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rrrj carat. rrrrrrrEZnTrTr. Macliinnon rat Tilt’. Guardiap oi a Most interesting. Visit to the

Principal Cities oi the

Speairot Financial Conditions, Crops, industries and the Condition oi the Eur Trade.

Mf- Chester S. MeLuro and (lot. D. A. lMlluKltillltlll returned last evening ironr a t\vo weeks trip, covering nettrly 7.000 Ill-lies, While absent they visited Mont»

real, Toronto. Detroit, Grand Rapids. ‘(lh-lcttgo, Cleveland and other cities. lVl\". EMcLurc, inter< viewed liy The Guardian, says: “The main tdrjetrt of rny going abroad was to visit various fur merchants anti get. an idea oi,’ the requirements of the tradt- for 1922. also to complete salon of furs,wiriclr have been in tlcul~

ers hands. Montreal arr-d Toronto, t-spccl all) the fornror. \"o very. busy.

being visited by t1 largo number of Americans. which taxes hotel accommodations to the utmost. The new Mount Royal ilnlcl In Montreal will bc completed for occupancy in Nuvctrtber. it cons talus 1,000 guest-rooms anti _\vr|i solve the hotel congestion prob- lam -in Montreal. The dining room is on thrr topmost floor tutti corn- mantis a.vlew of the whole city. The, main lqpic of trouversatitrn in hotels, trains, ,trad in i'act— everywhere, is the railway strike anti the coal stniko. Tircse strikes are having a serious eilfoct. in tho ‘United States, Train service is be ing curtailed anti the farming po-l puiaiion is being tltsturircti lie--

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U. S. anti Canada. They

cause of the serious inconvenience which wiii arise in tho marketing of tireir irrotltrcts. 'l‘lrc railways are complaining of a r-rirortage 01' coal reserves, one system having "lily a_vt-.ry llrniteti supply- It is stated on good atrtlrtrrity that. Lon per cent of the National Guard of tho lirrltcrl rStateu are at irroscnt guarding railway and mine proper lies. Hartl coal is rtimost sure to be strartve as the ru-lnes have been practically without. output for five lllflllatlls arril it is considered inr- ptissilrie to make up the shortage at once. These and a certain amount of financial tieprossion arc urtfrtvorabio ov-irlonces trbserv- 0t] in the ilniled States.

The financial trouiiitrs arc cana- cd .by the tact that a tremendous amount of znoney which uas marl».- tluring tire war was invested in new enterprises which were suc-

Retail Merchants iipen Convention This Morning

The sixth annual convention of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada. lnc., for the provinces of» Nova Scotla and ‘l’. E. island opens at tho Provincial Building thjr morning, The attendance this year wiii -he representative of many of the biggest arercantiie houses in Canada, as a numlbor of prominent merchants who at- tended the Dominion Conference last week a-t l-laiifnri are here for‘ the Charlottetown meetings.-

Tollowitrg is litc convention pro Kriillllilck-

Tuesday Morning.

9.30 to 10 o'clock.

1. Merchants wiii meet at the Assembly Room, ‘Lcgiisltrtive liuiitlitrg, (Ylrzrrltrttettrwrr. for

registration and receiving badgers.

2. Leave with the Provincial Secretary any resolutions or irrat- tere to be brought before the Convention for consideration and discussion.

10- o'clock.

3. Opening remarks by Provin- cial President. Mr. A. J. Rnid.

4. Addresses _uf welcome ll)’ Limit, Governor MacKinuoit on be half of the Province anti by MM’- or R.l'i. Jenkins on irclttriif of the city

cessful at. first but “their readjust‘- nrenl came many of them were forced to close rip or greatly our; tail pFCdllCl/lflll. .

The bright side of tho picture I-f the uragnifrtrcrrt crops soon ovtrryfl, w-here in Canada and the Unilctl States. Wheat, barley, oats, corn

ovcrywirere in most bountiful pro-

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Associated Trade Boards

lilet‘ at Souths Yesterday

Largely Atterltled- Annual Meeting Concluded Witlr

Enjoyable Banquet. Questions Discussed.

