5” . J sf- if 3” by lv 'iw 1?. i-_*_ _.;. _ , , ` »-in ii. _ _ #eye °»l'¥~. '°“.'P°'°‘ ‘°°‘l»“~'°P°'l¥°" ‘°°""°" _ther are am le facilities f tra n un 3_3' ln"l'td'vlhil»1' AM Mr WTI* (Ulllod) in odvauel, In der gctual conditions' gr ml g _ f _ `l¢h:v\t_i8.N_for U. O. A ' Evening Dolly (founded 1007) U2_.00 by Moll In Cluldl ‘ms sap for_u_. of-A. _ - '_ 01' ‘ Hold Dfiico at Charlotoiown, Branch Offical at Sum Ru The situation in the East is far from fav- able to the Germans. Their hold upon ssia is growing more and more precari- lnoroido, Alhlrton, Bourio and Montague. _ ous every day, and will require feinf0r¢e_ Prolldont-Major A. A. Bartlett m Editor and Publisher: A _ Associate Editor' _,_ R_ eurnm _ D_ K_ ¢,,,.,|,_ ' keep up the bluff a little longer. .,__.,_ `_. _ - - -.-.-.-.-.-=.-- f - f-=- f-ff:-' `--'-'-‘-'-‘-'- ‘ff-'-' ` '- ff- - - - - - - - - - -- ` Bombing of German cities by Allied air- _ wgpussosv, Aueusr sm, ma _ men is now being carried on systematical lZe 'l`Ill‘]'l"i\RI\lEl{ AN I) 'I‘llE AUTO f - Fir It is now not an uncommon thing to sec f a farmer and his family from districts for- i ty and fifty miles away driving into Char- be lottetown in his automobile on aflne after- C noon and returning home at night. Sever- be and the Germans are beginning to real act, however, has not changed the leop e al such parties drove in from Preetownland childen Wi11 not pay_ yesterday afternoon. Farmers from the vicinity of Montague, Georgetown, Souris and other places equally distant quite fre- 'quently drive to the city. Within the past year quite a number of farmers have pur- Se chased autos and the number is steadil; W increasing, although not so long ago the he farmers were supposed to be the strongest S opponents to its introduction. ' a We note that in Ontario out of 78,861 W cars owned in the province the farmers own JO 23,409, while merchants and manufactur- do ers come second with 14,825. In this pro- .S vince before many years, we have no doubt, I de the farmers will own the majority of auto m 'l‘llE If NSE EN \V()N DER One of the Canadian editors now over- as declares that he has seen so many onders of achievement that he doubts ii can “take them in.” The difliculty of as- milaton, says an exchange, both mental nd physical, must appear after seven eeks of personally conducted travel from _hn 0’ Groats to Verdun. Yet it may be ubted after all if any of the editors has i een the great thing, the wonder ofwon irit" Who has measured and Wei hed mobiles. And this is as it ought to be. Sp _ g There is no class of people who stand- to that unconquey-able Soul? gain more by the automobile than the far- mer. It places him within an hour or two P of the principal centres; fifty miles or so 1-, from the city means close and easy proxi- W milly by 9-1150- All interesting feature Of tor. Even the novelists, living in the mids' the Ontario statistics is that it has only of s been since the outbreak of the war that the ii farmer has become a consistent user of the C0 motor car. This is true also of Prince Ed- ti ward Island, one reason for which is that, re before the war, the motor car was not a ii recognized institution in this province. It is a .true ‘however that the great increase in the m number owned by farmers occurred during ,-0 the past year, the time in which the war’s b demands upon all were heaviest; the time 0 a_l_so_,in which, owing to the increased pric-'th es of produce the farmers had more money _ 1* probably than in any other period iii the m history of the province. This does not mean D that the farmers are spending their money IC __re_c_klessly ;it means that the motor car has-10 f ii become a necessity and that the farmei , , are in a position to provide themselves with fi the necessities. The progressive farmer (1 has discoveredthat the motor car is one of Wards ruthlessness and c,.ue1tV_ the necessary equipments of the farm and that he cannot accomplish his work econo.»