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Charlottetown Guardian, Three can“,

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Shareholders at Meet meat. Between the

Canadian Government for the Transfer

of the Road and its Canadian National

LONDON. May 12.——At the meet- ing of the shareholders of th.\ Grand Trunk railway lcfimpany today it was decided to ratify the asillement between, the manage- menit and the Canadian Govern- ment providing for the transfer of the control of the railway to the government this month. Only three dlssentient votes were cast. The meeting was crowd-ed but

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The speech of the chairman of the board of directors of tile railway. Sir Alfred Slnithers, dealt with the position of the company exhaustively and listened to witll- out ejaculation.

An amendment to defer ratifi- cation until there was n, rbetter guarantee rlonceilning futurel ah- tion by the Canadian Government was withdrawn, the chairman re- marking that they looked to public opinion in Canada and England lo see they got‘ fair play. This lat- ter announcement was greeted with applause.

OTTAWA, May 12.-With ac- ceptance by til-a shareholders of Grand Trunk of the government's

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‘FOR- SALE — COMBINATION safe. Apply Guardian Ofllce.

. , h . ille- ‘ ply N0 Mtlroy St.

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‘WANTED, _MAN OR BOY TO work on harm. W. A.‘ M. IvlcRao, W‘aterside_ Pownal.

WANTED -- GIRL TO ASSIST at general housework. Apply at Guardian office.

‘FOR SAl-E-A KITCHEN RANGE dining room tnblo and chairs. Apply 102 Dorchester Street.

‘FOR/SALE-RO PAIRS CART and wagon wheels, all sizes. Bar- gains. Alpply H. Bowness, Ken sington, Sash and Door Factory.

“FOR SALE, FIRST CLASS brood mare weight about 1200 pounds. All sound. Apply Fred- erick l-iyde, Cornwall.

‘WANTED BY A STUDENT POS ition for vacation months. Best o: references furnished. Apply at Guardian Office.

‘HEINTZMAN d 0O. PIANO AT a bargaln_ only in use one ycar. Cali or write. Miller Bros., 145 Great George Street.

7m LET-THREE UNFIJRNISH ed roams, 236 Grafton Street.

‘FOX FEED FOR 8ALE-EDl-BLE tripe ex cold storage, Charlotte- town, 5 cents lb. E- H. MeEach-

orn. Box 318, Charlottetown.

TO LET FOR THE SEASON. large plot of ground on Pleasant Street suitable for gardening.

glpplvy H_ J. Palmer. 22 Pleasant

‘WANTED ‘f0 PURCHASE.- Anyono having n good grocery or other. business for sale in the city. npply with particulars to X. Y. 2.2-2 olo Guardian Office.

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ing Ratify Agree- Management and

Incorporation in the System-

uitimatum embodied in the leg- islation rece_ntly passedi by pay. llalnent proceedings will at once go forward for the transfer of the ownership of the system to the government and for the IIlCOrpQrg. ‘tion of the road in the Canadian National system.

The present board of directors headed by Sir Alfred IS-mithers will resign but before doing so will appoint a shareholders committee for the purpose obcarrying on the arbitration which was suspended pending the result of the recent negotiations. ‘

lln the place of the present board of directors tile government will name five persons and order in council will be passed fixing a date of the resumption of the arb- itration proceedings with regard to the valuation of the stocks to he acquired by the government. Under tho original agreement the shareholders had a right to ap- peal the findings of tho board of arbitration to the supreme court. That right has now been with- drawn.

Japanese Prince Shows His

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The Dominion Coal Co. Shipping 25,000 Tons This Week.

GLACE BAY, May 12~Twenty- five thousand tons of coal will be shipped by the Dominion Coal Com pany to Idnglami this week. It was announced at the coal office today.

Three of the largest colllers in the Black Diamond fleet, the Mus- lllllollflfi. Dflllhill and the llingun, are at present at the piers in Syll- ney and as soon as they finish loading will sail for overseas.

The Maskinonge, a 7.000 ton steamer. which for the [last three weeks look cargoes from IDLIIEbUTR lo Quebec, has completed loading and today is taking 1200 tons oi‘ bunker. She will be the i'irst oi‘ rthe rihree steamers to sail for Eng land.

Tile Lingan is another 7,000 ton steamer. She is loading ‘today and will likely sail tomorrow.

Tile Dnghill ls one of the largest colllers in the Coal ‘Company's fleet, capable of carrying 11,000 ions. Tile loading oi’ this steamer has not begun yet. but tomorrow

lions fairly underway.

