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oiuni-'Tino News rs THE THEATRE or wiiii

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Serbian Army out

portant Victory

Successiul dperailons. ol lirenc

Navy. Three marines Sunli.

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C (Special to the Guardian.)

PETROGRAD, Feb. 16.--An olllcial

n superior numbers and who will co-

operate with tho Allies in the lllierii-

rinnouncoment has been made that th

Russians have captured blrzcrinu. Grand Duke Nicholas has telegrapiicd

the Emperor as follows:-_“tied ha granted brave troops of army til' th

Caucasus such great help that lflrzcr-, NEVV-’ YORK, Feb. 16.--A. New

pt Danger. lm

G man Sub- . . ,

er " found that in tilteon years the cost. ot: manufactured farm products. ' 'l‘lie

intact of the valiant troops who have been obliged to yield momentarily to

tion ol' their- country."

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f~ (Special to the Guardian.)

um hes bean talocn after five days of Agency despatch from Parts says: unprecedented assault. l am inex- "Echo de Paris reports three German i\i‘BSSiV0lY halilly to nriiloiinre this submariiies sunk in the Adriatic l

o e' .' '.” .

victory t your imp rinl Majesty

"K-\eciai to the Guardian.)

PARIS, Feb. 16.-Enipei'or Nicholas aeroplanes carried out ii. raid on the commission was appoimed and much

o town and camps of Strumitsa, Bul-

has sent the following telegram t President Poincarc:-~“Just receive

self removed from all danger. Thank

to the efforts of the French Govern ment y , President, my warmest and most

hearty congraulutloiis for the ai

‘win

by l~‘reiich criiiscrs."

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON. Feb. iii.-»~'i‘hirteon Frcnel

ti garis, yesterday. according to a Reute

their busc untouched.

d

France 'has generously given to our Special to the Guardian.)

valiant Allies so cruelly tried in th

course of their heroic struggle against PARIS, Feb. 113.-Judging from an

r

0

the common enemy." (Sgd.) Nicholas rofiicial communication from the Wa

President. Poincare replied as fo

S to-day. Increased gold supply with

1' b f th -

news that the Serbian army finds it despatch from Salonikl. The mach- Bom e WM and me wmmions

s Ines dropped l58 bombs, causing sev-,

eral fires. The machines were sub-` d |53 h M D ll , i _

I wish to address to ou Mr jectcd to severe tlrc, but returned to ZQSZQ%“_.§0Ix:1s'§10(;J1:§.%(}i_Cggg?e§sx:H1

1 incon Do ut Minister of orted foods; of 65 per cent iii raw that there is in some cases evidence of

l- Office to-night, the heavy lighting

lows:--"Our military mission and oui which has been in progress in Artois

Y

and Champagne has considerabl

_cANApA, rupgsnsg. i-EBRUARY 17. , .1916

(From our Own Correspondent.) I

OTTAWA, Féb. 16.-That tho ib-

creased cost of living in Canada was due to the operation of broad economic influences, and that these influences wiere particularly well marked in Canada as a borrowing country and under the conditions of rapid settle- ment, large capital expenditures and the siilftiiig of population, is the sub- stance of a lengthy report by thc special commissloii on the high cost of living brought down in the House

consequent decreased purchasing power ot' money, ri higher standard .ol living, waste and extravagnuee by adults and commiiiiltics, and the for- mation of trusts and mergers, are

I cited uf; eoiitrliiiitory caiisos. The

of its investigation was performed,

I

dealt with are conditions as they then existed The commission was -coni-

J. I.V..t. -Dy -f | Iuliuid llovciiuc. Tho <-.oinmlssion

iiioii cosi oi=_i.iiiiiio coiiiriiissiori _ suoiiiiis iiEPoiiT To i=iiiii.iiiiiiEiiiT

lixhaustlve liiiormatioii- Laid lieiore the llouse ot

by Russians. and Commons Yesterday. Contrlbuiory Causes Cited.

hi General lnereaseiiiikents Noted.

living had increased by about fifty per cent in a list of 252 articles selected from the entire field of pro duction. It was found that there had been a rise of 48 per cent. since 1900. while retail prices of more than thirty staplearticles of consumption advanced 40 per cent. Rents increased in this period from sixty to seventy per cent. Statistics are submitted to show that the upward movement was not confined to Canada. but wah world- wide. The report dlspoaes of the theory that responsibility for iiic-reused prices rests upon the cuetomT tariff. This, the commissioners says, is a tax paid lu part by this consumers and iii part by the exporter. Without the-se taxes others would he necessary. The wmmisaioners point out that the greatest advance has been made in commodities which are least affected by the tariff'or on which there has been no tariff increase during the period under review. They quote as examples an advance of 44 per cent. in the textiles and 32 per cent. in im-

