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' u-l-Hottetown Guardian, Three cemg,

Mo rdiln. Founded 1801. Eveninq Guardian, 1887.

Miliiiiliiiffi iliii illifiiliiN . PHIINIIIJNIIEI] Illiiii SUCCESS

Over Five Million Dollars Paid for Furs. Preparations Being Made for a Greater

l Than Ever Auction Next Year.

Some

Big Prices Realiz etl.

_(Dom. Preae special.) . MONTREA-L, March 29.——l<‘ur buyers from all parts of the United States and Canada nrc today en route for home,‘ after having spent over $5,000,000 nt Canada's first fur auction sales which closed here tsuturdfly- The auction sales were pronounced a great success and preparations to make next year's tiuctions even better are al-

ready being discussed. Figures for lira-six days totallctl $5,093- 120 with u few small sales not yet recorded.

'I‘he ltigltest s111n brought by any one animal, a beaver, brought tl1e total sales of $728,135. Silver fox although individually the highest priced fur, did not bring anything like this total. American opos- sums brought $236,137. .

FUR AUCTION‘ SALES AT MONTREAL

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lion. A. E. Arsenauit Great Fur Sale.

Gives His Views on Canada’ island Peits Made Cretiitabie-

Showing. Benefits of Cooperation Exempiified.

Several ol"il1e Islanders wl1o at- tended the (Tatiadlnn Fur Auction Sales, Montreal, arrived l1o111e Sat- urday evening. ‘Many others re-

: malnetl over. us the sale or the Silver Foxes was 11ot completed Thursday its anticipated, b11t con- tinued Friday.

Among Saturday's arrivals, \\'l.l> HonAA. E. Arsenault. Interview- ed by the Guardian. M1-'. Arscnault

, said that the stiles were t1 decided

. success whether viewed from tbc

1 standpoint of organization, excel- lence and quality oi the furs 11f- fered, the attendance. of buyers and

, the prices realized. ' ' -

Although December. was well od- vanced before the Canadian Fur

Jtuotlon Snlcs Ltti., was organiz- ed, it’ has I11 n comparatively short time obtained results which simi’ lur organlzatloits took years to ac-

' complish.

Tho American Fur Deniers of

1 whom there was a large represent- ation I11 Montreal, were delighted and iottd I11 their twttiscs, anti pro- nounccd th" tlistpltty of furs the

‘ best tilt-y hnd ever 1101111,. This i11- deed is a great twomplitncitt com~ iug fro111 such a source.

Captain Craig of Toronto unis the official Auctioneer nnd al~ though this was his first experience in handling the lmmmcr at u Fur Sale. his pleasing appearance and his expeditions anti business-like way of putttitig through the sales, ~won him the rcspcct and confiden- ce of the ‘buyers as wcll as many ‘friends.

‘ ‘The greatest courtesy was shown by the Directors of whom quite a number were alt all timcs i11 ut- tentltitiee. Notlcealtlc among lhtrn ‘were President Senator Lornc (l. \Vttbstcr and Mr. A. ‘E. Picrco, Vice-

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FOR SALE—SIX H. P. FRASER

cngiile. Suitable for fishing In Hood repair. Apply 30 Sprint; Park Road. Mt1r30-3i

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‘THIRTY. i-touale FOR SALE "l vlty- For further particulars _ lrnlv at office of Mark n. Mc- ._ Quinn. Solicitor. '

President of the (‘onipany both oi whom ‘arc well and favorably known i11 this Province, A frcc taxi service. was dt all times at the disposal of ‘persons who were in- terested in the furs to drive them from the Auction Rooms I11 the Windsor I-Iotcl to the I-‘ur \\’~.1re~ lttntst-s on Lzrgitt-llctiere Street.

'I‘i1c ‘islttiltlttrs were naturally most interested I11 1i1e Silver i-‘ox lt‘u1's. Most of thcirt spent consider- able time at the ivttrcliottscs guilt}! ovt-r thc pelts and fixing their own prices on satnc with t1 view of wnt citing ihe- sale and observing l1ow their own prices would com-pare with prlcetvrenllized. It will be in- teresting to know that on second and third grade pelts, the prices realized were on the average 25 to 50 per cent itlghcr than prices tistitnitttcd by the islanders, l111t on the best olass furs our boys came nt-urer the mark.

