-an rho N ` ` \ “IN ' I = I i 5- _ -I I S ‘ ""*..f,_ - The Paper _ wo __ _ _ _ _ _ _»? _, it _ _ A //; ' . ' A." T119 Adif I ' -EI ~ ` I 552;/ 5" C' ` I `\~\\\, \b\\ \\\ I I' ' / wot-ch Printing -7{,§ Th /ff/9 "frlf_.;“~ pr’ ` ' R' ` \\\ ./1 `l Sli.:- | _ _ /_#___ I ° _ ePeople’s Paper ;i...-_'..---__-,_-; Read pfveyndy W *ll* I I/to ___-_ u I N°'"i'\t Guardian, Founded iasi svoninq oumlnln, 1ae1 CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA FRIDAY JANUARY 9 1920 '],,,,,,'§,|" Charlottetown Guardian, Three cent; ' l _ _ _ ' _ ‘_ _ ' ' " ~ _ - - a _ 9 r 1 ~ ' ` § AMYSTERIOUSTRACEDY SIII HHHEIII HHHHEII LElIIE5 IIHH YHHNH ENGLISH WHIIHEN AT llARMON'Y.LOTl3_ I ELHIIIHHEIIIIHHIEIHHHHH IIIIIlIIIEH_IN SI. .IHHH_N_H. Mrs._ Corbett Ellis Found Dead in ller Room Along- A°°§W,§§§;°E|-lg-mv'tEialEI tdnhiyuwiiig.Weilagilfgffpll/Igiilllbsfz E;f.Elnffl':f‘}f,§IForesuy Expert Declares liiinle ate __ilcr l_i_ed With Her .liiguiar Vein Severed Jolliooo will Bonne British Worship. -- f rho rnocrimo to Find Employment. ' Measures Are Vital. ’ Bud Worm Damage wo azors on a ‘ ° ' ' ‘ ' From Harmony. Loi ls, onine word yesterday morning of is ter- rible tragedy. ~ Tile body of Mrs. Corbett Ellis, wife of n well-known man of that place was found on the previous evening in her rooul with her throat severed, and two razors lying on n table near by, The body was found lying, beside the bed, in a kneeling di0Blili`6 0|' Diirlly so. with the head between the side of the bed and the table. » _ ‘ Word of the tragic affair was received in Charlottetown by the Attorney General from Dr. Stewart of Tyne Valley who stated that he 'had been called* to the home of Corbett Ellis where he had found the -body as described. Dr. Stew- art was -notified by the Attorney General to get two men to watch the remains and see that they were undisturbed until the arrival of the coroner. Sergeant Bradley was in- structed' by the Attorney General to proceed to the scene and make a -thorough investigation of the cil- cumstnnces and make any arrests that might be necessary. I-le left for there yesterday morning. According to the facts obtainable yesterday it seems that Mr. Ellis who lived with his wife at his brother‘s_- llolne, was absent from the house all day Wednesday haul- ing wood. Upon his arrival home at` supper time he looked iilto his imother‘s room to see how she was as she had 'been ill in bed. She told ilim that about 4 o'clock she had heard unusual noises from the ad- joining rooul where his wife was. He then went to his wife'g room -knocked at the door' and on receiv- ing no reply. pushed the door open. -1-le found a trunk against il. On entering he saw his wife ly- ing on her knees or partly on her knees by -the side of the bed, as if iehe-had fallen from the -bed, with her head between the side of the bed and a table on which were two razor-l.__Thes_e 1;-is said, were blood- mined. -This "outa -ho shout e.uo. Mr. Ellis then ran to the house ul’ a neighbour. Alexander Murray who lives on the next farln and' tele- -phoned to Dr. Stewart. Mr. Ellis also ,sent word to his father, William Ellis, carpenter who is working at Miscouche, and to his aunt, concerning the deplorable affair. The deceased was il woman be- tween 30 and 40 years of age. She was a native of England and was married to -Mr. Ellis in that country when he was overseas. They came to P. E. island in September last. dl/lr. Ellis belongs to Northam and' -bt-lore the war was engngird in citr- p--nter _work. He enlisted in Port Arthurulld up- on his return -from overseas took up famning near Richmond. His vo-oooo-fo-Q4-040-+0-o¢44++>#v §coivileNsll|lsi>ilcuLs§ O 'SOCIAL AT MOUNT RYAN. JAN- uary Dtll. _ 6093-1-7‘M‘E3i. *FOR 8ALE.