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THURSDAY, AUGUST

24, 1922

uttnottuu. and u . J1... lubnrllflol.

ti/Tttittttio

Meeting

Held intuit Carmel

Conservative Candidates,

Adri a-n Arsenauit and

Thomas iliacNuttlliven a Magnificent Reception. Premier Bel who Spoke for‘ an Hour Severely

Scored by lir. l. D.

Stewart to the Evident

Delight of the Audience.

'i‘he Mont Carmel meeting on Titus-day nlghtj, the third of the styles of titectiitgs held in the Third District ol‘ PYillCc; was one ttf the best lneetlngs yet held. ‘Photo. was a very large attend- t'lIi(.‘tl niiil all the spctikers were given a good ltearlng.

‘The first Sllllltkidl‘ was tMr. Mitr- iitrin Gallant, the Liberal candl- tinle. Mr. Gallant is an elderly gcntleman and in his speech dealt ortth the rise and growth of the free school system auu other items of early history. Ho had nothing to say about present day

questions, leaving these to the lender, lion. J. H. Bell. who was present and who he said could

iit‘t'l| with thcm exhaustively

‘lie wits followed by Mr. Adrian Arscnatilt, the Conservative As- sembly candidate. Mr. Arsenault is n fluent and pleasing speaker

rtntl gave an excellent speech, ar- gumcntiltive until logical. "B scored the Bell government, first

their com-picte failure to live up to ‘their preciection pr()rni§$|}§,

[it was very evident during his speech that ht.- was among friends.

The next speaker was Mr, Slurp SOII ‘Urozler, Liberal candidate. Ml‘. Urozlci" tieviitetl most of his time in defending the taxation policy 0t‘ the Bell government, but eviiictitly was not ut home ln his siilbjecl, 'i‘hr-. audience ‘rc-

ceivtotl his remarks without on- thusiasm.

illt- was followed oy Mr. Thom- as. lVli-Nutt, the Conservative

Council candidate. Mr. MoNutt al- ‘though young in politics is a plea sing and effective speaker and had his subject well in hand and treated ‘it diearly. He “criticized lhe Government's road policy and stated that the results by no menus justified the enormous ex- penditure, an expenditure of ivhich the people know absolutely 1101111112 as the government has never glvmt an accounting, Tbc work done was callcil permanent, but it shows no indication nf llertuztnoncy. The lion. Mr. Bell, he said; wns an old gentleman and

lie criticzetl the government's road ilollcy, (lFfiillflllE thuitt thc now- ‘ly constructed imulsl, although built at tan t-tilhvlvv""" cost, are of little practical use to the farm- i-rs as they are not connected tip with the shipping centre-s, Thcy are spitedwiiys for automobiles, but great need of the country is to provide means ot‘ reaching the shipping centres. Mr. Arsneztult was given n splendid hearing and

in tho nnitiral trottrse of cvents

would ere long pass to that be- ,yontl from which no ll‘ilVi!1]i'.|‘ rt:- iturns, Ibnt Ito “believed Mr. llell

he hail built and for which the i111 111N191; 01' i111 Qllriy 5911181119111 l>lllll|)s in every suction, country was lltlyillg (“nu-m M“ of the mine workers strike are "rltut-u, 4.1-1; hflpts [,5 m, Bu,“ McNtttt was ‘wut-tnly “Dppuudud rvntlereil on tho confcrence bo-sittlcilivrit,

when he concluded.

(tiontiuued On Page 5)

Michael. Collins, lrishLeader g 0 Has Been Murdered‘ Before Lag Audience

Shot Fatally From Ambush Just as his ‘Troops had

Gained Their Objective.

National Funeral will

be Accorded Him. His Successor not yet Named.

(Special to The Guardian.)

