xperience disabled them. 'I`h_e Germans got Buchar- st, got large stocks of foodstuffs, and their stage was

Without minimizing for a moment the importance

f the Tcuton gains in the Balkans, let us not forget

gan; A. Bii<lman._Summerslile; J. S.

Glace Buy; A. Il. ihosgrove, Mldgell.

Vl(`,'l‘0RIA.- ll. ll. (lox, Morell;

Russell (3. (‘.lurk. Mt. Sttewurt; tl. B. Morris, Summernlde; (‘.'l~‘ulriill l~‘lsher, Montreal; Mrs. G. l{. Prowse, Murray Harbor; Georgc- lt., Kcofe, Summerslde; A. G. Mercer, Halifax. i

QUEEN- l). C. Morvon, (Yardl-

McNailly, Siimmerstda.

DIILY SELECTIOIIS _FOR Ullljlllllll. lEl_D'El8

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Furnished by _ viil's'."_t.»i_i»`ii., ' __

` A i_rr1't.e wi-in.s.

lt la so natural that _'pie falthsleep

Llkp tired clilldyep- vghcn _the day ls_

.i~. done. A; at ___ '__;_»..:..,__

Thattl would q_\iest_n,_.,-..W Y 008 ri. =t"'»:;~f'°sft»i“

en den ha _éféh e laughing

lips of 'i"~`. L.

Wo do not slgligwllen - K0l0€n Ski”

have dohlléd '

Carve-ll,Freetown'; G. R‘. Shank, _I

ll _ New York Fur Auction ’

-. ' ' ‘H _ *i ' i __ _

_ A Sales Corporation.

_ Announces that 1t’s next '

Public Fur Auction Sale

l ` `

V -will be held on ~ ._

January 22nd.1917

‘ And days following _

_ Si{lPMENTS for this sale must be in New York by January 8th. ' 'Early '

'strhi ht`l'lne” com anies willbe in order, andthe 3 .- g ' . P \ 3'- '

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coinpaiiics for the war tax, scents inexplicable and that the- trtic military positiortpas between the main

- __ NQTES _

Wh#-L-yan-.L-¢`

ing planned by a New Hampshire town, is to in l

tot-----_ ____ _

The i>uri>:_B shadow Bhd.. 199, Km’ 0'

nlg t,” "" '_.,' '_ _ I

Because we' f~li’tt_i%;.`~_3"¢he..-IIl,_<>l‘lIll\8 U05 beym,¢,._i»< ooo-.. _'

And'we mus\t..»wB_l£-_n_ little. while f0"-

So when wn weary with, the card

_ and strlfe, ‘fgff-`-_ _

40nr.-loverli ones- tlnd ln ,all,__ ' lhb ' '-.»-= peaoethey. crave, ~“_ _ __ Wg should not weep. Nh;-!°°|`" W, . _J count mls llfe- , .~`.l_ " A prelude to thd onepégqnd the

grave; if- _ = _

Amrtiiiir no happy torxm uc not dl#

tres _ _ . .

B, -

,But _ll_f_t your”hearts with lure to tlod

and smile, 1 2

And we,- anon, tlko'tll~ed ones will

,‘ ~ _l‘0ll., ‘ .g i 'len we witihopo iiilii won- A moo

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av ¢t.i.A n¢nlri.¢v .

mnngqéts-I

- _ _ Further details on request _ ~,, New York Fur Auction Salesj

shipments are solicited in order to' insure proper cataloging. All merchan-

dise will be stored and insured free of charge. '

We make tne usual advances when requested, on receiot of goods. _

_ b A charge of 5 p. c. is made on all goods sold, plus 1 p.c. dlscouttttn the _ uyer. _ ' ~ -

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48, 50,' 52~Great_Jones`Street New ¢l¢,&',~ l _

. _ _ ,_. ,.

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_ With childrei;(playin_|____o1_t _the streets _pr in ' _ ._ t * ' ' pe i" ii l S .

leY\;_/ay? or bac y_i:rds_It;»hne wonders yy at ev iatipn ~ _ _ . *__ _ H 0v°"h°es_ Gaitem smwhok Mwc“hm_Feuau _ » _Aukbt

. all

Purple, A an¢lli¢htBlu;Grey, min anRed et? 8 so

_ _ ay' o or city parii. ”_ ere"is.somet ing prop eic_ _ 7. -i ‘pt . ‘~"ff‘ R W . _,LH 'I _ I . h ~ .V _ :__ __ L A » I- “_

Paying H0. l"’¢m\1I.m8 Wl'|¢l1'lll¢f¢ 1f¢ 110 IOGBCS- Th# in_th_e,announcement_ recently 1_nade_that a model patlk,lt _ - _fg3¢,N $Wn 'evglillg m §i dst! _ , R__D¢»

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great mnfoifity of policy; _holders -have been paying heavy premiums year-after year without ri dollar of c

___ ___ ____ _ __ _ _ _ not ri fmiisii op, _;iir¢_¢ iimiriii diamond., _two , _:___ _ _ yi yi gpRkM_;5q__;y.y,.¥.¢_&tWei~§r;l_t¢k¢y boon, Rubb¢r»,rot£"oindi.;f,it¢_’t§iiifit;ipari, nuttin c ttot e- _snrance companies ant now. wien :i oss- tennis courts, racel rac s, umping pits, and ttree _ .j”_.. T2. , __ _ _ _ 80 to __ ‘ _ an ‘ ue' f l'~_ , ,_ - . " \ _ occurs, they are expected to make it good. ' _ playgrotirltli' for “boys and two for girls. just -what "° ‘ ‘_. - __ Ii' ';_('_ FOR t’h¢LI|1¢`iB.'E Tf')1'5*.-Pretty Pdl_éht"Bft'Jhi, ¥§luie,_G`t‘.:{, and W.|ifé"l’0pb) MlccUll1!,"C'l0c..'£atn

'Chn`rIottetgiyn, with .its splendid. [ire fighting the `edate ad_u|_t__ will beexpected to,dolin such a--platter "T ~ 3 Whlteld rn" l_S||lfP¢l'9~ ‘ , '_ » `_ o-

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__¢qaippi'ai0§tid"[4)|§|igi;i1l' qgoiepifql an ~j¢iig1;_ntl1;. .iii mr.iiii»liiit.'._i’I»a?,_vatt, ilawo, tit"=ii tiiiieriiaye ,j“1°M__ 7 c _..i. gp - _ _ ‘ '_ ~ ~ " ¢9s*ill¢,_!l29“t §5»<2<19»_'S.¢.s\tts.fl.9".th.¢ resemmeddatioi .flu iipbfnmily of Phyins the f°l= of the i»'¢¢f¢»*¢<l ‘ “ef ' ' O' .»i.. We (fs O *F " ' B R ,O Q i

M oi Undgrw¥iter.' spectator. *‘ - -- ..._ _ -J .L‘;..'i-'l’)`i4"` - In in-A Y i _ ’ L Z' T03; "9" "<“&i’ lr 'aw »<4.»'9’ll'r -1 ~ ~»-»\‘.'°i.i. .1 , .,-- "ru, ,.- H" -airy ' - '-wk

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