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(Special to theh Guardian) SHANGHAI. July 2'1. — The Nan- irlng nationals government took the final plunge today in the direction of tariff, autonomy. and isnorlns the treaties and foreign merchants protests, published a complete lull- ury tariff list with schedules run- nlng from 15 to 60 percent.

United States merchants. sorely distressed held a meeting yesterday and decided on a strong protest to Washington but local and official authorities did not hold out much hope for itself, except the possibil- ity of inducing the nationalists to postpone the enactment of the new law for several months in order t0 enable the readlustments to be tak- en care of. .

The government has not yet pub- lisbed the lists of general products "which will fall within the 12-1-2 per ‘cent schedules, but will include iron. steel products, machinery and flour, also the government's inte tions to- ward kerosene are not kn wn. llbreign authorities in Shanghai today took drastic action against the increased taxes on the ground that the Chinese are not represent- ed in the adnTiiiistraticn oi the set- tlement.

_ British Expert _

Arrives In Ottawa (Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Ont., July 27. —-—l"red- erlcir Palmer. British engineering expert who has been retained by the dominion goverhmenttc report upon the Hudson Bay harbor devel- opment at Port Nelson and Fort Churchill, arrived in the capital to-

day from England. "Hewas accom- .. panied by E. J. Bnckton. prominent .

engineer of London, England.

Mr Palmer will leave Ottawa early tomorrow morning for Hudson Bay with the official party which includ- es l-lon. Charles A. Dunning. Minist- er of the Department of Railways and Canals, and Major Graham Bell t e DepliW Minister; "It is hopes- si le for me at‘ present to pass any Judgment on‘ the relative merits oi the Hudson Bay ports." Mr. Palmer said today. I NOTED fifffkglfl Junie-r FAS-

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TORONTGS July 27. -—-Mr. Just- ice Haughton, ‘l. S. Lennox, Judge of‘ the High Court Division oi the Supreme ‘Court of Ont, rio, died at his home here’ ioillgh‘, aged 77. after an illness of slightly more than three weeks; He was unable toisko his place as vacation judge at the beginning oi July on ac- count of illness and thereafter did nobreturn to Osgood Hall.

Mr. Justice Lennox was appoint- ed io the bench 15 years ago and was a. former members of the Com- mons for Simcoe.

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Coming Events, i l I ' Meetings’ Etc ,,°'lnqbire Rd Chronic Diseases 112 jiirhioa sum. Dr; Clift. Don't delay. recovery in’ next throe flltliithu. _ " 80884.] 587i 3. "The MSt. l‘$i!rBl'5__Di‘i1muii(/; Club presentsJ sir wan staged Comedy Drama, "The Wayfarers". at St. Peter's on Thursday. July 28. Good specialities. All welcome.‘ "Warning-alien? forget _ big show,‘ cool-pillows. Friday, ‘Morita- sull; ‘ "a * " llilr-i-zv-zl “fifilleserve Tliuildsy 28th for

Lawiir Party atitiee Point. Dane» ing and other attractions.

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growing revolt in G. 0. P. ranks.

World's Largest Aeroplane Being Built in Germany

(Special to the Guardian)

NEW YORK, N. Y., July 2'7. -—'I‘he largest aeroplane in thc world is now being constructed by Dornier at Priederichshaffen, Germany. It is a. huge flying bird ‘made entirely of metal, and. will carry 100 passeng- ers. It will weigh loaded 50 tons or 100,000 pounds, of which half will be useful load. that is passengers. fuel and equipment.

No such jump in the size of aero- planes has ever been attempted. The Dornier Metal Bautln, the com- pany which builds the largest flying boats made other large flying boats, notably one which Captain F. T Courtney is about to fly across the Atlantic, and a larger type which has taken up 68 people on a stunt flight.

Three Killed In" a Aeroplane Accident

(Canadian Press) BERLIN, July 27. —'l‘lireo pcrs oils were killed mid two injured this afternoon wllcil n passenger aeroplane of Lufthansa (ho Cor- mnn nlr service mot with an ac- cident and was damaged by fire The accident occurred between (lasso! and (liossen. I

Princes Dine With Premier And Mrs. Baldwin

(Canadian Press) _

On board the Empress of Australia July 27. -—(By wireless to tlie Cana- dian Press)-Thelr Royal Highness es. the Prince of Wales and Prince George dined with Premier and Mrs Baldwin and Captain R. G. Latta. commander of the. Australia, last evening and later attended a dance in the ball rooin.