~ p ]d_ti]n9 national and local customs even l`his remark does lloi- llvllly 10 DOUU- Tile Government here has not been 1 he . . . . ~-ul storms, for ihese do not pervllll advised regarding the statement made every other anxious care that per-5 .I t. t ut i tm i _ n their Slgnlflcance IS Wholly lost' are 'n the dog days. The reference is to inthe British House oi' Commons yes- ploxes you. If a personal answer is i)ds.cr 0 Draven B er ng B wn mically without it, as it saves time and la- 0 bor. W Our enemies have called the British peo- le “shopkeepers” and “hypocrites” They ave accused them of fighting a traders ar for the purpose of crushing a competi- li, have counted their neighbors sordid A p€0pl€ SO t€l'l(`l€I‘ Of l§l`adltl0H IIS llarllly :i \vcdk passes without Oi- me Wings,-_ " ‘ >l`1tSll, 21 p€()I)lG S0 C2ll°€fl1l ll() ()l)S€1‘Ve the :lwa having ll storin of some sort. * If 4 h eir finishing touches during the next few months either in England or France where ents from other fronts to enable them tc that two can play at that game. Thif d’s spots; the Germans have retaliated ebly by bombing several cities behind he Allied lines. The war in the air must carried more vigorously into German ities nearer Berlin and into Berlin itself fore they learn'that murdering women rs, the creator of forge and shipyard, ar- y and fleet. Who has seen the British cesslons. Both sides express their the, result being that the heat was alist ` ' ' . ' ` ' ' l S would never have enhsted by mil *CUBE Minister of Labor, the AC?-ing away and the drivers had great dit- . . Qns for an Idea' Back of the cOnVent10n` Preniier, Mayor Fisher, and 0th91`B iiculty lnlpreventing a bad slnashup. Please book my Subscription to hty lay 3- fierce _Rflmanticism _“au the lre doing what they can to bring ab- * * * ' the Morillllg Guardian lilll Dec. 31Sl}, ore fierce for being suppressed. With lu: ,ll selrlemenl ln the public inter- 1-nm. A. K. Mucnm is leaving for 1918, far which 1' enclose $1_00_ mance dW@]]S manly Sentunent, and with zst. In the meantime practically ev- Sydney, C. B., in a day or twoqn an ' ' ' - - » \ =. dvor to siccd ui tho roduction ~ Oth hurnanl 1.1 n . _ , _ ryonc who used the street cars is inde .i 1 p _ ' ta a Ibm what Stus 3' Bmt walking The big stores and some oi of coal in that part of Canada Pro- S1gnCd‘ ' ' ' ' ' ° ° ' ' ° ' ' ' { H. protest when a' WO1n£ln_lS Slaln_? N0' he Govcrniiieiit offices whose employ- duction there, according to the ili- lng other than the 0ld"SP1l'1t'0f C`h1Vall`y- is live ut Brillallizl. \Vesib0l‘0 Hull formation received here, is consider- ll€ T'€!l.1tOI`i lL3l{€S thé I‘e3,l1St V1@W_ A W0~ ither suburban points are providing ably below capacity, and iiliprove- an is so much flesh-and-blood less com- ‘“‘°l“‘“’“"*l “"0 -"We" ~‘”°“”'”’““”“ *"8"* is “°°eS**"‘Y if *1 Crist" is \° be ’ » . . , \ 1 ~ _ . , . T" _ ' ' eten than - H . . ._ 01 lllf-‘-»‘\l‘. dllll >0“\L- f‘-Ill-4-li>l`lSi“g UV avoided. Report has it that because i __ t d I #an for labolt th,e1ef0U_ _~ 1 ii have or allied ll 1111105’ Ser' of the higher wages paid the miners *_* _ 1 1 etyiie g ss valuable. Phe iomanticist ,thinks oi ,im lm nothing SMI., 0, ,,_,,,.,,,_,,,, do no, work a ,un week and Produc Ve alld llOlil€. Tll€1‘0f0l`€ he S1)3l'eS WO ' into or team can tnkevtlie place of the “gn suffers as a c0`nsequen¢@_ The len and children. The fur of Britis in- #rect r=1il\\'=1>' ill fl City Wllefe *here ullllook Just now ls most serious. _ _ . .Y ' lgnatlon Whlgh glovvs Whlte hot in these are thousands of 11001118 depending 011 Unless more coal is forthcoming many ll . `. ' - ~ ` his illolle Of COHVHYHHCS T01’ geliililf manufacturing plants will be obliged . ) , ‘ ‘ . _ dyq C( nleq fl on] the rolndntlc dttltude to o and from their work. to close down und quite a number of -mutual houlo ot the Connaught y Club‘| plant onto the race 0'!"l'iAW.A Aulult 14 -The news from the front than days is all to 3° the good. and the people of Canada t|`\°k`°\'\\lh|D8 U19 Will! ln. £0" ` _ l _ _ \ 'A _ 7 ’ Y _Y - -__ 1 ‘ =~ --, A' r p-|wq_ -` __ 22,.: ~ A _-~:... '- --_ ` " ’- `* " V" lu lu . e"ard|an1};t}il‘e_but_partially trained, _and will receive _ umm":°f;_“f°h:;i‘;:°“”;’:2“‘::e li ' ' _ down fences and broke windows in on UHARLUTTEWW \ throounllo swath across the coun- “ ' l T0 _q are greatly houjtoned i`l\ consequenqg down portions of the fence surrgund- N _ " O 'rue uilstlu boards in n-out of' the 'ins the grounds and ripped the will newshaper oilooi 'here are eulgerly ‘Of lwlllled 111111)' by hundreds of pei-sons,~ l many of whom are represented ‘ln the Mid K0lf8l‘l CHUKN ‘Nl 0|! U19 F0095 war zone. The Germans have been were iuluféd by l-he hH||Bf°llB9.