The annual tnectiug of the A.~' sociatctl Boards of Trade tri‘.I'.i-_. Island was hold very successlttily at .Souris yeatcrtitty, there iroing present a good reitrtrsoui-trtitrn from all the iioartls of Trade l!

the province. immigration anti other questions affecting the welfare of the province as a whole were freely tiisctissetl and the (rdufertrnce conciutlctl with an errjoyatbie banquet at tho beau tiful resilience of Mr. Diugwcil, Bay Fortune,

The rlbtlsirtross] of the meeting, over which President A. A. Pom- eroy. irresidcti. was got thrntrgul in the afternoon anti alter thor- Otlgh tliscussitm a number of ros- oirrtious were passed, including one rrrovtrti by Mr. J. O. liyrrtinr-tnl in rtzgnrtl to the trend of an immi- gration policy; a request to. the local government to change the rule of the road ‘ln- conjunction witir the law la Nova Scntia and New Brunswick, to become effec- tlve January, 1024, and n resolu- tlorr moved by rtMr. irrerl Rogers. ‘requesting the dominion rgtlvnrfl- l1l(‘lil. to equalize tho freight raft-s on f-islr in pat-trortluirtro with the Ilaiifnx turd St. John rartes.

‘Mr. L. ll. Arlionfwns olcctctl Itrtrsltlcnt t'o‘r'tlie onaulng year, Mr. J10. liyndnutn, vice president, Mr. J. it}. Matliieaorr, 0‘Lt~ary, sec- ond'vl-t-. trcsltleiit, rind Mr. ilor- torr "sot-rotary.

The tillarterly meeting will ‘bot held shortly when rreverrti stab- Jrcts touched upon will be fur-. .tlrer tiiscusrtctl.

. Many invitations were extend- ed ‘for llltr lllllflllrg of the next annual int-cling whrltrir it was fitt- aily decided to hold at lMon- tagdc. i’

President. AzAc "ffomeroy in opt-n "IR the areal-in" delivered the following nddre s:

Preuldenfll’ Address.

- Courts, i’. E. 1.. v Aurz. 14. 192:1.‘ Mr. VlceJPmsItlbril and Gentlemen Just a year ago‘ the members nf the various Boards of Trades of ottr fair Province met at Summer- atria to form an Associated Hoard of Trade. The primary object be rnrr-to rrrrliter extend» the neodu antlrvtlvltlrrs of the various or..- ictrla thttn before tho people and lo-lend their untied support r~n the ftrrnro upbulldiurr of tho Prov lrtcc. r wish. bit-initial! of your renew

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‘ncrnberu oi‘ the Associated Botrrtls r’ Trade, to cittonrl a most cordial V(‘li!f)lilt'. anti to say ltow much we rppreciattr- your ctrmltrg. Wdrrlc tko a-li institutions that iravo for tircir irrintciirles the upbrrlitilng of Lire country's needs we must not

Iprcsitient Nova Scotia llfilvlmilfll

.'-time for following out plan rogrrtablts and fruits can be 8001i]unteptiiiinirgiit, '

' Replies by Mr. A. J. Rein.

.5. imam; Mr t; ti. (Jlrantller irresi- dent Prince Edward island PTO‘ vincitrl board; Mr. h]. iii. "Frow- crrt, Douriniotr board, and tithcre. '6. Ctrrrsitltrratitrn of the bee; tl

Tuesday Afternoon. l 7, (iorrverrtiou crtllcrl to [by Prcsitlont A. .J. Reid. . S. itentlirig notices culling Corr ivcntion.

i 9,_Rtrll_cail of officers.

I 1t). Reading 0t’ minutes of inst lmeeting by Mr. J. Gttihbortstrn. Doyle. ‘

11. Addresses by Provincial presidents Messrs A. J. Reid, and C. I-I. Ciraudier.

l2. Appointment of committees.

13, RcpOrtB of delegates at- tending Dominion Convention.

14. Arranging for ‘Prado Section Meetings.

15.’ Secretary's report.

l6. Treasurers reports

17.— Atrditorn report.

i3. Receiving resolutions.

