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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924

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Officer ch35... Fulton 4 Killed by Halifax Desperado.

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX, July 16. —'l‘ilousllnds of people including ills ilcnor '1 leut. Governor Grant, acting rsulier Cameron. Attorney Gen- ral 0‘Heam-, three deputy minist- rs Mayor Murphy and menlberg of be city council, a firing party and guard of honor fronl the 63rd iflea. members of the Masonic taternity, the Croat War Veterans _ Halifax detachmmt of tho ltoyal oulltcd Police, lliillllllllfil of lluli- sx police force, Halifax firemen . nd many others this afternoon at- ended the funeral of Charles ' ltcn~, Halifax police officer who was shot dead Monday evening by l wis Bowls, Halifax gunman. Services were continued in the t. Johnfs Presbyterian Church by W iuister Rev. John Y. MscKlnuon. who was assisted by Dr. Clarence l aeKinnon. moderator of the resbyterian General Assembiey of ’ anadu. Dr. Clarence MacKlnnont tiered a special prayer for the rc- every of police officer Kennedy was also shot by Bovis and ho is today reported improved. rvice from the church to tho metery wasln charge of military, , e deceased officer having had u plundid overseas m-llltary record Y, hile tho commital scrvlce was nducted by the Masonic fratern- Iv.‘

ame Canada For Rise in Wheat Price

‘ (Canadian Pris-l

' N, July lit-Tho increa- n the price of flour since May is blamed upon Canada. Gant- g in wheat futures ls said to {responsible for the riso togeth- ‘with expectations of a late and all crop this year. Elllilish mil . dread their forced ‘raise in , ce to meet the increase in the ice of‘ wheat which is they say f» direct result oi manipulations _ _‘ the Chicago and Winnipeg ‘rain exchanges. Since the begin- ing oi May the price of flour has dvanced more than six shillings

sack.

{t nnounoemonts, .1 Coming * Meetings, Ella.

ates-Go. psi- word sash insertion,

"Reserve Monday, July 81st for c festival st Mal-Infield. a mgr a l:

°Afteroon Tea and Strawberry tlvsl continued today and to- orrow at Government Rouse ll d of both orphanages, ii

"Kelly's Cross Hulk-Ice cream

y evening, 17th. If not fine, will t- held following evening. ' H01 7 l5 .'ll

"A meeting of the New Will- lre Live Btidr Club will ho llt‘lfl the North Wlltshlrs nu on turdsy evening, July 10th. Joint tewsrt, Body. ‘ 3648-71721.

"The Ladle; Aid of New fllns~ w Christian Cburc will hold an . Cream nu sin ry Festival my night. li not IIIIO on Bat- ly night. 2i

"ice Cream sud Stra srry ‘Fol at st Pissed s linol- -- Friday evening July 13th

tulencllq st l p- m. if wutlrst n div. ‘ 1511-14641.

"Auusnfiit llsil~ fleshy mov-

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_ "Como to the lcll. ls oclal nil Dance iii linler lltll on t ursdsy “ab: Jlliyilth. lmllss iudly bring cake. Proceeds, in aid f Emerald School IIC -3l.

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Large Number oi En And Unique Decora Excursion On S.

Charlottetown llarbor presented n. very gay appearance yesterday evening as a long column of bright ly decorated and illuminated yachts and motor bouts gilded over its plucid waiters f ’

Tile bclwllslon was lilo decorated boat parade curried out under the allsplctvl of the Charlottetown Yacht Club, which is certainly to be commended on thc lvorllit-rlul success oi its effort, which elicited a great deal of praise from tho numerous spectators.

Tile entered bouts, drawn by thc Reamer left Gillis’ Whuri nt 8 o'- clock in company with tho S. S. Cons-trance. which bore its full quo- ta of IlllSBCIigula all prepared i'or un enjoyable moonlight excursion.

Prisca of $5.00 ouch were awarded to the iollowillg: Cilas, Moran, A. M, ‘Irwin, Kenneth McDonald and Joseph McDonald.

The judges commended highly the lighting effects on Byng Boy, but as the prizes were for decoru- tlons they didn't fcci justified in awarding this bout it prize.

'i‘ilc Judging was done by Messrs J. A. Webster. J. A, S. Bayer, and ‘ii. C. Brown.