P farm produce and G2 per cent. in

demand of the people for better things and the raising of the standard of living throughout the civilised world. suggests to the commissioners that the problem should be considered ' rather as the cost of high living. Discussing industrial efficiency. the commissioners say there is a lack of a proper system of vocational training and state that Canadians now work shorter hours than over before and have a greater number of the idle and lnetilclent in their midst. The failure to keep pace in the production ol' agri- cultural foods with tho increase in the population is illustrated with figures, as tho very imports of food stuffs it is found that there had been waste on the part of individuals in purchasing in small qiiantitios, iii tho disregard of nutritious-vaiueg and in the sphere waste of cooked foods. “There is no doubt," the commissioners say, " that some prices are appreciably raised at times through the operation of mono- polies, industrial combinations. mer- gers and trusts." As to this, they say

a possible contravention oi' the law.

navy, which is in accord with Britisi-

n I lian naval authorltie in s ite slackened. Soiitlreast of St Miiiic

n d is ~ s, .p of great difllculties, have accomplished the artillery bombarded thc enemy

complete rescue ol' the Serbian ni-in

ty'g fiellcitations. Franco is proud t

l

_\', organisations in tiio forest of Apro-

wlll bo much touched by your Majes- ment and also shelled roviclualiin

. it

o convoys of Gm-niunp in tho Valley of

have contributed to the preservation Alsnc. . ,

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Special to the Guardian.)

NEWI YORK, Feb. 16.-The Repub-

lican national campaign will be fougl

HEIIII IIEIIIIIIG

Special to the Guardian.)

N N Feb 16-A British

it LO DO , . . _

on deltiands for adequate military pre- official report on the operations in

psredneds and tariff reform oppositio to granting early independence to th

n Flanders issued to-day tells of heavy e artillery and hand grenade engage-

Philliliihes and insistence on vigorous ments on _thc llnc of the i<'prcs~Comines stand for American rights in Mexico, Canal and Ypr-es-Cominos railway.

and in relation to the European war. -Elsewhere the day has been quiet.

Aooonliag to "key Note." the plat-I form ,was adopted to-day by u Repub- lican state convention.

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couroiiis roii , our soi.oiEii Bois

Rubber lioots Wanted ,

ii .liiiiip to uso Aliiiost Yesterday. Sii\iS¢riii~ i.'iir.°T '"rrii'i ,Q-"W0 IPS 0. ll el' j G! gnteed. ‘Subscriptions Should be Sent lielay to the lion. Treasurer. .dyatlmaii. Royal Bank, -Charlottetown.

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week yesterday since

for funds

B

IDBDY fllhfly

BIB

at b ta lille the otlloers went

(:omrfg:t,iibl‘;robo:tcd in rubbers. The

Charlottetown have now the opportu- nity of putting ofllcers and men on the seine rooting ia this respect and it 'is

o no they will not be-slow -to

to be h p

avail themselves of lt. ` Til.-. following subscriptions bsvo

Dorseyl `

people of Sunimerside, as well as ln(

A special meeting of the Patriotic

Fund Committee and other citizens was held yesterday afternoon at half- past two o'clock in the Legislative Assembly Chamber, His Lordship the Chief Justice. Sli' W. W. Sullivan, President of the Fund, in presldlng,,to take into consideration the suggestion that February 29th, 1916, be set aside as a day on which an extra effort should be made to augment the Fund by a contribution to it of that day’s earnings and income of everybody in the province.

The meeting was a splendid example

of the patriotism of the merchants and employers of labour of Charlotte- town, who devoted not a little of their valuable time to discussion of the sub- ject and spared no pains in arriving at a conclusion which will no doubt be entirely satisfactory and result in con- siderable benent to the Patriotic Fund. The movement will embrace the whole province, so that the 29th instant will be a day of interest to every person in Prince Edward Island. The atten- dance at the meeting was fully repre- sentative of the business interests of Charlottetown, while members of he Bar were also present. Those present, besid-es the Chief Justice, who pre-

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TO BE OBSERVED AS I SPECIAL PATRIOTIC DAY

Representative Meeting oi Merchants and other Citizens

Reid in Legislative Assembly Chamber Yesterday

III IIIIIIIEHS important Resolution Passed.

