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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA ruuaspAY, FEBRUARY r, 1.35;;

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Premier twdlfisitlParisl Shortly to Discuss i Reparations. l

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Chief Issue at Coming

(Canadian Press) l LONDON, Feb. li-—'l‘he now gov-_ erlllllent is cnergc-tiltallyl working to be ln readiness to meet parllzlulcllt

creased Living Costs

SllflHl lillllllfilifil

lems of Grading and l Marketing Most Important (

The Agricultural short courses

are meeting with splendid succpss throughout

tile Province. is

(or the high cost of

thrcntenlnll the the failure

The chief issue of the French general election

ncxl week. Cabinet nleetin '..' are (Ufllffld FTP“) lhold nlnlost daily and a llllllllllwl‘ oil

NEW YORK. Fell- _"l‘ll vle committees are studyilli; the differ- Chere". which l8 m9 French "mile eut problonls. Housing has bevn “villi-ll 1" _:t constant source of difficulty since downfall of the um (our, am] Poincare ministry far more than this problem will probably do luore of Franco to get an to reconcile the country to the llew adequate ‘indemnity from Germany. administration tllall success lu any coming other direction. All important coll- ln, (he ference will privately to discuss the question in y

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success in solving

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week the courses are being hclrhul Georgetown. and Montague. Next week they will be at Emerald and ilelloque.

The following expression of ap- preciation frolu the people of the Belfast (listrlct for the services rendered by the Provincial De- pzlrtnlcut of Agriculture in holding the short courses. speaks for it- sell‘:

ppflfig will not be the Rhine, but the increase of "vln ordlnalro" from thirty centlmes por litre (1% pints) before the war, to one mine and forty centlmcs. and the increase of “pot an fou" from three francs to twelve francs. In American values. there is no difference ln these prices because of the fall in the franc.

The litre of wine ls still approxi- mately six cents and the pot au fen is sixty cents. But wages have not kept pace with tho varia- tion in exchange. and to the Frenchman the present arc twice an high proportionately to his wages as before the war.

Pot llu fell, the French national dish. is u stow of beef. onions, car- rots and turnips. ‘The liquid is taken as a soup and the solids fol- low as the final course. As long as pot all fqp and vin ordinaire are chlmp. the Ftench worklngnlan ls satisfied. t these two prime necessities of his life are going up llttla by little. “without pause, while wages remain stationary.

in all thlnxs. too. affecting the middle classes. prices in Franco shcW t c some tendency to mount. Eggs wore formerly ton» ecntimes each‘. and now they cost a franc, an lncrese of (one thousand per cent. Butter has increased six hundred per cent. So has sugar. Potatoes have gone up five hun- dred per cont. A mutton cutlct "Ovlllu: forty centlmes formerly, now costs two francs seventy

ployers and trades union connect- ed with the building industry. Thel government's aim is to induce tllel trades unions to allow some relaxa-l tion of the strict trade union rulesl or “(lilllting" as it is (lulled in or-l der to provide more skilled lullor ti. tho building trade. '

tlnuanco of its housing policy over u period of fifteen lo twenty years. that is, guarantee to the trades constant work. This is a difficulty retiqulrlng to ho tllreshell ollt. Another (llfflculty to be overcome is tho hindrances placed ill the way by rings or combines restricting supplies of building materials, and it is sold that the government is ready t0 fight thcso rings. lt is un- derstood that the financing Blillfilllvs do not present great (llfilcultltls.

W h regard to foreign affairs, it is reported that Premier Mau- Donald contemplates

bring together

on the reparations question.

Donald will appear

“absolute? With regard to the term "De Jure recognition" Mr.

lulmlrnrl per cant. Bread. how. cvcr. hlls advanced only one hun- dred and fifty per cent. duo to artificial causes.

A Woman could obtain before lllc war in Paris, an excellent tnilor made costume for ninety flvo francs. The same dress now

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Ambassador and

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(Canadian Press.)