-’I‘llo fdllowing arc the entered boats and their order in the pur- ado:

l.—Ronlncr, A, M. Irwin,

SPIENIJIIIMIJEBIIRAIEIJ Bllill PARADE LAST. Niiliil

2-—I1an|bior, Roberts and Egan. 3—Arethusu. McDonald and ltub- '. '

tries With Original tions-Moonlight S. Constance

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King,

ll-lblholk, it}. nnd J. Flynn.

6-Willolul, Mnhur and lflssery. lvtlllrllcrnid J-, K. Mcilollnld. 8——Mtltor bout. Chas. Moran, 9.-—l<‘oily, Ill‘. A, ii. lfclti. l0——York Pt. Ferry Ilont.

1l---Wh:lle bout lrolll il. .\l. C. S. Patriot,

To tilu strains of thc 1.. nf (I. Band on bunrti the Constant-v, the yacht anti boats ftlliilltllilliilil. with streamers, tings llllil Chinese inn- tems. sllilotl to and fru until utter l0 o'clock;

The high tide allowed the parntln to skirt close to thc Victoria inn-l; breast work ,tu which large nnd in- terested crowds wore drawn.

The scene was further enlivened by "brushes" between the winllo- float frolll thc Patriot nnd the hur- bor ilic boat, ill llllllltlon ll) thc runny nlulur lilltl suil hunts iolltrlv- lng thc jlllfiiilll.

'l‘hc cxcrlrslurllsts on the Constan- co zlrc loud lll their prulsrs of Capt. Bette lor his consideration oi‘ his passengers and the admirable man

Buy. McDonald and

with tho parade throughout.

Fire Destroys Quebec Convent

(Canadian Press.) QUEBEC, July l0-»—-'l‘lle Corl- vent oi the Congregation, Bale Si. Paul. was completely destroyed by fire which broke out shortly after 8 o'clock this evening in tho nor- thern section of the building. Tho less ls estimated at $100,000, part- ly covered by insurance.

There wer ebut six sisters lll tho convent at the time of the lire. ’l‘ll ochurch, standing alongside the convent. was sfighily damaged as were several houses in the neighborhood.

His Sight Restored By Radio Vibrations (CsnsrEllTW-ess.)

SYDNEY, July 16.——A peculiar phenomena is reported from North

'Sydney, where it. is united. Hugh

Roper, aged 87 years, almost total- ly blind experienced nn almost toonvplete recovery of his sight for a period of forty eight hou-rs as a Nsult oi‘ electrical vibrations re. oelved while lhittllllilg in nn n ra- dio concert. (in the morning fol "lowing Mr. Roper who able to dis: tiuguish the hour of day on a small reiook placed at some distance away

Sherinook stilt}; k Arrested for Theft

(Canadian Press) SHERDIIAIOKE. July i0.—~—l\lay'1r William Braolt wnn today £If‘l'l‘l'lll‘(l on n warrant ln which one l‘llll!"llt‘

tlltlvsl. Lottery nu mach Thule-Miner's. mentor Plllplflyvfl by lilo

city. appears as cmuplallllult. Tho Nlllyvlr is charged with bavlnlr tak- en thirt six yards‘ of stone valued at Silylyclonglng to the city of Shorbroolte.

lhlil was flxnd at I500 and lllf‘ May-or was nrtlcrcll to ll|l|ll‘ilf‘ in the District Mglgistruton t-tnlri on Wednesday. 'Mnyor Ilruult lieu-led the charge, say ng it was purl of a scheme tn illifillli him.

"Warning Yen's Mnvirll Stmcinl st Victoria Friday. Murray River Saturday, Vernon Monday. 35164-11121.

"NOTIfYIIJ-Jlleotlng of all in- terested in the building and o r- ating of Power Vessel ml- ow London Harbor will be hold at Stanley Bridge Thursday evening. July 17th at 8 o'clock. 353171881

"Come to the Grand Tos Put! st ilsllldsy's Wharf, Wednesday July :8, Harland lssvu in after- unml for the grout event Splendid ull sad sumptuous rsplll- ll

"A reorganisation msotisg of thc Reform Bwiue Breeders’ As- losibiiou will be held in tho South flittgiq. pguael on Thursday oven-t It at l p. m. All M001- ers interested are as:

.000” to the grand reunion sf seas sud daughters of runes = d at home and abroad

Interesting Experi- ments With Fer- ' tilizers

Among the runny interesting l-x~ porimellts shown at thc Potato Growers’ Picnic by Superlnti-lttleut Clark wns one on Fertilizer Formu- lae for ilutatoes. 'l‘on tilfitlrcltt flir- rnulac were used lll thc cxpcrinlt-nt. in the first section, the llllXlllf-‘fi wcro npplll-ti at thc rate of 2.000 {rounds per ncro; in tho second scc- tlorl, at the rate of 1,500 pounds, and irl the third section at thc rntc oi’ 1.000 pounds per acre. 'l‘h~~s<.- plots were in duplicate, null, togeth- er with checks, ntudc a totni ul 75 plots. A 06-0 furnluln nt 2.000 pounds per acre, used in Section 1, contained 120 pounds ouch of Nit- rogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash. in applying these, the following fertilizers were used: 390 pounds Nitrate of Soda, 300 pounds Sulp- hato of Ammonia, 750 pounds Sup erphosphlro and 240 pounds Muri~ ate of Potash. The actual wnlglil of the mixture per acre was 1080 pounds, which is equal to one ton oi a. commercial fertiliser with n 6 6-6 formula.

Ill one series, the Nitrogen was reduced liiltll thB allmlnt was one half of that moniiorlctl nbovc, tho other ingredients remaining the satire. In tlrlothcr series thc Phosp- horic Acid was increased so that ‘ho second figure of thc formula wns ii instead oi 6, and tho Sup- crpilosphate in n one-ton mixture was 1,000 pounds instead oi 750; nnd in a third series the Potash wan :lppllc.ti at filo rnto of 100 pounds ilitlrinio of Potash lll thc onotou mixture, and increased, by nieps, up to 400 pounds; that is, from a 4-8-4 mixture the Potash was gradually increased until tho inst plot of tllc series had a 4 8-10 mixture applied to it.

This experiment is in tho ficltl just north of the Itbugwelt Aili- letic Grounds. The field hnd rc- coivcd a dressing of l0 tons of barnyard manure nnd 15 tons of

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Flllilil FIRE nan ll. c.

(Canadian Press) NBIBON, Bl 0., July 18. -—'l‘ho four Doulhobors who were report- ed yesterday in thc path oi the forest fires nlglllg near Porcupine Creek. were still unaccounted for at noon. "The missing men were in charge of thirtrfeur horses. Funnel! all night’ by high wind the fire ls devas t g great tra_ ts oi timber. Yeitlolrssy it destrlly- ed two saw nlilli operated by Deukllobms lull lotlly it is spread- ‘ng t ward villages of Porto Moo

and sat-Water. ._I‘l _lall'l en- lug their wsy svsr suiamlts louth cf Nelson. levers! sk-

llebors wars badly burned s _ lml their clothes burned off them nnd some may loIe their eyesifllt.

ton Memorial grounds. - July 08rd. 18:. R0

' ts and srnussmss - ICOil-O-IICsLIIthQuttsNi.

no; in which ho kcpt in close touch t

DR. P. E. DOOLITTLE

President of the Canadian Autoi- mobils Association and a member oi the Canadian Good Roads Asso- ciation, left Halifax on July‘ 1st to make a transcontinental tour via an allCanadlan routs. q C???

JlP5 illicit run BRITISH llllllll

(Canadian Press)

'i‘()KlO, July 16. —Stuart Mac- Larcn, British aviator flying ill'0lllltl tho world is six hours

overdue at. Pnrunlzlsillteru lslarlds bluriltts whcrc he was to hnvc llllllll‘(l today, untl a Japanese dcs~ troyor has set out in search of his plane. according to u report rc- ceivcd here today. .

Meclmrcn» nnd his two compen- lons hopped from 'i‘oshlmeyc Luke this morning with apparently fav- urnlllo weather. Their northward path luy over n. series of compara- tively uninhabited islands. Th0 distance is about 450 miles.

Last Minute News Flashed in Over

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(Canadian Press)

LONlDON, July 16.—Arthls:r Ponqony, undcr-flocreltary for Foreign Affairs declared in the House of Commons today that Great Britain had ratified the treaty of Lausanne.