The Hochelagn is also at Syd- ney, but this steamer will sail with a 7.000 -ton cargo for Montreal when loading is finished.

With three of the largest colllers in the fleet on their way to the Old Country the question natural-

Good Sense

(Special to The Guardian) LONDON, -Mlay i2»—Crown Prince I-ilrohao of Japan today suggested cancellation of a state dinner in his-honor at Buckingham palace scheduled for tonight. The Crown Prince declared it would be inap- propriate to stage so showy and expensive n function when thous- ands of persons were enduring privations due to the coal strike.

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Loss To U. S. Over Billion

Davis Estimates Cost of Operating Railroads

WASHINGTON. May llwhoss. to the government in operations off the railroads under federal control; will ‘be about $1,200.000.000, or $300,000,000 more than estimated by former Director-General Hines, according to an estimate today by Director-General Davis.

The director-general made his estimate in the course of a report to Chairman Good of tho liousc up

gross made lby the railroad admin- lng out of federal control. M}!

SHIPLOAD OF ANIMALS ARRIVE FROM INDIA

(mo. elephant, two oat. 41 python snakes, 4000 birds. and a sundry assortment of cranes

portion of the callgo oi‘ the British ship City of Oran, which docked at Mystic wharf. Charlestown, last night after a 49-day trip from Cal- cutta. India. ,

The animals were secured In Co- lolnlbo and Calcutta. lbelng brought to this country for disposal in New York, chiefly to lllcnilgeries and zoos.

‘FOR SALE-A FEW PEDI- 8116i‘! collie Dlllli 8115731119941 cow dogs, prices reasonable.

Apply. E. C. Cogglzl. Petitcodi- B.

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won sate-Pun: snap AYR- shire bull. 2% years. Vernon Mc Millan. Charlottetown, R. R. No.

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HAVE VOU FED THE IMPERIAL Cod Oil Fox Biscuits in r0111‘ ranch? They are highly r6001"- menflgd by experienced ranch- ers. 180ml for M lbs sample W ills Imperial Biscuit 00.. Char- lottetown. '

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HOUIIS FOR DALE-To be sold by suction on ‘the premises No. i1 land l! Hayfield street. on Friday tile 13th at 12 ofclook noon_ vwo nice houses containing six square rooms ooob ‘with large yard.—-B- Carter, auctioneer.‘

OHOIGI L01‘ non sans. 0N Pleasant street. I rwlll sell on

_ Monday evsning, May 15th com- manning at v o'clock p. m. n ch01“ lot- of land t4 by 10o feet. sit- uated on Pl ilt Street. adiolll- in; lilo props y of mam and

SEVENTEEN POUND LOBSTER’ CAUGHT

EAST DOVEIR, May l1-»A lob- ster. measuring three feet over- all and weighing 17 pounds was recently captured here by Luke Coblem. lt was shipped to the Bos- ton market and occupied a crate lby itself. This is said to he the largest crustacean ever taken on that part or the coast, if. not on the whole Nova Scotia coast. Lob- sters, this year, as a rule, have shown a tendency to bigness, but the East IDOVBI‘ one holds the re- cord so far.

‘FOR SALE-COTTAGE. APPLV Guardian Office.

‘FOR SALE-J PAIRS PEDIGREE Serbian Hares. Will sell cheap. iii. M. Dewitt. Shedisc, N. B. ‘THERE HAS BEEN ON MY pl ‘ s for some time one mongrel gender and one wild goose. ilf not called for by Mo!’ the 10th they will be sat up and

‘ Montreal with

.|"'°l"'1“‘|°n3 cimullme“ ‘m "l9 I'm operations at the collorles should

lsbvation in liquidating clllllus uris- “m”

Aberdeen removing 1200 tons coal daily.

llgcrs, twn cni of the Mine Workers of Ameri- leopards, one llycna. onc flailing ca, will arrive here on 'l‘hurs<lay snakes, 10 cobra to investigate grievances that have 150 monkeys arisen between the miners and the Dominion Coal Co., Mr. While will and storks contributed i.ile major remain in town two days.

sue that will come before arbitra- tion board _ grievance which the members oi

the harbor coal are protesting vigorously.

