-—un-If ‘ ‘waist To The Guardian) “DON, Deo 15—-'1‘hs British

Wynne-at wssl lpaorogued today ‘um February 18th. The pro- m“, (or the adjournment went

mgugli without a hitch. pbrsonnel ‘Of New ' Zealand Govt.

(Special to The Guardian.) , WEILINGTON, NZ. Dec i5 -

hompletsresults of the federal ‘lputiblm held on Dec. 7th show t the Government party under mis: W F Massey new numbers ‘ the Liberal opposition under ', llford 20, the Labor Party under

olland .17 leaving 5 Independents. in t-he last lliouse of Representa- tives thcJGovernment party num- pcl- 48 against 82 represenging all other parties.

Scott Act versus Quebec-Liquor Act Being Voted 0n

lSI-hERJBIRKJlOK-E. Que" Dec 15—l Misslsquoi County voters went to the polls today to determine. whet- her the lScott Act at present in force will remain the law of the mnnty or be replaced by the Que- bec Lflquor Act but, the result of {no voting willnot be known un- til December 2-1 when it will be announcer! by‘ the returnins 0111' Ce;- nt, the town, hall at Bed Weather conditions would brought out a large number voters but tll people apparently d‘ overkeen interest in th the general conce is that the vote not‘ heavy-

woMATu WHO STARTED - FLYING AT 10o D155

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ILONDON’. ‘Dec- l5-'-'M“‘- A“? Simms’ of Mansnakhtl 11120 aftlegr veloped a nlanls for- Y ~Ot he turned 1.00. died at the age 103 and m, lbilfled vvilih erect ‘nnors this week. A kindly 111101 5;)“; her a. flight, which she e11- joyed so much that she went a§8111 and as teen flights with almost as many hem-B in the air. She always said when she started out on a flight flint she could crash with the greatest happiness and would never regret having gained this final thrill our. of life. She, bud ‘become known as the ‘flying centennial. gne voted in the recent elections.

“ARRIAGE LICENSE

0F DICKENS IS SOLD department wflll have been) saved -a l

LONDON, Dec. I5.—<The origin- ‘s! license granted lby the Arch- bishop of Canterbury for the mar- riage of‘ harles

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collided with the Hamilton of the, Old Dominion Line, incoming from: ford. Norfolk, in a heavy sonwstolun off have the Statue of Liberty today

0f mained on the ship tonight awulr- o Misslaquoi Oouutfing her return to her lpler tomor- id not take an row.

ns-us of 09111110111114; water line. several plates on cast today W!" the Mexico's port side being tom

away by the Hamilton's which was slightly Smashed, The

ITO Reward l For Saving Cash l

aln until ‘she had had thir-l

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AIlegedDeilcit In Merchant Marine

(Specie? to The Guardian)

OTTAWA. Dec 15—'l‘ho Cona- dian Government Merchant Marina is winddng up the YBBII‘ with no operating deficit of $1,000,000 apart from fixed ‘charges 1o meet this the Government has recently ap- propriated that amount by the pro- cess of a Governc»: Generafs war- ran .

Premier Poincaire Becomes Optimistic

(Special to The Guardian)

‘EARLS, -Dec .15-—1Premisr Poin- caire told the ‘Chamber of Deput- ies today that the general situation nlld recently gmum better instead of worse, and he prise at the feeling‘ of fear and anxiety he had found when he re- turned from the ‘London Confer- ence of premiers.

LONDON, Dec 15—lAmlcabls dis- position of the Mosul Oil Fields the prize of the Near East is an- ticipated following the decision of Turkey to join the League of Na- tlons.

Steamers Collide In. New York Harbor

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-—d>asse=n- gers on the Ward liner Mexlom, ouliward bound for Havana, which‘

T9-

lBoth ships were damaged albove

bow,

Mexico anchored for the night near the Statue. The Hamilton llroceeded to her pier.

El

6111191111911 lur-Qthe previous government. The re-

Bonar Law Declares For Cancellation 0i War Debts

(Special to The Guardian.)

