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in song and . n‘ the famous poet and jgfiéynitrfaslr Walter Stiotl. ‘the lect- urer made his address a st-udy oi’ m; Scottish bards woll-knuwll poem ,‘.\illl‘llliflll." He related the “on. Org)“: jourlleyllrgs -of this valiant but unscrupulous English might about southern Scotland "a lire North of England ms mes- gellglll‘ of llt-‘nry Vllll to Jamel-l IV m.) quoted lnany interesting and beautiful selections from the pow‘, Though Marmion wasits 119M110 dying on‘ Floridan field liter having fn-llcndn with many plvcnturos. gave place to the young Scot, who W813 ‘his bitter wnnly and De Wilton, who till pm], disguised ‘as a Palmer hurl acted as gulide to Mannion and his pen ‘in their travels through Scot- hnn, Tile ‘story c-f De Witch's unusual midnight combat wivh the ahgllsll knight was ‘told ‘nest dramatically by the lecturer‘ Be- ' es illustrating the manner of ‘living of ‘tile Scottish aristocracy what time. nrrd allowing ‘the ull- rcst tllnt swept the southern coull- (in previous to the (iisllstronn battle of Floridan in 1513, the loc- lure contained many d-italls ol ill.‘- lollc interest, and gave Pictures olnlany of Scotland's t‘llcn prom- illolli figure-s. . he speaker's method of culling

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NEW PRESIDENT

HERR LOEBE Latest photograph of the new President of the German

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Germany Obligated T0 Pay Damages

llnlnry of Fodden and. the fall oillnes and the ‘flower ‘of Scot-i llllllil chivalry held ‘his audience: 3pm and was rewarded‘ wit-b, ‘hung applause. Several times‘

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(Special to ‘The Guardian) WAISHlNGTDIN, Feb. 19.--‘Ger- many in obligated to pay damages to American survivors or British subjects who lost their lives in the sinking of the Lusitania. Tile

, H. h r _ umpire of the tM-ixed Claims Com- m‘? [Lflltzgulplsotmlsslcwpfrs Cigfmission adjudlcating the ‘Gcrnlan-

lain llavDougall who played some of tin‘ old Borderland airs and bat- tle songs.

At the conclusion a vote ,0i thanks, moved by Mr. John Ander- ‘m, seconded by Mr J. H. Dell, llllllupport-ttl by Mr H. R. Stewart Vrnilir F, J. Nash. was tendered the lcchltrr by the President, Mr Thomas White, who occupied the

/ Cillil’. it was anllouncid bhnt owing to illalact illut he would be lln- noidallly absent from the city,

lir- K. J. lllartin would be unable ltiitltllillt! lluxt Thursday night. int that llcv. E. M. Malone had eonsrnletl to delive-r n. lecture for that evening on “T-ho Legend of tile Holy Grail."

lisnar Pleaded , “Not Guilty”

(Canadian Preu) llllurnnac, one, ‘Feb. 1o.- "ilu Usnlar pleaded "not guil-

i-l Wlllyto a charge of manslaugh- ier and ‘grlovousl-y wounding” ‘ill “murder with [he ‘mall scalding ff Hector Galarneau, aged s a-t iliierdeau Orphanage. He ‘was rc- . “"1501! to Jail to May 10.

jillcond Washington ' Arms Conference

(lnoclnl f0 The Guardian

‘WASHINGTON. Feb. lea-Pres‘. (ent Coolidge will issue invitations 0P tile second Washington Arms “tolerance ns soon as the support 1 the French Government is as- “Pell. Great Britain and Japan ho- "Wiv slven informal expl-es

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CHARLOTPETOWN, CANADA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2o, 192s

Sap is Running and Geese Flying North

FREDERIOTON, Feb, 19.-.A resident of Marshall Settle- ment reports that wild geese have ‘psucd over there on their way north, ‘Maple sap is reported to be running In some districts near here, being an- other slpn of Spring.

Mrs. John McAlllstcr, cf Hawks aw, has reported two partially opened dandelion bios some which ahc picked along the 8t. John Valley Railway at. Temple, York County. The blossoms were wcilcoiorcd and had every appearance of being . spring flowers.

