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W..;;.......8:ffi*::....:~-r.~: Qiti’. ‘CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA MONDAY JANUARY 1 1929 _

Si! ¢ combs" to“ Operation odor- R elitist all A r1 y Appeilaa. ' i

AIVNv-ia‘ Frill-tilde"

(Canadian Press)

mmm anon. mo. can. ea. _- urge, L.. "Tex" Rickard, famous - portshtan and flght promoter. died t a hospital here at 8.37 this. mom-r,

l‘ "lb. Dost 48 hours following an peration fob the "TGIIOIRI- tamp- endilFNeWvYeaFsddyP- W"! --\ -, Follbwing the removal of a danger- us ap ndix. two emergency opera- 10118 WEN Performed in an cflort,tq - the spreadofthezinr . ~ r, whoilhadieonie . ».

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"' Jack Dempsey, Mr.‘

r. H. Adkins and _two nurses ere at the bedside when the famous

aker of pugilistic champions pass- d awiy. '

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"Roam i-ioon- ' is guaran-

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"Hunter River club loading hogs hursday,_ Jan. 10th till noonJAdam = we; seify. action-edit "club taking-hogs at Mt." ewwtrt n Wednesday Jan. 9th, ll to 3 pm. . .1. McDonald, sec‘y. L rosii-i-s-zi

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"The annual meeting of the Dun- tafinage Creamery will be held in l» factory on Wednesday. JOB-w 16th. t 2 p; m. 2045-14-3)

"mr: Curt, M. m-‘stdri now‘ homo vention cure. Purdv Station, West- hesterOm, N.Y., U.8.A. i2-12-3m0s

"Buying licgirat Emerald Iues- _ ay iorerioon Jan. 8th. Everett Hos- m. i "- 2050-1-5-21

"Notice-Any person trespassing r dc any part of the law enry ‘c. en's property will ease beep oiroi- further action will flow. _ Signed -Harry L. Maolilwen.

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‘Notice-The annual meeting oi e ’ Creamery Company will - _ in the ball at-New Wiltlhirc n Monday, January 14.1931 atrfl p. - Roland Easter, Secretory. 2023-14-51

“Bediord shipping club loadins ve hogs Wednesday, Jan. 0. Oourt. son; Sec‘y. . ~ aotd-ll-s-zi '. f‘ , 2' "lihbual meeting oi the Hiilaboro -= -. Omwillbeheldihthelhp- - on Wednaadlyrdaiiudryioth-iat

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mni‘ » - n4‘- "Loading llvc hogs, ‘mead! "Jan. . James Andrews, Hunter var. ,- “ . _ , Qllflrlzi-s!

of

00., i be 9th, 1939. ' ock p. in, jtll-l-a-ai i' annual or" ’

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The Roqkwell Congress or school for life underwriters. the first session of which) was-held in=the Board. of Trade Rooms here on Saturday has- opened very suspiciously. There was. a large attendance of lifaiiiniiurance manure, ‘ ‘w; practically all of therflompanieahiandv from dlflarent parts of the province and several are coining in today from Summerslde anduothcirpoints. . . ,.

The morning was glvenovev-to the registration oi attending agents and the official opening of the Congress.

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_.by.A_~R. Maclnnls the vice-president‘. ‘

of l.ha~P. E21. branch oi’ thie Liiayllnr- -

dtirwriters‘ Association. theqPresidant. ___;... S._Stevenson being confined lohia home through lliness- In .the course.= cf o short address Mr.> Macinnls pointed out the far-reaching efforts this Educational movement was cer- tain to have in that the various; ag- ents would now be batter, qualified to» serve their policy holders andsclients.

He also read a tel , tin t. r - Asndrgcdzroiirues‘ ‘”

oPresident of thc Dominion Associa- tion" a , . Mr. F. W. Hyndmim presided iit the afternoon session. at which Dr. Rockwell delivered two splendid ad- arsssgs pnwlNewwiclds for Modern Liie-Uhdmvr-iting" and "Equipment for'Selllng Business Insurance . and Major J. C. Martin gave a most li- IIlIDIHatIBOJflDdLlJlIBRUGIlVG talk 0n “Service as Applied to the Life in- surance Business." c l In the first address Dr. Rockwell ‘ buddy traced the history and devel- opment of civilization. 110mm’!!! W‘? how the development of life insur- ance follows vcry closely the 5am? general paths. Such rm anillyslfi 8Y1- abled him to forecast with-reasonable ngqrrgcy the future trend of life uii- derwflung, In speaking ohthe dcvel- opment of life insurance in Ciintadpf. he pointed out that the amoun t