IDENDOM Dec. QB,~—<PI'BII\1Q[‘ Bonar LLaw in an important state- ment in the ‘House of Commons ltoday declared frankly Ior- the {policy oi‘ the Balfour note, which advocated an adjustment of inter- Allied debts ‘by an all-round can- cellation. England on her part surrendering bar share of report» lions to be paid by Germany. Thus 1111c Prime Minister indlcatedthat [-1116 new government, despite its_ first declaration that the Balfour lnote no longer existed so fer as the~ ‘present British Government was

oUlcerned, and that it would not limlilfilled ‘to the saute policy as

consider itself lbeund by it, feels

malndsr of 'Mr. Boner Law's Bbeech was clearly addressed to both the French and the United States. It iwas a. plea for ‘modera- llon in dealing with Germany, on the Ground that that country is already on the verge of collapse; to the United States a call for help and cooperation in settling the difficult problems of repara- tions ‘and inter-Allied debts. Another important phase ofhis‘ speech was the dark picture drawn, of England's economic and Indus-l trial future should the much hoped for-improvement in trade not ma- terialize. The lPrlnile Minister showed the utmost anxiety thatl there shoul be no misunilerstailcb‘ lng-of Bri ish feeling towards France and the United Slates and

difficult position be was making clear. England was burdened with very heavy taxaticn, which wag n closing on lindusirial ‘enhelfprisel resulting in terrible unempioy. nrent-a problem that made it necessary first that there should ‘be no military occupation or Ger. mun territory. which would still further handicap European trade without producing results in cash, and, second, compelled him frank- ly to face the fact that England was unable to pay the American debt if she received nothing from Europe. Strong points in the

For Government

OTTNWA. Dec 15—ll:lcllael ‘Coonlbes, daughter of the keeper of the cable station on llle re- mote Gooseberry Islnnd, in the Straits of Belle Isle, is the star in an absorbing drama which has lust come to light through the ac- tivities of officials in the inspec- tion branch of the post office lie- pnrtnlent here. By llcr presence of mind and’ her promo-t action the

large sum of money by reason of not having lo pay lndsmnlties to clallmantls on‘ account of the theft of a money mailbag on the White

Dickens, the ‘Star Dominion liner‘ Reg-inn early

novelist, an Catherine Hogarth at this‘ fall. l-l. E. Altwntcr, chief of

St.

It was part-of a collection of Fred erlck S. Crisp.

...’1‘1lc..-docllment....vzas signed... by

John Moore, registrar, and is da tell lllarch 29, 1838.

iw-Qotii CANADIAN QLUB PLANNING TRANS CANADA EXCURSION

MONTREAL, Dec. 15.—— A trans Canada excursion, along similar lines i0 that conducted with such notable success inst summer by the IMontrr-nl Board of Trade, is rhedargoet project to be taken up lby the Montreal ‘Canadian Club. This excursion if the scheme worloe out, will take place late noxt summer, either in August or Septemlber, so lie to coincide with ille annual convention of the lCa- lladian Clulhs which will be held at Vancouver some time next Sepi- ember.

» Billiard Tournament

(The first game of the finals in 1119 Billiard . Tournament at Lam-bros Bros was played lost "light between Bill Nicholson nnd llarry Redmond and resulted in n win for the iflorlmer, winning both lmmes by B1 and 71 points respec- lively.

Nicholson made some nice inns 0f 31. E8. Maud 22, Redmond only Betti!!! as far as 20 points.

The game this afternoon is be- tween Sam Doyle and Frank Nic- holson. wmmencing at 2.30.

——-—-nb-oo-———

if Hard-int is given as many turkeys Christmas as Thanksgiv- 1111! there will] bo a turkey short- i180.