‘The ball room as usual was well filled with dancers who were eager- ly looking forward‘ the appear- once of theirroy ers. The Prince of Wales seems to enjoy the dances more than any other feature, of ship life and with his brother has been a regular at- tendant. The skill and liveliness of his dancing delights all who see m.

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The royal passengers ‘spend a great deal of ‘timaln th gymnas- ium. throwing thojnedicine ball and tstriding the mechanical "camelfij While it is undoubtedly a poor sub- stitute for ahunter ore. steeple- chascr the Prlncelof Wales seems very much attached to it. The high winds and bee»: ‘scljlsiwhicli beset the ship yesterd‘ y have given away to improved wehthor cbndlt- ions and the prospectsp-aro good for the remainder oi the trip.

Round oi- ' ~ Maritime Golf .. fMeet Finished

QgDBIUCKJN. n. July 2'1. - frile" qt ‘iind championship oi thaflfteenth meet of the Maritime Provinces Golf Association finished this "morning showed Frank Melkle of Halifax beaten by TomMcAvily otfliint John. '.

,3, R, l, Boinset, Charlottetown favored as a champion lost out to R. Daflildoti. heist. . The-results eludedpc. J. Jones. Woodstock onejup on A. V. Saund- srnkohsrilz“ n. Dav" Amherst, one up on 3.11. E. Poinset. Charlottetown-l '

The second division players also completed their olny- ‘rho mull-t included: H. H. Stetson. St. John defeated Charles Mo! n. i‘-

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Frank 0. Lowden, former Illinois governor who may oppose President Coolidge for the United States pre- sidential nomination, as a result of

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Government Excep- V tional Powers.

(Special to the Guardian) DUBLIN, July 27. —President William T. Cosgraves positive de- claration before the Dail Eireann today fixing the responsibility for the murder of Kervin _O'Higgins on the extreme wing of the irregular army secured the passage of his public safety act. Some membe , believing that the murder was due to private ven- geance, had hesitated to accord the government the exceptional powers the new measu c provides for. Par- ticular objection was taken to em-

documents, imprisonment for the possession of seditious documents and deportation of suspicious per- sons.

The question was asked where deported persons would go. and it was assumed they would be unable to get passports. But Vice Presi- dent Blythe said that the persons aimed at were only dangerous lm Ireland and that passports would be given them to go anywhere else.

Sad Deathlli Mar- cellus MacGuigan

Many will learn with deep ro- gret of the onrly death oi’ Marcell- us MncGuignn, son ni’ Dr. J. D. and Mrs. Macfliilgan, which took place last evening at seven o'clock at his homo on Richmond St. at the age of twenty yours.

Marcellus was u 4th year stu- dent nt Si. Diuiaiaira University but was compelled to forego his studies on account of illness.’ From that time he was confined to his’ bed, with the exception of the month of May when he seemed to have improved sufficiently to he up amund but sickness again over- took him and he look to his bed until his spirit passed lo ils Crea- tor. '

Dilrlilg his illness ho was millis- tered l0 by Doctors and nurses, cs- pecially by his ilocpiy ilercnved mother who remained faithfully by his side. l-Ic was also attended almost daily by Rev. Monsignor McDonald during his illness.

Marcellus was a most popular young man who endeared himself to all by his unassuming manner. ills record at his studies bespoke u future oi great promise, and hie early death from complications re- sulting from rheumatic fever will be deeply felt by his relatives and friends.

Besides his bereaved parents, he also leaves to mourn his loss folir brothers and four sisters. One bro- ther Elliot is "a member of the Jesuit Society.

Tile Guardian joins in extending to the bereaved family, heartfelt sympathy.

Annual Rifle Matches Begin l Next Week

The Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Provincial Rifle Association will be held on the Kensington Range next week commencing on Tuesday. August-Znd and continuing Wednesda and Thursday. Great Preparations are being made to make the event the-most success in in history and a record entry list is expected.

Over one thousand dollars in cash prizes will be paid out and. in addi- tion the Governor Generals Med- ‘aisandthe Dominion of Canada. Medals will be awarded to the best marksman.

Among the matches to be fired are: , '

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Silver Black Fox Marsh." etc, etc.

Caretaker Smith has almost every- thing in readiness for the big meet- ing she evezaftemoon thsre are plenty/of g men-get ginprec- tlce for week. ‘ courteous Secretary, Lt. Co. '0: Milli. V. D.. is prepared to tloceot entries on Saturday for squadding. .