InONDON, Aug 23-—Premler Lloyd George today telegraphed his cortiloli-ttces to Ireland for the

lnot may rise to ho (lnlliiifs suc-

cessor or it may be dashing Dick Mudeithy, commander in chief of the Free State Army and George

loss of Michael Collins. ‘Gavan Iluffy, former envoy, ls 1)11‘B1J1‘N. iAuil 23’“F1§111111E flLthc third outstanding figure.

the head of his stuff officersi DUIHITJIIN. Aug 2.'l——lt was 1H1-

agitinst Irish rebels who ambusl -ll0\lll(‘t‘(l this morning that in

oil his car on the ronil from llanf

don tn Macltoom late yesterday, -M'lchnul Collins, Irish ruler it-ll mortally wounded at the moment of victory and he illeiltnsghe rehcls were bcnton oil’.

DUBLIN, Aug 23~—A national flint-rill with full military ltonors will be accorded Michael Collins. ltcittl of the‘ Provincial govern- tnttitt and of the Free State Army who was killed front ambush near Jinn-ion, (lotinty Cork last night, it was stated this afternoon.

tlfllililal-N, .23~»\A triumviratc will succeed Michael Collins, mur-

. dared yesterday at the head oi the

Irish Fret: State. Lltttn T. Cosgrave. chairman o’! the Provincial Government cubi-

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TO THE PEOPLE OF

Auto,

CHARLOT-

vicw oi’ tho assassination of Mich- aol Collins the Dali Eire-unite will be summoned immediately, prob- ably lnecting on Saturday 01 111B present week.

IllllllJl-N, Aug. 23. It was slated this afternoon the ‘body 01 Michael (‘ollins will ilo HD5131‘? prior to interment iii the Glasnev in tietnctcry, where Arthur Grif- fith wits lturiPil a WW 11l1Y5f1¥°~ NilON, Aug. 2.5. — Viillelfln ‘ till this morning sent it iigcwto lilo Free slate unth-

lilUb.

critics in irolanil saying that ho

was proiotintily shocked at tit: fill

ltilling of Michael 00111115 "(ldvd that he wits particularly distressed since tltinadyelli-llrttilli-i spirit up Michael (nlllns rescin- mp.) up. own and that they had be “tune close friends during 1119 inst few tuouths.

tnonorono, Ireland. Ans. 21,-- 'i‘he mo5t pitiful figure in sor- t-owing Ireland totlnyt weel1111E p)"; with pride, shining through her tcnrs was IUJ-J-Y 158F110“. 1'1" nanceo o! murdered 11110111101 @111" lius.

Assassins bullets ivlllvll 0111- 5]|()|‘[ ti... Free State leaders ‘BT11- ilttnt cnrocr as 80111101‘ 111111 "hum" innn shattered the 1191111» 70111111199 of his life, uuon which 11° ""11 turneil lils back. “until the fight is won."

The git-l who hastened 1110119 through long stretches of woods ‘filled with British soldiers to Wtllll Collins, then the "Phantom

Itcbci" of impcitiiiug txnplnre wns ‘int; ttnu he hail chosen for 111$ brldc.

They dticidttd they could 11111

ntarry until "Mickey's" work f" Ireland was ncotin1~i111511911.-

wlilt the aiannnr of 111B PM" [|‘pa[y' they were to well, but tie. foction of Dc Valera and the Uls-

ion every Iriflh 11I1 and in every

'lrish heart.

Canada Has Magnificent

would livc longer than the roads

tet- border war caused three 111°"! ipoittpoitentetits of their marriage. The romance of the cout110 W"

Knty. lmpgforrl, (‘ounly bounty.

Wheat Crop This Year

Anti llpwaitls of Three Hundred Miilfon oi DoHars Will Go lnto Circulation. The Railways Well Equipped for Handling the Bumper Crop.

(Special to The Guardian.)

