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' ' . - l , Physicians: ' iDiscouraging Prices ' 1 ' t‘ 0 . (Gﬂnﬂdiﬂn Press) l * 2:231:51‘ lltlyAlil) LONDON g Dec. l'7.-Tl_ie King lest a lit-l an... of Dominion, tle ground. tbis-dfterneeh. The evening hill-l C- d, l, s) léllll 8'15. 13-‘ m- 5.3m! “Th0 I138 ' OTT-Aélhtlngﬂl-Rfltll-Jllzlise total p0- ﬂliﬂ afternoon somewhat restless and ““° ‘m’ “‘ °'“““’“ “h” W" ‘s '5' the Drﬂilﬂks recently ‘noted. has not been continued during the last few hours. (Sgd)

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ilmated at 54,525,000 hundredwelght

in a report issued by the Del!!!"- ment of Agriculture here today. ' . O Hewett, Dawson, Rugby.” IDNDON, Dec. 17.--A check in

This is an increase of 4.000.000 hun- dredwelght over the estimate of Oc- ltober l. This present estimate ls a iblg increase over last year when thc I ¥total_ was $6,458,000 lliiundredweizllt. the lMPPOl/emellt Whwh 319 Kmbafternoon and that the» r0 ess ‘rc- This Ywfs Wm b‘? ii B largest crop lud been ieneing for two days cently noted has not begin cgorhtlnued “ﬁrlm” “m” 192" Wm“ ‘he m" wu reported in the 011N181 bullvﬂn during the last few hours." lnnlsht 1mm i"! Phvﬁlell"! who . whue the words of the bulletin 0.8 1W9. "W?! attcndinz "w X01111 PM‘ usual were distinguished by ‘reserve "lent in Bucklnzham Pwcc- The dlsllppointmcnl. over their intent’ doctors‘ report Mid that HIS Maieil- we. not ‘suﬂlcient to dispel, the

ill was 56,648,000 hundrcdrwcight.

"Increased production of potatoes _____ strong optimistic spirit "which has prevailed at the Palace since Satur-

ty ‘with somewhat restless during the

is shown in the eastern owl/blew while the combined western prov- inces have a. reduced crﬂv- bllt 811T- ilclent to meet demand i131!“ spring," says the report. "it is pos- sible ‘that the present estimate wlll

P. LI. FUXE; IVIAKBBIHH]

Prince Edward Island. the h " of the silver black fox industry. . held itsposltlon in the van of c

l development of the black fox ind '-

ltry on the North American con ‘_ lent when exhibitors from the lthfﬁt

provinces ccmpetltlon with pens exhibited; ' _ various breeders representing Dominlcn of Canada _ states of the Republic to the scum?

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sland Exhibitors W00 Premier Honors at, International Fox" Show.

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of eastern Canada, j}

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captured the major honors at: "the recent international show heldyby the American Fox Institute at Washington, D. C. g ‘ j

The ﬁrst prim of $100, offered for] class l. '15 pups, was awarded vim Lieut. Col. D. A. MacKinnon, of Charlottetown. P. E. 1.. while W. ‘I’. Chapman 8c Son. of Salisbury. won second honors in class‘ l. wiri- nlng a purse of $75 fdr their (lisp ._ Tllethird prize of $50 remained f “ the United States, having been aw- arded to the United States Silver Fox Farm. Minneapolis.

In class 2, calling for a. display of

bo around 4.5,000.000 owt. which is

Sir Hugh Rigby. It read: "The King ‘ about 10.000000 r-"wt- more "ml W’

has this afternoon been somewhat

Meeting, Etc.

-——- “,- l ' a the tl . _ "Rwm m? “W.” “h ‘ T ﬁtleliqsriﬁ’ not‘ beellimgliﬁnuggilqurlf nqltlllinlgt." prices have ‘D P19!" Y°““_|#l~l.-5‘~'*l4""ﬂ i‘ ing the last few hours." been receivgq by the growers in all

producing districts ranging as 10W as 22 cents per bushel in the East- ern Provinces while so to 45 cents appears to be about average for ti}? Dominion.