- LARGE "POWER grind Itone. N. Winchester, St. Avards. 5860-12,-24~M4ipd MAID WANTED, FOR GENERAI, housework in small -family. Ap- ply 277 Richmond Si. East Dtf. °WAN‘l‘ED.-GIRL FOR GENER- sl housework. Apply 225 Water St. 6088-1-7-il/lE3ipd. *WANTED MAID FOR GENERAL housework. Apply 18 Lower Prince Street. M61 WANTED MAN WITH HIS WIFE to work on ranch in Saskatclicw- sn by year, beginning March 1,_ Apply to 'Harold Dockeudorii'. York Point. DU W-ANTED.-HOUISE CENTRALLV located. immediate possession Apply Guardian Office. 6134-i-9-ME/Blpd. ._-i--_-----i.*°-** W.ANTED. - MEDIUM BIZEU building suitable for garage cen- trally loonion. Aunty Guardian Office. 6188-1-9-‘M‘E6iDd . *FOUND-MAN'8 Gi-llv ANG- ora glove, with tan ibindlng.0wn- er can have same by illihlyiul li this office and DIYAIIK fill' lil-Mt( *FURSI FOUND-ON HILLS-_ borough Street containing sum oi money. Owner may iilvo HUM ` on application at this oilice. DNV* ing property and paying for ad- -vertilaiuent. ‘i.0l'l'. IITWIIN GILLK' JIW-' elry sore nnd _Hospital black eatin handbll Ciiliilliiiiil hililii' itorohton. num, rosary we and _ 1 with initinia ol °i'0"» 'gindor please leave at Guardian o“|°` _ Htl. ».-.» Small Table Beside' Her. liarents, and his two sisters were 'Wills in the same house, his motil- ei` being ill poor health for sollle ~time and confined _toher bed. it is said that one of the Ellis girls was ,downstairs at the time the body of Mrs. Ellis was discovered and the other was out at the barn. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Mr. P. N. Pate, cm-. oner, and the following juryz- Norluall McLellan (foreman. Charles Ramsay. Bruce Ramsay. William T. Yeo. Frank Deighan_ Alex F. Murray. Alonzo Wilson. Tile result of this inquest was u verdict to the effect that the de- ceased llad‘ come to her death by means of a. razor in her ow.n hand. Immediately after this verdict had been given Ellis. husband of the unfortunate woman, was takgu- in- to custody by Sergeant Bradley and taken to Sunlmerside where he is now in custody, . By order of the Attorney General the body was ordered to remain un- disturbed until a more searching autopsy is made. after which the inquest will be resumed. There were no other marks about UN: body- The wound in the throat Iwas n bad one, the jugular vein he ing completely severed. One razor was found lying on top of the other. botil being covered with blood. The blood on the un- derneath one may have' come from the one on top. The arrest of Ellis is said to have been br'ought about on account of letters found in the roolll of the de there was no trouble on that ac- count. - _ Ellis is probably between l'l 1'. -----{4;__l. Y.Ili.C;A; 0ilicers tonglt w l nlila iscount Jellicoe, forlller British First S-eaillrltisll warship. _ ‘ (Special to The Guardian.) Lord, who passed through here ell, WEST PAIISF, ELA.. Jan. 8.-Sir route from Washington to Keyf Robert Borden who has been spell- West. lt was understood' that Siri ding it brief vacation in Florida Robert would go on to C-ubu where; left il itl Ad ‘ il V |Vlscount Jelllcoe will board u” (Special to The Guardian.) 