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Y ri advance -cfm- dvaneel|_|_0a __._- __- _ __ ITAIIAN HIIIIITAY WHEN AIIIES IIIINEER (Special to the Guardian) PARIS,- Jan. 7- The Italian gov~ ernment declare holiday' as represen- tatives of Great Britain, France-, lt- 3i’..“‘i.‘i ‘i.‘2.°.§’§ °.’iS;’..i’.§.‘“A’i3°.i=ii?“.f?§I Governmellf P§'¢SS U}'g¢S D0C|f=\l°3li0Il ,,,,,, -, ,,, ,,,,,_ In Surprise Attack the British Succeeded ol War Against Allies, but are iIeld_ ___ in Entering German Delences and Back by Situation in Macedonia. . intuition or lim vm¢i.1_iisi¢s Capturing Many Prisoners. sides today. Sunday. The session is continuous during the whole day. BRITISH EIEET BIIMBARTI IIREANE (Special to the Guardian.) _l’AillS. Jan. 7.--A British fieett iionlbarded three ports north of Orfa- lll, oil tile' Aegean Sea. Tile British have carried out a successful action against Keupri an important railway point. MANY YIIIEIJ BYAIIAIANTIHES (Special to the Guardian.) GENEVA. via Paris. Jail. 7.-Six- ty persons were killed or illjnred hy avalanches in the Tyrol during De- cember. The snowfall was the hea- viest in many years. On Brenner Pass an avalanche killed ten and ill- jured eighteen workmen who were engaged in clearing il road. MEXIIITI REBEIS HAD REAI BAITIE CHIHUHUA. Jan. 7.-Villa was _no- feated at Ginliilez by General Fran- cisco with the loss c-t 1,500 rebels, dead. wounded, and captured. The rebel leader Mastin, and another Villa general are among the slain. PIGS .RR BEER AN ISSUE IN ITREATBRITAIN LONDON. Jail. ii-The pig and po- tato question hore is assuming almost as nlucll importance as in Germany. The farmers say that barley' now used for brewing purposes should he freed for pigs, which are being slaught_erc'd for lack of feed. The brewe-ri-i have re'- plied with lluge"iifv‘ertise'meuts call- ing attention to the food value in beer' nnd whisky. They urge that the spirit industry is necessary to win the war. Since the publication in the French text of the' Allies’ reply to Gelunany. the stock markets have been very iirnl ami the war iloan has been ac- tive owing to the immineilce' of an- other great loan which willl redeem the ull'de‘ri.akin-g of the government to convert the first loans into any new loans that bore a higher rate of interest. Tho Belgian portion of the Allies’ ilotc is thought by some to bc the lliort illiportalit part. Diplomatic interest now has shift- ml to Washington. -Petrograd. Con- liiailtilloplo and Athens. The- extraordinarily strong posi- i.lon of the United States is fulily rc- ccgllizcd `on.alll sides. and there is a good dcill of curiosity as to the Ameri- can vlows on the commercial and po- litical inspects of Constan'tinople"s fut- llril. llusputin's assassination may prove to llc mi important political event. lt ls. thought that this linan'_s re~ movrll wilfl make it much easier 101' administrative reforms to be accom- plished in Russia. What ive' know of the economic situation in Germany' and /\““t"I“' Hungary inspires us with hopeful- ness. it is 'believed that for econ- omic reasons Germany will continue' to push for peace. CONDENSED ADS. T00 LATE FOR OLASSIFICATION r 'YWO CENTS *Jer word .ach iililer tion for all rertiailig in this column Cach must accompany order. s"'auNso"m'T` 'lIl)II_ one wiA'°5i fi-nil every _ L-“l‘i-om selected young pork. _ . Newsome 4 Co.. llafket . -£5 8248-l-l8H8|||oa. WANTED--A #I5 SOR GENERAL hourework. Apply at 75. Hillsboro si. _ -aasz-i~ivnl T5 l.lT,- GOWFBFTAIEI R055 with all illodorii conveniences. Cen- trally loeated_ Apply at this omce. - - lil!-11-lilltf. W"HT e oi io moms di owlire lmnrovenienu Apply to J. J. lioklnnon. ' . I 102§iI-18Mt1. roil`§¥iTl~"Tl‘i"_‘o'l»“‘i’wa'l.va o"i» James Whitooiflb Rlleya works. Aliiily at Guardian oiilee. _ “IMI-llllti. _ uc _ NTTEPZTD die aged woman on farm. No out.