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‘Address by Hon. J. H. ‘Myers lat a Recent Conference at Ottawa

'l‘he following atldress by lion. J. 1t, Myers, Conlntissiotter of Agriculture for tllls Province. was delivered at tile Federal-Provincial Conference oil immigration, and Colonization, held ill the Parlia- ment. Building. Ottawa. Nov. 14th and 15th. Mr. Myers‘ followed speakers representing other partll of tho Dominion. tile last one being Premier C. A. Dunning. oi‘ Saskat- chewan. Tile address is taken frolll tile official verbatim report oi’ the proceedings, prepared by Mr. E. C. Young, of the Hansard staff. and formerly of Charlottetown:

lion. Mr. Myers said:

"l.\ir. chairman, indies atld gentle- men, it gives me a great deal oi‘ pleasure today coming froln the far eastern Province of Prince Edward island. to be present at this Coll- feronce anti to have an opportun- ity of talking over witil the re- presentatives of the other provillc- es of this great. Dominion settle oi’ the questions that are facing us. l

believe. all over Canada ltt the present tinle. “We ilave our own questions

dolvn there to deal with. Our pro- vince is snlall, it i.s true; yet we fol-i tllat it is very important, and I believe. we ltavu a right to fuel that way. We have setlt forth from our province to Westorlt Canada. and unfortunately to the United

December wins for

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The Labor Party Having Stated They Will Not Coalesce With The Liberals, Lloyd George Retaliates With The Announce ment That The Liberals Will Not Coal- esce With Conservatives.

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MAXIMS or A Finish the year strong! ‘

(Canadian Press.) LONDON, Dec. ll.——-\Vllzlt Pre- mier Baldwin will do ilow that his party has no majority over the colll binetl Lnhorite. and Liberal opposi- tloll alld how the administration of the country trill be carricil on are cognate questions to wlllicit the public press. politicians ltnd His Majesty's Ministers are trying to find satisfactory answers.

Premier Baldwin and tllt- load- ers of the Conservative party hllvc nnlde no statntent. The Daily Ex- press stated that Mr. Baldwin will resign both the Prime Iiiinil-lter- ship and leadership of tile Conser- vatives. Nearly uii suggestions of political writers turn ol-l two alter- natlvcs, either some coalition is possible or that the COilSl!l‘\'ili.I\'(!S. as the strongest party numerically will continue the government by sufferance of the tipposltion parties Prospects for a conlitlolt set-tn at tho moment hopeless as the Labor party officially annottltct-d there would be no Llberlll-Labor_coali- tion and Mr. Lloyd (lecrgefls sec- retary is quoted by the Dllily l\iall as saying titere ‘would bu no Con- servative-Labor coalition. Political statisticians announce the total votes cast were approximately as follows:

Conservatives 553510.000. Laborites 4.450.000.

Liberals -i.2.'i0,ii0ti. independents 220.000.

LONDON, i)(*('.!i__.'|‘he spotlight oi’ attention that ltsctl to be focused upon Lady Astor as silo silt ill the House of Commons, one little wom- un in the midst of six hundred little and nlidllll- sized men will will have to iliffusc its beams to all sections of the chamber when pilrii- zllllcni convenes, for there will be eight. women to answer tho roll. three Conservatives. three Labor- ltlls and two Liberals.

(British United Press.)

LONDON, -l)cc. ll. ~—— 'i‘llere arc lllflrl‘ svvcrltlnent positions lfor ill-it- aln as a l-c-sult of the defeat of the (Ionserl-"ativo party at the polls on the lProtection issue. They arm“ i, (‘Oiltilllltliioll oi‘ a Conserv iivc udnlitllstrution. with Lord Derojr‘ or Austin Chamberlain replacing Bald- win 2-—.\ coalition government compotsetl of Liberals anti Conserv- iilll-‘co: 3~A Labor government.

(if the three, tile third is still considered as the most. unlikely; at; though it is known tllnt if ltanlszly R-lacdotilllil. Labor leader. YOUUIVUH on invitation froln the King to form l; Cabinet he will accept.