- -——-<Q&—i~ LONDON, July i6t——Eamon De Valera and Austin Stack, Irish republican leaders were released from prison today by the Free State government, ac- cordng to a news despatch from

Dublin. m} BUENOS AIRES, July 16—- An official Braziliian com-

munique from Rio De Janelro was received stating that Fad. erals have wen an important action against the Rebels cap- turing many prisoners.

LUNENBURG, July 16— Gordon Demons charged with having twee attempted to wreck a Halifax and South- western‘ train by putting ob- structions on the track on two consecutive days. was scntenc. cd today by Judge Margeson to ten years on each charge in Dorchester Penitentiary the sentences to run concurrently.

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HALIFAX, July 16.—Lewls Bcvis, Halifax gunman, who on - Monday killed one police of- ficer and dangerously wounded another and t: now facing a charge of murder admitted it is alleged, to police this after- noon that hs and ifs associates committed a number of daring burglaries that have recently been baffling Halifax police.

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BISLEV CAMP, July lli—-

Private Burke, Ottawa won the

" National Rifle Associations bran}: medalybalnq the speci- al prize for 3 competitor mak- ing the highest aggregate score in the first stage of tho King's prize, making 103 out 0f a p05- sblc of 105.

Til BANAA?

ls the automobile u biossirlg in (lanolin? Are Canadians motor lllad, or is tho automobile the most imtont factor in lnallttaining pros- perity in Canada, lvhcn thc greater pnrt oi‘ ihc rt-nlllirltir-r 0i‘ thc world is in thc tlulrlps tll‘ llt-pressicrl‘! Wltil motor car registration lli 1023 atlprtlxilnrltt-ly 556.000, with sales of new cars lll Cllllllflél. esti- luuteti ni more thin $0.0m) for thr- year, null itfilltlllI1t‘t'llit'|lll~4 uf large ly llltlrcllsetl production schctlullril ill 102-1, it stllilbl Inlpnrinnt to ilntl light on thc real status and signi- flcancc of thc lllllilflltllilll‘. Tile steady incrcnsc ill tliu use slid inlportaucc of the lllll.()lll0l.illl‘ has caused n difference oi nplnirn uniting strictly financial lrltlil. Among thc lenders of thc alttnmo- tive Industry. imwcvtlr. there is not only optimistic unanimity hut that positive conviction which hzls lcd lo costly extension of prn- duction facilities and to (icvclop- ments of far reaching lllllrlflliilltllz- lng plans. This spirit oi‘ optinl- ism is tllc sumo us llllilutltctl our empire builtlcrs. such us were thr-

irencraiions ngo.

The development of tile llulomn- tive industry is only n logical sc- tplence of the demand for trails- portntlon facilities. which have ul- ways pluyeli a lnajor part in epon- ing up n land to its fullest possibili- ties. With vast lhgopeiled areas lll our land of bu fijistanees, pro- per railroad s oouid not he n paying or a practical proposition. The nqad for transportation still remains and is of a prime import- ance in" changing these _ waste spaces into productive areas. Nu country can rise to its full height

of importance without adequate transportation. What is the truth‘! Lot us ap-

ply 8111!“ facts all are available to the solution of this involved prob- leru.

Roughly speaking. the develop- mslt of the automobile from a sckntiflc novelty to an almost uni- versal utillty has occurred in the last 23 years-limo to date.

Has it reduced or increased aver- age. earning capacity, wealth, average savings and aver- age efficiency?

ls 1000 with a popouistlon of

The escape oi s s or more s miraculous. fa in t h h wish are nssrlsd from ll- mitts of the K and Ian!

my small sires have started. 4',”

371816‘ Osnlds listed 1.78 tls gaidiuily employed. in 1011 g

pqulistlou of 1.l00.000 the sst on s gainfully employed totalled 8.111,-

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IS THE AllTilA Bi.

railroad pioneers of two or three >_-

average - '

ESSINE TllE ANSWER

IS utilitarian “YES”

|6Zl~i. 0n tile basis of the 1911 fig- |tlros, with an approximate popula- tion of il,00tl,00tl there are today ap- proxillllltl-ly 3.300.004) gainfully em. plnycd. Callutiluu gnvorrlnlcilt figures are not yet available and this figure is an cslilntltc.

lll 1010 thc cstilllatcti wt-nliil oi‘ (‘llllzltla was $19.0tItl.0t1il,ll00. F0111’ ‘years later. 102th. tho ostllnntotl ttottll wcultll lcnpcti to 522.500.000.- 000. An inert-also cl‘ three nnd l-rlclllllf billions n1‘ dollars.

