OFA MERCHANT done. it aleo eaile for the f possible turnover. eound huelneee praetiee eelle fer a oarefoi ratio between etook on hand and the amount or bueineeu, netoet Charlottetown Guardian Two one. Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew 1i with deliberately diehoneet ndvor- that colleet a crowd with a faiea. The only onea that edn get away ding are the fIy-by-night ooneeme larm and then run away. ‘Filll lilll [RS ilF PilETRY Dr. -Charles G. D. Roberts’ Conversational Lecture And Recital at St. Paufs Par- ish Hall Heard by "Large And Appre- ciative Audience. Tho large audience in St. Paul's Parish Hall last evening was at once a credit to Charlottetown and 1t compliment to Dr. Charles (l, i). Roberts. the eminent Canadian poet The hall was Packed to the‘doors with an audience that appreciated Prof. Roberts‘ talk and recital. and expressed ‘that a p Dre c i atio n with almost continuous applause. it is more than. likely that there will be a rush this morning for the published poems and prose writings of Char- les (l. i). Roberts. The Rev. H. D. Raymond occu- pied the chair. Before introduc- ing the speaker of the evening he announced a solo by Mr. Leigh lilngwell. The solo, which was one of Dr. Roberts‘ own poems, “(lray Rocks and Grayer Sea." was very effectively rendered, and evld ontly greatly appreciated by tho audience. The accompaniment was played by Prof. Hiram ‘Bail. _ Rev. H. D. Raymond in introduc- ing Dr. Roberts said that he had never before ‘met Dr. Roberts, al- though he had for many years taught his son in Sunday School. Neither could ho boast a very wide acquaintance with the Doctor's poetical works. His prose writ- lugs, however, he could say he had enjoyed, and had furthermore pre- scribed them to the sick instead of religion, with excellent results. in‘. Roberts, Mr. Raymond iclt he could say. had written one of tho few readable histories of Canada. and one that should be used as u textbook. Onetbing the chairman rcgrteltod was that this distinguish- od poet of the Maritlmos had secn fit to reside on the other side of tin‘. boundary line, and thore roach ills greatest distinction. "if ever the price or iu‘mber gets low enough." said the speaker. "l'll, build a high fence along that bor- der." He hoped, however, that Dr. Roberts would spend the crowning days of his success in his home land of Canada. Dr. Roberts first thanked the chairman for his kind remarks about his works, but stated that he had ‘made one mistake. He had. he atlmitteil, been nearly nineteen years away from Canada, "but ‘by far the greater portion of that time was spent in England and on thc continent of Europe. The little time that ho was in the United States during that period was spent there for purely business reasons. and he had IIOVCI‘ given up his ro- sidence on the New Brunswick border, voting at every Canadian election he could, and paying his taxes, "if l paid them at all." to Canada. At tho beginning of the war he hnd been in England, and a few weeks after the declaration of hos- tilities. joined up with the imper- ial Service and became a full Tommy. Coming back to the reason forl his sojourns in the United States. solely to "impress the editors and publishers t.hore with ‘my personal charm. so as to sell my writings." lu- said that sometimes Canada was accused nf being indifferent to its poets. Personally ho had not found uudh lo ho the case, and | neither had the other Canadian 110019 with whom he was acquaint.- cd. They liked to publish their works in the United States in or- der to measure themselves against the outside world. The writer of rcal literature hnd a. very small WO-O-O-OO-O-OQ-O-OQO O-O-OOQO-QOO Condensed Specials we're-u. per word, not each ‘nsertion in this column. ~4+o4o _...__________i__,___ "WANTED —-' FEW DOARDERS. Apply tlrin office. 