'I‘lle first proposal is considered probable ilccordillg to tile trend of thought ill Conservative circles here

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States. some very clever men, and I. think we are justified in feolinlt proud of ‘our won little province. I ,was ronlolvilal nmusetl at ‘l rc- mark made ilere today, l believe by one of the gentlemen from Ontario-Mr. Lyons. 1 think who told us that lle was asked ill Chic- ago whether Ontario was ill Saskatchewan or Alberta. You know, a great deal depends En a cast». of that kind. when you are

FIRES TAKE HEAVY TOLL

WALLACEBURG,

right. up against it. upon what :lll- S\\'i‘1‘ you are ahill to return. Al Sl-otchnlan went front Prince i-Jlllvaril island Olll: time to Boston and somebody asked ilitn where in: came from. He said. "From tho island." Said the other. "What island?" "Why ," he said, "Prince Edward island. What other island it there ?"

"i felt proud of otlr province as Ill ngrictllttlrni country when ' ctlne tllrouglt the great and famous Quebec o1 "wet" fame and it wan wet ill more ways than one. Duwll ill ollr province we have a magnifi- cent soil; we he ve a rolling country and the soil is dry and fine to work on. I saw farmers ill (Quebec

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Mexican General Renounces Can- didacy For Pres.

(Canadian Press.) _ llll-zxlco cvrv. Im- li~~<=i:-"~‘i'-d (iniien has renounced his cantiltl-ttfi’ for presidency and has otiercd his sl-rvicl-s to President Olin-gun agallnst tho lnsltrgctlt. forci-s tn \ cl"- i. (‘.rti7. and .illlisctl. 'i‘ilc prosiilclll has accepted anti named (‘lull-lull (inllos as the ft-iloral opposition to

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‘WANTEDa-MAID. APPLY MR8? Dr. McGttlglln. 196 Richmond St‘. t

'WANTED-—MAIO FOR GENER- ltl housework. Apply with refer» lincell to fluartiiatf0ffice. 12-841.

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‘T0 RENT-six nobMzo nous: if}! mile from Charlottetown. J. l- Mililltt‘, st. Peters Rollo. n. “- l- 12-8-61.

tjj‘_._........._.._....._._ 0 Lela-sew count: "res:- mellt iloase on Park street, vanish- fid in British Columbia fir. wall firewood floors. Modern conveni- tnccls. moderate rein. Apply 108 Cumberland street, l 1i

the Dela l-iuerta-Stltlcltez rebels.

Twenty-eight thousand fedirtll troops. it is said are converging upon lite Vera (‘rtlz revolutionary zone.

rwANTED-MAID FOR GENERAL housework. Apply lilrs. ii. it. llol- lnatl 20'! Prince St. 3i “PASTRY, SCOTCH CAKES. ilougllntlts. Christmas (‘likes und Puddings at schnoirooln of Cent- ral Christian (‘hurch tomorrow.

WANTED PUPIL NURSES, COUR- g5 thirty months. Write Somer- set Hospital, Skowilegan. Maine.

516-11-27-121.

‘T0 LET . FOR SALE-TWO cooxlric iumtshedagzzzgmgfi?gtamgm' l-apgiiflnAplliy 89 itota-hfoirtllubzti

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‘wallrrso. FOX PU g "WANTED—AT once MAID- (Yhcsier S. Met-tire 1111 —1'w‘ ADbly 120 Prinl-l- Street. tllortl- at Ch . . , its urs . 2. D ltri etotlr _ W Q5”, inks.

‘FOX FUR “Mite B. ‘Herzl: will lilo qt w_ 6 Lure‘: 09106. CM

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. LOBT~ABOUT OCTOBER 20TH. between Orwell (love and i001! Church. n pair of sitcffifllflil" I" case. Finder 17'9"!!!‘ notify Jlllifllh McCabc. loita.—-4tl2-12-l0»2l. ‘FOXES FOR EXCHANGE—I have a surplus lot of llltvor fox ups to exchange for adult foxes that will make good pelts. Dr. [mo Frank, Queen Hotel. Charlotte» town-ill. Mun. Wed. Frill.