VIN LONELY WOODS IN QUEBEC

miles fromBlack Lake. started off

was attacked and robbed. and his body thrown into the bush.

arable money on his person at the

Iy arises as to where ilViiiiflbiP lbotooms can be had to transport

lpuulg for the Canadian National Jtailways, and other contracts lwhich the company might have along fllOsOcldflwPbll-CO.’ " There is a possibility that the steamers of the Canadian Mercil- ant Marine service may be ulllil- ed for the transporation of Gov ernmsnt coal. Those steamers of the Black Diamond fleet that are ul ready lplying lbetween Sydney and cargoes are tllc llochelaga. Rose Castle, Kamourus ku. and Siralhcona. Tho Sheba, Mackee and barge Logan are the smaller steamers that supply the Maritimes. -

With the navigation season ‘in full swing. coal officials are look- ing for considerable activity in the bunker trade. To (late several large steamers have called at Louisburg and Sydney for bunker. Many small schooners have also entered the trade, and are plying between the smaller ports along the coast. Now that the Dominion Coal Co. and the Canadian .Natlonal Rail - ways have agreed on a price for their yearly contracts, and the out look for an overseas market good, bo quite brisk for some ilulo at Ono large steam shovel is work- ing at. the large coul bank at Nero; 0

John l’. While, forluorll’ Irrrsid-

Perhaps tile most important ls-

is the road makers

FIND EVIDENCE 0F MURDER

mosmnnA-L. allay IPA skele- ton with a crushed skull has been found by a party of men in u I011- ely wood, about a mile and a half fronl Coloring station. The cloth os about the skeleton, which is that of a man. were rotted to shreds. The forehead was cruslled. as if a ‘blow had been inflicted with some heavy blunt instru- ment.

Coroner ‘Delage of Thetford Min- as ordered the remains to be tak- en there where an Inquest will ‘be held. .

It has been ascertained that on Aug 6 last a man named Lorenzo Lafrance, who resided about six

to see his wife. who was living at the Lake.

lHe never leached his destinat- ion and was never heard of again. It is the belief of the detectives who are investigating the case that Lafrance, iftho bones are his,

T-fe was known to have consid-

nold to pay expenses. James A.

direct on Ito the ororert! nil Pgilzonrormsiéioln-

‘Pfllfli’, OIIIIIOII. R. IR. 8 P. E. ‘m5! "

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time of his disappearance but none conldmiflfonndfln the rotted cloth-

_ I T1‘; 9 9,291,351“! MPH: .a..a.._‘-PIIIIAIIQOIIW‘.OI Iii? ._

afternoon should see loading opera ‘

coal to Montreal ‘to fill the con -.

Liam Rolsite, Sinn Fain mambo" of Parliament for Cork city, Miss Mary O’Calia,ghan

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(Special to The Guardian)

BER-LIN, ivfiay 1-?.—Polish insur- gents suffered heavy losses in an attempt to take the Upper Silesian city of K059i from German irregul- ars and Italian soldiers. According to despatches here to- day the Poles were said to have lost 500 killed and wounded. Both arulies were equipped with light artillery. with which they did much damage. Officered <by mem- bers of the Italian iletnchlneni. tho Germans cut grout holes in tho

successful.

clared-the Poles dllavo secreted explosives in the mines threaten- ing to blow them up if the insur- gents are compelled to retire. They Peilorted that German-owned fuct-

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New Fuel Product Resembles Anthracite

(Special to The Guardian) O'I"I‘AWA. ivfay 12—-R. A. floss. Chllirulan of the Lignite Utilizat- ion Board ‘was called this nlorning

the Board has designed a special czirbonizer to remove the gases fronl llgniics. Construction of tllu plant would be complete about lJuns oi‘ this year.

iquantities of 100, tons daily by the ;fall, it. was expected. Tile fuel so lfur tested was pl‘flfil.ifiuily_iglgnti. oal with anthracite arid there was very little ash remaining.

‘Try t0 Graft

Ears on Baby

UNIQUE SURGICAL OPERATION PROMISES SUCCESS OMAHA, .\iay ll~An operation said to be unique inlhe annals of 511F201)’ is being performed on

‘baby Charles Brown. three months‘

old, at. Si. Joseph's Iiospilal here.

Little Charles is perfectly form- led and normal in every way except that he has no ears.

Twelve physicians are endeavor- ing to graft ilenring apparatus on lo tile child,

lie luls spent ‘i5 minutes under an anesthetic and the operation so far is declared to be successful in every respect.

Physicians say it will take seve- ral weeks to complnle it.

Skin taken from IIII‘. thighs of the Infunl is lwlnl: used lo ulodol the curs.