-llng the crop and a part front thc abnormal traffic resulting from O'l"l‘t\WA, Aug. 23.—— Reportsuthe size of it, a lot o1 [lnileq from the west of a nampet- Wh€fit"Si,8[05 bitglnegg g5 b.5335 muted crop with estimates varying from1 through (Wmndtt,

317 to 350i million bushels are iAt least throt; lluntlfpd minim, hailed here us opt-citing up u re- llilliiirfl in cash is rzxpiectod to turn to prosperity, pct into ciictilntiott ttcxt full mid

'l‘he railways, piartlculztrly ntailiI-wiittet- as a result of the rop.

lo benefit and munagcflicwt "f In the tnarketing pity-mm no the (‘nnailliitt Notional say that great tilificulty is anticipated this ycnr they liopo to wipe out cvcii though he Ellrnpetln pin-a... the (operating tliaficit on the sys- izini situation is sniil to impose ‘rem as nil of the lines are spcc- certain iiniiliitiotts in purchasing 1011)‘ Eiillilllled this year for liand- ‘power.

Early Settlement oi Nova Scotia Mine Strike

But Much Anxiety is Felt for the Succeas or Failure oi the Negotiations Now Takiog Place. Good _ (lrder Prevails and Maintenance Men at Work.

(Special to The Guardian.)

In tho lncitntinic everything is ililiei in the (fnpc Breton and Jlztinittutl ficltis and ttttgineers und firemen together with other tunin- tenance men are at work on the

IS., Ailg 2Z2. ~—1 is anxiously awni/ Ndvn Scotia for

liALlI-lAX, N. This afternoon ted throughout

tween both sides S('.1l0(1lll(ll1 tnkc place at thitt time. The success or failure iicpcittl". on the negutintioils carried on_ when the parties come together" this afternoon, »

to (Jrilcr is being lilztillizting-tl every whore aunt ntii indications. poiitt tnnt n com-premier: on the pnrt or‘ the operators will be ivell received by the U. .VI. ‘.V. execu- tivo.

The Unloved Wife Staged}

‘:91

iiively SaHies

Mr. l. A. McDonald. But Not Heard.

'i‘bere was a large attentlnittae

and excellent order at the joint meeting held at Murray ltlver on ’l‘ut-.~.ilny evening when the

of King's iii the iorthcoitiiitg bye- eiitctiitns prt-sented with tnltizr spi-akers their appeal for election. Mr. it‘. ‘L. iSencrtbtiugh capaltiy fili- cd the chair and limiting the sprinklers strictly lu tho scheduled time ullottied each party in tho thrcc cornered contest equal op- poriunitios.

Mr. W. lL. McLean. the (Yonser- vativc candidate, was the first speaker. He. was listened t0 throughout with marked attention ending in enthusiastic applause. Mr. hicLenu referrcil first to the long delay in bringing on the bye- cictttiona and the expense to the country which protupter action on the part of the government would have avoided. This negligent syw tent of conducting things is in lino with tltc actions of n party which canto into yiowcr t-hicfly through faint: Routine-s. . used taxes, thiry gave tltc rtlitctors to unilcr- stand, would not be llUCESSilFy it proper ‘ttcoitoitiy in httniiiiitg the existing rovcrlitt: were (exercised. Upon ‘ltt-it- advent iitto pouor this theory was tlroppetl and the new tax act was introduced whichhhas been the subject of criticism in every ironic in the province.

'i‘hi.s was iltc burly that re- plttrcil a (lonstvrvtrtivi: gili.'i‘.l‘ll'.llt‘il'.

'5

hail bnnilletl thr- avzrilrubli: revenue to eiuch rtilvauttigo that many stecl

pctrtnnt public to the vnluo oi $240,000. now been

period 01' office has

gltgofi rm not wanting, titffifllill the increased taxes the iorcseut gov- tirntncut is collecting.

What has tho. Bell government tlttm», in |'t’_1-§ill‘l1 to tllo medical in-

Large and Appreciative Audience. Presentation oi a Pleasing Drama.

A crowded house greeted tho first appearance in (lharlottctoivu of Florence Edna Willy's ilrzinm "'i‘he Unloveil Wifc," which was staged last evening nt the Princtt EiiWflril Theatre and if the un- sttlnteti praise which it ltits receiv- eii from oil those who were in nt- tcnilance lust night is any ititlictt- tion as to the merit of n play there is no doubt but the cont- pnities‘ booking here will be a lnost. sticcesstul one.