Condensed Specials

RATE! I. ' . u "n. S; t per line. per e7 to

l l . cfmmglgs an later 0 den or over l-

‘- flsurssazgagfoi 1::

-. I‘ least: , , us on "HIM. for seven we on. E1501: per

u nartmc ¢ forts h

Luke's, Church was sold at the inspection branch. has now ta- nnction this was: for 35 pounds. ken steps to reward the girl for

her splendid services.

iAu eniploye of that steamer, ac- cording to information in thc hands of the department, removed from lho mail, carried by the steamer on one of her eastbound trilps to ‘Liverpool, a bag contain- ing rc-gislteredl lctlcrs, and then took unusual lncans to dfisposo of the ‘bag "without a trilce." ‘I-le placed in it an eighteen pound llolystone, "togethe; wi-tli two or three metal wedges, and when the vessel reached the straits on her westbound trip to Montreal threw the bag overboard.

But the bag d‘id not sink. It was l large "international" container so securely fastened at‘ the that it was aimos-t airtight and there was» sufficient space in the

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bag for air enough to make it loaf. The bug drifted ashore on

Gooseberry island, about scvcn miles south of the straits, and was discovered ‘by Miss Ccombes. who took it to her home and had the bag: and its contents dried. Then her father in a small boatl took the bag to the mainland of Newfoundland nnd notified the nearest post office authorities who in turn, sent word to the lic- purtment here.

Considerable difficulty has been experienced by the department of ffcinls, 1t is understood, in getting the command of the Regina and the officials of the steamship company to admit liability in the case. The clincher in this matter however. developed 111171115 111° postalconference which was held here in October.

‘So soon as word‘ of the recovery of the bag had been received in- structions were sent to have the bag forwarded spo6<111y 10 Mont- real, where the Regina was ex- pected to arrive in a short time. There Division Inspector Gnbari‘ confronted the command of the Regina with tho recovered bas- They were, it is rsDOEBd- 1151mm“ cd by the discovery and immedi- ate steps were taken by i110 0111' clsls of the comb"? 1° “"9 u“ guilty one apprehended. ‘No word n” yet been received by U19 11°‘ nt here whether their ef- ave been successful.

Canadian SPevnator _ Received In Paris

"on m4 l sense ol-lolos Ltlnglllwh el§11w§nh1lat§ll:§ ‘(Qnoeiai to The Guardian) office like-isle: - lamls, Dec 15—~Senator Charla!

Know voulliurl - tars?!

Canadian Parlia-

' h Beobien of t e My ,Tecelved

meat was the other

scientific mull Develop your b ‘n. Millerand. illfflillmllt 01 "if wvm. ‘ . ‘ om; m Itvepdilic who promised h" 1'““‘°“,‘ Whips. in“ ion teed age to the Trnln Exhibition o

filter Winston Ksnilwoft11. 88 Canadian products in the prllwllm

, trance. towns ‘in Erance next sari“!-

lmade sacrifices to pay he;- way

£013 .

Sbeech were the unfairness of the view that because England llad

Rho should be expected to pay hel- debts. while others who had mnde no such sacrifices escaped nnd the wnming that too sudden defla- 1" ‘Qermflfly might produce . elc all tne evils of unemployment from which other countries are al-

ready suffering. l

I Soviet Chief

' Arrested In Italy

(special to The Guardian)

LONDON. Dec. 15- Zinovie ‘$01101 911161. has been arrested at ‘Bologna. lltulv. ‘He "is charged Wm! 1193111118 a plot to overthrow the Fnr-istl Government.

Kinglteceived Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux

‘LONDON, Dec 15—— His lMajgg-ty K1118 George today received in audience Hon. Jtmlolpho Lcluleux, ISpcnker of the Canadian ‘Ilouse of (Iumnlous.

Woodstock To Wrest Crown From J. R. Braden

WOODSTOCK, N B, Dec 14 _._. A‘t a meeting of the Woodstock Driving iClulb this afternoon it was unanimously decided to buy the famous Grand Circuit pacer, Dan lHedlgewosd. ‘Councillor ‘Jimmy’ Gallagher and Robert Hamilton leave in the morning for Adhol, lMaes. to bring the horse here. The purchase price is said to -be $6,000.

Hockey At ‘Boston

BOSTON, Dec I4—ll—larvnrrl open- ed its hockey campaign inst night by defeating Boston University, 2 to 0. EBoth goals were scored in the first four minutes of play. George Owen. Harvard's captain. scored -the first goal and the sec- ond was lfrom the mick c-f Crosby.