3i. ‘JOB PRINTING OF EVERY description. cheaply and expedi- tiously executed. Guardian Cent- bc Gabriel, guishotl luv/neurologist and profes- sor in the University of Caens. States will winfor. about the middle of lleccmbor or early in January." tho priest-met- erorologlsl said. ed on the stipposoti existence of as- Premier Baldwin's lmmshlro, England, mlcr llnldwlu. his wlfc and daugh- ter hnd a narrow when an automobile in which they were Court to London skidded on an ice farm truck. party were not hurt. STURM TAKES O-—i—— audience in any country, and if ho was to make n living at all ‘he had to cover us much ground as possible. . Referring to "The chairman's fence,“ Dr. Roberts said that a very real one was required to be built. not a material, ‘but a spirit- ual one oi‘ flntriotisxn and national ilnlty. From the beginning he hnd been a Canadian through and through because he had received in his early boyhood the wise in- struction oi’ his father, a vision that had served him through his lifc._ He was essentially a special breed of Cattaditut, in that he was for the Marltlmes always. On every available occasion he preach- ed in the rest of Canada the pos- sibilities and just claims of the Mnritimcs. He had felt no need to tell of these in an antagonistic- al manner, but had rather tried to do it reasonably and persuasively. There was a nocd in this direction to cultivate and promulgate faith. Sympathy could not be asked for without also giving it. All over the country an effort should be made to keep politics out of ques- tions that concerned thc rights of separate sections. These should be kcpt out of the shlbboleth of any party whatever. (Questions purely nittional in scope should never be the properly of any one party. (Emtlnued on Page" 3) Two Men Frozen To Death CHATIIA M, Uni... Dec; er, 45, a Russian, and ‘Frank Bar- bier. 55. a Belgian, residents of tho at the bottom f a ten foot ditch. near Ridgetown by a party of chil- dren on their way to school. Cor- oner Dr. Marr of Ridgetown ‘be- lieves the two men were instant- iy killed when their car overturn- o oi’ the ‘bodies indicates they had d into the ditch. The condition been under the car for several hours. Very Severe Winter Is Predicted CAEN. Franco. Dec. 1—lt is g 0L lug to ‘be u cold wintcr in Canada as well as all around the 41st par- allel of latitude, as cold as the winter of 1740 in England, the Thames froze over. _ when This prediction was made by Ab- Franco's most distin- "All of Canada and the whole have a which bitterly cold ought to sot in Abbo ilnbriofs prediction is bas- romonumic cycles. Narrow Escape l.i'i"Ti.l‘2 MISSHNDBJN. hitching- Doc. l-Pre- escape today travelling from Chequers and collled with a The Premier and his covered road ral Job Printer-y. Phone 133. ‘FOR 8ALE—A- FEW CHOICE,’ female and male patch foxes. Apply W. H. V. Dunbar. Olty or ‘Phone 954. 3i. -____.____..__- ‘YOU WANT 000D INVILOPEB Prices 50 for 200., 150 for 35s.. 250 for ‘$50., 500 for $1.00. 1.000 for 81.95. Postpaid. Guardian Office. ‘UII IAUNIOMI SAUSAGE!- Made fresh every day. launder-e. Neweon d: 00., Market Balding. llfi-f-ll-dmoa. woxae eon CALI-A rrw reel good pairs of Olnldie/n Ne- tlonel to: pope wlthjood lafll twelve negro workmen were killed and more than a score injured early today in a storm that swept. Tampa and other points along the west coast. in the debris of a bunk house on Davis Island where the workmen were over Tampa I were unable to ascertain the total number of deed. IIEAVY Tilii" (Canadian Preee.) TAMPA, ‘Fla, Dec. 1-—Ten to P licemen and Firemen working when the sale swept reported that than "he. eleo some ertre females. Fred f. An Beet 801a .':.." hm‘ fill’: l“: -' u.’ 11,,» _. ,. nil I~Tho frozen ‘bodies of Timothy Bondin- Ridgetown district, were found to- day underneath a light touring car Arising in Dispute. ions tianger of war. The Tiurks. declares of proposals being “The Turkish ammunition, A on the lrak frontier." The Westminster anti-government strongly opposed ‘ holding lruk. Gr Ambassado urnmonl bus dccldcil thorltatlvely today. James Allen. lligh ted to the pact. wagon and is successful. officials in all local cemeteries, ‘it is of tho northern purl of l.ho llnitedlThv vworkfirs want n [minimum M w a tiny. un elght-hottr dlay and re- cognition of their onganizatlolt. The present wage ‘is from $4 ‘to 5 a day. with u nine-hour working day. The’ (‘tnnrlory Employee’ Uniml has .'i.