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coupon. iuiy 21. - Parlia- mentary s, "l---- to the new prayer book was indicated by a meeting of 70* members‘ of me l-louse of Commons of all parties. presided over by Ronald McNelll, financial secretary oi the treasury, which passed a resolution favoring

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French Ambassador

To Protest’ Soviet Propaganda

(Special to the Guardian) PARIS, July 27. —Jean I-Ierbette. French Ambassado at Moscow who recently spent two weeks in Paris, returned to his post bearing instruc- tions that the Soviet government be informed that Communist propa- ganda in France is becoming intol- erable to French public opinion, it was learned today.

fice says that M. Herbette was not instructed to make official repre- sentations involving both govern- ments in an exchange of notes, oi- ficlal circles are certain that he was to make the Soviet government cog- nizant in an informal and unofficial ‘manner of the sentiment of ‘the French people and government.

M. Herbette called upon Floreign ~Mlnister Kbhitcherin‘ on» thevery day of his arrival back at Moscow. While in Paris the French Ambass- ador, to Moscow had conferences with President Doumergue, Premier Poincalre and Foreign Minister Briand and also discussed ilhc Rus- sian propaganda sltuation with prominent personalities of the press commercial. industrial and banking worlds.

Swimming Meet Will Be Held At Waegoltic Club

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX, N. 8., July 2'1. —— An- nouncement was made today that the Maritime outdoor swimming championships would be held at the Waegwoltlc Club here on September 3rd next. The meet will be open to both men and women and there will be no entrance fee. "fhere will be ten events, swimming and diving. This will be the first time the Mari- time meet has been held in five years. ‘ .1 p!

1,000 Deaths _ Reported In British India ~ (Canadian Press)

LON ON, July 2'1- -An uncon- firmed report from Amherabad. Bombay presidency, British India, states that 1.000 deaths occurred in the native state of Baroda as the result of a reservoir, fifteen square les in area bursting its banks and coding surroundirig villages. Com-

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mun‘ ' betweei " V‘ y an Boroda are cut off. ‘

Mussolini’s Cap 0i Fate Proves True

(By British United Press.) ROME, July 27.-A cfsclosure. which many people regard as an explanation of Mussolini! escapes from-attempts on his life, is arous- ing considerable discussion in It- aly ' " '

-For many eyars ll Dues has car- riediwiilivllfm . .a wfhite skull curl "whlchbeionged .to Pope" Pius X. lknown as “The; Saint,"

~.'l‘hi-s,oap was - passed on to his sister by the Pope, and she.‘ in her last illnesspwhan extremely poor, was, by Museollnfs orders, ‘cared for by the State. in gratitude she boqueathodyher preckuis relic of "The Saint" to the Dictator of Italy. ‘ ‘

Since then it heeullwaysv-been with him. iDin-ing the daytime he carries it in a waistcoat pocket near his heart. and at night it is under his pillow. ' ~ , At is a remarkable fact that Mus- sblini has had more miraculous eboapesirom the sssaseiifs hand than any other-public matter-to».

Rumanla, is reported to be making former Crown

said. hopes to oust Prehiierloh B tlano,

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Order Houses by Convention in Saint John.

SAINT JOHN, July 27.-Resolu- tions asking for a further reduction in sales tax; a tax on mail order houses: a prosecution affirms de- ceiving the public by fraudulent ad- vertising; protesting against the re- duction in parcel post rates and a decision to co-operate with other as- sociations in the remedying of price- cutting on nationally advertised goods. were some of the most im- portsnt adopted at the meeting of the Dominion Board of the Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada, held in the Admiral Beatty Hotel, last evening, concluding the second day of their convention in the city. W. M. Atkins of-Gull Lake, flask, chairman of the resolutions com- mittee, presented the report to the meeting. The report included 2B resolutions of which 20 were unani- mously adopted as submitted; one was carried after having been am- ended; flve were set over for con- sideration after being discussed; one concerning ‘bank practices wag ordered redrafted and will be brought up at a later meeting, and another was not considered as‘ it was embodied in another resolution that had been passed.

Bank Loan Practice

An important discussion took place last evening on a resolution bfoilslit in regarding the practice of blinks rollarding loans. T. Coote, of Edmonton, Alta... in speaking to the Yfiwllitlon. said that he found where the banks had a monopoly invarious Place“ "WY Chilled arbitrary amounts for the handling oi.’ a nier-‘ chant's accounts ‘while in other plac- es no charge was made.

Several other members spoke in the-resolution, which would bring this practice and other matters or banking-basin before the Bank- ers‘ Associatlo" The s solution was ordered redrafted.