There has been a gradual in- crease in the imports/Mons from the

l For tcrseness this announcement fairly matched the morning bulletin which however was of a more en- "m mgtumm couraging nature. The earlier state- ‘ T"; ment was signed by the same three "Concert Ahd‘ ‘lsiloldl in Rustlco physicians and it said: “The King cross school on Bee. 20th. i has nod a fair night with some nat- ‘ ' , ' " ‘ ' UMK-m-lil-lll‘ iwil sleep toward morning. The . s a

W llttllmprovoéléchasltn‘ lgis Miajogybi "cm-is _ rt in Mlllvi oondi on not y_ er__gy___pgg lu- u... ....... a - J . ~ I iﬂwill-Pl-ﬂ

es." The‘ arrest ol’ progress noted in "Ulirlhtmbo 11* Pfdﬂanl" l“.

"Come w thTE-ulas-Ooncett at.“ North Wllichiijg. wegheeilav. Dec-l

years where practically all the im- port-S oilriiiuie- Wine #91740» the amount. stripped

800,000. Tho heavy

elusive this season the imports have increased 64 per cent over the. car- resppnding period last year."

the evening bulletin, wgs regarded g ,' _ by the still cheerful observers of chioy sure." 75?. ‘ Iilaﬁwwh ‘Hill. the course of the disease as some- Tlilii-sdoy, Dec. i0. If not ﬂllc. m» thing to be expected as probably a day. WW-IW-N-al temporary phase. Thrnewspapers ‘ and all subjects of the King have "506 "POW " MKQ" Cflpaud DEED SOhOOlDG through U16 l0h§ Hall, TucsdP-Y. Dec. 18th by CWﬂ-iweeks of sickness not uo anticipate wall C ‘ ‘I! W99‘ I rapid recovery. The violet ray treat- P!" must “W” "methml °5 this 0m‘ lmfll/ , . W @515! "Wm- rnent. was again administered. Drs. "'0' ' W3'l*13"1'7'm Wood and Hewett, the ray exports. . ' ' visited the palace this evening M-- and downs of an illness oi this kind.

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oon°nvt mm i “#19 Auction out! ﬂvim; won agte, 6 p_ m and m- Never&eless it docs rather lncrebse . .. Chlﬁm BHIIPQWPJ Kmmﬁwﬂﬁ- malnlnz about an hour. Sir ma: ““xlet¥'_____....,.,______._ Dec. 26. Come‘ 80 _ . R b , the surgeon who opera i - . md- l’ ' 3343'“ Uliitglliythe King, and Leia Dawson. A 59°‘ 1m" h“ m“ m"°“*°d ‘° ‘ ' ‘ cf Penn. went to the Palace about 7 be WWW‘ ‘m “ 5mm’ hub M a“ "Clearance Spin-All roads l" p. in. and left about 8.30 p. m. “"'°'"°'.’“° l” ‘~““."“““t° the “m” “f 9W’ ml FY9590‘ ' .15 “hamtmi Conservative optimism grew sub- wads‘ ' Allow-shown to be collects? stiintially during today which saw \"""‘__"""‘~‘“—_'_'_ - l 5% Pew" the third consecutive bulletin brlng- m . i - \ EMEMBER. FOLKS —

atoncc. Alex.‘ Anderson. FIY- - ' 953547454“ ing good news of imp. vement in the condition of the monarch. The beautiful mild surishlny weather af- ter a long winter period had a de- cided uplifting effect on the popular mind. ‘ - , Tho Prince of Wales through the "Reserve nut-way. bee. 20th. Lord Mayor. broadcast a cheerful for, Lecture and Boner at BradI-L |message and expressed pleasure in ‘We mul- If not fine. followlnslthe betterment of his father and in night. 11.11.50. l , 9.9-. will lw- "his enjoyment or natural sleep. The ture. Admission o) 15c. ‘ Queen displayed her more hopeful ' " 43-1341 attitude by taking an afternoon ride. The general feeling prevailed

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....,_.. "Come to Xmas Concert at that the employment of the ray Wheatley River l)’. D60 "ml- therapy was a promise of further l! not fine. iii-at - o niaht iollov- im l-oveinent in the strength of the . "Ili- L" 12-12-13-17-11!’ ‘Klllg and that it would be a valu- ’ ‘ “ , ' able ‘aid in his ﬁght against the ten- "Coma - 5%. aofous disease. Mondly. ' 31 -Ptlme Minister Stanley Baldwin, The estawbf ﬁ . ‘ t. Pet- wholxcused l ‘ “ on Friday from m. 9100-, 40,4! announcing when parliament. would .

reassemble after the Christmas hol- idays, this afternoon told the House of Commons that it would reoon- voneon January 22 if all went well.

