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,Two Slight Tremors Recorded On The Seismograpli At Dal-

(Canadian Press)

- HALIFAX‘ N. 8-, Jan. 5—Two hoearth tremors were recorded -- the seismograph at Dalhousis -~ - varsity on Saturday. The first -- urred at 10.81.35 s. m.. and the d a; 9.42 p. m. In noitheigcsse i _ the record distinct enough to tflnaio the distance or direction of - opiccatrs.

. FRIIRERIGIDN. N. 3.. Jsri..|- e third earth tremor within the t few weeks was felt this morning

housie University.

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about ten o'clock in different part: of the city and while no ioriel damage resulted. fumibilre an er articles in horues and business] use: shook. It lasted only a. few seconds

but coming so closely upon the hoe‘: of two previous quakes caused som

excltsment. The tremor extended all nlonng the Nashawiik valley and the MiremichiJnBlaokvlllet-heldiock was particularly severe although no damage has been reported. The en- tire‘ time taken by the quake was not over a. minute.

Island representatives to the h annual session of the Marl- o- Boys’ Parliament at Backville t. speck have returned home, en- tic over the results 0i the con- tention with» Dec. 30th.. Prince Edward Island four ‘ representatives: Messrs. , _I.ogera. Clmlottetown, Wilfred - hi-oyd, York, Roland Taylor. lottetown. and Gordon Douglas. -- town. Mr. _ers. who is a of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. ‘Rogers, - sant Street. was appointed can- atc for the Premiership for 1030. th Burnett Balaton. 8t. John. as tomato.

Mr- Rogers reports a most inter- tirig convention. Then were about fty representatives in attsndancc . .. all barb o! the Maritime Pro- oss. The House was openedon 81st,?! w.H.M~Wo0d.M-1|- , with i-ion. Joe porridge. of Mount g -- Premier. Charlie Simms. U. . p.’ reads-i- of the opposition and ‘ alcolm Mathcson. st. John. Speak- . Among the subjects discussed - - the need for a guiding influence i. a boy's life; advertising of new ranger uniform; establishment Tunis councils in co-ollcmte with ya’ Work Boards in promoting -_ work; profanity; use of tobac-

OUNCEMENTS. MING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC. I "Tigers va GTE, llighfield mo:

, January ‘f. One hour's skatn 0314-8-21

out. Itswart Club loading Wed- . IIWYUUOD. ‘h! 0th. (Bud) D. J. ---~- d, Secretary. iilo-l-e-li

. ‘Buying Idol. 811080 end limb‘ Ieusinlton every Thursday forc- , WGC-IO-ii-ldontueatf.

. ‘The annual meeting of the Union _~ -- 'a Association will be held in '- factory at Vernon on Tuesday. ‘ lath, at 2 o'clock. B. l. Me- - President. 0104-0-91

-~ otieei The annual, meeting cf ‘llaaeibrook Dairying Co., Ltd. will t old on Wednesday. annual-y 10th, . at I p. m. ' Ill-l-O-Si

if ‘Montague Club will load h0- - forcneoii, January cab.

l arliamentarians , “Of The Future ~

In Busy Session _

' Mr. Ben Rogers, City,.Slated For Leadership Of * i Boy's Parliament In 1930. *

co; liquor. situation; tuxis and trail ranger proficiency badge work; co- operation with Canadian girls in training and young peoples‘ societ- ies; attendance at leadership camps; fiurthprsnce of Turns ideals in church

problem: election or Non-tuna boys to parliament; war and world broth- trhood. ‘

The parliament theme was. “that we may know Him."

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(Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. t-Ciara A. Briggs, newspaper cartoonist, died yesterday at the Neurological Instit- ute uftor a long illness. He was s3 years old. Mr. Briggs had endeared himself to the hearts oi many thous- ands of newspaper readers. He was the creator of, "When A Fellow Needs A Friend." “Ain't It A Grand And Glorious Felling." "How To‘ Start '1'!" Dly W700i." "Somebody ‘Is Al- ways Taking ‘Thea Joy Out _Of Life,

"Mr. and Mrs," and several other cartoon series.

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WABHINGTDN, Jan. a-Jii-s threatened destruction of the capitol building of the United stats; tonight

who responded to a general glam and poured tons of water into the building. v

Oﬂkinating in a room used by an mut, earl-Mohair. 6n the foul-u. flnonthailalnaaq _spreaduid soon ware shooting i above the great dome whilrthouasnds stood in ti» roman f ti.» o»- ital in fear that building

but the blaze was put out w fir-omens

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Paacual Orlta llubio, president- elect or Mexico. who. with his family and retiuua, la visiting Niagara Fails. The prdeideut-clect ' travels under heavy police Inﬁll.