Mrs. E. I‘). Brown. luolhvl" of lilo child, believes a fvlglll. she rvcclv- ed last July 4 is responsible for tho baby's condition. SIIQ has a lrzthil of clapping hor hands to hvr ours wllcn slrlrilcd. While walking on n Sun Francisco street. lusl July -l u chlnamuu set off a big fircrrzlckcr. which exploded close lo lllc moi - her. She was badly scared and grasping her ears held tightly to them for several moments. Physic- ians believe this had n prenatal ef- fect on, the child.

"TUB" AS BABY HOSPITAL

Novel Liverpool Scheme to Save

Building Costs

IMNDON. May 12--.\ novel schema for n babies hospital is proposed nt Liverpool. It was stub cd at the Child's Welfare Assoc- iation meeting that the building of a babies‘ hospital had to be host poned as the 10.000 pounds in hand was insufficient. Dr. A [Jifigwall Fordyce senior physician at the Children's Infirmary. said it was unnecessary to spend the money on stones and mortars. Palatial hos- pital lbuilding was a pure lux ury.

"All I ask for“. he said “is what In nautical circles would be term- ed ‘an old tub to be converted into a Liverpool floating hospital. ‘Suéh a hospital lthroughout the summer should_prove of immense bvllfllll in bsibies, and it could be used during the winter for giving fresh Lqlr t'-o voldilr convalescent children. and thus relieve our over crowded convalescent home. By careful arrangements t might also be utilised as a method of nluch needed fresh air totired and over worked nurses."

W}??- MARY MaeSWlNEY TO BE CANDIDATE IN CORK

CORK. May 11-4. J. Walsh and

Macfiwiney and Lord Mayor are announced as

Blnn lliein candidates in the Cork

ories were threatened in the snluu auspices of

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921

IVIIHIIIIIIIE llllllllll lil INIIIJSIHY

Resolution-Sent Here Asking Approval to Establish Such‘

HALIFAX. .\Ia.\' T2~Tllc follow-

‘ing resolution, (lecidod upon at 101ml. infecting of lhc Board oi‘ 'I‘rude and kindred commercial

bodies oi‘ the city, has been for- warded to lion. Clifford W. Robin-

loi‘ IIlillfliX and Churloiteiown, lo

German mine owners returning be lpresonleil through thenl to the from a trip into Upper Silesia do- govornmlanls oi‘ the provinces oi" '8

Nova Scolia and Prince Edward is land vcspcciivolyz»

| Ilesolvcd that this joint rues-ling oi‘ the Coulnlercial organizations oi‘ VIII? City oi‘ Si. John, held under the the Board oi‘ Trade, (loos, ilélifil)’ zlpprovc the proposal to establish a hiurltinle Board of Industry and Conlmcrco, with a permanent paid Secretary, 10 be supported jointly ‘by the Provincial (lovornnlents of Nova Scotia. New Brun-stvick, Prince lfidsvztrd island. the purpose of sucll Board being to study all nlatteirs relating to the IillIllSiFliiI and Conlmcvcizll interests oi‘ tllc hlaritlluc Provin- ces, including policies relating In iulluigrzliion and agricultural (IPYC- IODIIIOIIIZ to obluin statistical in-

lly tile special House Committee;formation bearing upon these sub-m on Fuel Resources. Mr. Ross silillijecis; to advise and officially con- f“

‘for with the respective Provincial |Governnlenls and to promote u_nl- form. harmonious and conlbined at: lion for tho development and furl-

QYPI‘ \\'R_\' may SQFIH expedient.

l And furlllel‘ resolved that ihn

Premier and members oi‘ the Gov- ernment. of each of tile three Marl-

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Hon. C. W. Crosby Says our Roads are as Good as Neigh- boring Provinces.

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(Yolulubim who zlrrivcd hrrc inst night to attend the ctlnvc-ntlon 0i‘

insurgent ranks with accurate nr-‘Svll- ncliruz bfclnioi" 0|‘ New Brounsllle Cllllfllflall K004 mild-S HH-‘ivlfin- tillery fire. Tile Polos were iessiwiok. and iu the Iloards of Trades l-Wli. li(l(ll'().s:u}fl it; 11111-4

session this llmrning.