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Fire Destroys ~ .Freeland Store

The ccmmodious Robert Palmer store ot Freeland, Lot Eleven, was completely destroyed by lire in the carly hours of Saturday morning to- gether with the warehouse adjoin- ing. Last. Friday night was the cold- est this winter, it being from .10 to l5 below zero in various parts of-the west of the province. with. a stiff

. wind blowing.

Sometime during the night Mr. ‘Rcberp Palmergot up to make up the furnace. The residence is- about one- liundred yards from the store and upon looking outhe noticed smoke» issuing from the upper part» o!) tho; store. ‘The flames spread quickly. but with the aid of willing neighbors who gathered a small portion oi the goods were got out. Nothing could be__done however to save the building-- which together with Qhw-WQYQIIOUIG- adjoining was burned to the ground»

'l‘l'ie loss is a heavy one only par». t. lly covered bv insurance. The nro: is bought to have originated from the llueimtlis attic. ~ . r

"lAnnual mating-Tim lmnlllll treating of the New ulzertxh 53511113 go will. be held in e acory.

‘Tgégdgjnllnflfy isih at 2 o'clock pilh: RI-GQMacLaran, Pres. D.D. ._ MacLarcn, Sec'y. zoeii-i-v-tl.

in. origins; styiertbi the ‘still of‘

‘ . the Canadian Bank oi Commerce It‘

Halifax. spent Christmal in Saint (John with his father. Rev. most I- beon sberidihk ‘ the remainder oi-httiiolidava with ‘rrisnd-i in oiiev-iotteiowrt i ‘Qnturd

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» uvhiob, -. ..i:eo1u;; ,I.l&1y.fl1mn=»li¥lB-. "Aliiigfgtflbxaflwwt I-{eavy prolonged

press says. thatit has learned

_ Booth. It quotes its authority as be-

dicroagcpwpball said, that mole l

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Women and Gérls Sold 'In‘to Slavery

, . . ig,.',-~, (Slncial to The Guardian) PEKIIV, Jan. 5-1110 RAW. F. J. Grlflith uf- the Church of England I'll-lesion atTeturigfu, in the pm- winoo ‘Ofshlllll, has reported; to. the inter-rational a famine ‘teller that more than 17,000 woman. and .. kirk oflths- new provinces alfi Swan hive) been sold became-oi . famine - destltution, . "Many Vllllgés have beerrstrlp- - pod or women and girls, who were

wldinto-slavcry." ho reported... "Mitre than 11.000 have plastic through) I the Yeoman pass,» . highway into inner Shunt , and-Nero sold ‘ror approximately? 3100.090 mill" ~ f » . Brlgaiids were active, Sllfli" adding to thedestitution by cap- turing a. n of a thousand. » ‘ ilmd‘ Wlth- rice: for tbs- fiuuina stricken people. = n“. -»-+-s-.-—i-—-

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vLitrgeuAreasi of Rome“ Jtlooded- And Hund- rcdsof, People Are Homeless. ldiriélil‘ w‘ The omens) ROME, Jan. 5--Five hundred peo- ple are homeless in Rome alone 1S

a result of the prolonged series or floods, violent. gales and snowstorins

rains coupled with milling snows in the Apennines. have sent the Tlbfil‘ at Rom-a and the Arno at Hcrcnce on a ‘swollen rampage, forcing the municipal. iiuthorltlrs of both cities to provide shelter ior llle menaccd people,- many cf " whom were rushed from their danger by firemen and military tnginecrs who are working day and night. salvaging property and constructing pantoon bridges.

With the waters of the Tiber at the level of the Sistane bridge the streets along the river banks t0- niglft lczk like the canals of Ven- ice \vith rbwbonts replacing Street cats, while. with the watérs contin- uing to riso. the authorities fear 1B!‘- gc-rnreashci Rome will be flooded menacing the Sari Paolo gas Dlfllll moi tho electric power plant.