A Prize Grew Alleged

To Have Looted The Rum Runner

(Canadian Press) ‘BOSTON, ‘Mass, Feb. lib-Charg- e‘; that the prize crow ‘from the coastguard cutter Tampa looted ‘t-he Luncuburg ‘schooner Marjorie Bach- lnan ‘after l-t had ‘been seized as a noun-runner 25 miles mrt. to sc-a and held drun-kcn carousals on ‘board their prize. were made in the F811- crnl Court today ‘by nlenlibc-rs of the ‘Bzlclllrlnlfs crew at a hearing before Judlgc Morton on t-hc Gov- erllnlclrfs petition for forfr-ilure of the ‘schooner nnd her liquor cargo.

Wants Over Million

OTTAWA, Feb. l9.—By tn.‘ death ' of Lady Sifton at 3.15 u, lll, today ‘Canada has lost standing women, noted church work and for being one of the most

To Maintain Fleet

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, ‘Feb. lit-The ‘text of an agreement ‘between the (lover-n- lncfilt and Sir William ‘Peterson un- der the terms of which the ‘latter agrees to establish and maintain a flee-l. of tell ships on ‘the Atlantic in considrlratlon of on annual pay- ment of $275,000 is publisher! ‘today. Toluorrow ‘ls set ‘for the present-a- tion of u root-ion ‘to the House arr-ak- ln-g ‘for the approval of the agree- ulclnt and a strenuous tic-bate will probably develop.

Ten Live in Oven

American War Claim; declared in a decision handed dowll today.

Fractures Skull And Dies Later

(Canadian Press) TRURO. N. S., Benjamin‘ Mclfiuli‘. place fell

47- of down ‘stairs yerterday

SllEFl-‘IEUD, Fob. 10,- Henry Lee, unemployed farm laborer, his wife and their eight children live in an oven.

Unable to obtain a house, the Lee fanlily moved illto an abandon-

ed coke oven in the suburbs, There is no room for furniture, ‘Cooking is through the bottom of which holes Fvil- 19-54“ have been'bored. Entrance to the ‘his oven is effected by crawling on hands and knees through.a door

done on nn inverted buekct

afternoon while doing her house three feet squum_

work, sustained a fractured. skull, “m1 (not) arvtnal hours later, i}

Home From Fur Sa.les

Enggnd Will Treble

Her Air Force

(Canadian Prren) LONDON, ‘Felb. 19.—~G‘reat

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On Wednesday pig-ht Mr. ‘B. ‘ROY mm prgpgges to 5-9pm] $105,000,000

llolmau returned nlonbhfl; iluslntwssl

Mme "m" i‘ on llcr air force. This and a predic-y trill. ‘lllrillfi tlou in nlorulug ‘papers is that ‘the ‘which he nttvlltietl the Fur Auction strength of the Force 1s to lbe ‘tre-

Snlc-s at ‘Montreal all-d New York. bkxy

Both tlltvsts auctions. he said, ‘were most slur: mssflll. and, compared with (‘1113783105 of former years. good ,pric.os were received. "Flloul-rll ‘the collection of high grade silvt-r foxes was ‘lilnltcll. ‘they a‘l‘so‘l1l‘0\l‘si\l very good llrivt-‘s. At ‘Montreal 1300 rrlvclr fox illlii-rl were laold nnd ‘at Nuw York, 2.100. Tile skin brill-Kink the top price, S1175, at Moutrealavas rrl-lscrl on ‘i110 ‘Slcllllrr: Fox ‘Fflfillfi,’ Prince Erlwmrd ‘island. The average prlch for selected our quarter to two-tlliltls ‘black was $lilil.31.

‘it was certainly ‘gratifying. said Mr. ‘Holman, to knclw "that hotter prlccvs were ren-lizc-d at ‘those sale! than at the London Salts. the hi‘ tel‘ ‘being n ‘little rllsnnnvoinlink tilio your and silver foxes not bring" lug ‘such ‘high prices.

'lllo ‘Monllreal Fur Auction Sales were probalbly tho ‘best ever held wi-ih n very large attendance and keen ‘bidding.