George F. Thornley of Toronto. secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Fall‘ Trade League. who isattend- 1H8 the convention, spoke to the meeting on the‘ resolution regarding the co-operatlon of the Retail Mer- chants Association with the Canad- ian Flair Trade League and other associations to remedy the evils of price-cutting. He pointed out that Ontario was the centre of this com. petition and that the support of Retail Merchants’ Association was eagerly looked forward to, in this regard. a

Considerable arguments ' were heard in connection with the reduc- tion of the sales tax. The Ontario members were strongly in favor of a total abolition of the tax on wear- ing apparel. This was opposed by many of the members and the res- olution reading that way was am- ended to read. "a further reduction in the sales tax."

ST. JOHN. N. B.. July 2'1. —-J. T. Crowder, of Toronto and Vancouver president of the Canadian Pair Trade League; was elected presi- dent of the Dominion Board of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada here today. Regina. Sask.. was selected for the dominion con- vention oi the board for 1920.

Piiwiiiihop. Famous Eiig-lish School

(By ‘British United Press.) DONDON, Jilly 27.—~Dr. Cyril Norwcod, headmaster of ‘Harrow School, combines his scholastic duties wit‘ btoso of a pawnbroker. The pewubroking business is an old-established one. It is, indeed, so old that no one in Harrow ex- cept Dr. Norwood and the police knew of it until the other day. when a press representative call- ed to pledge ‘his watch with the headmaster, and thus became his first customer.‘ '

Tile scholastic "pawnbroksr" begged, in niock apprehension, that hdsiioiild iiotbe exposed.

‘ll bad hoped," ‘lie said, "fljliat nobody knelt ofthe skeleton in Hawaii's. cupboard. Yes’. it is irue..tli'at ll "pay $60 a" year for m!‘ police license to lend‘ iiioniiy on your; watch and‘ other people's waldies. , Business ‘is not good, though. You are. as a matter of faotuniy first customer. and l real- ly do not know whatlsirrloing to do about it. You see, l haven't any tickets (or wllstaier itili that pswnbrokers use). and I an: not st all sure ‘what l should charge on an advscim!" = ‘g -4 f‘ ‘Wiieh Danni-wood pain ~w suc- ceed Unfit-label‘ llortIat , I: he look ddttiie license that ‘if

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tHAilBElilAlllS STATEMENT I REGARDING NAVAL tllNFEIi

Foreign Secretary declares misapprehéiifi}

ion prevails In some quarters regard- ing aims of British Government.

(Special to the Guardian) LONDON, July'27. ‘—Slr Austen

Chamberlain. the Foreign Secret- ary,‘ in a statement in the Com- mons, regardlng the Naval Confer- ence at Geneva, eaid that in the opinion of the Government there would be difficulty in arriving at a temporary arrangement re- garding the immediate future of

Dr. H. B. A ’ Canadian medical man who, after

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much . ‘_ lias- exploded the claim that Robert Burns, Scottish poet, died a ‘drunkariPs death. lie died‘ from rheumatism and heart disease, he secures;

cruiser building. Sir Austen added, however, ‘that the British Empire could not be asked to give to any such tempor- ary arrangement the of an immutable principle which might be treated as a precdent.

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World's Poultry Congress. Opened In

"Despite the efforts of our dele- gates at Geneva, some misappre- hension of -the aims of the Brit- ish Governmcnt still prevails in some quarters." continued lilo For- eign Secretary. l-lla Majesty's Gov-

Canadian Capital

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, July 2'1. -With forty two countries officially represented the third World's Poultry Congress was opened in the Canadian capital this morning. Nearly five thousand people. including delegates and members from five continents were present, when Hon. W. R. Mother- well; Minister of Agriculture for Canada. initialed proceedings. Some forty two states of the Ameri- can unlon_ were represented while all nine provinces of the dominion had delegates in attendance.

Centenarian Puzzle

(By British United Press.) PARIS, July 27.—-The Paris pol- lqeuige-itiqylng to solve sn idbntifi- catlonlilurilo. he central figure m which-is a-reputed centenarian. Jean Baptiste Tourenne, a ro- tlled reilweyman who for more than 40 years has drawn a pension from the State Railway, has, ac- cording to his own account, enter- ed upon his IOOthyesr. ‘He says he saw the frst railway to be built in France and worked on the line. He is stillin the best of health. 31ml lllvllfih his imouzilliiche was white his hair is only slightly grey and he looks no older than 60. He was prepaiing to celebrate his cen- tenary when the manager of tile ra‘lway company received an an- onymous letter stating that Jean Baptiste Touranne "was not a cen- tonarian but was the GGyears-old son of Jean Baptiste. The son was supposed to have died in 1900. Father and sou, said the writer, had the same name. and since 1900 tbs son had been impersonating his father. whose pension he has been draw g, ~ The railway company