League Bowling

lLast night on the League of ihe Cross Al'c.\‘s the Eskimos and ‘L. of C. battled a real lively three games of Uowllin-g. leach having large scores and only 30 pins se- parating the tenms at the finish. S. Paoii had the hllghest individ-

1f.

can firms already forced to close

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‘PABSENGERS FROM wnscxsn u. s. casmer Discuss REP THOUSAND I50

(sv ourl own

‘CQRJWT 11. Miss" Dec IE-fiionn,

OEDOphE tanner pregidem or local“.

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STEAMER

I LANDED SAFELV.

ARATIONS QUESTION. TWELVE ‘V-‘nlllllnlls in an address in flic- Bill PATIENTS niFul-sl-alldoBsgzsicnégs-o SEIZED. cunso LEPER ‘ llll'li

ARRESTED 0N QHARGE OF E l ONY. BANK PRESIDENT ll-lfi‘ in RESPONDENT UNDER AR R53

MBEZZLEMIENT. U. S. COR- T IN RUSSIA.

WIRELESS.)

‘LONDON, Dec l5—Ambassador_

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Lemieux Says

i.lllol‘c:'<4 null lnrlllci-s --xpel<l< m "ll '1ll'l- i'l"'i\i lll. lii"1 ,\Y‘-11_1l'l"‘11(‘-B.

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No Unemployment In Canada (Special to The Guardian.)

IONIlUN l)--l- 15-—lion lre-UIHJHX ~¥ll-"Zl1(*‘i' 0i' 11:0 ‘Llilrilllz-n 11“.ll:§l* o‘

Still Haggllng‘

(Special to The Gunman.) LAUISALNNE, Dec 15——-Althlugb iurkey wzl-s lilll-stiozi of acceptance l...» of supervision

no .

n,"

,c.le:-al treatml-nl ‘nllnhltzllgl

populations

Pllrliamelltury Association s‘ night, poinied to (‘nn- shr- piovs-ll adalillzlnl in lib‘ .l<l:1's trzllie revival and said ilii1i-5191111J 11111111 111B 1191107111110" 110111 lllvrc is no llllélllplf-‘YIIIGIII tlvrl». '1'l'1'st“m“°ll1e 0i the lSllllllflulll

(‘anzllizl is anxious to lliwrvrlsn Painarch oi’ the (‘urevk Orthodox ‘is pnpulaiiml by immigration llf (‘llllr-‘ll. This is one of the ili41i=i 1H. supp nloljiizlporthilt issues o!‘ the Lallsllliil» Round it. surge all?

l~-.-~ lll‘ lllilifi] nnd reLgious 111K161"-

l'.i\ ‘,\ 1's lit-Oil culled home for- u, l‘. l.~. -:-.l\ "I “fink arrresm] ‘m ‘M19731 “T111811! COIISl11‘lt\'1‘1‘(11ll, stated at American ' I (_,,‘,, _ »-.<- . wwecn Cllrslianly null hllflrslni, embezzlement of lllllL-fy . 1- h . . -. . , , , , . Lhousand of fund“ of the bank. dligléu-nslsynerinvgéilé’ s.l.i Dec Zhwhalt \l l» .l.l: ll-.~li.lll.slll. ,, .

common, n .. 15.—lBil .‘ , ' ' ' l

ing embargo 32.“... lnlmiflilli,‘QTL131“,g;§,,;5;§gn$;;a;§; Cost Great Britain Whlskel’ 11311911 01' Canadian Cattle w . f.’ ‘ v - - v '1 I and given l-Qyu] 5559M .g:jsuyl,)flssed’iy;,gehttll,'sei ggfimggatgugvlbr: (Special to‘Th-s Guardian.) 1 ‘ a ., - ‘ i..0.\‘n0:~r, ‘Dec 1s-- lit. lion. - l lLONDON, ‘ IDBQ is-llncilpawh ‘,‘,‘EZ,,,,?,"{,§,‘;°,,','§$ ,,g},'_*“}.j;E,,,,‘,1§ Stanley Bnldlvin, Chancellor of 001111111118 VOYagGl

1mm 9111118 Bill's Mrs. Marguerite E. Iilarrlson of Baltim _ , Amerl. can newspaper writer i9 ndor ur- resi. and is being escort to Mos- cow on orders from SOY t govern ment.