IF YOU ARE A 000D BALESMAN and own nu automobile. gut in communication with lll inlnledi-

ataly. The sort of man wl- nro

100K111‘ f0!‘ should be nblc t0 make 850.00 to $75.00 a week

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(Canadian Oath, Dec. 9.—-1‘t is feared that seve soils perished in a fire which tonight destroyed the farm house of Harry Bnbcock near the village of Charlenloine. Since the fire. which started at 7 tfcock. Mrs. iiahcotzlt and ltcr sister. Mrs. itllnlsay of Sarnia. and llcr child have ilot been seen. Tilt‘. vtfins are still silulilering and ctltlttot yet. bc.

Babcock was away at the time of ‘the blaze.

CALGARY. Dec. fL-Plre. which (lcstroycd the Royal Bank of Canada anti a hotel at Gieiclleil. Alta.. swept. through the-bunk of Commerce building anti several other business places. according torreport received lterelate tod ay. A detachment went to the

GLEICEIEN, Altu.. Dl-c. £i.~-—A fire which threatened to destroy this town was brought under control this afternoon after the ‘flames had consumed u whole block. including ille branches of the Royal Bank of Canada and the Canadian link of (‘olulnercc

a hotel and several stores. The loss is estimated at 81:54am.

The fire broke out ill a gaiioiirrilvofifi-i: + u’ + ‘I. + + + +

Without any difficulty. Address in npfite of sorrow! and delusions. W. W: l‘. Bax 134. bnckvilic N. you do unit thanks lit

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA MONDAY DEC. 10, 1923

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Mr. Basil Coibran, of the Dept. of the In- terior, is Addressing‘ P.W.C. Students T0- mot-row.

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.\li‘. Basil Colbrtln. Windsor, N. 8.. of the Fetieral Department oi‘ the interior. who is ill the Provin- t-l- on business connected with tilt- cnhircelllcllt of the liiigrlttory Birds Convention Act. informed tllc (iuardiiln that already since the ltllv prohibiting spring shoot- ing oi‘ Kililll.‘ birds has cotnc into effect. ihorc has been ll marked increase itl varieties previously threatened with extinction. Our game birds all migrate to the South ill tllc fall except a few ducks alld tlll- variety known as "old stillaw“ which will inhabit any little open piece of water and stay for the winter. A great ilillll‘ hcr of our geese stay on the south short- of Nova Scotla at Port .iol- ly. Last ycilr lilcre were at least 10.000 geese there. where they se- cured food. and twice n day flew across the “goose hills" for fresh watt-r and sand. Along ill lyiarcil or April they start north to the breeding areas on the Labrador

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When tltcsc geese are shot in the stiritlg they llavc already lllut- ed and arc on their way to the llrecrliilg grounds. hlggs arc in- variably found lnsltlc them :lt this tilnc and this means that i'0t' each goose shot in the spring there will be front four to fivt- loss coining hack in the fall. Owing to the ex-

Jeggitlg which

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“Bootleg 76mg” and Partner Take Pris- on Term and Fine

(Canadian Press.)

NEW YORK N. Y.. Dec. 9.——'l‘he Dutch schooner Zeehontl believed by federal authorities to belong to "Mannie Kessler. king of bootleg- ers“. but declared by its captain to be bound for I-lalifax. was off Fire island today with two hundred thousand dollars ilvortlt of assorted liquors. tlllll a few hours later Kes- sier anti ills partner biorrls Sweet- wood decided to take their medi- ciul». and withdraw their ilppeui fl'olll conviction of wholesale boot- carried with it a sentence of two years in Atlanta and a ten thousand dollar fille.

ceptionally nliid fail this year they arc relnuitling ill the lturth until it freezes up; then when their food supply is cllt off they will have to llllnt i'ol' different. pastur- cs.

’l‘lu-. ban on Spring shooting ap- piics also in the United States and ignlndotlhtedly working with suc- cess. Previously along the Missi- ssippi WHEN: the migrating birds congl-tvgaltctl ill enormous number

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Clerks And Shopkeep

ingmen Are Bein

ll'nitl-.ll Press)

GENEVA. Dec. 8.——'i‘llat the Jews are returning to Jcrusalcltl and that the latter is taking on ‘again its former fertility and pro- ductivctlcss. as foretold ill tile old Biblical prophecies, would seem to be indicated by n report just ‘com- pleted by the international Labor Bureau on the status of labor or- ganization in Palestine.

ill spite of the stringency of immigration restrictions the nuinb- er of Jewish working men that are returning to Palestine is stl-alily increasing at an astounding rate.