- aioa' work. Good pay. Family oi two. Reference reqnirlil. 8, Malloy. French River. . Sim-1-tsipd. Mlnafive \.inlmeili..:_NPve Dletemper. l-- _.rL-aaaaal r _,satan A .s.u...u.»..la nlellt press urges that Greece declare 'war by land against the Allies silica it cannot break the blockade. All indications point to some desperate LONDON, Jail. 7..-Advices from stroke by the government. ,nastir before two months at the ear- (SpecliiI to the Guardian.) Iliest. lin the meantime Greece would AA...__._______-»_________,_____f________ __________.__________-` ______________,____ - N t . _ - .¢. .¢... \ Macedollia. The news from 'beyond Monastir is discouraging from Coli- stuntine’s standpc-int inasmlucll as Von Mackeilzeil cannot move on Mo- have to iight Entente Allies alone. GERMAN AMSTNERDAM, Jail, 7.-Geruian submarines are now sending out S. 0. S. signals to lure British vessels to destruction. Tile Teflegraaf learns from an officer of a large steamer of -.~.~v.~.,.~.~c»-v».»...~._..~_4_.....~.--.-..., ._ (Special tothe Guardian.) NEW YORK. Jail. ti.-Bankers as- sociated with the management of al- lied finance in this country announced yesterday that in the last few weeks tween $3.000,000.000- and $4,000,000,000 which might have been placed in thc United States had been diverted to Canada and that contracts to the value of $1,000,000,000 which were already MANY KIIIEII BY I IIIIAI MII_IE_EXPIlISIITN (Special to the Guardian.) _ WILKES. liA»IlRE. PA.. Jail. 7.- Five men are reported killed and threi injured -in an explosion in the Maxwell Colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Company at Ashley, near here. Other men may be entombed. I Rescue' corps have gone iilto the woi' kings. .._...__._»._._,.._. EURTHER GAINS ` IN EAST AERIIIA (Special to tho Guardian. )` _ LONDON. Juli. 7-British column:-, ill Gernlon East Africa occupied ali; enemy camp oil Tshogowali ilivcr ami | reached Kirbaillwe on tho ilortll haul- I of the River llufigl. The enemy s_tili_ holds the' south bank. - I I ______i._.i-- _ SIR EREI] RIIRIIEN I HAS PASSED AWAY (Special to the Guardian.) » CANNING, N. S.. Jail. 7.-Sir Frederick Borden. Minister of Militia in tile- Laurier Government. died here Saturday morning. _ THE WEATHEE TEMPERATURE TIDE» MOON. ETC. TONRONTO. Jan. 8.-Fresh wester- -‘y winds, fair; not much change in temperature. Tile highest lenlperature recordeli yesterday was iii degrees above. Ai 9 a. m.. it was 18. at 9 li. in-. 18: the coldest the previous night was 16 above. The tide will be high this mornin! at 11.30 and tomorrow at 12.08: if will be high tonight at 10.28 and to- morrow at 1l.10. The sun sets this afternoon and to~ 'morrow ai 4.45: it rises io- morrow moi-ning and Wednesday at 7.5!. The moon rises tonight at 12. The moon was full on Saturday, Jany. 8th, at 2.42. '- The last quarter of the moon_ will be on Tuesday, Jany. 16th at 6.42 a. (Special to the Guardian.) Ian iulportilnt Dutch lille that oil his munltioii contracts to tile-.value-ol-h\>sd-at-lice the federal reserve board _,_,,,_,,__,_,,,,,,,_,,..v-,,...~.~...,~,...._~.._ ,-~ ,-.__ .-.»-.....-. ~~wwwvw»~.»-»~»~»-.f- TREIICHERY Compared with 8 in |915 Fleet Larger Than u Your o LONDON. Jail. 7.-The Times' nav- al correspondent wrltilig orl the naval losses of 1916, says: During 1916 the British navy lost nine battieships alld cruisers, apart frolrl llgilt cruis- ers, compared with eight ill 1915 and seven in 1914. but six were sunk iii the Jutland battle; the other three were the battleships. King Edwari. Seventh, the Russell and the cruiser Hampshire, all mined. I Ot the losses in 1915 five battle ships were sacrificed in the Dardan e-lies. No British battleship or ar mored` cruiser except under' special circumstances which prevailed in the Darilanelles have been sunk by direct action ot an enemy submarine, for two years. 