0'l‘TA'WA. Jun. 8.-On or about February 26th, Parliament will re- assemble in its new quarters on the hill. The new buildings still lack the main 'tower and the senate side is still far froth colllplcteil. The senators 'will have to be con- tent for the coming session with the railway committee roonl which is spacious, if not ornate, and tile sound of hammer and trowel on the senate side will be ‘barred out by a boarding bet-ween the two wings. The conlmoners will be ac- conlodated both as to the chamber and as to -private rooms. ' The chamber is almost awe in spiring in its loftluess and unless Th N P l' li`ldi W‘llb 0 `d@ _ eA'|t|mg|,a,:0':g,‘,Ei'E:, g0l::,p|;l§,d_ lguiéing giggle iliilestionas to Whether He Shall be Tried to be A|,-eady cost Six M;||im,s and Wi" cost 1 Settled by _Conference _oi Allied Leaders. Lloyd. Many Mom ‘ George insists _on Tria_. PARLIAMENT MEETS I 0N FEBRUARY Z6I tile acoustics ure cxizcllollt iiulall voiced lncll will have difficulty lll_ being lleul'd_ The urcllitects how-. ever ure coliiiiient that the acous- tics ure |lel'i`ect in distinction from; the ulil L-onllllons chamber. Tllci light ol' ila°_v shines in froln both' slil_€s'<_an¢| artlfical lighting .willt not he necessary. The restaurullt- which gives a splendid view to tl\eI cliauiilere and ontlnosu hills will; be open for business. lt will be; years yet before carving, decora-I tions, painting, etc., have been com-2 plotted. ` Six million dollars have so far been spent. Several millions more will lie spent before the last llam- nler has been hoard. Place at 4. (Special to The Guardian.) A special meeting of the Direct- 1”-‘\‘Ri'5~ Jail- 8.--Exchange oi lor- 0,-S of the y_ M_ (~g_ A_ was helm mal ratiflcations placing the treaty yasterday anemoom Mn David Bet of Versailles ln effect will take mme a new member “acted at the place at the French Foreign Qiflce annual meeting on Monday last “E 4 ocmck Sulurduy “n°‘n°"“’ was wemomed to the bom.d_ it was announced officially today. ceased -in one of which she com- ' plained to the pastor Rev. Mr. Bum ford of Port Hill that sho was be- _ _ ing illused and threatened' by her ` ' husband. _ _ , Mrs. Ellis was a woman of good ` - ` ` l education. It is said she thought \ _ a good deal of Ellis' parents and ' ` E” F-‘-‘I-“‘l-’-i-'I-"‘ °' “‘”' ”" °""”'°“, 0nly Those Nations Which llave llatlfed the Treaty? E|ecti0|'| of Will be in Attendance. Ceremony will Take. Only those nations which have ratified the treaty will take part in the cereniony. They are Great- Brituiu, l-‘riillce, italy. Jupun, Bel-. giuln, Bolivia, Gunte Mala, Bl‘nzii,‘ (Special to The Guardian.) ST. John, Jan. 8.-Among those wllo arrived on the steamer Meta- gnma yesterday afternoon were one hundred girls fronl 18 to 20 years of age, all natives of Great lirlttliu und' former iuelubers ot' the Wolneifs Auxiliary Army Corps. are coming to Canaila for the first time to seek homes und employ- ment. Many of lllesc young wollleli will proceed from here to Ontario and the western provinces. Miss E. Armour of Louiioil had charge of the party. ix-_iiilsnirs lo TRIAL BE DECIDED - (Special to The Guardian.) -LONDON. Jan. 8.