Wednelday Morning. 10 o'clock. - i9. Considering resolutions. 20. Receiving reports of mittees.

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view our rclurtieti progress at tin-l beginning with any other spirit] but that of optiurlsru.

Unfortunately far too little is known of tiris "Garden of the Gulf" by ‘the people of central arrti western (Yauatia. Tircrcfore, 0r~ garrizatitrhs such as ours sirouiti help to diffuse that knowledge. which is so essential to a propcr understanding oi‘ each titlicrs pre- bioms, its it. is only in this way that tho brnatl national spirit, which is so oss-rn-tirrl to thtr car-ry- lng out at’ (fanrrtilar; advancement crrrr bu developed.

Geographically we occupy a somewhat isolated position. Be- fore Confederation our business ivtrs carried on almost outirrriy with New hhrgiund anti Central ‘litrnatla; sinize tiron, anti as tjrrr-r passctl. our purchase irom tlio Ccrrirtri Provinces ‘of tirc llornlrriprt have increased immensely, whilo the return business hoped for llflu not. grown in anything like tirtr sumo ratio, mainly because our -prt.tiucts art.- of much the some ria- t'urc, irorrco tire-re has arisen lllu idea that wc have shared hut slightly in tho development and this has givcn rise to a t feel ltlg of trnrcst. This tooling of trrr rcr-it anti of deflation is fast dia- appearing; the present conditions of trade arc ruost assuring, anti i um sure you voice with are in the optimism that cirttracturizes our people that wo have irasseti the tiangor" ircrioti. and with a unlit-Ii effort. through the vrrrictl ru- r-.nrrrt~.es,-|rr\rnciy' the soil in tho great-variety of trrops and through our oxtqnsivt» coast liue anti deep son fisheries. with new markets opening in tho llrrittrtl Kiugtlorn, iogetfitrr rwltlr an almost unlimited ltcrtrarrtl in (tuba, and the other Tropical countries. we have but little to fear. _

As a vacation or tourist country wt- ofior many attractions and l feel safe in saying rthttt our visit~ or‘ rtro yearly increasing lillfl will so coniintro rwlth tho improvement. of our highways ' and adctllllli-B hott-l acconunotlatltrirs.

There arc many very imtlwftnnt- matters that nro calling for action

2i. Pllcctiun of officers. 22. Appointment of Auditor.

23. Questions and new busi- ness. r24_ Appnlfltmtlnt of tlelcgatos

to next Dominion convention.

Wednesday Afternoon

25. Auto drives to points of iri- tcrcst: including Exrporlrnerrtnl ‘Farm fox ranches, ctr... spending afternoon at North Shore return- ing to arrive at Beech Grove inn. dinner at 6.30 pm. followed by programme of speeches, insttru- mentad and vocal music.

Announcements, , Coming Events, Meetings, Etc

ltATlbilw-ltlc Der line per day. 9c. per line her day for 3 days or over. tic a’ line per day for t! day: or over 5 figures. initial letter: count as one word. 10 per cent. discount for cash, Address fnrml part of at‘. and must be paid for. »

"Terri service etrtrid day, J. S Wetlrlock, night-Ernest McCarey 88 Sydney SL, James Powggb 1_

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"Owing to the ‘conflicting tla-

tcs the. Tryon Horse Breeders Association Races are 0031001191‘ until further notice. 983-l5-2l.

"fliamember the sale of W. H.

Alter a Two anti a

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Premiers’ Conference

Fat] to lleach Agreement _ ‘ All Hours Session Conference Atliuurnttl Wrtbou Arranging ior Another

Meeting. British anti Trench Premiers as lar Apart as Ever.

(Special to The Guardian.) ' LONDON, Aug 14~The Allied. Premiers who have been discuss-i irrg the German rvptrralitrns quote-i tlou hero since last. Monday atl- jorrrnotl today's session without reecirirtg any agreement or mak-

‘in: to a tlespzrtch received by tho iiavas agency, from Lorrtiua.

tl.0.’\“l)().\I, Aug 14<~-'i‘irt¢ Allie-l Prt-uricrs (Yonterencc on European liuznrr-iai trhnos t-urltrti this rrrt lug in lailurc to roach an trgl‘ rrrt-nt.