I 'i‘ilcs<- figures prnvc that “aver- age wcrllth" was incrensl-ll.

Now lot us look into savings tn sec whether tho. incroasetl wealth has lvtl to cxtrtlvngunt living.

in 1001 savings bank (icposits in tlanlltia worn SZZLGZ-idiili, or $41 per capital. lrl 1023 thc)’ will“ ll.l-il,lIl0,27X ,nr $130 pcr cnplta -—llll increase of 215 pl-r cont.

And whllt has bccn the progress of gtzncrlli business during the mot- or age? licrc are some more fnlzfs.

in 1906 (lanndinn blink cicnrlllilll intullcll Slldlflldliifhliilfi. nnd ln 1927i they totullctl $l7.5l17.'327.574'"" 333

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ed Causing Trem

' (Canadian Press.) PEKliNG, July l6.—'l‘hol.lsarlds of lives are reported lost and hun- dreds of villages destroyed in "lion an, Arlhul and Kiagso Province-q 0t‘ China, which have ‘been devastated by floods and landslides brought on by prolonged rains. Tremendous financial losses have been incurred throughout the country.

tveking itself is practically isola- ted. except for the Tien Tsin rail- way line, which is threatened with inundation.

The entire business district ol‘ Kaignn, the westernmost rail-road of China was destroyed ,and t-ho railroad at this point buried under landslides and debris,

All Foreigners Bufo-

Soma lives have been lost. and the property loss runs into millions

of dollars. All foreigners are repor-

llluusllns or uvrs i081 BY nouns m cull

Hundreds of Villages Have Been Destroy-

endous Financial

L0ssos.—Foreigners All Re- ported Safe.

ted safe.

Peking ls" threatened by bursting dykes along the mountain rivers to the eastward where soldiers are "Filing dill’ “d lllsht at constant repairs.

'l‘ien Tsin is at present not floo- ded, but this is only prevented by the efforts of an army of Coolies working at the dykes.

lbiingilleers propose drastic mess. tires to save the city, suggesting Cut-fink some of the dykes and per- mitting tthe water to overflow in- to the low jands between Tien Tsin and Peking

The railroad running between Pe king and Hankow and between Pe- king and Sui Yan are both without traffic.

The floods are worst in the iour provinces Hoan, A-nrlul and Kiang- so. each of which reported the wi- ping out of hundreds of villages and terrific loss of life,

Farmers May Own Large Concern

(Canadian Press) OHlCtAG-O. July 16.—'l‘hs farm- e-rs 0t the United States were giv- en an opportunityto owrl the larg- est grain marketing company in the United States through the lner- ger of iive lnrgn grain conlpanles four in Chicago and one in Kansas City, effected ‘here today. The Grain Marketing Company, the name of the merged concern. is capitalized at $28,000,000, and ov- entunlly it is lnterldod lo be farm- onownéd controlled and operated. The companies merged are the Ar- mour Gral-n Company. the Rosen- haum Grain Corporation, the J, C- Shaffer and Conlpany. Rosenbanm Brothers, and the Davis. Noland, Merrill Grain Company the latter of Kansas City.

The new company is operated under the ‘Illinois cooperative mar- keting act, which conforms to the National Copper Volstuali Market- ing Act, will control elevator space in Chicago and other cities with a capacity of‘ more than 50.000 bush- eis,

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Girl Admits Helping Kill Deputy Sheriff

CHICAGO. July 16.- Mary Antler- son, alias Grace Ashbury, arrested illtPTli ciluse and tho firing of shots, during which her male com- panion lcnpcd frolrl an automobile. allowlnl: it to carry her into a ditch. zltllnittod that she was n mcnlbet- of a bandit gang that shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Ernest Miller, at Frankfort. ill.

She confessed that they planned to rob tho Frank State Batik. ac- cording to thc police.

Australia Visitors In Charlottetown

Anlollg tho interested visitors to tho clly yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. James 1.. Mcfllllvray of West Australia and tbclr cousin, Mr. William McDonald of East Huston, who are enjoying a vacafnn at Snllris, whore they with Miss Kath- erine llaihcy, Miss Mary Mellon aid. Iiicut. nnd Mrs. Campbell and