--The question whether the i'oi'illt=-r kaiser shall be brought to trial -will be settled ui the coming conferellce oi' Allied lenders ill Paris. n lllenlbor ot` the British delegation said -today when intei'vlewed‘ alt Victoria Station just ’:‘l}_’“fI§‘____ __ -I”`°“ghl I“'° Colm- Au authority writing on this sub-. discounting the adverse The presoilco of Lord l`lil'keniletlrl. the British Lord Clltiilcellor, in the peace party was explained an ue- cesnilry to determine the ultimate decision with regard to William' lloheiizolleru. I’renlier Lloyd- Geo- rge, it was said, maintains his de- terlllllled attitude that tile fornler` kniser be trleri and is prepared tol HHll_ HHNIIIHL (Special to The Guardian.) Vl("i`OltlA li C Jan 8-The Successful Year Yet. Excellent Addresses Delivered The nllnuul meeting oi the Prince.quent who is not li conntmli Edward island .Auxiliary Bible Soc- of this book an admirer of us iety was held last night in the andthe sullllmlty of its Methodist Church 'ill i:onjunctiun` *Know youd bible, . with the week of prayer sei-vices. Gi-elidenuiug “lt is well mirth Mr. W. S. Lousoli the President, while lt will mean strength ‘ ° ° presided and there wa.-i n very Him who rules fronl ou lligli I v Ilnrke attendance, the body of the ulll bi- .l light to your will _spacious church being ronlpletely lamp to your feet and d|».\n filled. Valley ot the Shadow “ill ~ you comfort _ ~_ i -_- - _ ~ Rev. l)l'. Fullerton, llev. Mr. Glen Rav \»|,» Raymond f¢,]lm\r=¢1 ""f"".}f§ “'I‘_'. §{‘f"];'- “"§I‘ “_” *`€*fi_<_“I-_* §.:;_:S.‘;c.:;'.“'e':;;'::;l'.1:.:."°:;‘lr.: ‘zzz More Soldiers - Due at Halifax HHIEIINIIIENI INHI some lnyiiterious manner and us il result over two hundred cars which were stored there have -been destroyed and the entire place is nearly in ruins. The water pres- sure \\'lllch was nt first not _very strong* "[.\cl‘eused later on., (Tho ’ floss is cclllsivieraihle as many oi` the ‘cars stored in the garage were not I I I , insured. WHNIS IllHHIHIPIILf t I Ql'l\}Bl~l(‘, Juli. 8.-Tile city ill very lutelesting bill before the Que bec Legislature this afterilooll. Among the articles of the bill amen-_ ding the city`s charter is one stipu- lating that both the Mayor alld thou Secretary Tl'i>asul-‘el' of the city must Ile equally conversant ill En- glish and l-‘reno-Il. i Soviet Ark ' -_ i (Special to The Guardian.) I \\'ASHl’\l'G’l‘O\I Jan 8 --The ' o .. ruiic ' ns _ alou l. enteriihe Kiel canal. accorilillg to* official despatches received here-I today. \Vhiie .still refusing to dis-I close the destination oi' the sllipi _L "L Covers Prince 5 - ' Island 'r Llké TDD Dew .'---I ni _ -'--W ' (Special to The Guardian.) indiscriminate Cutting OTTAWA, Jan. 8.-When the stocks uf paper and pulp companies are kiting, reports of the commis- sion of conservation as to available supplies 0_1; pulp wood ure of per- tinent intel‘e's't_ ' So ful as thc lnlulcdiule future! or for that nlntter several '_/eal's_ are collcsrned the wood supply as lurgi- but much of it is commer- ciully illnccesible while il very big favtol' is the enorilioun annual de- struction by the bud worm. A rougil calculation by the Conl- lnlssloils Chief Forestor, Clyde Leavitt gives what is regarded as u liberal ‘vostlulate iol provinlclai supplies of pulp wood as follows: Quebec 300,000,000 cords; Ontario 200,000,000; New ,Brunswick 33,- 000,000; ,Nova Scotia. 