At the ‘New York ‘Sales. February 9-19, tho ‘best ‘gratice. running ‘from half to ‘full sliver, advanced 2O por- cc-nt over» lust ‘fall's average price-s. Deep-Ito the fact. that 2.100 ‘fox ‘skins the ‘largest collection ever gathered in one group were put ou the auc- tion block at the Masonic Temple. prices remained firm. The lower grades remained unchanged. top ‘price reached ‘being 8455. The 50 percent d-uty on Canadian skins kept down ‘the offerings from Cau- ada. Manufacturing ‘furricns and re- tn“lers were the principal buyers although, some dealers purchased n few skins. The bulk of ‘the ofiferin! was actually sold, and some of the lower grade ‘sk-ins ‘WCTQAWHOVCC to have lbeen ‘bought for one ‘lower trade.

--—-a0-o?——- BOSTON TERRIER GOLD ' HIRE FOR OVER "r909

‘IORONTU. ‘Feb. lih-‘More than 82.000 ‘has been ‘paid by W. ‘M. Me- Coy, of ‘Middleton. Ohio, for a - ton terrier, champion H all, Let's Co. Bred and owned by Dari Blown, of this oily. it will ‘be unlo-

tllllt Kim: Gear-KGB bronchitis is progressing normailly

King George Doing Nicely K

(Canadlln Frau) LONDON, Feb. 10.-Confidence illness fronl

and tllat ‘there is no sround ‘for anxiety ls shown ‘by t-h-e nlunnelr in which news of the case is hand-ii!!! in mgr-oping papers. Willie printlnK all information obtainable they made no special ‘difllflfll’ 01' ‘it- iOji-—"i*

Medieval Statues Value Realized After 600 Years

raucous. Ens.‘ Feb- lit-vii" inns regarded as of very little val- ue’ ram marge of Queen Margareg on the Older 0i the mun‘ porch 0 the cathedral here. h-as_uow been u?! claimed by an authority‘ o" "mh ' tectlllrp flS "possibly We ‘film-Bi "i": most perfect example of medleva portrait sculpture left in E0101"?-

ISearch is how ‘being ""1119 m’ the name of the sculllwr- All" 600 yam“ 0g (Xpngllre only the hands and the lower Tris of the draper- 18; hm arppl-eclo ly ‘dnmukwl- A 9"!" section ‘that the naive ‘should ‘be re‘ mbvéd rm‘: sari-Lev; sitgffifi‘; position an 0 ‘ ‘ prepared niche M. the ‘buck "t ‘he altar- screeu ln the Angel Choir ha! not been favorably received by the dean and chapter. but ‘it has been enclosed in a wooden case ‘t0 We‘ vent further damflli

1,310 For Union _ And 442 Against

(Olncdlln Prdll)

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(Canadian Press ‘OTTAWA, Feb. 19.—Tlle dob was resumed today on tllerersolu- tioll of W. F. MoLcnn, Conservative, South York. ‘proposing ‘an amend- ment to the Bullish North America Act. ‘Sir Henry Drayton said Cen- adals difficulties in regard ‘to th Il. N. A. were ‘not constitution but ‘functional. it was not the stru ture but ‘the use of the st-ructu that was at ‘fault. There had bee talk, harmless so far as Canada was concnrnerl bu‘t taken by outsiders as ‘indicative of discontent within ‘the Enlpire. Tllos V‘ien, liberal, Lot Blinicre, agreed ~wlth ‘the ‘Minister of Justice that no change ‘should be nlnde without consulting ll parties to t'llc original agreement. , meaning ‘the provinces. ‘Hon. T. A. ‘Crernr favored tile resolution. It was not rlisioyal he thought to discuss a question ofsuch moment to Canada as a nation.

102 Years Old, Take the Days

(Canadian Press)

SAN ‘PEDRO, ‘Ca-LIL, Feb. 19.-—-— Mrs. S. Huncrey, aged 102, when given the alternative of a $100 fine or thirty days in jui-l for ‘illegal pos- ‘smsion of ‘liquor. promptly chose the Jail ‘sentence. l have ‘been drink- ill-g liquor nil ‘my life and ‘I don't intend ‘to stop now, she told the Court. ‘

“P0ll”—Ta.x For Bobbed Heads

BATH, England, ‘Feb. 19.—A tax on bobbed heads, to assist the mu- nicipality of Bath, in balancing its budget, is proposed by City Councilman ‘Lcwin. Quite an in come was derived here» by 'a tux o nthe powdered hail‘ of the lud- ies of the Seventeenth Century, he points out. The money derived from the bobbing tax, he suggests might be considered a kind of "poll tax."