Jenkins, Jas. Paton, M.L.A., H. Wu Binning, L. .E. Prowse, S. A. McDon- aid, C. R. Smallwood, C. G. Duily, J. Gordon, J 0. Hyndinan, John McLaren, Horace McEwen, E. 0'M. Iteddin, Percy Pope, A. W. Stems, A. A. Allcy, Wi. L. Cotton and J. li. Burnett.

The chairman. in opening the meet-

ing, announced its object. it was not a very large meeting, he said, but it was a. very representative and intliien- tial one. It had been called by the corporation known as the Patriotic Fund Committee for the purpose of considering a proposition that had been under the consideration of the Fund for some short time. That pro- position was this: that as this was a leap year there was one dey more than in last year or the two preceding years. and it had been suggeseed that every person should give his earnings for that day to the Patriotic Fund. it was the desire that this should be made as general as possible. Asthey were no doubt aware, the clergymen not only of Charlottetown but of the entire province had been asked to render their assistance in order to augment th.e_ Fund, and circulars had been sent to all the clergyman. The amounts coming in from the country were con-

slded, were: His Lordship Mr Justice Fitzgerald, Colonel ll. H. Campbell, Messrs F. l't. I-leartz, W. K. Rogers, li. V. Buntain, Edwin Aitken, lt. ll.

.siderable, and he would say generous; and he thought a very considerable sum on the whole would be realised

|from that source. Only yesterday

$131 was received from the eastern part of the Island, a small but very patriotic parish, and what was pleas- ing and satisfactory was that it was not confined to half-a-dozen persons. but everyone gave his dollar or 50 cents as the case might be, so that it was fully representative of the people. lt was not proposed that any action taken in regard to the special scheme of the 29th February should in any way interfere with the action of the clergyraen throughout the country. His Lordship then submitted the sub- ject to the meeting, suggesting that a strong committee might be appointed to take action in the matter. BA general discussion then followed. Mr Jas. Paton said that so far as the

dry goods business was concerned. February was one of the worst months of, the year, and it was doubtful whether there would be any net pro- fits this month.

Mr L. E. Prowse wagof opinion that

as the 29th February ould be an odd day and as they might not have another such chance again to help the cause of the Empire, they ought to put forth every effort to make a success of the present scheme. llc did not think any of th-em had yet given to the point of sacrifice, and they should go into this matter heart ; and soul. __ I (Continued on page three.)

ANOTHER GERMAN YARN.

(Special to the Guardian.) '

BERLIN, Feb. 16.-A German ptliclal

report says the British havie made three attempts on the position east of Ypros, which the Germans captured, but they were repulsed with the loss of‘1tJ0 prisoners. The French attempts north-east of Tahure have also been repulsed. There is a driving snow- storm.

THE WEATHER,

TEMPERATURE, . TIDE. Moon, ETc.

‘ gi-"" '_ wt

` ‘ i I rn eaten e on lilm Ave. Ap- mooll rllob this afternoon at °~ 1‘;,°’a‘;,,,,m an," ~

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WEB

recorded

zero 5,

this morning 11.00 itwlill and tomorrow

sun"-lets thiasrttamrpon at 5.89

w a ' ‘: sea tomor-

ntgomrglillt _una ,sous-only at

UONDENSED LDS.

T00 LATE FOR

CLASSIFICATION

ONE CENT per word each inser-

tion for advertising in this column Cash must accompany orders. Mini- mum charges, twentyive cents. , ~io¢Ai." sAusAass ALwAvs`oN __iis_n_d at Holman'e. Charlottetown. BOY WANTED-APPLY 188' QUEEN ' St. ' " 7282-2-10Mtf.

4 cooking stove. Choa . A ly at 280 Euston St. ' ’050£¥-llilitf.

_ lil. l_ 7380.3-12-bfslpd. WANTED A i.Aov ioinosn sooo . accomodations, apply Guardian.

vi 7410-2-18-M2i.

L581' SMALL BUNCH OF KEYS.

Finder please leave here. ‘

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wAN'rEo-o"in'i.i"9'Ii7“aiNzsAi. - housework. Apply 18I‘.Keilt Bt..

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w°TN’r°so","A'°6s u"r7 556`i~.5I6s E665

stable manure. _.Ap&ly' at oillce 258 Richmond Bt. J._ ‘ Donnie. _- I 7401-2-171131.

'ro i.t"r-i-ioues WITH Au. M56 ~ i _ _ ‘ D y 'noir-a-1eitei|gi.N

\ i0UT~ let

April, 5 small lfous or vienn-

Fos'ss'i.“E`.-` No'.'a' i-t6iI\"`e '.i'E`w’Ei.