Before the war. the nunlhel: of rcttlrnetl Jewish laboring men ill Palestine (native-born \\'0i‘I-t6!l's not included) nus only 2.750. Ill the period alone front April. 1010. to June. 1923i, 213,521 Jewish itllllli- gratttl-l entered Palestine. of whom the great bulk were laboring men.

That these returning Jl-lvisll workmen are bringing wI-til lhcll: for the rehabilitation of Palestine the latest labor conceptions front the Western World is indicated by the fact that they have a thorough- ly organized labor movement.

Although hundreds of these were not manual workmen before rc tttrnitlg to Palestine, bllt were en- gagcd for the most part ill small commerce and trade. the great maj- ority of them have since thrown themselves into productive lines

NEW YOIt-ix’, ‘Der. Il.4—.\ \\'il\'t! of suicides ill the metropolitan district today prcfllrcil the ltolitlai‘ season.

Ten cases in all catnc to light. The method WAS varie-ll.

.-\ man believotl to be M. 1'). Ket- rlilltn. of ilabylon. jtttnpcti frotn thr- 12th storc_v 0t‘ a (town-town llroad- way oiilce bililtlitlg. A man of mid- rllc age. plunged to his death in the lHarlettl ill\’i*|‘_il‘t)m the 145th street bridge while passengers in a ltnsslltg trolley looked on horri- iied and ‘powerless to stop him.

'i‘lte body of n poorly tires-sell lltan was cut down -t'l-on\ the bougll of at

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Coolidge To Nominate For Presidency

(Canadian Press.)

wastiltvorilrz. Doc. iI.-'—l'\n- nounci-utetlt of the cnttditlucy- of President Coolidge for the Repub- lican nomination fur president ill 102i was malll- tonight by ifrimk W. Stcarlls of lloston who is known as his closest personal altd politi- cal friend.

U. S. Commercial Treaty With Germany

(Canadian Pran)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.---A new columilrctul treaty between United States and til-rnlany was signed Saturday by Secretary Hughes and Ambassntlol- Wiedfeidt.

Tito pact takes the place of that abrogated during the world war. It will be prepared for early submis- sioll to the Senate for ratification.

ltootlti. s. Miners G0 On Strike

(Canadian Preu)

SCllANTON PA.. Dec. 0.» -8oven- teen thousand mine workers of Lehlgh Coal (lolnpany employed at lhl- collie-cries in the llioslc-Plttsitm district. went on strike to-tlay.

The chief complaint of the nlln- crs is that tho company has failed t.o provide each local tulion with rutl- sheets .

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i\\‘.hen once you lhn-ve conceived "m! uintemlrzneli- your mills-ion witn- lll your ilotli. let naught arrest your raps. Fulfill ‘it with a1’.- your lfifffluhh: i‘-ll|‘i!‘il tilt, vrht-vht-l~ latest b_v love or vie-ted by llnfc. wile-t- hrr strengthened ‘by assoelatutie miss, aims)", “aways surrounds the martyrs cit itliougih-t. The ‘path is (war before you; you are cowards. unfaithful w YVIMFIOIWI future. it.

tree near the West drive ill (‘en- tral Park. Police ilxpressctl tilv bcliei’ he hail been out of \\'(ll'I( iilliI dcspontltani. “

Business difficulties, it was said by friends. caused Alex. Meyer to shoot ant‘: kill himself. iii-health was believed to have caused (Illa-s. (l. Schwartz to ilrolvn

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.Plltll Alex. 'l‘ihlel'. of Young-stands: Ohio. a student at Columbia Uttlvot'-‘ sity and ll war veteran, to commit

roonl. Michael DIIIOil held ills head over lhe outlet cone of a gas tnetel", titt-

lleen ill.

Frederick Bernhardt inilnlt-tl gas through a tube. He left. a note say- ing he was tormented by fear that gnnmetl were seeking him.

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basement of the R Apartment iloulle where he been employed.