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WASHINGTON’. Jan. 6-(A. P.)-— King George and l? “dent Hoover have sriarkod the new yBl-r with an exchange of u. tings in which tht hope of limitation ofuaval airma- mcuts was held out as one of the brightedl- P39500095 for the‘ coming year. The State Department yuaior-

‘tod... .0...» loroaaaooinwi-"iilrrw promo were Mt or eéoéh- -

grams exchanged between the two. The Kirgwvlrod rs ident Hoover l. follows: "At the conunenoemcnt of the new year sofull of promise for the advancement of world peace by naval disarmament, it aﬂords ms particular pleasure to offer to you my cordial greetings together with my best wishes for your happiness and welfare and for the prosperity o! the United States of America.”

In reply tho President said: "I srn happy to receive Your Majesty's message of new year wishes. ‘The resolve to advance world peace by mutual good-will and by the limita- tion of naval armaments is the earnest Wrote of the British and American peoples and o! their gov- erncnsnts and it is my hope, as it will be the endeavor of the Amari- can ‘CVQTAMCBQ. to see this great object attained during the year which has Just commenced. I also desire to reciprocate all Your Ma- jesty's good wishes for the new yﬂh"

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ST. JOHN, N. 3., Jan. 4-0111: of the largest. shipments or silver and black fox pelts to ever leave this pont was stripped yQstArday 11y Pl!- cel poet on board the O. P. B... linlr Montrcse which sailed direct for London. ‘rhis was ‘the statement given out at the Post Qﬂlce last ev- ening. The assorlment is worth $100,000‘ or over. A. V]. Lingley, the postmaster, asserted.

All foxes freon which the pelts were secured are products of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick ranches and particularly at this season of the year. the first of fox fur sales in London, large consign- ments an ordered and Previous to this shipment other large orders have been handled l1! thslooal Post Oilloa. but this is stated to be the largest consign- ment. of pelts ever sent to London. The pelts are sealed up in bundles uuiaouhuudlouvoiuodintlisvi- cinity of from 08.000 in 04.000- irqi- the neat three weeks or a month, before the opsnhig ofihc tui- sales iwnondoo these orders will‘

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honorarium SERIUUQIHARGE

Believed To Be Same Person Who De- frauded @111 Mer. chants Last Week By Means of Worthless Cheques.

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The city police have rveuived in- forrnatl ofthearrestin Menotcn

3 of a man identified as one "B. R

Roberta's" by means of a Charlot- tetown check-book which he had in his possession. believed to be the same person: who last week in Char- lomto .. vl-oriminds chm loo-i tradesmen by tendering worthlus cheques. The man was wanted for similar _ in llonotcu and was arrested in that oclty on Saturday afternoon shortly after his arrival from (‘aha-rlotteiown. I '

Before leaving Cmarlottotown Friday aftsrnoon Roberta's is alleged to have defrauded local fifldllll-‘llll of 0170 in money and goods. To one he is said to have presented a cheque for $100 receiving in‘ return s lady's coat valued at $35 and the bslanoeofsieinoash: toauothora cheque of 020 with which he pair-- chased a. pencil, a fountain pen. anda cigarette lighter to the value of 80: xi-oinatl-iirixhepurohased a blue chinchilla. overcoat and a eilkmuffler rorwiilehliepresentad hollows for aso. when arrested heTnura pen i! hissiomoaion slsiil is. the. on» goods, no trace ‘was 0.111s prisoner will be tried 150M991! before being bsotlht back to Chariot- fetown ior a separate trial.

3,500 civic imrmvrss in: nism _|_ s SEO

Dr stic Orders Issued o Save The City From Insolvency.

(Special to the Guardian) CHICAGO. Ill. Jan. b-Fifhdn hundred civie employees today are out or a job and as many more us likely to be discharged as s. result of the effort of the common council to reduce the city's huge burden od’ debt caused by lavish spending on over planning of the city- by a dras- tic curtailment of expenditures. The strength of the police force has been reduced by 4'18 and 1.100 employees in other departments were given dismissal slips. A- W. Goodrich, fire commissioner, is contemplatin g‘.- duction of his force by 23b and more than 11000 other civic servants are retaining their Jobs only until q.- pertinent heads can determine what employees can be retained under tbs appropriation allowed them. The ap- propriation adopted by the council was $55,206,140. Heads of depart- ments oould have disregarded the budget order-until January 8 as baa been dons on previous occasions to see if the mayor vetoes the budget: however if there is no veto the da- partmont heads would by January l0 hiviexéiided their appropriations and would have been held respon- sible under tbs-drastic order to slash expenditures to save tbs city from complete insolvency. Oidtiinari in the city service who believed they hold lifetime iobs and political appoinises whose ssrvioss aim-required at slac- tion time were included‘ wbsndis- iniaaal slips were distributed. ‘lbs dis- shaiqos policeman. were these taboo