F55 ss' LE”-Two' Paiii oi=""nso -foxes. H. G. Morrow, North Lake, P.

‘FOR 8Al..E.-- 2 SHARES IN THE

Upton Black Fox Co., will be sold at a bargain. Reason of selling party going on overseas service. Apply Box 103 Charlottetown

7288-2-l0Mtt.

FOR 8ALE,=- 1/M SHARES IN THE

Central Fox Co., Ltd., will be sold at a bargain. Beeson of selling party going on ovlrleas service. Apply Boa: 103 Charlottetown..

7289-2-10Mtf.

T0 fET.- A 8MALE BED!-luum

suttable for nurse or gentleman, in private family with all modern lm- provements including phone. Ap- ply 84 Hillsboro Street.

- 6341-1-7Mtt.

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ron asus, A i=n`cWa'o1'ocnAPH

check writer. This machine was never used and is something that every person using hrcks' should have. can be seen at any time, by applying at this ottlco

, 7208-2-8-Mtf.

PDBITION WANTED In EXPERI-

encod honest woman wishes steady position, liousekeeper. or wmild do housework where thcre's no objec- tions to small child. Address A.

<» S. K. Guardian Office'

74t3_~_2f16-M2ipd.

FUJI §AI;E THAT WILL KNOWN

lydesdale stallion "Masterpiece"

_ No. 13810. Imported in Dam year

1910. Sire, Majestic B\ron,~ Dam.

we olerc. Sire or Sire, was

e. Dam of Sire, Glendale Q een

Sire of Dem, Baron Galloway. Dam .of Dain. New Bpr0\t. Apply to -Chu. lt. W. Palmer. Victoria. bot 89, P. li. island. , 7014-I-l.’iNlCip,d.

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iiiio iiiiuv

man Section oi

(Special to the Guardian.)

OTTAWA, Feb 16.-lu connection

with recent disturbances in Ontario. in which Canadian soldiers have taken cart. Major General Sir Sam iiugiies has issued the l'ollowlng iiistriictionii for the conduct of iriemlwrs of the Janadian forces.

Neither wanton rowdylsin nor rul-

fianly misconduct is discipline, noi' does either become n soldier. such ac- tion may ilnd no place in thi- Cunndinii services

bounded duties and responsibilities us

“The doiiiiin ol 'i soldiorsi uiiiforui

a reputable citizen. On the contrary,

MAJOR-GENERAL HUGHES

oiscii=LliiE 0

___i1_._____-_

tle Lays Down Rules to Guide Men

in Khaki in their Behaviour. This was Necessary in Consequence oi Recent Rowdy Behaviour in Ger-

0ntario.

being in uniform should be, and ii- properly constituted corps is, guaran- tec oi' manly behavior."

“llistory records that the ruiilaii

riirt.-ly provr\.~i iiliuscii’ the iii-nvest. iii tho prvsoiict- of the oneuiy. it is thi- si1li'~c'oiili'ulit-tl iiiziii who prove,-i hini si,-ii' u true soiilit-r,“

“'l`ii¢-.ri-. mu:-it be no yi.-ldini; to fren zy on either hand. This war requiri-I. cool llcails, lirui nilnils and controllr-ii actions imr‘ki~il up with the best iii' iiiaiiii-ill.

'l`hvse iiistriii-tioils nrt- lu'iii|.: soiit

g ._ . .

does not exempt any man from his to :ill district i-oiiiinniidt-rs for trains

inissioii in ull oillrers whetliei' df the militia or the overseas l'oi'cc.

.IUIIII MEIIIIIG III

(Special to the Guardian.)

ing of the I. C. R. telcgrapliers of the Moncton and Truro divisions assembl ed in Amherst last evening and had 'a very harmonious and pleasant busi- 'uess session in the Orange I-lall Blacks Block. Mr. J. D. Mr-.Nutt ol' Truro

presided over the gafhering us chici' telegraphers from the two divisions. Following the business meeting a ban- quet was held at the Amherst Ilotel and an excellent menu was provided by the management of that hotel. Following the banquet the toast list was taken up, J. W. Gunn acting as toast master. Toasts were proposed to the King and the I. C. lt. manage ment, and the addresses given by the different members ot the Board show- ed that there was a spirit of goodwill and good fellowship between the man- agement of the l. C. ll. niui its telc- grnplicrs. There were nvci- forty iueuiliors present.