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Women Fight for Co/ritrol in Army

(Canadian Press)

LONDON. Jan. 6-Thc Sunday Ex- "on iuilmpeachablo authority’? that the. Salvation Army dispute resolves it- self. Him-l fight for supreme control between twoiwomen - Commander Evangeline Booth and Mrs. Bramwell

llcving that the general will nomin- ate his wife to succeed him. iiqd if

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hernorniniitlon should prove iuiac- ceptable to the council. they will try to secure, the election oi their daugh- tcr Catherine. ,

RUSSIANS wékl. use AM [CAN MACHINERY i (Special-to The Guardian) I. L05 ANGELEB, -Jan. 5- Thonios l Campbell of Harbin; Mnt, and Pasa- ,1 deiia; who ia-said to be Americas largest wheat IFQWBY. has issued l! statement g v i, ten million acres oi soviet Rust 5n plains are to be plant- ~ ed towhea arid flax with American l i-rjaohinery, under his direction. Camp- bell stated, lie would sail from New Yolk, Jdililal‘; l2 for RIIBBla to "ml" plate arr H tinents tentatively en- tercd, into“ tiring a recent Visit, ta this’ ciuntgy_;oi a Soviet commis- sion. After tho selection oi the vast

00, 000 worth of American ‘ ,' ,~harvastihg machine y

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wen“ _,_ a; for the work. Tho c»bleqty_,jiis a lane, he con- tl‘ d.__i to pppLv American me- mq_ t3. ‘problem oiralslng food

tn (aodltba limb-n people.

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Iii‘? Making Slow; ‘Brogtiress. To-

ward»- Recovery, 0f...

fieiai Bulletins State.

(‘Canadian l-QNDON. Jaii. 0.4-kb official bulletin ISMIQII.) M Bmkmgham P““°°1@°’9-'13 in‘ in. tonigliti 0.. {b0 ‘H1181 . oolgfllflbhi Bu‘: “The m" 1'?‘ ‘l llulrtsdav and there '5 W") lmwlwmtntiri His imi-

kstfs condition. (Signed) flew- l-r D son." LONDO . Jan. 6r—Aft€T sever.

ivtlvks cf tense aux By the British Nation is at last. justfiied in its cm. iidcnce that the king l5 well on the {W1 w» Iscoverv. Thimsingle bulletin “W35 i945! BBaln reported a quiet dsv for the royal patient with Some improvement in his condition. It was again issued under tlieY-‘algnatures of only‘ two Physicians, which rm, per- linps more than any. “U187, carries real significance to tllc general Dub- llc which, because of -_he small a.

mount of information ‘conveyed in the medical bulletins," , been fore. cd to juclgc ci" the c tion of the

Kins bv counting tbefnumbe o!

specialists slsning the iipulieiins and

lily the movemznts of the royal fam- y . .

The bulletin issued at; Buckingham Palace ut 8.15 p. m. said simply: "The King nail o quiet day and there is some improvement in His Majes- -:v'.'= condition." 1t was-signed Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawszn or

Penn. i4 Oil, of the most slglfi H‘ (It, 0f , l3 ‘case came today

by Sir

when it become known that’

MRJCSIY was moved ywstlrday into 1m adjoining audience chamber, where he remained for on: hour, This was the first time that he had left his sick roam (luring the whole of his lcng illness. It was in this audience chamber that the state council was lzcld by which His Majesty sanction- ecl and gave lils signed authority for placing the crown in commliinion. Although he was nominally present cn thntcacaslun, lie actually listen- cd to the reading of the state paper through the open door. _

Presumably His Majesty was only wheeled on his bed into the bodi- ence chamber yuterday but me ill-Ere fiict of such irbrlef change '11 scene from the WSIIHSCIIIG appearance cf" the siclvscem i: which he hnrl bccii chained so long was calculated to hovc a. beneficial moral effect. in reviving interest in tlic life around him.