111g ilffnlltlflnlents for truotirer| ‘The liritisir (Ialbirrut met this af- rneehing. ,lttr'rroon to trtrnsitlcr the position. Premier Poincare of Franco until Tirr- hr!" king up of tirn comm-- Air. Litrytl George. tire British rrnct- was 4:; nod by .,-,,, fnnuqglliryi] Prime Minister were as far apart or‘ Lltrytl th-orgn to thc "produc- as ever in their views of the sit livt- guarantees" ticrnanticd by nation when the heatls of the valfi i’:'t-urit-.r~ Poincare of Franco.

ous tlcirgatious met anti strprrralti Point-arc tlt-rrrtrntictl that. tho Al- otl after a discussion of two antillltts t.rkt- truer tllc control of the turt- half hours without finding fort-sis anti mines of (icrnrany urt< common ground. til llrtr fornrt-r- tnrtruiyt iration rnirtlc PARTS, Aug 14—The Allied flu-l iitrotl irt-r war (rhligat-ions.

arrcial experts have agrortl thal| Lloyd (itrorgc believing that Germany should pay tho .£2,000.~[srrt-ir a pollrgv would spool ruino- 000 tine August 15, for prewar tlou to (lt-rruauy strongly trpposcd tlelbts to Allictl Nationals, rrccorti- lllt- Poirrcart- plan.

Viscount Nofthciilie iiasWPassed Away

Former Antagonistic Newspapers Pay Tribute to

Couns. Smith and McLeod being _ Droscnt. The ntilliltes or the ‘ rucettugs held during the past

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Monthly Meeting _'i'he regular-Tmhlirly meeting "i the cit-v Council was held last. night, His Worship Mayor Junk-r

ins. presiding and all the Coun- cillors with the exception of

inontlr were retrt] and adopted. fire usuult bills were ordered to be paid as road.

'i‘he following were read:

‘ituquest from the imperial Oil Colllililliy to repair the rough and uneven surface of Lougwortir Ave nue from Wcynrtrtrtir st, to the Railway crossing. itoferrctl to the Street Committee,

Letter from Mr. R. 1.. Cotton re eidcwtrirks for Park ‘Terrace. lief- erretl to Street Committee.

Need of fire alarm telegraph fdyfiltllll trurplrtrsizeti |)y Tglqphurrg Company. Letter. placed on file.

Letter from Fire M-arsirai E. H. Beer emphasizing the importance

communications

Sir Arthur Currie Possible President oi Canadian Railways

the Most Romantic Figure in World Journalism

l nntl that the tit-ad publisher had . Pttrlritrvt-ri an unparalleled record l IAYNlDON, Aug 1-l—~Viscurtrr‘.Ilrr his prormasitrn. ,N0rtlrclii’i't: tliotl at. 10.12 tiris. morn, 'l‘lrt~ Evening Star stated , that ling flt M3 fvslilvllirv- n! CitflvlvlliNottht-liffrr was the roost tlourin- Gprtlmig, ' ant personality in the tlaONllilN, Aug l-t-'l‘ho crrtirrl newspaper woriti in the British Press paid tributes todn,\|irtst two ticcatles anti one Ito the lifervoric oi‘ Lord North‘ of the most vigorous intellectuals gciiffc. oi‘ Fleet Street. 'l‘irtr Pall Mail (lazotte says that. Proprietors oi‘ irotii these pu- thc Itlnglish [press lost its roost pcrs were bitter enemies of Lord romantic and outstanding flirt-c Nortirt-liiit‘ in rtaccnt year's.

(Special to The Guardian.)