- 000 members. large iliNllEH ill Will WITH lllilifi London Hagar Points to Grave Situation Mosul (Canadian Press) LONDON, ‘Dec. l—The Westmin- ster Gazetle says ‘that an exceed- ingly grwve situation has arisen re- garding the dispute ibetwecn Great Britain and Turkey over the Mos- ul frontier and that there is scr- the news- paper are resolved that should final decision of tho League of Nationsllo he against them and in the absence advanced meat ‘their demands that ‘they will invade lrak and seize Mosul. army numbering Stalw- about 300,000 on‘ peace footing" the] Westminster Gazette adds, “is well prepared and has ample stores of and well cqulppetl Turkish farce already lsiwml“ Gazette is nu and llritaln IICWBDIIDOI’ cut N a m e d As French rTo Washington (Special to The Guardian.) PARIS. llcc. l-—'l‘lte ilrlaud gov- name llollry llcrrhlgul‘ us HIIPCCSSIII‘ lo the French Ambassador lmcschntet‘ at Washington it was haunted un- to New Zealand Not Ready To Sign Pact WELLINGTON, N. 7... Dec. 1.—- Prcmier .i. (l. Coa-tcs slated yostcr- day ‘that. the only reason ‘why Sir Commissioner for New Zculuntl in London would not sign the Lncarno treaty in Lon-- don Tuesday in behalf of the Do-y‘ mlnion is the fact that. New ‘Zeal-i land's ‘partcipa-tlon in the treaty has not been ratified by its parliament. As far as -t.he government is con- cerned. he added. it. takes its stand with Great Britain and is commit- Chicago Union Grave- Diggers Out on Strike ‘(il-MCAGO, Dcc. L-Approximet- ely 200 un‘ion grave-tiliggers caretakers -in f‘-ive ‘Chicago comeltor- lvg went to strike t0d'ay ‘for higher shorter day. if tire strike strlike aid. will St. John Woman Lost $2300 While Giv- ing A Party .9/(.|rN'l‘ JOlliN, N. 8., Doc. l. — Mrs. J-as. Levine. 112 Pond street. was robbed of $2.300 in $100 bills whsch she we; ‘keeping in a trun-k in hcr bedroom at her b01153‘. 911° notified the police and a search hogan for George l. Collier and his wife. Jane Collier. who had been a! a parity at ‘tho Levine house. l‘t was‘ found these two had loft the city in Woodstock ‘they were arrested ‘ln a holed th-r-rc and 82.100 ‘found ‘in thc man's MBBP" ion. ‘Sillllll. John detectives will bring ‘Mrs. ‘last night and itho (‘olli r couple were sttaylng with hor. ‘She wont into her bedroom to ‘grt something about 0 o'clock and when she rc-turncil to the ‘party thc Colliers were INN‘- She asked ‘her small boy where the)’ were and he‘ told her that they said they would be back in a few mo- ments with candy for him. ‘When they dlid not return all. 1.30 she sent the boy to the police etatlon ‘and detective Saunders and ‘Kilpatrick went to ‘her ‘house and 00999101194 her aibout the details and lthon etar- ‘ted on a search for the missing a taxi. A wire tn the police headed them off i-hr-m ‘here. it was said Levine was having a Colliers, The luexl pmprleior said he wae were broken off in Atlantic City steamboat trip on the lake arrang- i. GPO. and that party t i fffi. lo n the man saying the weaved to g0 rew, Phone lief-J. lifiwdftkimlnlil’ stiffen‘; to Qudboc an his molher was dyine .,, ll trppdtpeolbpled. Y‘ .- 1 i-l r.‘- and llNi (Special to The Guardian.) OTTAWA, Dec. ment will meet on January 7. Such afternoon. Ry that date all the the chief electoral officer and all the- ‘members will be present at the opening 6f tho House. The session promises to be very ng as it is cxpcctcd that the Con- scrvativcs-will not make any op- position durlng the early weeks of the session. The vote of confid- once will take place only at a later to What promises to be the most critical issue will he the discussion on the Locarno treaty.‘ The de- bate on this question will see num~ speakers involved and among those Mr. Henri Rourassa. former Nationalist loader zthd- in- dopoudcltt ‘member i'nr Luhcllo will ho the most interesting. Mr. llournssn is an authority on con- stitutional and intcrttalitmltl mat- tors and his opinion will ‘ho close- ly followed. it. is fcttrvd in some ('ll‘('lf'l<l that lhc intention of con- tu-ription and of the wartime elec- llon act. will be raised in tho lloilso. if it is lt will be a de- buic that. will lako cimsitlorablo time of tho-session and which will llavo no effective result. Th:- Progrcsslvcs are slated for a dospornlc fight. for further tariff l‘(‘illli'ii"lli~i and for a sum of $13.