` 501110 practically on the run for the last Of (Fmm °'" W" °°"°"'°”°°”") smlae. _ it luulell me moi oz me Y€al° End €I'_ T98 i““iile°_.'nlgirilblasfiléxvierznllprgillgi _ $1, DéC€lnb€r $1. which were between one and _il C0l1lZ8.ll`iS,th€ fl.lll€St and _ ‘ two weeks or more, and many opflm- half and -two inches in size. The latest accounts of the War. 4 . V _ istic persons see in this fact the be- Power subbly 0f U19 Hull EIBCINC ginning of the end. The wish, how- Comlmuy was out oil' for the entire ' » - l l f . ht the lightning putting the plant C3.l'l‘l€S the l3.teSt tele" ever, is doubtless father to the 1118 thought. out of commission -and the ,gale break- g1‘8,phiC l'léWS Of tl'l€ W01’ld’S d0lIlgS in ad' 9, sl al ing Ottawa is j st now enjoying the lux- struck .by lightning, but not seriously, the wires. Two Hull women were dition to the War news, ur'y of il. strict cur strike, or rather in.1ured.A 'The `lgghlilill`g` also BT; rt.: ._ carries an the latest 2 I a strike of street car employes. Tlfe £0 strike begun yesterday, and is ,still Street cars and car windows were mem 'bm ' mga in M at best city and provincial news. Its district with ug Nor a .wheci moved years;-_ badly shattered by the hail, and green COI‘I’eSp0l'1d8rI'ii§S are paid and reliable. day or today., There are between 500 houses also suffered from this source. and 600 men “out.‘," including con- lt liuctors, motormen. shedmen and be yardmen. .What the men are asking for is '46, 48 und 50 cents per hour Until midnight last night, when il for conductors and motormen and brisk westerly wind relieved the situ-' reports. ‘B "“"’“‘“‘*° ."““ "“’ ‘l“’““»‘° “"" THEM GUARDIAN carrié`s the daily stock 'b-mee" 525.302 B." $5°’00°` and share market and the producemarket proportionate increases for shedmen ation, Ottawa sweltered throligli tho lS'l`,ll€ b€St 3.dVGl`l.lSlllg ~-- Y 'ind other employes. At present they lwttost evening of; the B_Uml1lB!`,- medium in the Pr0Vince_ iS read the ire receiving 26, 28 and 30 cents per which is saying something. At six - ~t f 0 ulation who can ' \ hour. Under the decision of the o’cl Board of Conciliation, given some er ock in the evenln the the omet~ great maJq11 y.o e- p . indicaied 93 degree, 11; ,he read, and its circulation is guaranteed. by time ago, they were granted an in- night passed, however, the mercury _ l§l"it¢'3IlIll.l3.l3\1dll`» Of tl1€_ _ Bureau of l ul crease of 7 cents an hour. The Street gradually dropped, and at two this Cjrculations, the 0lTlC12].l £tl1dlllOl‘S Of Railway Company accepted the morning 80 was recorded. The cool- National Advertisers and the Newspa,per_ award, but it was not acceptable to est the men who claimed that lt wasnot four hours ending at eight o’clocli iuiliclent to meet the increase in the last evening was 65 degrees. On two cost of living. This increase in wag- different days during lust niontll ther- States. p°i"t reached dum; me t“'°'"y` Associations of Canada and the Un_it_e_d _ _ is would make the rate of pay per mometers registered four degrees THE lSlllltS€lffl1llV8.ll.l€ fOl‘ hour 33, 35 and 37 cents. The com- warmer than was indicated yesterday, _ its money every day and all ljllé year. ` ' 'iany refuses to make any further con- but the humidity' was not so great, ietermination to stand by their guns. not felt to the same extent. Last The company declares they will have night was by far the hottest of the , V A ‘he service in _operation agaiii in 8. season, the next highest being about 'lay or two. The men ridicule this live degrees lower. Yesterday niorn- irlea and say there will be trouble if ing about half an inch of rain fell in nrlke bi-callers are brousiit in. There less than half an hour. 'rite miuiuii l New Subscfibéfs 'he matter stands at the time of writ- was accompanied by a heavy thund- hemselves in an orderly Il1iiIUl€r~ Broad Street station when the lightn- licn to oiganiae a sticet parade The but/seveial teams standing by ian * * * people will bc without work during " for E1lg`l1Slli'il(-III, l`,l’l€lllS€lV€S being 3lSO Eng" \ing_ The strikers are conducting erstorm. A near accident occurred at $1. the End Of Year. $1. \ l'illll€I`Cl3.l 3.llCl>lYl.0Sll ll€I`l>`lbl(-3 Of HCCUSH -g They are keeping a close. watch 01; ing struck a wagon loaded ‘with iron. To the Publisher of the Guardian, H ons-_respectable Yet Pgdgnapg and du] he cur burns. but manage now an< There was no one hurt, fortunately, Eharlottebown * _ Address... ... .. w. . ._, ` V rouii Piioiitiaiis sotvso ,_ BY REV_ T-8.LlNBCOTT, D. 'D. K (All i1¢ht| reserved) 1 ‘t 10 ‘-°"i""" 'lla o no-w.oiK