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INC ACC , rrv run our ursr run Schoolboy Accidentally Sirot a*tltl

':'.r'.r.*:':.r.rr.n."- rut-rnrr ~ r » . a - . - . fi . . .. - i ‘ . - u" ‘ CHARLQTTETOWN, CANADA TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 192$ . I111!‘- ' ‘_ _

iry Comrade While Target

Coroner Dr. Mctiuigan Decides

Nut Necessary;

A very sad shooting accident resulting in the death of a school cadet, Edward ‘Mtnlioskey, 1i) year‘ old sou of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. ‘McCioskey, city, occurred last evening about seven o'clock when a‘ number of cadets were target shooting in the back yard of Mr. ‘M. Hemrcsseys undertaking es- tablishment. Two or three boys were practicing anti a number of others were standing around near by when the accident irappened.

Leonard Gennoily, one of the cutlets, in tho act of getting his rifle into shooting position. pul- led it to one side anti accidently pulleti the trigger rather than the projector. Tire bullet struck the MoGiflskey lad. entering in The neck below the ear and evidently

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severing the spinal cord. Ha wal lmmedltttey taken into Mr. Hen nerrsey’s house. Drs. McMillan, S. R. Jenkins and Dewar were sum- moned, but the unfortunate led wa beyonr] all surgical skill atnd death followed quickly.

Coroner Dr. MoGulgaa, on be ing notified of’ the accident re- paired to the scene and made a thorough investigation, satisfying himself that. the tragic event had been purely accidental and that an inquest would therefore not be necessary.

To the sorely bereaved family, the sympathy of the province will be extended _ln the loee of their son, who was a rlrréryouug lad unthvery popular with his schoolmates. r

Mr. J. E. Wyatt. liilafil A Nominated‘ for Film

(Special to The Guardian.) \\"i.\'i.\Ilrl‘EG, Man... Aug 14— Sir Arthur (Barrie, principal of Mc Gill University was mentioned as tiililfwrs for the presidency of the a possibility favored in some Canadian National Railways by S W. Jacobs. K. C., M. P., for Geor- gcs Etlrrne ‘Cartier tlirviston of Montreal. '

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Aranmore Encountered A “Maury ice Bergs

hence Tog Also Encountered in Viefnity oi Point t Amour Where il.M.;S. Raleigh Fuuuderetr. Trip Matte in iletnarltably Short Time.

The C.G.S. Aranmore in irurt, Saturday trftcr serving From Newfoundland the Aron- sevcirteen lighthouses in the ro~[more took 4,500 bags of sand rrnd murkairly short time of< tlrreeLgravcl, landing rt at other stat- weoks anti tirrcc days. The Aratr ions tor hrriitlrrrs; material, anti

arrived more.

more lcit bore Jtriy 27th. with strppiletl tire Auticosti light ship full crtrgo and deck load of light with coal anti irrovrsltms. Front house silrirplics aritl irniitllng rrra- Autrcostl tho Aranmoro proceed- terial. 'i‘lrirly tucn for ctmstrttv- cti to llirti Rock. llfllln 15-11111"-

(fttptr St. Lawrcnce and thence to Charlottetown.

in addition to the define I08 navigating dangers were increased by the. present-tact runny tlrltiug ice irorgs. in the vicinity of liclle isle (Tapt. ilhutle courricd thirty- seven horgs, nrarry of them quite large, Tlrolr airpeararrtrc in such ntrrutiers at this time of year is remarkable. Their presence gave a wintry touch to the atmosphere rrfltl on tlcci: the crow felt the t-ornlort of their twcrctiats.

The Aranruore is loading bun- ker coal now trrrtl is preparing for the Magdalen Isrlantls light house

lion‘ work atrcoruptinlotl the steam er; which supplied all tho (fana-

and Labratltrr coast anti tirrnnrtil tho Straits of Belle. lslo, Two Mar cnni stations with l'uii etiulrpnrcut were shifted from (Itulo llay and Point Rich anti landed at Point Amour, in the vicinity of ‘Qty scene of tit-z: “ltaielglW wreck.