JDNDON, Feb. 6.—-Slr Esme Howard. the new British Ambassa- dor ‘to the llnited lStatcs, will sail on the Olympic February 20 to take ‘up ills ‘post, Aft/er a flilcen minute chat with Premier lllllavcDonaltl, the Ambusso- dcr saldlthat no one could avoid falling under his great lvllarln or fail lto be impressed by his cornerst- ness, sincerity and vlvld personal- lty.

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rderrnany A Aids Com- °°'" ' mlttee 0i Experts

‘MAID WANTED-TOR GENERAL __.__ . house work. Apply Mrs. J. W. (ganadmn pm“) BERLIN, Feb. ti.——flumors of

Murdock, Monmgu@,_11 frl tion or diverging opinions be- FIIIIREMEN, BRAKEMEN: 555m‘ twfson. the committees of experts o" “Emu” molllllly lwlllcll and German official quarters are DOl-lition?) Write Railway. B01 categorically denied in an official 116‘ 1353'2‘7'5l¢4l statement issued by the comlnll-tcl!

_ resided over b Rcslnald MP‘ ‘WANTELMAN To WQRK 0N ip((!fifl& to tho gflcct that experts farm‘ Apply 09°" wm-‘td- ‘mtYlllY- are receiving every assistance both R‘ R‘ 5 l“ llllm" “#332- 1343'2'45'3l from the government. llnd banks. Speaking for the first c0lnllllt- tee ono of the United Stakes ex- perts sad: "Every government department or official whose co- operation is needed by "9 l" W!“ neotlon with our study of the (icr- man budget and currency has rend- orod prompt and efficient aid."

Thieves Make Big Haul in Montreal

(Canadian Frau.) MONTREAL, Fdb. (i-Furfl. 10W- qlry and other vaulalblea worth nearly 84.000 were stolen lby thiev-

FOR SALE—WHITE LEGHORN cockorcls. Apply 6 Grafton St. lflbi-fliil-Zli

'NOTIOE—WOULD MR. JAMES llllilfflfllt. of Prince Edward ‘"110. adorns unknown. com- gaunlcate with Post Office Box

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HNJSIKIIPIH ~ IV emote lzenulomm. Country district. A-D" my "JUN experience and Wages "Dwfed to "A" Ouarlllan Offlcei

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delivering- n“ - . i kg} ho it‘ ye who entered not bolfllltgll e film-bra? iifigfng h: til; rllorth and of the a“ "SM bob- h. Proud and city over the week-end.

"Wide- iasu-o-al.

Body of Youth Found in “Pond

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VMNJJSOR. N. 8., Feb. ‘Gr-Jrlie body of Monro Ifoffflfl. 8h 18-year- om hgy, ma; found today inmih} town pond at mlmouth-

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‘ lllfliohowan, good

wh-

“wm g I a HQ), m in u m lntblt or ammo: mun Bend“! with Moods at o farm, M

all its bearings. ltwill be ltttcnrlotl by the Ministers of Health and Lab- .- or and representatives of both cm- _v

in return for such relaxation the pointed to replace Hon. trades unions contend that the gov- Lapolnte to fill the post left vawnt crnlnent ought. to guarantee a coll- by Sir Lomer Gouln.

a visit to Paris in May, after the l-‘rench el- ections. which it is hoped >lnuy u chamber better

An interview with Ramsay Mac- tomorrcw in the Manchester daily (lispatch, inlslnull mine, only which tho prime minister dcclareslll ‘l9 that. tllo recognition of Russia. isZof ll s

Premier Confer

Hoffcri.

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NEW CABlNE-T MINISTER

Hon. Arthur Cardin, new Min-

ister of Marlnc and Fisheries. ap- Ernest

Ncwtowu (Iross, l’. E. 1., - Feb. 5, 1924 lloll. J. ll. Myers, (lOlIlYlllBSlODQF of Agriculture, Charlottetown, l’. E. l.,

Dear Sir:

As chairlullu and secretary-trials- l|l'l‘l‘ of the Short Course ill Agri- culture held at Eldon l am in- slrllctl-d to convey to you the fol- lowing resolution moved by J. .1. blllclitlnalrl and seconded by S. I).