‘SAMiSUN, Turkey, Deo 15-Tur ke-y‘s tobacco industry largely slip ported. by Americans, faces ruin by departure of.G‘reeks and Ar»- inenian workers and some Ameri-

doors.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1‘5——-Amnrl can Relief Association new fuell- nig a million and a half Russian

said that, ll, w“ only Enginmye children. Secretary Hoover. llllildlor senator Moms mp yrshr~lfll‘a

of organization says he bollcvvs,

number may rcnch three million. |

,_____ I s1‘- urn-onus‘, Dec. 15.~~—~Fll"3| which staretd several days . bankers of steam ihip EilfliirTll ,-\llll1(€ has been broughtmcder control, and the vessel is expected ‘.11 ur- rlvc in this o"! tomorrow

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WAlSi-IINGTON. Dec. 1‘5.— Ad- ministration of Red ‘Cross rciicf in Greece lulacell in bands of \Vllliam N. Haskell, who also will continue as director of Russian‘ mission of American rel-ief ndlnin-' lstratlon,

WASHING-TON, Dec. lFh-Filrgo‘ of liquor valued at twelve ‘hou- sand dollars seized aboard British schooner. Message nf Peace. or- dered dumped into Cape. Fear river ‘by plrlnlfltlon forces suiiloll when vessel limped into North Clarolinu port for repairs.

WASHINGTON. Dec IFr-Ifecall for consultation of Ambassador

patients on ment are loathe to enter outside

land on the island.

through ice fleidf

won the first fall.

IiIONTOlLIIlLU, Dec 15—— Lept-l‘ island of Molokai‘ cured by discovery of new treat-

worlll again: and ask for tracts of

lflAlUiLT STE. MARIE. Mlcll

XVASIIINGTON, Dec. 11- Illll to establish a hundred million dlllU lnrs, government corporation i0 finzllice sale-of ngflflllllvlf-d D10" ducts ordered favorably reported to senate from conlmlttee.

‘LONDON. Dec 15-—Britlsh pm‘- liament adjourned today until- Fob l4 prcceeibngs going through with ollt n hitch despite rumors of in- tcrilleil battle by Labor members to prevent action until remedy found for unemployment.

WASHIINGTTIN, Dec. 15.—Over subscription of recently announced combined offering of treasury iloios and certificates assured to- iiny, as T" ‘,\ll‘y hlgan lllihurse- ll‘€"ll of bi '1 rl..crs in r-‘fclup 1111.1 of vlclnrv poles canl-cil-llll-n of maturing cerlliicates of lndcbtq course nnd certain lntcres: pllyrl lll‘ 11ft‘.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.- Inc‘ pearlimiuit proceedings against] Attorney ‘General Dauglletry‘ came lll llralnzltic ("l-use yuaslcrdny urhenl

liarvev rollnlell with n conference 111,111‘ Kong“ who brought charms

this week between J. P. “own Elves credit to reports hcl-l- i1‘. the United States is consfiicrllv» irivinlg Germany a huge loan lo save the reparations‘ tan-gin which threatens‘ to separate France and England. The router- ence will‘ not meet until early in January.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—— The European reparations. i‘lll'.‘.'1l‘\\‘lll(".l is thrca-tenlngfl n ihrezllc bcluloim England nrlll France ‘was lllllll‘l'- stood i0 have ‘been (llscusscd by ,Pres-illent Harding and ni‘; cabin- ‘ot today at a meeting which lasted linore than two hours.

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Clue-boo Murder Investigation Just Getting Started

QUEBIEC, Dec 15-lt is under- stood that I-lon. L. A. Taschcr- eau, Premier of the Province of Quebec, and Arthur Snuve, leader of the Opposition lll tile Qlwbefl ‘legislative assembly, will appear before the Commission illvcstlgat- lng the circumstances surround- ing the murder of Blanche G111" nenu in Quebec City two years ago. Another lnzpol-llinl. witness wlill probably be J. C. Langlulfl- K. C., of Qua, Conservative can- liidnte in the recent bycclcction in Labellle County.