Hr-rn Ctrptain llhttdo mot with very tlcnsc fog‘ which irowever did not retard the progress of the wnrii- Six weeks were aiiowctl for l-hc voyage. anti. as nirczrtiy stated, it was completed in less than four. Several messages from the Ran

icigh were rclayetl to the Artru- wrrppiy trip. ' I _ tostcti strongly against ‘Mr. s Saurrtlers tlcfcnro and severely . ‘ criticized tho lieii administration.

Mr. Gordon dtrclarotl that he hurl always irtreu astrong iLibcrai but that ho would not only not sup- port tire-n at tiris time but would do all in his irtrwcr to tlefeat tircm. rbfossrs. tMethcruli and Dennis were refused a hearing.

illuminates Candidate

A Liberal CDRVOlIUlOIl was hold ycstertlttp" at ()'.Lcttry to norrrirratt- a cunrlltlcrtc for the First Elector- ni DlotTltit of Prince. Tlrri names

Coilett Vlcrttiria, Friday. 18th. stock. implements, rtnd sortie household furniltirrre, Soc hand-

bills for full particulars. EtSS-IB-RLE t" Clyde River Baptist M. Ii. will give a concert in tho church Wednesday August 16th at 8 p. nr. Miss Pearl McKay of Brldgewater Mass, will give an atldresa. Come 951 1,4 2i.

"Change of date owing to the Scottish Gathering taking place on Atrgust 23rd. tho plcnir

(Oonhnued 0n Pain 8.)

rr-t (‘Air-ran Ban will be held on Saturday Aug. 1itth.- 1f not fine‘ tm ISrrturday wlii be held on Morr- tlny ' 14-3l

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of Messrs Jtrrcuriulr Blanchard. .l’L'ttrr.-t and M. Boots. tcatcher. St. Louis, were srtbrnrittotl and bailottcti for. Mr Jeremiah Blanchard was given the nonrirru tltrn. ,

In connection with the conven- tion tho annual meeting of the West Prince Liberal Association was held and it was a somewhat atonuyoae. rnr- A. fl.‘ Gauntlet-s. M. L. A., was the rlrstspeakur lie defended. the government and anti this afternoon at 3:35. cnrlotrvorctl to show that all its Sun sets this evening at 7.10 acts were justifiable. Mr. ltrrssekantl rises tomorrow morning at Rogers of O'Lenry, Mr. Colin Min-ii trqlock.

Kay of Blllnfnfll. MP- Mnrffly Last tquarter moon today Aug.

The Weather, m Temperature, Tide,» Moon, Etc.

TORONTO, Aug. i5.—- Light tn moderate winds. Partly cloudy and moderately warm.

lligip title this morning at 2.48

tests to French Government

(Special to The Guardian.)

PARIS. Aug 14~—-A note from the German government, protest- ing against tho expulsion of Ger- mans from Alsace Lorraine was tiel-ivered in the French-govern- ment late Saturday. The note also protests against the French rfltl- tude with regard to compensa, -tion payments.

Boisheviiti Seize T breerllritish Ships

(Special to The Guardian.)

CUMSTANTINOPLE, Aug 14- Irr retaliation for British sniidari~

ty with other nations at.‘ tho llagut: against the Bolshoviki, lite latter have seized three British sterlin- ers and arrested three Brltlshers (at Batum. according to advices rel ceivctl by ratlio from the former British consul at Baku.

‘It is understood furthermore‘ that Moscow is reptttlintlng the agreement with tho shell oil -ln- tort-sis and now intcntls to nation- alize trll oil properties at Baku rc- gartiiosst of previous ownership.

The, Brltlslrers ht-id by the Bol- shovik-l are Mr. Sully. nrontrgcr of tho Stroll Transport Company, hirt attorney and B. D. Dodge. suspect cd of bclnr: an agent of the Anglo Persian Oil Company.

Tire steamers selzedhre the George, Etiric, oll tanker anti the Lady Helena.

Tllc British Commercial Flrrn of Whitehall Company was closed by the llolsheviki on Friday, and tlriritrg the night the seals on the doors were broken and the shops raided.

Money was not tortched but every document in the place. even to torn paper in the wastebrrslrets were taken.

Railway skin-tn r Must Eight it tint