“The Unioveil Wife“ is :1 drama oi‘ surprises anti those surprises are not the kinii that ruisht bc sits pooled to be invthc play. I: is thoroughly clean rind wholesome anti contains it-otliing whatsoever 0i‘ a tiulnciotis tinturo. It is :1 wcll constructed piay—tltc first. sot. introducing the llliilifillflt! to an everyday scene in home life and ytoririrvs in ‘n plcatwinr: manner both the tragic and comic phases of society iifo. The second ttct. rises to an emotional climax anti

_ Splendid

troupe. Nliss Florence Hackctt asl the “buttcrily" mother played hcr il-oio GXCICTIBIIUY anld at. titties kept. for atitioticc in inks of merri- merit by licr frequent return it.- what she lflfllltlti bcr “second love. Miss Margaret Bryn, as (Iicely. tho daughter who gives herself in lovi- in the man whom her mother Jilted and jeopardizes her iilcs ltnppiness for the sake of an inva- 1‘ii1 511511?‘ lgave ztan elitcellcittl por- raya o ite par ani provct hot-- scli‘ t.o be possessed oi‘ rill the qualifications pf a. finished not» ress. Miss ‘Ella Ilongittou, as tht> invalid sister (Phoebe) nutl Run dull O'Neil as hor "prince and iovvr." combinotl in .'t comcdy Tilir nutl ptruilucctl a continual tone of humor from iililli‘ first app-enr- nncc. (‘hnrltiia ltnnilisipli and .\Ir,- Elizabeth I.c Iloy as the grandpar- ents of John Itenningtor. who was jiltotl by the mother‘ of Cicely" nrtil who married the inter in "revenue. supplied some ruomcnts of rcai <Y011V0ys n bore hint of the happy wholesome comedy. The Pcnnitts- ending 1" the condudmg ‘mt’ 1“ ion role was splendidly nchieveil the third act the audience ivltnvssliyy To] Bfflckptt whose f-‘fnijlifin PS 1110 111111111111. 91 11 l1ll1‘9 111111 llfrtwns given with extraordinary ronl» selfish love of a woman who itas is,“ mu] p()\\yQr_

ofltlilrnd 111B 111111811"! P111188 U1 The play, ivhich vividly hringfl ntlstiitilerstaniling and silent sub- “mm, ,1... fact ti,“ 1m“, ptttutuott 11111181011. over 8 1111111 W110"! 0111" man and woman is a sacred semi and in life is revongn. The 111113‘ mcnt and ruarrl-igt: n sitcrntucnt contains no extreme trngicrtl sit- P‘]d m... (hngq w}... mound lgvo ttailmis or iluvel<1l1111‘111111- 11@1’1“1'":ttttl lnnrry for any other reason iheloss it holds tho ttttt-ntion anti sin grlcvoiisly against themselves ltttpps up n. pleasing siispenctnof mcieiy ttntl God. is mm well xvnrih wonder as to what is really gain! seeing 111111 110 iloubt {Uililffl 1K1 1111110911 1111111 111"‘ V911’ 1111111 1110111 tnniinoc and tonight's perform" and the forgiving kiss of love. ‘ “m... Wm be igpgely attendee].

The colitpnny is an cxcellen T___;¢._.____._ Nominations Yesterday

one rind the different parts nrP. The following cnnilltlait-s wcrB

acted with nn ease and effect

which would be rt eradli. to any nominated at Summerslile yester- tiny.

1,, , 41.

The ‘ Weather Temperature, Tide, Moon, Etc.

SUMMERISIDE lat District for assembly innn. Gilbert (isulet, farnnr. l-lowlan. nominated by George Swmt, How- ian, seconded anii supported by

w‘ ' 24. —- in reas- Joseph R. Gallant. O'Leary, anti , T“§q1:xg§,£;lyg' w‘nd5_ clean‘ Frank L. Arsenault. Howian. as,‘ 5,3,... uttrli night, than bc- Jeremiah Blanchard. farmer.