LONDON. Jan. 5--KlDB 660139 has scored another _gain in hLs fight. for recovery. After-two days 1" which Hi8 iviolestvb wndllion “=- malned stationary, his doctors were able this mbrrune to report a fur- rherg slight. improvement. The medl- cal bulletins meanwhile have show- ed that tho mos was imslns his days more ecnuiortobly, and resting bitter at night. This izrallivlns Sir-i? (,1 gflglrs, it, was taken ioixilranted. was noticsably helpful in bringing

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Potato Crop ("8 Still in Fields

(Sllrtiial to The Guardian)

T030 , Jan. 5 - Dave 511011004 .111‘... who arrived back "Om lrelanrb and lldlland on w I Bil-tos- that-in many allots-lots» in» Ireland. tho potato crop an the oat crop are still in-tho ids, and cannot be M:- voitcd on- account or the wea- ther. conditions. Tho prlcc oi‘ potatoes in Irdand ls two stilli- inasrfoi- 112 lbs. for the ordin- ary, and-three Blillllllfg for the ilruir quality. Mr. Spence states that litfiiwlthst-andlng the news-

paper rcpt-lit: that the passage

cf tha dsteomshlp Majestic to New York was througlrfog and. storm, -t trip was good and the wea her fine all the Way.

Authorities of Afghanistan Seek Ltdiorénce Arrest‘

ALLAHABAD, India, Jan. (L-Af- ghan authorities have ordered the ar- rest of Col. Thomas E. Lawrence, fa- mous British adventurer and, army cificer. on the belief that hehas been assisting rebels in the present uprisr. lng to ‘cross the frontier, according to advices received here last night.

Lezvrcnce, known as "Lawrence o.’ Nubia." because of his ivar-tlme ind- vent-w es. was des~ribed ‘by ‘authoriti-

'cs w: “the arch spy of ‘the world."

Photographs. supposed to bc- of Lawrence. were distributed among Afghan army commanders.

It-was reported from Delhi that ru- more were currcntconccrntng plans for n fresh assault on Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, which was success- fully defended recently by govern- ment troops when insurgents attack- ed. The rebel trlbesmen revolted against. King Amaiiullahs reform laws.

The brlgand icndcr Bcchhakoo was "aid tn tn collecting a fresh force of insurgents for a march on Kabul. Th2 insurgents were reported better arm- cd than the government troops. '

Apparently the situation had taken. o serious turn. The Quetto telegraph line had been cut and only wireless

V communication with Kabul remained.

The escape of Mohammed Omar Khan. aspirant for the throne of Af- ghanistan, from Allahabad. added to the complexity of the situation. 0m- nr Kluri liad been retained licrc by British authorities.

Crand Duke

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(Canadian Press)

ANTIBES, Franco, Jan. 2. Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia. regarded ‘geherl-lly by foyfllhlflfls a claimant to the throne of that roiuitry, died at his villa here shorthnafter midnight last. nigh t‘ “ ‘ an. illness oi‘ sever» weeks standing.

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. "Scotia Foss-ed Away Lost; Night At His Residence in Mont- real.

(Canadian Press) "IVONTREAL. Jon. 6.—Hon. George 11- Murray. whose record-breaking rorlod in oifloe as Premier and lead- "r of the Liberal pnvtv in Nova guy ended-only on his voluntary re- l-irvient in i923. died here at 8.30 f-lorr tonight at his residence 488 "YNlrVuPleasniit Ave. He had been ill only three days of pneumonia. ‘Humor Premier Murray. wlio held >iit ofilee in Nova Scoila from i896 Y"_ ""33. "alas ‘n his 68th vmir. Shortly -.i " resigning his portfolio in the "H. "critic i-"nvcrnment and his seafi

VYPVYFIB County xvl~lch he held ‘liiélllllfllll. his long tenure as Prem- i . Hcu. Mr. Murray came to Mont-

’.- ical tuber-c he estitbltiirjeli diprmm;

cnt residence, but making frequent. long visits to Nova Scotlsi each sum- mer.

Luring the latter yours of his oc- rupancy of the Premiership of Nova Sxctia he suficred a severe ill- ness which resulted in the loss of u leg. During his resident-x: in Mont- rcnl, Hon. Mr. Murray had lived in retirement so fa‘: as business was concerned but remained extremely active physically and maintainer! an acZIvc interest in all public affairs. particularly thcsc c!‘ his native prov- lncc.

He was stricken only tlirce days ago and death came almost bcfcrc it was realized that his condition was critical. He was born Julie 7, 186i at Grand Nan-ows, N. S. The funeral will be held at the residence Mount Pleasant Ava, at 2.30 ‘Tuesday otter- iioon (or at an hour to bc announced later) and the remains will be con- veyed to North Sydney N. S.. where the final rites will make place Thurs- day.