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(Canadian Press.) (lltOSllY. Minlh. two minors perished

when tlle ‘bot.

late today.

(flooded the wor ‘cool mine near hero

Like rats in a ldicrl sutlfrlcztterl h)’

’i‘hr\.re was no extended wllrninll; ljust a tomobilrs roalrllli’. road."

down a distant t

alust the walls.

Tonight around the Sllllllt openlnll

(scores of wives and smothers and (jhullren stood, some in lfllnlllll ltealrs, others dry-eyed and staring las lrelpless as were the mcll about them to snatch from the murky waters the bodies ol‘ their loved ones.

l Most of the victims were young men, mlllly of them married llnll most oi‘ the children that! took up tho sonrowilll Vlilll Wm‘ llwll’ "l" thers were tllly tots. clutching in wonderment. at their lll()l.llI‘l‘S skirts, awed by the ‘tlllflK that luul made thanl onphalls. The mine, sit- uated ulbout fur miles north ol‘ Cros- by ill o region somewhat swamped. mo h.“ your yioldtlll 70,000 tollo oi manganese ore. It is opera-ted und- er lease lhy the Wltulursh Mining Company" and is owned by (icorgo ll. Crosby, of llullluth.

Th!) shaft ol‘ the Milford lnine is 125 (foo), deep and him nillin level of the nlino is 100 feet between the surface of the earth, running “Mm east and south-west, a‘ drift 1.309 feet long. North of the mine lies Island Lake and between the mine lull this lake was a small pond~to- nlglllt lunch smaller its shore ll mire for its wavers filled lllc workings of the nrlnc.

Rev. Dr. Fosdiok Now Vindicated

(Canadian Pruo.) rmw roux. Fah- M-Thv Iber- hyt-cry of New York today accepted by a vote of 111 to 28 lt committee

the Rev, -Dr. Harry Emerson dick, a Baptist minister. who ‘has been ‘charged lwlth heretical utter- ances while" ocullylflls U10 Tlffll- liroebytorian pulpit.

Bandits Make Get-

(canldlnn Prat) now Yank. Feb. 6—FIve arm-

yiry start‘ . min in nu ‘i’ “““2.“‘°‘:il d lfhbli I

n (sou-moo, dollars.

and eccllféd in

l~‘oh. (‘t- lil-ovly-

., t fell ut l‘ a small pond unll disposed to meet tho British viewsl m" 1 U “kiirgs m. lhelMmbrd

{Taught in the llower levels ol‘ lilo seven of tile crew weru ll-ble to gain the safely kip and ascend to lllr Hurley"- trallp llllfill‘ twonlll'lldes the Hlllliy mud ‘lilllllmcs. an increase of nerly slxlMllcDonald says he objects to lung-land Wfilllp that gushed through U19 H1150 which cannot he understoodlworkinlgs.

W "rumble like a thousand llu~_

one survivor said. Then the

leaping lirlaek wave oi’ zlezltll clrsul- fed the-m, battering its victims as"

report vindication ‘the tea-chWgg .w

away, With J ewéls ll- ‘Worth $35,000 *_

dlt ‘lleld up thq ‘jew- qd b“ l wq@ltlam Schneider‘

wlut three triyll- of l other some aided

iilllrchisou and carried ulutuiluous-

ltr-srllvlell tllut:-— ivhrlreas the ])i‘0]lll‘. ol‘ tho llelfnsi. District wish to extend to tlle Depllrtlnent of Agriculture null to the lecturers in particular, their entire nppro - -

lltion of the Short Course in Agri-,he,lu(liutlnn_ Amer

culture. held llt Eldon during tilt‘

week beginning Jan. 28th; the in-

terests in our Ilusiness have been quit-ironed and we

sirllclioll lll the thrilling discussed;

Allll WllPYPflH the gist of several the of uniforluity in

of the lccturtu: elupllllsizell rzrl-llt need now iilrln \ll'(\ll.l‘+'l.l4', .