'l‘hc high price pelts were nil Island Ranch bred, again proving wlntt 1111s nlrcatly been tltunonstrat- ed that Prince Edward Island pro- duces thc best Silver Fox Péllg in the whole. world. 1

I<‘1‘on1 an tlIllltT‘illlt)liill standpoln these sales are invaluable, enab- ling as they do Islanders to at- tend without any great inconveni- ence. The knowledge derived from cxntnination of a large number oi’ pelts 1i1e opportunity for com- parison and (llSCllSHitlIl with t1tllcrs and the advantage of personal con tact with experienced buyers, is in itself worth to 11 rancher many times his expenses to Montreal and those who were fortunate enough to bt- I11 Mtintrctil at .tht- rcccnt sales were unanimous in declaring that they were more than pit-used with thc sales. with the knowled- gu anti (‘.Xl)'}l'l(‘lltIU acquired 11nd with tl1c courteous treatment re- cclvcti.

'l‘l1e gathering together tit 1112111!" PlIIIIBhIJFS is always productive of much good. Many (llscttssitms takc placi- and itlctts arc brought 011*. Ppfllflpg [i111 bcst lesson oi‘ tiic Stiles is that. it brought home to the rttiicltcrs the great disutlvtn- iagc of individual selling oi our fox pt-lis.

Not one of the men who WWO ill Montreal but t-otnt-s home f11lly poi suaticd that the time bus arrived for tbc fullest tro-tiiwnnlllflll alllllllil thc ranchers anti u Ilmillllilllflll l“ now on fool which if reulizctl, will ht.- of the grctttt-st financial advan- tugc to Fox ilrccdcrs, t111tl it is hopt-l that bcforc long Hllcll i"! tirgnitizotitm will be perfected I11 this Province, as will place the 110st tiualiiirol‘ our Silver Fox ‘Pelts in the 1vorltl's market at prices f'1r in advance of anything ltcrcloftirv realized, 11nd will mnke the Prince lildwttrtl llslnntl article 11111cl1 stiught ttliter by the ltcst class of fur lull" crs and consumers The flllilvfllllllll’ is now at hand and 111F000)’ ll loll!" number of the large ranchers have enthusiatsticully approved of llli‘ project nnd it is on tl1c way lo realization.

It is not too mucl. to say that the organization of the (‘unntlhn l~‘11r Auction Sales (‘ORlIlllIIY ""3 perhaps more tbiln anything else I11 recent years been 11 lnrgrlllltlill‘ I11 reviving both at homs and t1~ brnnd n lively interest in Fur H.111- cbing nnd the degree and illllllll)’ of udvertizlng broutllll llllolli» DY this organization cannot wcil he computed in dollars.

Coupled with the interest arous- cd by these stiles anti by tho rs cent Fur Fflflllilli; Conference ho t I11 Motltrenl I11 February lIIl(i¢‘-l"illP auspices of the (‘ommission oilttoilt‘: sorvatioil. is the ilfiltilllsed "F? Nntionui Exhibition oi Live lll‘ Bearers Winch will take D1009 l“ Montrenl nbout the beginning of next November. A (‘ommite-z of Prince Edward islanders htlinllzl; ready been Hllilfilllletl l" 9"» the Ethibltlon.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920.

iiilili EEiiiiilN THEAIIHEHY Hi5 iiiiil illfilllliiiiil]

12,000 Three-inch Guns a11d 600 Airplanes

. - Intact Have Been Discovered Through-

out Germany, which by the Treaty

1 Should Have Been Given up. French Government Pert urbed over Discovery.

Strike Situation In Britain Serious

(Dom. Preee Special.)

LONDON, March 29.*"'SO serious is the British labor situation today with strike threats by coal miners and London tramway and omnibus workers, that the cabinet was sum- moned to meet on Sunday to dis- cuss the situation the ilrst Sun- day peace time meeting on purely domesticaifalrs is thirty yenrs.

Sixteen Tons Gold _ Coming t0 U. S.

(Dom. Press Special.) LONDON, March ZIP-The steam- er Carmanio sailed irotn Liverpool Saturday with t1 record shipment of gold amounting to 111ore than 16 tons.

$10,000,000 Has Arrived.