0li'the other hand sub jourlley from the' Dutch East lnlliesI received, while ill the' Bay ot' Biscay.I an S. O. S. message. He immediate»| ly rushed to the place indicated and| found a German sublllariile which wasI not in distress. I .~-- m-Aw” in American hands had been canceli- cd. ` lil making this statement the bank- ers referred pointedly to the coinci dence oi these.things having _occurr-, in the latter part of November is-sued its “war-ning" against placing with lilo commercial banks of the country an “unlimited” amount of British and French treasury bills. RIIII IIIIIEII BY EARTHIIUAKE IN ERRMIISA (Special to the Guardian.) TOKIO. Jail. 7.-Three lilllldrcd persons were killed and many injured in it disastrous earthquake in Central Formosa. Ilt is estimated that 1,000 houses were destroyed. The city of giants was damaged extensively by re. GREEN INIYERNMENT ` REIESTS ENTENTE NIITE -_.___ (Caliadian Preis Despatch.) LONDON, Jan. 6.- The Grcck Oovcrlinlent acting in_harmolly with the King. has ilecitied to reject cer- tain clauses oi thc ciltcntc demand- ing reparation for damage ' in conse- quence oi' t llc recent fighting at Ath- (’illS. Reuters correspondent at Atlleils cables that the Greek Government is ready tc- discuss other demands made ily the Allies. lt has been determin- ctl not to declare war on the entellte hilt to submit passively to all coercion relying on the ultimate recognition by the powers that a blockade is un- merited punishment. King Constantine has consulted with former Prenliers -who agreed that the note in its present form was not acceptable in-as-much as a com- pliance with the demands would be equivalent to admission that Greece contemplated attacking the entente forces on the Macedonian front from the rear and also that there was foundation for the charges of unjust treatment of former Premier Venize- lo's supporters. in regard to the' illlprisoned Venizel- ists it said the king la ready to have some or all of those convicted. par- doned. but under the constitution he is unable to interfere with the judic~ ial procedure. . CHARGED WITH PA8BlNG FRAUDULINT CHEQUE8 ST. LOUIS. MO.. Jan. 6- At the request of detectives of the`Anlerican Bankers Association in Now York. a rmail who is registered at a hotel here as A. P. Mi\cCsuley has been arrest- ed on charge of having passed $2.- 000 worth of fraudulent cheques through merchants oi' New York lnarilres laid some mines which caus- ed‘ t-he destruction of certain vcs sels. Tile Allied fleets were also com- paratively free from losses during 1916. s'o that the relative strength of the British fleet is greater than l. year ago. owl-ng to the addition oi llew vessels. ` Huiiniiins ni Millions EASTERN 313-Ni iii Iiuiiiimii couinicis I PTIPEPTY ANI cuiviin in cnini Now --1-1:-_-r~-~_'a'iil ' _SHIPS SITIII ST. JOHN. Jail. 4.-Mliiioils of dol- lars worth of steaulsllip. wilarl’ alld warehouse property was disposed' or last week when the fleet of thirty steilmers, landing places and leases of the Eastern Steamship Corpora tion. in the hands of rectrivers. werl sold under foreclosure' fol $3.366,000._ t-he Dllrchasers assum ing the liabilities of the concern. The vast properties in St. .ioiln Maine. Massilchusetts and New York were bid ill by' Joie A. Downs. of llay den, Stone slid* Company. bankers. oi Boston. New York and Montreal, rc presenting a committee of the stock iloiders and bondholdcrs which will i'c-orgallize lille corporation. Tho stouincrs Cillvirl Austill. Gov crnor lliligicy. Governor Cobb and North Star of the lntorilational llivl sion (Boston-St. Jollil) were among the vcssels sold. The sale also included il large ln- terest in the Boston aint Yarmouth Steamship Colnpany. amounting to $335,000. the par valuc of 6.700 -shares hold by the Eastern Corporation. GERMANS MAKE MITRE PEACE ITETERS LONDON. Jail. 7.