‘Soviets To Build“ Merchant Ships

(Canadian Press)

MOSCOW. Feb. 19.—'I‘h"e Soviet Government has approved a scheme i.o ‘build 120 merchant ‘ships all in Soviet llockywrds- durln-g ‘the years 1926 ‘to 1929. -Fifty six of the ves- sela-ar-e deottlncd for ‘the ‘Black Sea trade.

Crime Wave ‘ In Oxford, N .S.

(Canadian Prcn) ‘OXFORD, ‘N. i8.‘ Felb. 19.—0xford and vdclnlty is in throes or a cri-lne wave, two holdu-pe ‘accompanied ‘by violent assaults, and ‘three ‘burg- laries having talken place within th-o pact few days. Tile latest of- fence ‘was last ni-ght when Edward ing ‘was rendered unconscious as he was about to enter his driveway, robbed of $200 cash and llds horse and eieigiil. ‘in which his assailant disappeared.

Conference Re New Trade Agreement

(Special to Tho Guardian) TORONTO, Ont., ‘Feb. 19.—lMr.

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sioner to the ‘United ‘States is ilere from iNew York to confer with Hon . ‘C. G, Page, Treasurer of the Australian ‘Commonwealth, regard- ing the new Australian-Canadian Trade Agreement. ‘Dr. Page and Mr. ‘Elder will be guests of the luncheon next Monday, when Dr. ‘Page is to speak.

Ont. Farmers Ask ‘Aid To Recover Money Sunk in Oil

LONDON, 0nt., ‘Felb. 10.-Believ- ing that they are the victims of one of the biggest swindlee ever pu-t over ‘in Ontario, c score of North ‘Middlesex ‘farmers are sskin! ‘the ‘government to anoint them in rceovorlnfi 8300.000. ‘IIIVQM ‘b! them in Texas oil stocks. Already legal machinery ‘has been ‘put in motion at Toronto to ‘have a crimi- nal investigation officer sent to Tex- as. The actual‘ amount of mono!

817,000 in Can fan Victory ‘bond! for shares in he company. Al" this some man mortgaged hi; home.

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RE-ELECTED

COL. MURRAY MacLAREN, lM.D. C.M.G., M P, of St John, N.B., who was re-

elected president of the St. John's Ambulance Association, Canadian Branch, at the annu- al meeting of the Association held ln Ottawa. ,

Ship Many Apples T0 Old Country

HALIFAX, ‘Feb, 19.—~A' total of 49,308 barrels of apples were ship- ped from Halifax to the ‘English markets, during the week ending February 15, bringing the total for the seaso llup to 962,544. This week's shipment, it is will take the season's total beyond ‘the million mark

Bandits Return To Scene of Murder

N-EW YORK, Feb. 19.-Tllree bandits who shot nnd killed Barn- ct Brown, in his jewellery store in the Bronx, on New Year's ‘Eve, 1924, visited the store today, and after threatening Louis Rich, the present owner, with death, bound and gagged him, They then robbed the place of jewelery, valued at $2,000. . As the robbers entered one of them sairlz‘

"We killed a guy in this shop n year ago, and if you make one sund, you will get what he got."

Crescents Defeat I Dartmouth 4 to 2

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX, ‘Feb, lib-Crescendo de tented Dartmouth 4 to 2 ‘tonight EH11 won the. right to ‘represent ‘Halifax ,ln rile ‘M. A. ‘H. A. semi-finals.

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Pain ,

PARIS, Fob. lb-‘Bccauu her fubercular ulster Annie plead- ed to bc put to depth, n 40-yelr old lplnstcr named Lcvnuer placed I revolver at the nuffen cr'| body and fired fivg shots, the int one being mortal. The woman surrendered.

Lela than u fortnight ago Stanislaw: Umlnuka, Polish ac- "Bl. Wil acquitted of the fllifflc of murder after confu- Ilflo to shooting to death her lover. Jean Zynovlkl, because his malady was incurable.

$100,000,000 For . _ Devastatcd Regions

i3llflclal to The Guardian)

PARIS, Feb, 10.-A promise of $100,000,000 for the devastated re- lrions, to be floated in the United States as soon as the Budget is de- finitely balanced and voted, was one oi.’ the remedies for ‘France's troubled financial economic situa- tion advanced hy Finance Minister lClementel in the course of an eo- dress before the Chamber of Depu- ties this morning,

Hold Ail‘ Funeral

‘SAN ERANClSCOr-Feb. 19.— Army aviators conducted ‘the first aerial funeral in the history of Am- erican air navigation today when they scattered the ashes of Wil- linm ‘H. Pearce, retired national forest supervisor, over the waters of the Golden Gate, A formation of five planes participated, fulzflllirlg a wish expressed by Pearce before his. death last week.