Joseph ifrietl pinned llintself he- tween the wall and a bedstead in

suiclilt- b_v turning on the gas in his +

til' he died of asphyxiation. lie had -l-

Andrew Malcolm. alt elevator 011-3.‘, iterator. who hail been ill for sortie + itlme. killed himself by gas In the.

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of work in Pal-lstitll- such as agric-

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g Organized.

land metal trades, electrical work. .ttld railway. telegraph and tele- phone scrvices. in other ivords. they ha re engaged inlntclllatcly in the lines of work that are c0tlllt- init mos" for file rehabilitation oi Jhlltll-iiific - Altogether. these returned Jtllv- ish tailoring men are now working gin 100 tlifferent branches of ill- zlillstry. including trades, in which {Itllt- Jvilvish workman had not been nirevioltsly employed either ill lPalestlno or abroad. l An inquiry matte amongst IILUES returning Jews showed that 7,380 ior a total of 65 per cent had not ‘llern lnannal workers befurt- re- Iturniltg. instead 1.721 had been students: T80 tnercllants or shop- keepers. atltl 1.823 wlthotli occu- pation. Yet, immediately" upon their arrival in Palestine all engaged ill productive manual inbor or trades. In adapting llittlseif to the agric- ultural Iill(I building industries. the rl-Lllrllitlu Jan's have haul a great obstacle to overcome ootll ill lilt- competition of the cllczlp Avail labor and of the latte-rs lolv slanti- nril 0f living. in Palestine the :lsllal position if lilo immigrant is reversal. flen~ orally ill.- collie.- to a country \\'Ilk'.I'll tronditiotts are hettct- than in thi- otlc left. blli ill Palestine the re- ttlrtlltlg Jt-JVJiSII intmigrant s oblig- cd to adjust ilimselt‘ to conditions and ll general basis of living that

ltlture. stone-quarrying. building

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disc on earth." evidence is now cow and Petrograd Soviet press

published in this country by Messrs. Lansbllry‘. ii. G. Wells and

others on the subject. + llshed a series ofdescriptions sh children are practically dying of of Moscow:

"if you happen to bc in the sl Moscow either late at night or ill you will find itl every doorway. ll empty braziors ill which aspna repair of the streets. hundreds o

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Lin-rt. evening. ‘Decelnllcr 5|. till‘ Chlldrcll of Mary celebrated their pzlll-onal feast with lnore than u-slt- LII fervor and enthuslastn. in the ‘nornitig at seven o'clock His Lord- ship L. .i. O'Lenr_v. D.l)., oflirlntcil "l: the Mass. during which all titt- ntcltlbcrs rccelveil Holy Conllnulli- on. Tile vocal selections til-ere til‘- tistlcullv and ably rendered by the Scllality Choir. Chorus. “Sancta Maria.“ l-‘atlrc Soloist. .\iiss Louise Arsellnull. Yooal qtlartotte: “i Need ‘fill-c. licllrt of Jesus," the Miss-cs ltosc liven. Helen Hogan. Iitlltli Ainrall. E-‘crlrtttlo McDonald.

Chorus. "God's Chosen One. H; ii," GOtmOd. .Tlle evening l:crenlony' at seven okioclt was a titling close ‘.1 .l inc-t beautiful tiny. llov. Father .\lulltll_v, the (‘Ill-plain oi the Society. assisted b_v Rev. l-‘lllller McKenzie. enrolled forty‘- ftu‘: mcmllers under Our l..ttl_r'l Banner. ill gllltvlzlg terms the Rev» ertnd Director spoke of the. great prerogative of the Blessed vltgim- Hel- immaeltlllte Conception. ills interpretation of the privilege "Toss Putt-lira Es" brought vividly to the .mint‘-e of the hearers that silo merited .to be "Queen of the Ailltels and or the saints." ' rnnllnl-nl Benediction of un- Blessed Sacrament took place with His Lordship iBishop OlLeary a-l i'B|(‘lI)l'tillL assisted by llev. Fathers Rooney and Multaly. The program of the evening was lls follows: "Ave Maria Stella." Muller. “Mugniflcat? iloswtg. Soioists: Mrs. C. Kelly, the Mills- 5-3 Angelina Dolrnn, (iertrltdl- Mac- Dolleld‘. Helen Hogan. "Cor .ieltu," (lravter.

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