Ditvnr. nominated by William J. $mith, Bloomfield; seconded and supported by Paul J. Gallant. Dtivrir, and John 0‘Holloron. ICamp

coming cloudy and unsettled.

Tiilo will ho hisli this murmur Ill. 11.27 ttitd tonight at 12 nkrlvvih

First Performance "in ‘Charlottetown Attended by=

;¢,|](~(‘[|()]1 oi‘ schools? coutinuctl Mr.

pttrtttnt matte-r is to the credit not oi‘ tilt‘. govcrnnteitt but oi‘ the itcil

(Special to The Guardian) WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. —G')V crnntent rewnril of 31.000000 paid in ten annual installments t0 any pert...“ wlyt) discovers a suc t-cssful cure for tuberculosis pneu monla, cancer, cl1111i15\'.\’ 11!‘ 119111911 tin praecox is forum-sell in u 11111 ‘iiitroiluced thy representative Sproui, republican of Illinois. littder the bill a iooortl ‘consist.- zntz of the stirgeott generals 0i’ tltu Army and Navy and head oi

hinlpeque, nominatel by Howard Mountain, seconded and support- oii by Russel Cameron and Joscilh Arstcnault. South West, Lot 16. Ilrti District for assembly man. Adrian F. Arsenault. Summer-- siiic, nontinttteil by Robert Crater. Nlitlpeqne, seconded nnil support~ ttil by E. ‘E. Arsenauit. Abram- vilic.

Mnthnrln Gallant, ‘Mount Car-- ntol, nominated by Dr. John ‘F. msgrove, Wellington, seconded nnil supported by Russel Cameron, South West. Lot 16.

5th District for assembly man. Dr. John F. McNeii._Suinmer-- side, nominated by Murdock Mc Lend, Linklettor, seconded and supported by Capt. F. J. Allan. John T. DssRoches and William C. Clark, Summersldo.

J. Edward ‘Wyatt. Barrister, Stimmerside. nominated by Leon- ard McNeiil. William McNelil and Thomas Liukletter. Snmmerside; seconded and supported by Hol- dcn C. Mills. Dr. E. T. Tanton and J. F. Arnett, Summerslile.

GEORGETOWN

at

Murray River Meeting

Splendid Reception to Conservative Candidate and ' Supporters; Felt Between Hon. Mr. Lea and

Liberal Candidate Seen

Cross Society. In regard to the school books the situation today is silitpiy this. that all necessary books might have ibeen bought unil-

thrct- t-itniiiilates for 4th tiistrictiin" the Conservatives for this 1171139

0t‘ one or two today. it is in triat- tens of this kinii, sunnll as they may be tcritiied in themselves, but af- iiecting a great ‘many iltlillcfi tliiutighoiit thc province, that the iiell government has fallen short.

government, hardly felt by anyne. is now increased two and a half times. and the result is universal complaint and tlssatlsfilétlon. The country last year suffered from severe drouth; the farmers were put to great expense in buy- ing seed and in the face of these

IIIGQC.

931.99.

On Doc. 2, 19111 the tics its‘ pier zilliilt be added liabilities undiscovered

00, were $1,019,242.93.

brltlges were built and other im- “ I works carried on liabilities as A Sani~ tzirluni which xvns taroctcil in their LiflhllltlPfl

closed up and other signs of ne-

Fnrmcr candidate John A. Gills. farmer. Kiimuir.

tr-towrn-Tho Montreal Fur R9‘ _ ._ | . g _ y out, evening tit 6-1-3 bcllton. " .

motlt-iiing. ‘W111 “°'°“""‘i"§h ‘their, 11in: iitvsmfxtttiitleitttiiiti; it???“ lttlitil Mtmhtli‘ titomotjrow niornlln; 111 71111 171§\1d1g$tt11f°°‘1"$111%-] e business on the 10th o 9D Q1 ' a ' ' A m 5- 1L , Thos. . ‘ . it arme . 11D " her, in ‘Riley's Biilldlnlt Qliiwnnglhgeingvnxst itnnpziylyrglsnt-ofnnttrilpinntshlilrl; 1. first quarter 1,100,“ Tt|59t1,’ly,'n\t!1, nominated by Xiwiisirdllnllanti Street. Out- remodeillnl. will 1'" _ ' ' P ,1. I 39 t 75‘ ttm. St. Chrisostom: secon e .111" If‘; .. ° i‘ ' "i" "5 a y i ‘ r-tit ladies gallery minutes later _t an n ar - ey.

lhatronize us again. The Mont- fro!" 1'01" 1‘ 9 ' .

real For Remodeilinl.

when “Mickey had the floor-

town.