Grain Enquiry To Cost $169,707

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(Canadian ‘Prcsa) OTTAiWiAflOnL. Feb. ISL-The elm-t to date of the ‘Royal Grain En- qui‘ry ‘Commission which has just. re ported to vhe Government on ‘the grain handling in ‘Canada, is 8187.- 608. ‘The total cost ‘is expected to bo $109,707.

Will Let Down Bars Re Immigration

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Feb. 19.—~It was rumored in immigration circles to- day that the‘ Canadian Government will in the near future let down

some time next. month. -'-—¢c->-—---

Canadian Corps Wins Junior Shield

(Canadian Pren)

Met The West

‘QEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 19.—~An_ account of events connected with the finstnJaparn-ese embassy "1 "he United States in L860 ‘has ‘been translated ‘into English ‘by Dr. Hen. ‘bent ‘H. ‘Gowen, professor of ‘Orient- al languages in the University of Washington, with the assistance of a Japanese student.

‘How enrlbarralssed the Japanese comlnissionens were when dining with women ‘a-nrl ‘how ‘they nearly (ll-spar ‘from finger ‘howls “in tile savage country of America" are re- lated. The fact that Lewis ‘Cass. sec- retary of state, fallednto serve tea when first meeting ‘them is men- tlicnc-rl as indicating ‘lack of cour- tesy and ‘refinement.

U. N.,B. Win Over Acadia 4 to 3

_ (Canadian Prcn) WOLIFV-BDLJE. Feb. 19.—U. N. B. defeated Acadia 4-3 tonight in the Inter-collegiate hockey final. ----—<O->-———-——-

DE NMNR K8 GREAT 8UCOE88

TORONTO, 1310b. 1‘9.-—~Hon. J. S. Martin, Minister of Agriculture. addressed the Canadian Club at luncheon today upon the develop- ment of the agricultural industry in Denmark. ‘He attributed that country's outstanding success to their system of land tenure,‘ educa- tion and cooperative selling efforts and he advocated an adaption of their system for Ontario.

‘He sa d: ‘They have a highly de velopnd cooperative system which has made farming a profitable bus- iness. Wealth is widely diffused and there are comparatively few rich people. The power of privileg- ed nobility has shrunk, their land having been soiled by the Govern- ment and divided into small par- cola."

"The country ills solved its prob- lem of keeping young men on the farm. Denmark created this situa- tion out of acute poverty and dil- trob following disastrous warn, Bile

OTTAWA, Feb. 19.—The Junior ‘Shield in the ‘imperial ‘Rifle Com- petitions of 1924 has been won by a Canadian corps-the Canadian Machine Gun Brigade of ‘Winnipeg

School Cadet Corps took second place in the Junior Competitions

Mussolini Is Ill With Influenza

‘ROM-E. Feih. 19.-—Dr . Baetlnnelll again today twice visited Premier Mussolini, who is suffering from ma attack of influenza. He T011110 the temperature of the ypatient had de- creased somewhat, flout that it. st‘ll-l was slightly above normal. His plrlse was excellent and his breath- ing and lblood pressure ‘were nor- mal

His Foot Crushed Boy Asks Death

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.--'ll am crlp pied for life, ‘please shoot me. Kill mg quick," shouted ‘Herbert Jones, 17 yeans old of ‘Mount Vernon to Pol-ice ‘Sergeant ‘Dalton as ‘be sv- pronclled the oillcer wish his right foot. crushed

He ‘amid his foot had been mangl- ‘ed ‘when he jumped off a. hat mov- ing freight train. Despite iris seri- ous ‘injury and the ‘loss of consider- able ‘blood, iille boy ‘managed to hob- hie a quarter of a mile along the tmckc and up a long flight of steps to the Tuckclloe ‘Station.

‘Ho ‘was token‘ ‘in a taxicab ‘to the Grnmntan Hospital an Bronxv-llle. where the ‘foot was amputated. The surgeon said be would recover.