‘ 000,000 for the immediate coll- struoflou of lho iiudstan llay Rail- way. ’l‘hoy will ftlso il0lllilllfl some (ithcr roduci.ions in transportation twhargos. (if course these am vital questions for the Western mem- bers and ii is only on the under- slzmtliltg that their claims will be satisfied that they will support. thc King govorulncilt. The local Conservatives were juhilnilt today over thc cordial rc- cnpilml given the Rt. lion. Arthur Mcighott. When ho spoke this nmrnlng at Actouvalc in Bagel County thc (Jonservativc leader ulndo it. illaln that in (‘use of war no troops would be sent out of the country without the people being consulted. fie also promised to put. a tariff on farm products of thc United States and other coun- tries. A striking feature of his visit to Actonvale is that be was the rccelplailt of an address of the women of the county who are well organized in tho interests of the (ionscrvatlve party. lt is said that t.he women of‘ t.he county are can- vassing daily on behalf of Hon An- dre Fautoux whose chances to ‘be elected are increasing considerab- ly. it is intimated that Premier King will visit. Ragot county at the ond of the week as n result of Mr. Molgielfs decision to take part in this bye-election. The Pre- mior will mnko an announcement to that effect tomorrow. To Negotiate Fluid; ing Of Italian i Debt To Britain i i (Canadian Press) l ‘LONDON, ‘Doc. 1.-—'l‘he lltalian. government ls sending a, misslon| here on ‘December 15 or 16 ‘to nego- hiialie the funding oif ltho I‘l.al‘iun debts to Great Britain the House of Commons was informed today by] Chancellor of ‘Exchequer Church- l n Al sniff‘ . nnruuu‘ nunlisy i (‘Canadian Prue.) lPiIIILADIdLPIIlIA, Dec. 1—Gov~ ornor Plnchot‘s plan for ending the hard coal strike has failed. The mine owners have rejected It and hope of an early settlement in tho anthracite field today ap- peared slight. Refusal of the flow; crnor'a proposal which had been. accepted as embodied in the operators let-‘ ter to the executive yesterday ap- parently left the miners and op- erators as far from_an agreement ins when their wage negotiations The“ were ep- paid moo for the run to wooeetoekJon Ansuut 4- No one would venture a predic- tion ae to whet the next move in . the situation would be. THINK SESSIIJN Wlii iii illNE ProgressivesPrepared for Still’ Fight for Concessions to West 1—lt has now been definitely settled that Parlia- was the conclusion of a lengthy session of the cabinet ou Monday writs will have been returned to by the United Minifllmiighthood ‘been conferred on a Workers as a basis of settlemenllwomhn for work in the diplomatic l ililN STRIKES illll] NlNi Kliiiil (Canadian Preee) ‘BLYTHEVIIJJE, Aria, Dec. 1.— ‘Nine persons were killed and one injured probably fatally when ‘the St. Louis and San Francisco train number 801, ‘bound from St. Imnis to Kemphls struck an automobile ‘in which ten persons were riding‘ at a croslng near here yesterday. All ‘the dead and ‘the injured child were members of families of Clem Oxford and his brother James Ox- ford. farmers. N. S. Premier Enters Victoria General For Treatment (Special to The Guardian.) HALIFAX. N. S., Dec. 1—Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Premier of Nova Seotia. entered the Victoria Gen- eral Hospital last night for ‘medi- cal treatment. The following state- ment was issued at the provincial building: "For several months the Pre- mier has ‘been working under an indielposition. He entered the Vic- toria General Hospital to receive treatment so that he may more madlly regain his usual health. Application For- Re- count Review Granted (Canadian Press.) TORONTO. Dec. l-After hear- ing a number of technical objec- tions to the application for man- demus i.o review counting of bal-. lots in North iluron election, Mr. Justice Wright this afternoon said there were sitfficient facts estab- lished to justify issuing of order for an appointment. He adjourned tho hearing of the appeal until flfrlzlay