Th! pl! ' ,, ." who were recently in Paris together Prince lbopold, out on a sholillllll

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TYNDALL, Man, Jan. d-Resldents of this little quarry town thirty miles northwest of Winnipeg are aghast to- day at a, triple tragedy of a few weeks ago; Remnants of a death depleted family mourn in tho home of Herman Btrandbcrg, who yesterday slew his

bore shows Princess Ingeborg and Princess Astrid.

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with Prince Charles of Sweden and expedition 0f the Paris stores.

elderly wife and aged rnotlier-in-law and then put himself to depth with a rlilc bullet. Victims of the double murder and suicide are Herman Strsndberg, 65, self slain murderer. Mrs. Martha Straildberg, 56, his wife shot and knifed to death, Mrs. M. Weldman, 80, mother of Mrs. Strand- herg, stabbed fatally.

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8'!‘- JOHN. N. B. Jan. 5- Arrived. Beaver-ford, London, San ills, ans, Vaiiiorta, Alge- rls. sailed. Valcoruss, Italy, (3) York Ooillllnlotierdanmlbuchess of licluuoud Liverpool

OTTAWA. _0nt., Jan. 5-(By l!!! C. P-h-llﬂll. W. W. B. Moth- Orwlll. Minister of Agriculture. will be 70 ycals old tomorrow. MI- Motlaorwsll. who has been ill with paiernuonia la making a rapid recovery.

WINNIPEG. Man, Jan. hilly all A- P-i-Andrew Kelly, pio- neer miller. honorary president 6! the Western Canada Flour’- Mﬂls Company. died st his home hare today. Mr. Kelly has been I- lwsldcnt of the west since 1881, Wining from Si. Mary's. Ont.

NEW YORK. Jan. b-The $60- 400 increased pay that Mayor J. I. Walker will receive in the neat four years will be devoted entirely to charity. he announced at a meeting of the New York ltatc Chamber of Commerce. Tbs mayoral salary lass been rains from 825.000 to $40,009 a year. the term being for four years.

WELLINGTON, "New Zeahnd. Jan. 5-(0- P.) CINE-JUN lkbt cruiser (Dunes!) in. 4850 tous sari-rips six inch grins has been ordered by the New Zealaiid Government to be held in read- , ineas to report to Samoa. in oasc a mminov-ltlsnwkd- how- cvl’. that conditions in sauna have again bsooiae quiet. follow- lgtbe . - ‘ disturbances in

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ST. JOHN, N. B., Jan. l-m-Tlie death of Edward Arnold Thomas. senior engineer with the 8L John Harbor Commissioners, “ here suddenly shortly after mid- night Friday. Mr. Thomas was driving ills wife home when he was suddenly taken Ill in the car and riled soon afterwards. His death was attributed to heart trouble.

0N noaim s. s." harm,- WORT}! CASTLE, Jan. L-Aftcr ploughing down the English Channel in tho teeth of a flares Nwcsteriy gale throughout the night the steamer Kenilworth Castle. bearing the Prince of Wnlca to South Africa. passed Uihnnt this morning and met the full for“: of thc gale as it swept across the Bay of Blscny. The ship plunged and tossed violently on the great swrlls 0f the bay whose turmoil was lightened by brilliant sunshine while the Prince of Wales kept to his cub- ln and rested,

VIENNA" Jan. 5—The Can- adan hockey loam of Toronto maintained an unbroken record in their European tour with two decisive victories over the week- ‘end. On Saturday night the Can- adian team defeated the Vienna Skating Club by six goals to one. Tonight they defeiilsd a team from Prague. Caecho Slovakia. by the ‘overwhelming

score of l5 goals to none.

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Second Conference 0n

Reparations Gets Un. derway At '1‘ he Hague.