30,000,000; British (‘.oluulblii 255,000,000. There is not much information available us to the pulp supply oi the plnirie provinces. _ By way of illustrating the dam- age done ‘by the budworlll it is esti- inated that 25 per cent of the hal- suln fir in Quebec is dead or dying, and 75 per cent in New Brunswick The Ontario situation is better. Re- cent reports oi’ growth ill sonic se- ctions of Quebec show only 30 board feet per nt-re or one 6-inch 5 l F PULP WO0D IS . BECOMING SCAR Menace to Canada. pnilug that l dare not commit result uf luv findings to llllnt the losses ale so ellorm-mn no one will deny that t.be\ i.ll balance the annual growth in .lda and the United States ’ in arriving at estllnattt of ply some of the companies simply taken a map and figured out the number oi acre The mole important river ‘anada tilts authority poi .is have been logged froul tho dns and while the sullllly iii mills is iniriy adjacent that of ers will take two year- t doun to the plant it tahoe 100 to 150 years to grow ti tree Tile pulp supply of ern states is practically by the anuai consumption there, Consldeling the wsy ine lands ale being cut or by fungi file or bud worms -leivatloll Commission is mg le ne of greater methods, more cure in particulaliy reforestation At the present rate it w ll .l few years until the ly accessible supply of ruins Tile present inflation ui stocks of some of the before the British delegation left put up a vigorous fight to see him H-ee pe, acre pep)-eu,-_ |24 tllerefole regarded 3,., Ject says: “The figures are so ap- to be ultimately faced e ANNUAL MEETING PEI HEPIIHIIIHEISH HHHL LIINHHIIHE AUXILIARY BIBLE SHCI present nlld look part In tlle_ ser- (he mme goclegy from 1| 4 VIN' , ,in 1803 ill London up to 1 “_{"I':__:s"_’_;f ‘_‘_:i_;I(;__;fS:e_§;'_;_E;’;;f’:;I‘;i:_l; time He told u wnndfr. ii slot - ._ 1 ‘ '. ‘ ' ' ' - the history of the soc ei\ i E)lEifiE(lEliEmbeBE1rEe(Elti;E‘l°eElEnEiilidyllusgfggI:smug meeting which Emd‘mmIked venom' athlevement I" tllrough the canal hi-is bec0ll'll‘ nlrEn"l ef: dn ipxiayen ‘Eom H lay. ininhe Biblelmohundrmh of known, it was believed that the of mage nngo: Elle rev ewsd each guage” and tmnsfommnx "I Ps Buford would go to liisn. u port ln ‘ ivllicl El eubelie md “mln l E good condudeth bv exhomns H Livonia. to discharge its radicals _d f 1 E 1 ve woud be wmv' I" famny “'°"“hIl’ mn' “E m" for transportation across the ooun- L mm He same and wmmended °""I°d d"“’“ mm 'EW ‘I " especially the efforts of Rev H D (Special to The Guardian.) OTTAWA. Jan. 8.--Another stew toward the completion oi’ the Gov-i ernment and of thu agreement for. the piiroiluse ot' tho Grand Trunk" Railway system wus lnuiie with tllc approval by the Governor in (1oull-- cil l-ll the ‘iornl oi an agreement be-i tween the Government and the G, T. R. Anllouncenlent was mudc to- day that the agreement hnd- been, approved. Watching Possible I Red immigrants (Special to The Guardian.) ()’l"l`A\VA. Jan. 8.-llllmigrutlon authorities :st Ottawa while ildmit- ting that the hunted Reds of the Unlteil 'States will endeavor to se- cure iinllcturziry in (‘alliliiu. point out tllnt the linuligriltioll lows ui' Cnnztdn are very strictly opposed to the eiltry oi’ unilcsirilblcs and that immigration officers nil along the border are on the alert to keep them out and that, ill addition. Cntarlo Teachers _ _ , f. Treasurer-J. 0. Hyndnlan. gmiglals (mg llirengfggfglagndlog, “e”°r'““ng Se"emry'_0' F' Hut' other ranks as well as 150 civilian °h"'5°"' ' second cabin and 117 stecruge pas- olnscrons mge,.s_ -_ ‘ F. Hulclw-BOIIQJ. 