AMHERST, Feb. 16.-A joint meet-

‘and Mr. D. it. Mitchell. of Moncton"

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II. ii NIELIIN

§ ix:

I.II.H. IEliI§IIlPHiIIS lIIIl SHIPBIIILIIIIIE

in thc llousn of Commons ' in thc

course of ii dlsciission on supply for the l)epai1nit\nt ol` Marino uuil Flsiieries, Mr. A. A. McLean, spokt ss follows on tho uuestiou of Mari limo sliipbiiildiug.

One speaker on the otliei' side stated

that thcro was a turin' on ships lmpor *od into this country. There is :i .ariif on ships imported from foreign oulitrles, but. not ou ships imported 'rom England. ireland or Scotland. Most of the ships imported into Cau- ada are built in Great Britain. Lei us look at the matter in a broad way. it is stated that we can build our own ships. it is possible for us to 'lo so, providing thc steel industries .villengageinthc business of rolling the steel that goes into hcrships? l understand that more than half the ateel going into ships built in great Britain before the war was rolled in Belgium and the United States. li , is true that this stool goes into that -country fren of duty.

l tliiuk that in this llouse thori-

fire enough iucu oi' ability to solvi- iiiis iuicstioii. it may be tlint lt' the duty were taken oil' steel, tho ilrni

Minard'a Llnimen' curel Neuralgla.

tt‘oiiliiiiit'1l nu page iiirof-.)

and Substantial

lor Canada.

(Special to the Guardian.)

O'l"l`AWA, Feb. 16.-The real-:oils

iwhlch influenced thu government. in its opintoii that frco wlieag, is not. u dc- hirabie policy for Canada at present were given to the llousc this nttcr- noon by Sir. Thomas White during ii further discussion of Mr. J. J. ,Tur- riffs resolution for free wheat, wheat products and potatoes to gain tho ad- vantages ot' the uuderwood tariff. The finance minister‘s reasons wore given in number. They worcx-

That any iidvniitago to bc gained

from the opening ot the Ainoriraii mur- ket would not ho n great one since the Minnopolls price would bo affected by the tide of Canadian wlioat. That the advantage would not he n permanent one _since none could say how long the Underwood Tariff would remain in ox- lstance. _ ~

That such s change would involve

a departure from the Canadian Nation- al policy since Confederation. a Doiicy which had sunk hundreds of thousands in Transcontinental Railways imd canals.

That the change. ll' made. would be

made in the midst of the uncertain con- ditions of war and based on those ab nomhl conditions.

Thai, it would probably conflict with

the possible rearrangement of the war. _

Besides Sir Thomas White. speeches

were made by. Blr Robert Rogers for the government and by Mr. Thomas ~McNutt. of Baltcoats, Suk.. and Hon. Frank Oliver fer the opposition.

Hon. Frank Oliver in orithlng the

Finance Ministers attitude asserted

FREE WHEAT NOT -

DESIRABLE POLICY

no oovornmlofsilbfniis Tivo Good

Reasons why Free

Wheat is not ea Desirable Policy

iti-li. wus of ii i'iiii.i':it~.tor to uieet with thi- approval oi' thi- Agriviiltiiral indus tr_\'. ilu i~oiit0ii<li\<l lliut there worl- striklug in roiisistciicics in Sir Thi. m:is’.~i owii statements inasmuch iii if the Amorii-an would not affect. boi tcr pricci-i (‘anndinii wheat would no' iavcl south and that no harm would tiiercfnrc be done to Canadian rail ways. ou the other hand if better pri- rcii were nil`ordcd. Mr. Oliver nsko.i \vh_\' thc farmers should be sacrlilcoii to the transportation iut~ei°osit. ll-i also 4-iu.iri:eil the gn\~criiuif~nt with lini' iiiig the inililiig intcri-sts at hour; rath or than iniy iinpcrliil or iiutlounl cou- siderations. in his opposition to fro. wheat. -‘

<-onine EVENTS,

aNNonNoEmEN'rs,

amnrmos. mo.

_.1-. ‘

ONE CENT per word each laser

tion ei the advertising in this column. Cash must accompany orders. Mini- mum chargos twenty-five cents.

_.__

"The Rev. R. G. Fulton, will live au

illustrated lecture on the Great War. at Braokiey Church. - Thursday l‘llh

lust. Music and home made audi; ad- mission 20 coats. proceeds ln a of Red Creati work. 7837-I-illlti.

"The Rultlco Dramatic Club intend

,- repeating their ploy "Down in Maine" ‘ on Monday February Ilst. There will be atop dancing, and_=solo¢' between acts Should weather ve imfa

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