’l‘w_o years for the AlturllcyGH1 oral'si rllelpzlrtnlent‘ llilvl» now (lou- cludell the presentation of their avid-once with the excoplion of the‘ three above mentioned witnesses. It is said‘ that tlleer arc no less than eighty names mclltiollcl 118 posslfble witnesses‘ for till‘ lawyers representing the public unll inde- pendent interests but so far only ililfteem subpoenas havol 118611 15~ sued.

lMrs Barlbeau, the foster mother of Blanche Gurneau, and police of- ficers- who hall been cngllllflil i111 the case were tile chief witness- es at this afternoon's session of the commission.

Amateurs May Organize Hockey League Tonight

ANFITGONIIlS/H, Dec 14-4! B1111!“ factory arrangements can be made. the proposed Ooichester-Pictou- Antigonlsh amateur hockey league will be organized at NOW Glnszflll‘ tomorrow night when rcplresoiilcr tives from Truro, New Glnsiluw. Thonburn and Antigonish will meet in conference. The locals held n meeting this afternoon ‘when 1t was decided to enter the teum.

ual score. 191.

The following is the scores:- ESKIMOS ‘L. Wynne 141 149 142 E. Acorn 148 146 157 E. Paoli I 157 .185 191 L. Doyle 103 148 145 P, ‘Coylle 119 142 112 667 770 747 ‘folil .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2184 L. OF C.

G. Maddigan 176 ‘I75 127 J. Callaghan 1.29 167 11R ‘F. Reardon 1.10 104 i135 A, Dufly 154 134 16B A. Jny 146 139 143 714 ‘I50 676 Total . . . . . . . .. 2149

Majority

providing suit-lhle financial uud other terms arc agreed upon. ‘I-ladley MacDonald and Vesty Hanrahan will represent the A A A A. Th8 pl ,- J 193K119: 1t “- mnterializcs, should he one of the

i» flirlrelv raw in committee hear-l

llmd ‘Secretary or state Hughes‘ lug in house clezlrong, committee m‘ ""11 C911’??-

The committee tollny orllorlzl Mltl Ilir-llov [ll ii'l‘l|6>"ii' balm-o it iOlflllT-l‘ l‘ow and eXnLjlln his actions.

NE\V YORK, Doc. lo.——l’ilssen-l ‘lzcrs for Hzlvzlila aboard Wzlrll ll-' ncl‘ Mexico, which urn-shed wltil '~'l(‘illllS1lll) HilllllilOil in Laluvrr Hur- ‘bor during snolvslorm yesterday,‘ ‘game ashore today when vessel Hindu-vi null will sail tomorrow zlilollrll .“l(.'i!i~f‘0y. Pol" ski-l sic-i‘ Niexican ports will ‘sail Thursday inboard llientr-rcy port side steel [lnlcs of Jlioxico. rlppcll forty fl><t to ii ilPDill of if ‘foot ab ivc ‘wall-r line. Ilzllllilloil only slight- ly (lillliilllffl, I

lsglppelflelily" l Penal Delegate To United States

‘ROWE. Dec 1‘f-—'.—\l‘C1ll1).'l“fi Pit‘ rm Fllnlullsnrfillkonlli has been ilppnluled Apostolic Delegate in Washington to succeed Monsignor G-‘nvhnnl Ilonmno. who was rnls- rl to the oarllinalntc in tho lzls‘ consistnuv.

___Z-<0a--i HE IS A CANADIAN ‘NFW YORK, Doc l4——Tf0110l‘l. D. Emslie, of St. Thomas. Ont. who scrvml as llimplre in tho N League for 11H‘ rapt R1 yours‘. was lr~:l;l,v' :l1lpoiillcll in an advisory cup- nciiv ‘to the president of lllli‘ lon- nlio, at lilo sccnnil day's session of the ‘National League club owners.