0. Hyliiliiiiiii. J- A- :lrrive this -week from Havre has Cinrl¢.R_ H. Jenkins. A. A. Pomeroy eight orrloors and :lo other rnnks. D- F. 801110116. DF- l. J- Yeo, W. A- as well as 2765 chinese coolies, .{___'r(.)_lt_f§_§tenzie, S. A. McDonald, W. Jan 20-22. court. which has -been trying Bela The thanks of the meeting was gum gh, fm-mer Communist dictat- _ tendered Mr. R. H- Jeiillliiii thi’ or of l-lunga'l'~.v. on numerous charg- retiring President for his work dur on in connection -with nets perform- ing the* past year. ' ed during his dictatorship. conclud- ' ed ts 8 ' . '-*°’-'*‘°’.” lugs it will renew its demand up- A tl for the extradition of CHAMPDON OCKIEZER MAY LOSE <;‘\;_l }i{!ml;_iiw__ose _“___ was hem m - - --~ his absence to fix legal ground for Nmw y0.RK_\_y¢m|My 7__.§gdwln the extradition demand. wild or ran u _ ., - ~ _ ion oi the msluglxoi ooii olui»_ and Bela Kuh guilty _¢_»_i_ 2:46 in;-i§»;_r_n, Crantinl_lncreases (Special to The Guardian.) 'l`0'RON'i`O. Jan 8.--Sir Thomas' has adopted a new schedule for; 1910 providing n $200 increase for each uf its public school teachers. _ liralitfortl has adopted a new sul, ary schedule for 1920,, which pro-l vides an allround increase of 25! per cent over the 1919 schedule. » K-itchener has _made a 25 perl nent lncrollne for 1920 for its pnhlli-_ school teachers. 1 Port William has adopted n change ill its Collegiate institute] schedule, whereby $400 is added to_ the lulnimuni and the maxi-mum for the heads of the departmental The new minimum is $2.400 and the- maximum $8,200. Albert College. Belleville, has np- pointed a committee to proceed with the erection of new buildings_4 Collingwood' is earnestly discus-L sing s great advance in her sdiu- cationai facilities, n new Colleglstel institute building and n new tech-_ nicul school being under conilid-' eration., ` At' the/ 45th annual inertinlf 0l§ the Dominion Granxe the eriucatloni liA'l.lPAX. Jun. 8.-’lile steamer' Tile Winlllfredlau, expected to 'Agdilst Bela Kun ‘BliDAl‘ES'l‘. Jan. 8.--The high l hearin s toiia\ On its find Testimony was offered to show 1 19 rdbiherles and e use .- 000.000 crowns for colnlnunlsi pro- paganda in Vienna alone. it nloulltetl police cortlon is now spread from the Pacific through the prairie provillces and down to wards Rainy itiver und 'i`llunder Bay. As il mutter of fact several entrants have already been turned back on siisplcion. Others may be lleid pending investigatioll and a clean lllll is being demanded of all wouldlle iunliigruntfl. "All our lnlluigratloil officers have been -soundly instructed to use their greatest care. [We have little fear that large numbers' of the ob- jectionubles are entering Canada without detection," said Ml'. A. Bair of the ilnluigratiou Depart- ment. New Theory 0i Education LONDON. Jan. .7.--Bolshevik tion of the children in the public gchools ofthe province more mondy should he spent on hopliey stick and less on text -hooks, declnr ti Dr. John Nobel. chairman of ing at the conference or the urban school trustees esaociatlou here to- lli ill ss lo tote ill.l_ . i restnuralll keepers ill iierliu Iurf‘I<;;i_fi (__)$_______it-'___::ei;o:i_i:_t__ |_