Referring to the Pacific. coast . l IlE- expected ‘to see il some |'l:l_\ take precedence over the At- lantic. R. \I. Murray. president of ‘the Nuvzl Scoila Good Roads As- sociation, ilni introducing Premier }Oliver, referred to him as a. llurnl- yer and a Liberal. Mr. Oliver repli- c-d that he would rather be known "is u ‘(T-flnaziian. Willen East ‘and West ulcet do discuss the common [HWY-fl of all, nothing but good ‘could result. he said. As an ordin- nry man and filliillill‘_ he thought that nothing affected our comfort

and pockets ‘as -lll‘lI(‘il as good moods. Must be Moderate T'Il(>'\' must, hldwcvel‘. not be lpusllod excessively ‘and he asked

elf ‘the country =5 zlbie lo boar the gill rate of interest charged on nds borrowed to keep its roads in repair.

Hon. R. M. llIacGljegor, of the ‘Nova Sdotia government referred yID lho exzlmiplc of (han-arlinn and

The hrlquollcslherzlnce of the interest of lilo .\lzll'i1cn,d,i|.e uni“. we dnlegutes 13mm would be produced lll commercial lime Provinces as u whole. ill wlrll‘ ‘ '

will parts ‘of the dalllinion press-nt- _o< .

New Brunswick Roads

time Provinces be furnished wirh

a copy of this resolution and rc - appoint- ment oi‘ sluh u Boar-l as ilcreln

quested lo consider iii“

suggested.

‘Little Boy Met - Death by Auto

Sad Accident at New Glasgow. N- S. When Alex MacDonald ' was Fatally Injured

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' NEW ‘otasoow. May 11~A serious nlllu accident 0c (zurred on North Provost Street here today u: uooll, when Alex- undol‘ Aluirlhluull] .11 seven year old son of ‘m. and Mrs. Alexander MC

injured that he died all hour later.

from the Roman Catholic School with a lot of other cilildren. lie r2111 zit-Poss tho lulvrulnnl. Just as Dr. J. (.'. Bailout. 'l‘u\vn Health Offirol- was going past in his auto. Tile doctor was driving very care- fully and so slowly that tho wheels of the cur did not run ovcr the boy, hut. run upon lllnl wllon tho Doctor" had stopped and bul-korl the‘ var.

iio ni lmro pirkvd [Ilp boy llil. l-urricll him lnto lVl-r. (l. (lruhaufs residence and lutor roulovcd hin to his houlo wilere two other don. tors were. cuiicil but the boy died (lespltc lIII they could do‘.

Niuch syulpllihy is iclt for all concerned in lilo sud affair. An in- quest was held and it was clearly shown that the happening was pur- eiy accidental.

Premier May Sail On Warship Later.

(Special to The Guardian)

IUPTAWA. May 12 in the event of tile session being protracted beyond present expectations Pre- mier Melghen will, it is stated, cancel his present sailing arrange- ments for the Premier's confer- ence in London nnd will immed- iately after prorogation take pas- sage on the Canadian Cruiser Aurora which is capable of ulaklng tho voyage in five days.

DRUG SELLER BLAIN IN DES-

PERATE FIGHT

INEW YORK. May 12-—A revol- ver duel in a Brooklyn tenement hotlso between policemen and u gang of alleged drug peddlars they were attempting to arrest resulted In the death of l-laskln Autel. sup- posed lender of tho gang, the woun ding of two of his compunlrms and a slight Injury to one detect- Ive.

Two policemen, posing as illicit drug handlers ulel the three pod dlnrs by ‘agreement and closed a

trio produced some o: the drugs the detectives tried to them.

tel to death after a

N. S.‘

Dfllllllll- 01' ‘Glilblww Street was 5° la-rred so n-s to ovoid dust pockets.

iThe little lad was Soil!!! llflllle m, thyme

|Provlnces." said Hon. C. W. Crosby, minister oi‘ public works of Print-o Edward lsl-alnrl , ‘at tho

deal for‘ the’ purchase of a lurge'coive due compensation from the quantity of narcotics. When the treasury of the republic."

arrest course "to enemy courts“ will

Detective Arthur Jockcr shot Au- welfare of the state "In time of

ll 1\1._ Hill, provincial dlighwzly‘ engineer [or New Brunswick dealt with New Brunswick highways‘! uuolilods of construction, lie sglilll

l: found i-hat roads with gruvoll so fronl six -tu eight inches ' depth were vcry satisfactory; ul- Hl that icoulrzlolilrs Wcrc illovo Irmllvsi, illun other business mcn. with no! lliorc than five per cellt‘ dishonest. I