Liberal candidate. Mnrk H. Bon-' ncll. mariner, Murray River. Conservative candidate. W. L.

. Slmpgon Crozier‘ farmer, McLean, farmer, Peters Road.

t

tions from the were $i.09Zi,Ii83.97. On December 3-1., 1921 the rte shown by J. llialcoms audit were: 1 Revenue duo

$1,264,961.76

iticrcnse under Liberals from 1891 to 1911 (20 years) . .. liitrrrutsi: unilcr Conner- votive-s front 1911 to

~ iinfluence ‘Mayor Jenkins fcfiiow-

ylt-lmul], ‘Pliny talked much oi 1919 i8 ycflrS) . - . . “if 77,141.04 - - this but when the timo came. to increase under Illberals is‘; ‘Cfigifllllfiuythléfeggiilnggilg lhjndlqfa: furnish the funds they worn‘ not iroon i019 to 1921 i2 m tnlamlaud ‘mu ‘remarking on the Vililily to ilicot tiic llvlllllilfi unit ‘all years) .. -. . . . . .. . .$‘168,ot7.79._'lr;mullt ‘If-good mm was accom‘. that has yet ibeeri tioric lil illid nn- -——— —-—-—- {gushed by the ‘Caledonia ch16 in

. (flout-tuned On Page Tlvree.)

i0ne Million Dollars Reward For Successful Discoveries

ll. S. Representative tttttBitTtttt Bill to Encourage Scientists in Research Work Along important and Humanitarian Lines.

the Pwblit‘. Iicaltlt Service would investigate claims of cures and authorize payment of the reward.

Sproui declared passage 0f his billl. would stir scientists to ic- search efforts that would result in cures being found.

Mr, John Troinor and Miss Jinrgitct-itt» Trninor of New York city are spending their vacation pleasantly at North River, the guests ot‘ Mrs. Thomas Cass and family.

LEAVES ON LONG FLIGHT

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The Sam- paio Correla, mammoth seaplane. hoppcil off from Rockaway naval nir station on its 8,500 mile flight to Rio tie Jnnelro at 7.20 today.

Announcements. Coming Events, Meetings, Etc

RATE.I.—lllc par tine par day. 8r per lino per day for I days or over. lie o line per day for I days or over l5 figures. initial letters count an one word. 10 per cent. discount for cult. Aailt-ette forms pert of Id and must be paid for.

"Taxi service stand My. J. S wedlock, night-Ernest McCarey 88 Sydney 8L, James v

‘l

"Come to Wheatley River Aug. 24th for ice-cream and subtler. If not flue first flue nlitht following. Proceeds in aid of church.

"Come to the Ice Cream Social and Bazaar at Searletown School.

Thursday Ans. 24th. If rainy first flue night foiiowino. 8003-1940

The modcrulc taxes of the forruter

difficulties and with the burden of increased taxes they hardly knew which way to turn to make ends

In reviewing the financial condi- tion oi‘ the province undei' the rule of botlt parties ‘Mr McLean gave

the following comparison: . . v . ott Juno i5. 1am the lltdl. liubili- 1111,11 hllle ‘liyililflfllif "Kw He‘ as pa], and“ o! Mess“ ans. ni t e .ne ott an t, u) rooms 1i)|l(l\\'8(1 by a processionl

(‘ha-liners and Davison were $171,- net liabili- ot Messrs. isos- borouglt and Doucb to which must at that time amounting to $11,000.-