-'i'hc sccoilil iiolt to tho Elltciltu its lining |iri:|>:lriiil' ii; tho Central Powers, says thc Lanz- ilnllc Gazette. which eiliilneriltos the coiiditious of pcacc ns' follows: Firi»it--lilvzicuiitioll of liclgiuill -iii ex change for the Belgian t‘ongo. Second-Evacuatioli oi Nortilcrli France ill excilallgo for till" Gcrniai. colonies occupi-oil by 'thc Allies. 'l‘iiird-Crcatioll of the ii-iilgdom oi' Polailil. Fourtil--Crcatioli oi' thc kingiioill oi' Lithuania with the retention of local autonomy. Filth-Tile ce-asiion tu Russia oi' Eastern Galicia to the lliver Sail. IHINEERENCE IN ERANIIE (Special to the Guardian.) LONDON. Jany. 6.- Premier _Lloyd George and Viscount Milner. members of the British War Council. with their official advisors have arriv- eil in Rome. says an official announce- llient issued last iiigiit, to participate with the French and Italian Govern- ments ill an exchange of views upon the general situation. ENGLISH CONCERN OUTBID AMTERICAN FOR WAR- MATERIAL. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6- Despite demands upon British munltioil plants because of the war. T-la`diield's Limited, an' English concem. cutbid American companies on proposals opening today for 16 inch and 14 inch armor piercing proje-ctilss for the United States navy. Not only are the nglisll compnny's figures more than $200 per projectile- below the nearest American competitor. but the time is cut in half, the shells to be delivered in the United States duty paid. N0 MORE TRANSFERS FOR CANA- DIAN NON-COMS. T0 CANADA TORONTO. Jan. 6.-No more trans City. ldacCailley is suspected of be-~ ing A. J. Paget, known ao' "Christ- _iiila“ Keolllli, Ind the cheques- are mimic length of today will be nine lloura and two minutes. _ ...lu J... said to have been' drawn on a Toro- nto bank. The man insists Maccauley is his .by Major General Logic. Orders also state that epplicatlonstahould not be 37”.1.¢Mg|_ at .0 mp" nm, ,nd thu he |, 5 bmke, mad-» for the recall to Canada of ju- GERMANY TIAIIING UNT to Germany because of blockade. Minan:i'a Llnlment Cures Toolhache. (Special to the Guardian.) 'Greece say that liic real key to the ‘ |,0N|)()N_ _],_\,,_ 7___F,-Um B,-msn gurl);-1l;p milwkg in me region ATHENS, Jail. 7.-The pro-Goverlr situation is the military position iii cr of’ ll heavy bclnbardiiient the Brit. ish penetrated the onenly's' third lillt trcnchcs southeast of Anllas. Sinci the light bank of the Mouse' iii the Ve/rdun sector and near Vaux Les Palehieux. in the' Verges Mountains were repulsed ilast night. nie clilscimi MUDDLE IIIISIIII_H IIRUNGERALLIESE Psiisriiiis Aoiiiii coiirusmo _YIPEPII GERMAN riiiaiiciiiis --- .9 Ylorships Lost in l9I6 us and millly prisorie-rs taken. ALSO SMASH A BRIDGE. Christmas we have taken ovcr 240, (Special to the Guardian) prisoners. LONDON. Jail. 7- British naval GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED Iaeropianes wrecked a railway bridge, over the Maritza River at Kueli Bru- PARIS. Jan. 7- OFFICIAL- Ger-Igils-, south oi' Andrianople. man attacks against French lines on* -- BERLIN ADMITS REVERSE. (Special to the Guardian.) BERLIN, Jan. 7.-On the western front there were violellt artillery en- FRENCH ARTILLERV EFFECTIVE. gageineiits on the Ypres salient. I North oi’ the Ancre and on the Somme (Special to the Guardian) British troops in a night attack en-_ PARIS, Jail. 7- On the Sonillle- tcreii our most advanced trenches. fron; French artillery effectively Our raiding detachments in front of shelled a Gennail organization at Verdun brought back some French Bois Labisc and Olnicourt. -Enemy prisoners. ._-1-__-l fortnight hence, Parliament will However. there has' been ri Brew ITRIT GAUGIIS MAY CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ELEGTIIJN OTTAWA Jail. ii.