NEW YORK, March 29.-——Loaded to the bulwurks with gold, the Red Star liner Lapland arrived here this afternoon with $10,000,000 in gold bullion from iEurope. The bul- lion will help sterling exchange rate in the United States and will help cover the enormous exports of this country to England. Not even the officers oi the vessel knew the bullion was on board until they neared New York.

Attempt t0 Burn U.S. Steamers

(Dom. Press Special.)

LONDON. March 29.—'l‘wo at- tempts to destroy the United S1nt~ es steamer Philadelphia by lire yestortlny’, which resulted in such serious damage to the vessel as to make it necessary to postpone her sailing for New York, are believed i0 have been the work ‘of plotters among the crew. The fact that the steamship New York of the same line was recently damaged by sim- liar mysterious fires has convinc- otl tifileittlz-t of the li11e of tile exist- ence of':1n lnctzntliary plot. A re- \v‘t1rtl oi $250 has been offerctl for information leading to the arrest of lhc guilty persons.

Manitoba to Hold . Elections in June

(Dom. Press Special.)

WDNNIPEG, Mnrch 29.—Tl1at the provincial general election will be held in June before itarvest was the ttnnnuncement made by Prem- ier Norris in the closing moments of ihe tiflh anti last session of ihe fifteenth legislature of ‘Manitoba yesterday afternoon, and shortly before ihe~oiilclnl prorngation took place 21nd the curtain was rung down on 1i1e last legislative funct- ion of the atlmlnistratlon which same into office under Hon. T. .11. Norris in 1915 and l1us been in ctm- irnl of the constitutional life of the legislative assembly.

The royal assent was. given to 13G bills which with the 40 attenti- ed to when supply was voted, make a total of 176 ntensures enacted during the session.

Arrests for Theft of Pension Checks

(Dom. Preee Special.)

\VIN.NII“I‘JG, Ilinrcli 2:1.--'i‘1vo men are under arrest, another is being iteltl as material witness nntl ivarrutitu have been issued for the nrrcst of two others in connection with thc theft of n large number of t1r111y pension checks from sold- iers’ re-csitrbiislttnent offices here. The theft may run as high as $100,- 000 it. ls sinicd.

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Duchess of Devonshire Attends Boyal Function

TORONTO, Mnrch 29.—The Duc- hess of D vonshire had the honor of being vited to a dinner given by the Ring nnd Queen on March ii

The Prince of Wales, Prince Al- bcrt, Princess Mary and Prince iionry were present, also Lord and Lntly Iti-"hnrd Cavendish, Rear Ad- miral Sir Lionel and Lady I-Ittlsey, the Countess of Mlnto, Lntiy in waiting and Capt. the Hon. Piers Leigh, Equerry in Whiting to the Prince oi Wnlcs.

Representatives from New llruns wick. Nova Scotia n11tl Quebec are shortly to be added to the (Inni- mittec dud il_is proposed to make this exhibition the most ambitious ever tittemmicti, nntl its _,,SilifCI‘s'3 will menu for the Fox intlustrv, u degree oi titlvertizing that will reach every purl of America and Ettrope.

Finally, Mir. Arsenauit reports that it was the consensus oi’ opin- ion that the (‘nnmlian Fur Auction Sales Lld., is an established inst}- tutlon anti that hereafter Canadian Furs will be marketed through t1 Canadian source by (‘nnatilnna nntl i1 is uplo the (‘anadian trapper, deni er and rnncber to give it the full- est degree oi’ co-operniion to their mutual atlvnnlllfifi-

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PAltliS, Iilarch 29.——'l‘l1r<*c tl1ou- sand live hundred 3 inch field guns ltavo been found by the mtcr-ttliictl commission in the vicinity of Ber- li11 alone 11nd altogether 12,000 of lhcsc guns have thus fur been dis- covered thoughottt Germany as well as 6,000 airplanes intact.

According to the terms of the treaty oi Versailles the German urmy should new have only 204 3 inch guns. and no airplanes what- soever. These discoveries nntl oth- .er information in possession of the French authorities have caused considerable skepticism here as to the reason given for the request o". the Berlin government that it he permitted to send troops into the neutral and occupied zones.

Tile fact that the request. came before the Germans hntl executed any ntaterittl clause of the treaty although the time limit has expir- eti of- smite three score of its pro- visions, is tioclarctl in French of- iicittl circles us laying the Germans open to suspicion of making anoth. cr move in efforts to avoid carry- ing o11t the engagements they en- tered into at Versailles.