cultural education

our business is and discussion on confronting us in lllarlceiing our products;

lucni. of Agritlulturl»

thought. and work

Respectfully subnlltlcll F. S. REEVES,

1111"‘ IlPPlYPillbl-lell built to llulrlf the last resting lunch Villllfllllt‘ klunvltlllge. and lll~ various lines of

And whereas it. is ollr oplillun that while we do not wish to depre- ciate ill the least the value of agri- nloug produc.» five lilies, yet we feel that at the present time the greatest needs in nlore instruction the problems

grading and

'I‘hcrefore be it resolved that wl- rosplwclfully suggest to the Depart- that more be (leveled to this phase of agriculture ill l’. E. I.

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‘Instruction in Prob-lFuneral Service Was

Marked by Neither Splendor or Pomp

(Canadian Press) lVASHlNfiTflN, Feb. ii-Vilithollt pomp yt-t with the highest honors ill the power of a nation to bestow upon a private citizen the body of

eut of United States was laid t0 rest today in the quiet little Bethle- hem chapel of the cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. Sixty of the closest friends of the former president nt- tenllod the brief and simple service at the street home and solue four hundred found places ill the cathed- ral, willie the Episcopal service for the dead was conducted.

The private services at the home consisted simply of the reading of the 23rd psalm. a passage from a devotional book and recitation of a prayer.

'i‘wonty carriages composed tne funeral cortege which moved slow- ly through the thinly populated sub- urban section of the capital. The entire route was however flanked by dense masses of people who stood ill silent tribute to the mall who had led the United States through the (lrcat War. .

The actual (mtomlwment was wit- nessed only by the immediate mem- bers of the family. The president, luelubrlrs of the cabinet, generals. zuilulrzlls and diplomats left the chapel with the pronouncement of they left the (xzlsktlt. was lifted to its place ill the vault \Vll('l‘l‘. the body will remain- lllltll a fitting memorial will have

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Southwestern Onta- rio Pen. Deluged by

(Canadian Press) ST. JOHN. N. i}, Fell. 6. —Tll" advance of the storm of marked

over Illinois

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sleet, And Rain Ex-Premg Subjected

to Most Exhaustive _ Cross-Examinlation

(Canadian Press.)

\V0Ollf‘O\V Wilson war time prcsidq 1

intensity, central lvlonday night and in states fllrlll- er east. yesterday reached New Brunswick late last night, thick snow beginning ta full at 11.15 ill St. Jolln and continuing this molt- lflfi. The wind was generally frclll tile northeast and gradually increased in force. ‘fhorc were prospects that tho snow would turn do sleet or probably rain be- fore the storm flflllOfl, although the outlook earlyJhis morning was

ST. JOHN, Nlid. Feb. (i-Ex- Premier Squires spent the whole of today on the stand under cross-ex- amination by AttorneyGenel-al Warren. and when adjournment was taken at flve o'clock this af- ternoon the crown was not through wit-ll the witness. For the most part Mr. Warren today seemed to be devoting his efforts towards testl-nil out the stories told on the stand by J. J. Miller and his sister. Mrs.

that the disturbance would he less severe in the oust than in ‘the United States, where more than a dozen. lives have been ‘lost and nlllllons of dollars’ worth of dam- age done. Wires are down ill many of the Western States and trains are stalled. Blizzard in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Ifeh. 6. —A blizzard which started to rage here late

POSTMASTER 68 YEARS To have been steadily “on the job" at the Acton, Ontario. post- oifice since before the Dominion of

Canada came into being Is the unique record of Mr. James Mat- _ mews, who has just been comp“ tllls zlflernoon slowed up all ser- memed by the post om“ Depanwvlce of a mechanical nature ill men‘ at Ottawa |n 8pm of hisllflllll about Ottawa. Trains‘ were great years, Mr. Matthews is still llllle’ lllll “reel c?" “(l-rvlce was ha" and hearty_ , iaffccted, motor cars were stalled