BELGRADE. Jiui. fi.—-Tlltt Ju- go-Siavian constitution was sus- pended ‘and its chamber of depu- ties dissolved by royal decree io- dny. All laws of tho land will remain in force unless modified by royal dearer.

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WWNIPEG. inf. s-Lied? G. H. Nicholson, one u! thp m. giinlzrri; oi‘ the 251st Battalion. illrd ‘lvhursday at the home 0|‘ mg Hm. Stewart in Los Angel”, u. ""61": to word Ntelved he" yesterday. Born in Wcodnmgg u, 1m. Col. Nicholson resided u. Hamilton, Ont,‘ [or more w", 2° years before coming to Winn]. IN}:- llo hall moved u. cam". mo owing to Ill health,

i w/isniivcfiiiv. Jan. s- a... sisient Postmaster-General Glow. "l". In charge or id-eiq; mgfl m; "my that the Illllg-Q ,4 u... BF-"Ilkaria to tarry ‘p. m" g. muint o! European mai| ont- Wlrd bound was because the Bfflhnria was 24 hours late and the mail had bceii sent on the steamers De Grasse and Baltic. PARIS, Jan. 5-iWinte|- storm, “d

frerzlnllriteiwperaturcs were 5pm“-

lug death and, damage through

France Ituv and in the Mediter-

ranean tmiwv. wsnltinluln a mpidly.

increasing death toil. It Ila feared

“ft ow" tl-ori '10 viersovimmlglit

have met. death. inthersgiong ‘g.

"Pt/Yd bi‘ the- gala and biizaards

that raged for more than 24 hours

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—~Aus- tralla, familiar- tu "president- i-lcct Hoover as the some orbit first engineering work abnals will be represented at his in- aurm n March 4 by a rroug cf I50 thin] cadet; who fln iicrc n. clhnax to a. tom- oI Un-_ lied States. The British embmy has notified officials the cadets will native in San Francisco, Jon. i8. nndinftrr visiting var- ious amtiom of-tliia country and Canada. will come to Washing- ton about March l. They will be quartered during part ol their visit- at- the navy yard.

TORONTO, Jan. 5-—A sample of WIN-utilized, or wire gold fltfit to be dioovaod in Northern 0n- torlo hiejetri mu. to the de- partment or. lI'ilIIOs\_hero from Car-soallon Township. near Par-i "llfllif- 13w sneohnen, which ta- um tiiooncanlnnd claim. In al- vomt-prim will. wsbllle ‘when.

Ieolollnt- Wo- nrunoes the-find very rare, The for-mallow ls the result of other

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TCRCVTO, Jan. 6- Maritime: strong winds and gales from West- vgard, much colder with snow flur- r cs.

Tarontr, cloudy .. .....2s_2o Montreal, clear ..1o-ic6 Ouobcc . .. ...6-xl2l Paint. John fair “JR-xii P-liiaii. clear . ..30--x2 Poston fair ....30-—l6 Yew Yrvk. r-loudv ..36-2R

Yllgh mi» this movrnlnglat, as: t-nli toniqht at 7.48.

Sun rises this morning at 7.45 Ind sets this oitrrnfion at 4.83.

New moon Thursday, Jan, 10th, 8.04 p. m.

Sumln-zrsldc tide eighteen minutes later than Charlottetown.

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. bee: M67555‘ Frill‘ Confession "arid i. Identified 1,3." His Victim. ‘f

Jibout 9.50 last night, a3 Yvqgng Ars.nault. 17 years c-f age, employed at the rssldcncc ':i Mrs. G. P. Strung 7i) Brighton Road; was going home along that highway, and had reach. Cd 11 Point west of the residence or Dr, S. R. Jenkins, and nearly oppo- site to on: of the entrance; or the Dork, dshe was mrst brutally as- in .

Her assailant was a. young man, and the first intimation sh; had of his prcsenc: was when she felt a hand clapped over her mouth and fOl-‘Ild herself being dragged across tht road to the aide adjacent-tn the park. Hezc 11c knocked her down in n. p901 2f wut-zr (it wasrainlng heav- ily fl-t the time). pa tly choking her. nird tolling licrut the same time that hc had o, knife, and that, if she rc- fus."d to rubvnlt ta hi5 cmbrncae, m would kill her.