Particular significance is nttnch- ed <by the French to the discovery of the guns in view oi the fact. that the Germans, in a communication to the allied commission to which their excess of war ntaterial should ittwc been tit-livcrcti by lliarch l0,

said that ii made no difference whcilicr this material be (lPllViPPOti or (Iestruyctl and Ilia! ti 1y preferr-

ed to tiestroy it. 'l‘l111s 1r, howev- er, it was stated by a lngh oiiicitn here, no evidence had been obtain- cd by the commission of any (les-

Ganadian Guns v Returned "from War

(Dom. Press Special.)

IIALIIFAX, Nlarch 29.-—Tl1e stea- mer i-Iolbroolt is at this port dis- .t-I1arging a cargo consisting almost. entirely (ff eighteen pountler guns. The 5101111101‘ has on board also a dozen airplanes, but her cargo oi’ 4,000 tons is chiefly artillery. The material is the property of Canada. being I‘t‘.lliI‘Il9(l from overseas and lo be sent to (‘amp Borden and titbcr points in (‘ttnatlti for storage 11nd safekeeping til] pert-hance it is again required.

Let Them Settle — lt__Themseives

(Dom. Press Special.) " ilOME, lllarch 29. -—Thc simplest solution of the Adriatic dispute is 1t friendly dgrct-ntctit between Italy unti Jugo Siavia, anti this is the plan the govt-t 111111-11! hopes to work

_O\li.'PI‘(-ll1lit‘l' Nitil told the (thum-

ber oi Deputies today.

NO DRIFT ICE IN THE GULF

SllDNEY, Mnrch 29.—Accordlng 1o t1 report received by Vincent Mul iins, Sydney; agent of the Marine Dcparinteiit, from the Magdalen lslutitls, there is no drift ice what- ever I11 thnt disttict of the gulf.

The favorable winds past drift ice towards 1i1e eastern part of Ncwfoundlontl, nnd if invornble winds from a northerly quarter provuli later, the ice will be thiv- v11 stmtli. on" the Nova Scolin coast. General opinion is thnt the almost peculiar wcntbcr contiitions which have lately prevailed, will result I11 little or no drift ice coming to this flort this season.

Prince County Anti- Tubercuiosis Society

The meeting held on Saturday

to FIPOFLZRIIIZG the t1nti-'l‘t1berc11io,<- is Sticiety I11 iSninonersl-tlc was

well uttcntied. Dr. George Porter. Toronto, presiding. The following officers were elected:

Honorary Presitlentr-Sir Charles ilnltoit; PFPSIIIPIIIr-“J. E. Wyatt. Vice-Presitlents—iion. Senator l\l11r' phy. 'i‘ignlsh: John A. iiruce, Sum- mersltie; l1‘. W. Bentley, KPilSiilg" ton. Secretnry.——Atlrinn F. Arse- u-ault. Sitmntersitle; Treasurer-Dr J. h‘. McNeil], Summerslde. Direct- ors.-—1Rev. J. J. McDonald, Rev. Mr. ilice, Rev. Dr. Monnghatt. May- or (lanlpbeil, Nell McLeod; Mrs. \V. A. Brennan. Dr. J. A. McPhcc. Dr. It}. ‘l‘. 'l‘anton, .Dr. E. E. Sin- clair, Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Rcv. iilr. White, Rev. Mr. Harding. Rev. Mr. iiermun, lion: Jus.‘ A. McNeil-l. Mrs ll. T. lloltitan, Miss Sarah Green. Dr, Alex. McNeill, R. Ii. McDon- ald. A. R. Brennan, Miss Mary Hunt.

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truetion of material by the Ger- mans. Lists have beenfurnishctl it was said lmt it has been impos- sible to vcrlfy them up i0 this time. as Pretnier Iilillerand declar- ed yesterday in the cha-ntber of tle~ Duties.

Germans Flo-Organizing Army.

PARIS, March 29.—,Charges that the ntilitary party in Germany has been secretly working on a_ re-or- ganizatitm plan for the German ar- my, are made ‘by the Journal to- day. Investigation has revealed this. it. declared, and has shown thnt the list of men who can be ino- bilizcd at the first-call tools 300,- 000 111 Bavaria alone.