-A high medical autho ity not con- i nested with the court said in com- mont on tonight's bulletin:

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day Wm.“ the 5m‘ "lmarch be?“ be slightly reduced, as it does not , . m Sh“ PPPY-llvemiilll- take into account injury from blight

in. _ . , Tcnlghts bulletin was issued at and mid n.6,." Qompgﬂng this

8.15 p. m. and signed by Sir Stanley year's conditm“ with the crop of

" ' Hewett. Lord Dawson of Penn and 1924'. the memhamaibie qmp should.

United States during the past three i

in. readied ‘around importing months are May, June, July and August. FTom July to October iii-

“The King has made a big im- provement lnthe last few dhyl; and

sort. It ls simply one of those downs -that may be expected in the up-s

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‘ (Special to the, Guardian) LUGANO. Dec. i l: South American war crisis has cost the League of Nations the biggest telegraph and cable bill hrlts hslwry. The council ills- patched the entire ollicini cor- I pondence rclzt g to the dis- pute between Bo vlh and Para- guay to nearly sixty govern- ments. each separate dispatch consisti of ﬂvc closclyspaced typewritten sheets. The total cost amounted to over $6.000. Lugano telegraph operators and oﬂlcials staggered slightly when they received the great butch of matter but never ceas- ed work until the ‘dispatches luul cleared the wires and this they did without delaying the hundreds ofthousunds of words of press ﬁled daily by a large number of newspaper-me...

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‘Policy of New Head of i Scotland Yard Has; . Caused a Panic in» the Underworld.

(Spgclﬂl to the Guardian) I LONDON, Dec. 17.—-Baron Byngs present leadership of Sootlandl glard is having an immediate effect!

rough t e moral cleansing of the: Ewest end of London. During the‘ fegllr weellis large {lumber-s of un_ ,csra e a ens w o have been thriving for years by keeping dub-I {ious night clubs and gambling dens [and immoral houses have been‘ idriven from the country and many. ‘more have taken the hint and left!

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The operations are being conduct-

NEW YORK, 'Dec. 17.——Cllﬂl‘ElDKlBd by Chic! Constable Wcnsley and,

Great- Britain wits‘ engaged in

struggle for naval supremacy, Son- atoi Cillett, Republican Massacllw, setts, said in the United Stiites|lng resorts and other ‘Senate Saturday if Great Britainlhaunts and such undesirables "is unwilling in reduce her naval armaments,“ ll6‘(!0llld sec no other

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Chief Inspector‘ Cooper under the‘. direction and orders of Lord Byng. It is realized that whenever gambl- infamous

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Pictou Service, In-li crease in top Wharf- age Rates at Saint! John and Other Mat:

Charlottetown Board of Trade was held last night in their rooms. The President. Mr. S. A. MacLeod occw‘ meeting llnd been read by the Sec- rotary, Mr. w. Higgins. and adopt: ed. ‘

I ters.

A meeting of the Council of the]

pied the chair. After the minutes. of the previous Mr. S. A. MacLeod explained that the principal reason for calling the

[War Cost l Paraguay Gets FUHEIENYEHBl Ready to Fight

Bolivia Has Open-

ed War Activit- ies-Againsi Nei- ghboring Coun- t r y n S o a th

America.