(Special to the Guardian) THE HAGUE, Jan. i-Beneatla the surface calm thelwators of the second Hague Conference on Reparations are already troubled , and stormy days may lieahead. Foreign Minister Ourtlus of Germany and Premier ‘Iblriuau of Franco conferred privately Friday night and while no com- munique was isued The Star was re- liably iririfonrlsd that. brisk words Here Ourtus, it is

Printer Tiardieub question as to wihat valildty Germany's signature here wvrudhaveifas lsrnoreti-laripos- sliﬂs the lwlnchstag overthrown the Cabinet on a voto of conﬁdence after the return of the Germ-an loaders from The Hue-as .‘ l-lerr Ourtlus briatled butleridedby giving assurance thslt Dr. Sehaoht, the "Iwlehsbank President, who has been ‘the German government's moat inﬂuential critic would come to The Hldue if requir- ed and would comm-ii‘ The ltoioha- barik to any decisions to which the German Goverment agreed. America remains the big imknown qualtity here.

Much allll _,' is felt among the delegates of the Allied Powers over the fact that Jackson Reynolds. one or the American-lagoons ‘or the in- temntionsl Bank organizinns coin- mitroe sailed only today from N6" York on the Berengaria and cannot arrive atThe II-Iacuafor aiwhole week. Mesnvmlle all discussions as to Iilhe participation of the United Stories in the International Bank and American banking aid in oom- merclalizing German Palm‘ must mark time. It is urlofflcially ertated here that Mr. Reynolds is ‘bringing authorization from ‘the Federal l-‘te- serve Board to advise the con- ference that the board will 9"‘ tlclpaatc with .19. ism-son 1nd Oven D. Young in naming the Amerioliﬂ dlrectrs f the International Bank, on of whom will be elected pre- sidnt of the institution. Governor Moi-can of the Bank or France will probablylesavc here within a few days tooonsult wntosue NOW"- Governor of the Bank of England. in Brilssels or London on this flue!" tic-n.

‘Lam strollers last night were sur- prised to sec the Hotel Witteburg where the British delegation and Ed- win C . Wilson. American observer to the new reparations conference.

of police reinforced by police doifl- Chsncellor Snowden of Great Bri- tsin has the ground floor room with large Freoh windows opening on the trgot, Thg police will hOt ldlliit that they have been warned of possible aggrosion against him but they apparently are taking no chances.

Hangs Two Hours Then F riglitens HisI-IangmenAway

vlmA onus. Mexico. Jan. 4- Coming to life afwr llanging two hours, an lied Mexican accused of witchcraft. rrightshod away the hsngman and reached Ban Andres 'I‘uxtla today with s. tale of woe.

The man. llranclsco De La Otua, was condemned to death by the municipal president o! ban Pedro Sotespan in the State of Vera Crua Rearing of the verdict. he sought to

persons were killed at Shreve, Ohio, tonight. when a Pennsylvania flyer struck a bus bearlngitwenty high scchool basketball players and roohrs from Burbank. Ohio. At lesat nine were seriously injured and were be-

killed.

ing treated in the City Hospital.

escape. but was caught and lynched. iFor two hours he hanged in a tree rand then gave signs of life. llis esp- tors fled. Summoning all his snotty

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Regulations Prohibit- ing Their Entryjlntu P. E. I. Have Boon Rescinded.

(Special to the Guardian) Momroli, N. s. Jan. s-coui- men ' the first of the year, the re- gulations prdhibitlng the bringing of dogs mo. Prince mwud maid have been rescinded. Aaviooxo that effect has been nrcivd by adiari National Railways. The rials oirldlng of thcese iosiuotioru that wiriats and other visltlﬁgftha Island may now bring their "dog's with iii-ism.

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(Canadian Press) - FREDERICTON. N. B.. Jan. 0- The Mitchell Lumber Company with headquarters at Lincoln, Bunbur: County, was disclosed today as thi purchaser of crown land timber right! from‘ the Bonny River and ‘Albert Lumber Companies in the Alma aco'-‘ tion of Albert County. The land is-it two blocks and is 6d square miles-iii‘. srsaJrith about thirty million mp8? ficial feet of timber. transfer was given by G. H. Prince Deputy Minister of ‘Lands anafllllne: for New Brunswick.

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(Canadian Press) ~ rmw 2on8. N. 2., Jan. t-Gclf. eral Jan Christian Brnuts, form: pheminer of South Africa, arrived i New York today from Toronto. l‘ is visiting Canada and the Units States in connection with the cglsbrr tion of the anniversary or the gets). llshrnent of the League of Nattdial"

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Winds shifting to southerly i? increasing to strong. fair and mild ' Tmonto. cloudy ,.. .. 40-‘ Montreal, cloudy .... 30-4: Quebec, clear . . . . .. ... ... 80-; Charlottetown, cloudy ... u." lie". Halifax. cloudy ... ... ‘.4 424-1 8t John. clear ... ... ... ..,, Boston. clear .

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