New Cabinet For Germany.

BERLIN, March 29.——llerman Nltiellor, ‘Ministerlof Foreign affairs in 1l1t-_ Bauer cabinet, succeeded Saturday after many tliifieulties in gelling ,1 new cabinet together. It is itgain a coalition government of social democrats, socialists and dc mocrats and is tnatle up chiefly of members of the old cabinet shuffl- ed around into new members.

Ludendorfi Denies Complicity in Revolution.

BERLIN. liiarch tilt-General

Ludentlorff today placed himself

at the disposal of examining Judge Oehlsclager and denied charges that he ivas impliealctl in the re- nclionar_\' revolt t1f,Mart-.l1 1?», ac- cording to a News Agency report. The (lentrtil made through his at- torney a statement explaining his relations with the leaders of the abortive revolution.

Many Passengers Arrive in St. John

(Dom. Press Special.)

Si. John, hiarclt 20.—'l‘i1e steam- t-r Sicilian from Liverpool with 500 passengers, including 300 boys from Dr. Burnartlds institution who tire en route to Toronto, ar- rived here today. The Melita with 2019 passengers also docked here.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST VENEREAL DISEASES

TORONTO. liiarclt 2C.—~“Tl1ere are tiiseztses which are eating the heart out of ottr people. which are sttpping o11t our life," declared Air. Justice Rititlcll in addressing the twgainlzation meeting of the Toron- to (‘tnnmiitee of the Canadian National (Yonncil for combating veneral diseases, in the City Hall. “Ilznlcss troll grounded estimates arc gravely wrong, ital-f n million (‘nnadlttns arc infected with the most serious form of venereal dis- ease. in Toronto thcro are ut least 40,000 itifccictl, litany of them with- ottt knowlctlgc of it. b11l for one reason 0r another the terrible ox- tcnt oi these diseases is not gen- erally known.“

After iurther atltlrcsscs a tcmpor. ary committee was telcctetl to inkc 11p the question oi fighting the dis- cases.

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Keeley Institute Not Needed Now

CHICAGO, l\'Iurcl1 29.—— The fam- ous Keeley Institute of Dwight Hill which hnd cured around 10,000.- 000 pntit-nts 0f their appetite for liquor has heron forced o11t of busi- ness by the eighteenth amendment and will be sold to the government for use as a hospital for convals- cent soldiers. For nearly half a century the institution luts enjoyed prosperity and fume as the great est of :1ll refugees for inebriates.

Serious Strike Now in Japan

(Dom. Press Special.)-

LONDON, hlarch, 2‘J.—-'i‘lie strike movement in Japan 'is acute, a Mos- cow wireless communique said to- day. Workers were killing land owners anti the strike is general.

Wilson Does Not Want Third Term

(Dom. Prose Special.)

WASHINGTON, March 29.——Ac- cording to one of‘ those in t1 posi- tion io know the attitude of Pres- ident Wilson, the President stands with the fortner presidents of the litiitcd Slates who were opposed to a third term It was said today that those closest to the president. know that he does not intend to seek a third or use the power of his office to dictate the nomination of his s messor.

Poland Accepts Russian Peace

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LONDON, March 29.—An uncon- firmed dispatch from Warsaw to- day said thc-govcrnitient had sent a wireless message to Aioscow ac- cepting the peace offer oi the Rus- sian Soviet government. It. was stiggestetl the dispatch said, thnt negotiations will be opened at Bot isov, .-\)1i'il l0. .\lili1'1r_\- comtnun- iqucs from 1i1e Pol‘ government rcporicti ihc military‘ situation-as favorable. The Poles declared the Soviet t1ffcnsivt> had been replusetl nt nl] points. ' iliorisov inenlionctl in the des- patch is 40 miles east and north of Minsk, and .140. 1111193 9415i and north of Warsaw.

.Jap Commissioner

Favor Soviet Peace-

(Dom. Press Special)"-

TOKIO, Mat-cit lid-Peace pro- posals 0f Soviet forces in Russia were brought here today ‘by politi- cal commissioner Matsudara, who returned from the fighting front in Siberia. Matsutluta strongly favors :1ct:ep1i11g the Bolsheviki peace of- fers, it was rcportcti i11 tiillcittl cir cles,