Ion many clty streets and tclegrltph

wires were [lflrflillly out cf com- . luission. The telephone service < was only slightly affected. I TORONTO, Feb. ti. ‘—Tho sleet

s which have prrlvnilr-rl in the

- . lstorln.

uNlfiNltzentral and western states during

Y l‘ ~ the past two days have moved east- Pl/ilftl and today the soutmvestern

peninsula of Ontario was given a

T0 Be Oilicial Opposition ‘

(Canadian Press)

of tho llollsc of Commons .!. Whitley rules

the (afficiltl opposition and will oc by the Labor representatives. Lib

oral Il"|(‘lllll(‘.l‘5 will sit on the gov ernlncnt side of the house but be

benches.

, Chairman.

(Fate 0f Amb

assadors’

Council ls Uncertain

(British United Press.) LONDON, Feb. 6.—It is believed in nlany quarters that the fate of the Council 0f the Ambassadors is trembling in the balance. _Lord Crewe, the British Ambassador to Paris, has returned t0 London to confer with thePrenner. Mr. MacDonald's past utterances indicate that he regards the Council ,of Am- loassadors as having outlived its usefulness as a_ means of solving European disputes, be- llevlng lt to be lacking in both vision and cour- age. Unless Lord Crewe is able to convert him, lt 1s believed that the Premier will drop the Council and seek a more radical method of poollng European intelligence and feeling up-

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British CQnserVativesBMg w

LONDON, Feb. i3-'i‘he spoakor H. that (lonservtltivais in the house will be recognized as

cllpy the seats formerly occupied

low gzlngwlly or cross passage half way down giving access to back

loath of cold rain and sleet. Strong northeast winds and gales were prevalent.

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Russia Will Take Part in Naval G 0 n f e r e n c e

(Canadian Press)

GENEVA. Feb. ti-Russla has notified the League of Nations that she zlcccpts the invitation to n naval (lonlerelltzc under the auspi- ces of the League to meet in Rome, Feb. 14th. for the extension of tho principles of the Washington treaty to other pourers.

(Canadian Press)

WlNNlllldii, Feb. ti. ~To intro- duce the illlurtlh lluioil Bill (ifflfi- iully lo leaders nl‘ the Prairie gov- ernments. ltcv. Dr. S. l). (ihoxvu, (iem-ral Snpcrinlelnlvlli. ol‘ tile lllvtbolllsl t‘hurvll. ltev. Principal Alfred (landirr. lilodl-rlltor Presby- terian flvlnerul Assolllbly and Rev. Dr. W. 'l‘. (lunn, licuornlSl-rlrr-tary (‘ollgrcizzltirlnal llnioll, arrived ill Winnipeg yesterday. 'l‘hey will Interview Premier HPHCl/iflll today aull Premier Ihlnlllng of Saskat- chewan. in Regina Monday. and then proceed to Edmonton where

llarsant. and by John T. lMeaney, in respect to alleged negotiations as between themselves and acting as intermedlstorles for Sir Richard Squires and the steel comp!!!)i95-

Sir Richard told the commission- er tlhat after his accountant. Ml“

iher ‘lliltl seculred for lllm forty thousand dollars from the com- pany funds at Dell Island. he took no steps lll tho matter except to petss over a voucher from the Dally Star for the full amount, That vou- cher was in cheque form. lt- W38 not negotiable. lMlss Miller know it ‘was not llegotladzlo, and if it were placed to the credit of the company's account that must have been for purposes oi‘ squaring ac- counts at lthe end of vho ‘month. No demand hnd been made 0n him 0!‘ on the Star by the company lfor lre- pni-lmrsnt ol‘ the amount. Since he obtained definite knowledge of the transaction he had always regarded this sum as representing a pa? nlent from tho steel company a! contribution to his cambflllsn ill-Hill- As far as he Ikfmw no official sud)- erlor to Miller had authorized tho payment of the money to his a0 count and he had not taken up the matter with any such official eith- er in Newfoundland or during any of his frequent trips to Canada since that time.