(Canadian Press)

LA PAZ. Dec" l1.—-'l'he coin- mandcr of the Bolivian Ironi- lcr forces hns been ordered to halt their advance and to ounce attacks on Pnrtguayan ' This information ‘was ed in the reply of the Bolivian government to the presiﬂent of the council of the League of Nations. announced tonight, but. under date of ‘yesterday. '

LA PAZ. BollvlﬂﬂDcc. lti-Uhdf- iiclal reports of the fighting in the Chase district tonight said that the Bolivian troops had captured 50

andimelrllﬂi; was a communication from wagons loaded with provisions ma ,the St. John Board of Trade re the munitions and u large tractor, be-

saic course but to increase the Un-ivelllancc of the police, there is us- illfﬁpﬂ-Sed increase in w!) wllarlaze sides numerous prisoners.

lted States navy. Similar charges

ually an unwanted alien directing!

were made at the twin luncheons on things from behind the scenes. i

Saturday in Philadelphia and New‘ York of the foreign policy associa-

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Santa Will Dlsajlpoint This Year Unles

ng Parcels for the Santa; I tisiitlleligfdrpliiieiiitfi

rates, ortTél-‘eil by Ottawa to be. put into effect by the Harbor Commis- sioners. The communication was

‘read by the Secretary.

Further communications were also

on the subject, John Board of

eluded a resolution passed by the St. ‘Trade.

After some informal discussion it was decided to instruct the Secre- tary to write to Mr. W. Mach, Clarke, Secretary of the Canadian‘ Chamber of Commerce enclosing; the correspondence on the subject, and asking for any information he, could simply on the matter. ‘

The question of a call for tenders

(Ccntirued ca. pageill)

TréllelMdy go to United States

tSpecinl to the Guardian) TORONTO, Dec. l'l.--llcr- man Trelle, wheat King of the world, who has widely adver- i tised the Peace River district by his prize-winning exhibits told the Star representative in Win- nipeg today that unless some ﬁnancial support in forthcoming he will clthcr go to the United States or start farming com- mercially. Every year since he has been growing wheat for cx- hibition purposes he said, he has been losing money. ll‘ he goes to the States he will accept a. position experimenting on grain growing.

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mo}? SIIANGQlAI, Dec. l7.—Scck- lng to enforce a nation-"dd observance of the solar calen- dar, which-was adopted in No- vember the nationalist govern- ment today ordered that the

mcdorute gains Torah

new year celebration be held on Jan. l. 1929. according to the solar calendar. This order mark- ed the abandonment of the cen- turies of celebration in accord- ance with the Lunar calendar. -- ~- <90} '

It was said that more hundred Paraguayan soldiers more pilled while the Bolivian losses were said to have been light.

The Bcli-vlan troops were comm-

‘read on the matter. One of these ln- and“; by 301mm; gums 0mm,“

and the most. important inform-y detachment was under command of Lieut. Colonel Samuel Alcorcm. - MOBILIZATION , The men of Paraguay steadily turned from plough to swords out night while awaiting Bolivian m. sponse to the offer of mediation by the Pan-American confcﬂmce for conciliation and arbitration. Parn- guay has accepted the offer and Bolivia had promised a definite N‘- Ply us sc-sn as its president and congress ‘had considered it. Meanwhile Paraguay went 1.11am! with her mobilization, enlktlug thousands-and starting them wwltilj the front in the Gran Chaco aunoat as soon as they were in “Gal; No further report came boo op- terday of clashes between the

fdﬂl‘ forts where armed forces of the"

two nations in watchful read- iness with a victory for each already written in blood. "

The League of Nations forces i peace were consolidating in ‘_ in readiness to take some such mdve as the summoning of a. special seq- lon of the council in event of mun‘

‘developments of o. serious mat-um.

Other noltions and leaders had ol- fered their good services to new war. "_ The double wail c-I oenaornillp psi! distance prevented the outside world from learning of movement: in ti“ Gran Chase, the vast area. of _ ential wealth which ls the p! contention between the south Mt- erican countries. This region Between the Paraguay and Pilcomayo 111MB is almost uninhabited and has few means of w ‘ tlon. It wt:

there that hostilities begin on ember sixth and broke out anew @- ward the end oi last week._ ' -

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ver mula pupa. Robert Oroziur. Kensington. 982242-1041

snvan "mitts WANTEBw '"’ Abner will be buying Si!" ‘ Skins no the omoe oi J. n. ' kins, Charlottetown. on Dec. 18th. $339.13: ;

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