-Ol\.Jailuary 18. the nineteen vacancies are Liberal. and so a call has been sent to all th.- Elpen and the session promises to overseas members to return _if pos- be all exciting one. lt may he thi- sible for tile opening of Pilrlialucnt last before n general election. lt. is Half it dozen of tlieill ut lL‘=\Si well understood that the opposition will be unable AD df’ B0' '#\'|'~\.I0l' leaders have no intention oi’ agreeini, ` Sharpe and Col. Geo. W. Fowler are to a further extension of the life o- to S0 10 U19 fl`0“l With their regi- Parlianlerlt and i-f they come to sncl- ments. Col. I-l. F. McLeod' is ill. ('oi ll declsionnefinitely in caucus whei. Gerald V. White _and Col. W. li. the session opens tilere is no doubt Smyth of the Forestry Bilttalions art. that the Government will insist up- needed for this important work. unc on 3 “show down" ill the House, i-li there are others whose services may which case an appeal to the countrl not be able to be spared. __?n th; would be anticipated within a shor- Liberal sitio Dr. Belanil is sti a Dr whu9_ 5'(lll€l'. Thus the Government majority change in public opillion recently. The which was 47 before the war began. outlook for the Liberals' is not so is now much smaller. i cful as it seemed to licsome month: lt is ilot expected that thcrc will wp The rcjudice' against holding he any very important Goverlliiient ago' lection ‘Tn wal' time is growinr. legiisiatloll brought down next see Iilliorg pronounced' also. and there' isision. Tllc most ilupiirtuilt ill&il€l`-'- tllo possibiility that wllcn the rilni.Itodiiy_ relate to the wal, ilnd__t_llei~le and filc oi' the Liberal lilcmhcrs ai ;zlre llcait wi-ill by order-ill-coilni. uri ive- for the session they may have ii dor thc Wai' Mcasiircs' Act. it is said. Elle to toll regarding thc cftcct that liowovcr, that il private bill will in forcing the Goverilnlcnt to the country introduced' to prohibit the lnanufact would produce which may change th.. ure or sale or wliiskey' in Canada. policy he,.e_ I Sir Robert Bordeal will -go to Eng Bilt the vacancy question has be 'land about the middle of February como serious. There arc 10 vacal- I to attend the ‘imperial conference, and seals in the House. and il number- or, Parliament will very likely llrorosiw soldier members are ovorseas. Thl=- oi' adjourn until ills rcturn. lf therl. affects the' Government majority to_ is prorogatioli another :'c~sion thi. a considerable extent, for only six oi year is likely. ~ All AYAIEABIE MEN ;__._.__...____ T COMING EVENTS ' ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC. TWO CENTS per worn each inner tion for advertising in this column. Ci\sll.miilt accompany order. "New Wiltshire District Lodge will meet at Brookfield on Tuesday, Janll- ary 9th, at 7 p.m. , . 3883 "Come to the Poultry Show in of the Red Cross. -Supper served at 5 ___._..__....»_.___u_----~»-»--~ ---» as, ____________________________._.,__`,..._._,______._..,..___.._..._H --V--. .~,-T-_-_-_.-f.. _._.-----------~---- IN IERAI PRRSEEIIINRS IIYER PRIZE IIE WAR . " -- British H, ,h G d| _ wAsiiiNoioN. Jan. r.. ilitATH;ii8NAY vii: Y:lrrisEm.iIlii. li. iflaimwliii of the nrlzcyliiili Aural?- isi7.- 'rilc German Consul Geller-aubroushi to Newport News lust '_- I ,V5 iswml u notice r,,(|ueB¢1ng ruary by n German p ize crew, lu Nllrhyolldtiis aged sixteen veal-_q pn.|Itiieir brief with gpg- Su_p. ' ' » ll ovcr to register at tile Collsulilte iillfellle CUUYN y‘-Sw" ay ' , » ._ il libel proceedings brought I]iI;“l:a(i)iIctluI.Io °m:;i_~_s_)Jr_ho are _now on_ active mm,” glmmom ein-ee garpt lnqewe I 'VON ii i 2' sig! 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