afternoon next. i .i. W. King, Progressive, was lflrsi. declared to ‘be elected federal rut-tuber for North llnron but. fol- lowing a recount. by .iudge Lomls tho seat was awarded to George Spotton. Conservative candidate. ln the recount 342 ballots which had counterfoils attached were thrown out and it is contended by i.he applicant J. W King that these ballots should have been counted. Elected President ‘ 0i Royal Society - (Canadian Prose.) LONDON, Dec. 1—Sir Ernest Rutherford Cavendish, professor of experimental physics and direc- t.or of Cavendish Lahratery llni- ivcrslty of Cambridge since 1019 'was elected president of the Royal Society today. ,Island Woman Meets Death In Boston [ll iNll Fiuuiil Four Subsidiary treat- ies Also Signed by Germany, France Belgium, Poland ‘and Czecho Slovakia. (Canadian Prone.) LONDON, Dec. 1~Tha treaty of Locarno ‘made between the leading powers of Europe and binding their governments to ‘maintain tor- ritorlal frontiers established by the treaty of Versailles even to the extent of war was signed here today. Plenipotentlaries of Great Bri- tain, ‘France, Germany, Belgium. and Italy affixed their signature to the document. ‘Four subsidiary pacts pledging. the use of arbitra- tion in the event of boundary dis- putcs between Germany and each of her neighbors France. Belgium, Poland and Zchecho Slovakia were signed at the same time. Several copies of the treaty were signed and sealed for their governments by ‘men who created it at Locar-no in October. These were Right lion. Austen Chamber- lain for Croat ‘Britain. Emile Van- dervelde for Belgium and Count Scialcia for Italy. Arbitration treaties were signed on behalf of Poland by M. Skrynskl, Premier and of Czeche Slovakia by its pre- mier. Edward Benes. (Special to The Guardian) iLQNiDON, Dec, 1.~’I‘he contrast. between the signing of the ‘Locarno pact today and the peace treaty of Versailles six years ago was mark- ed in Uwn respects. There was none of the magnification and gla- mor surrounding ‘the Versailles signing. The ceremony which last- ed only an hour was notable for its extreme simplicity and this time the Germans came oi‘ their own free will. They signed gladly with smiling faces in striking contrast t0 ‘that other occasion when the delegates of the Reich appended their signatures under compulsion with white faces registering a mix- bure of fear and anger. To the click of the motion pict- ure camera's and blaze of Kleig lights ‘Chancellor Luther of Germ- any, Premier Brlanld‘ of Franco and Nllii SIGNED um: mnlucnln nut 5555 55mins l l l infirm] Pnlsurnc run iili 5.51.0 m mier Stewart.-L Inspect Scene of ness Inauguratio Under the guiding hand of Pre- mier Stewart. the powerful machin- ery that set in motion the huge drill that will resistlessly ‘penc- trate in to the earth on Governor's island in its patient search for the ,oil that every ipGTBUn in the Pro- lvince is new a tlcipating, lbegan to ,rcvolvo yesterday afternoon about ‘three o'clock. and will not slop gagain until the llenry L, Daugher- ty Company has either struck the “Flowing Gold" or until the enter- prise is abandoned as unsuccess- ful. Early yesterday morning a party of about sixty persons set out from ‘Charlottetown to visit the oil camp at Gnvemor's Island and to witness the inauguration of the beginning of the actual drilling. A flotilla of three comfortably large met launches. commanded by "Admire? lvan Reddin. left with its burden of passengers. which were shortly afterwards safely tiisembarkcd at the scene of‘ operations. Several hours were spent in inspecting the various pieces of machinery and equipment that goes with an oil well and at the end of‘ that ‘time practically everybody was talking in the peculiar ‘parlance of oil men, speaking with ease and assurance of bull ropes and calf wheels, walk- ing beams and headache posts, while all were aware that thc ini- tial process was known as spuddiug which seems to be remarkably up proprlatc, in this Province, inas- m‘uch as not all farmers can make money out of potatoes, while every last. man of them would he will-lug to lease their land to an oil well company. in -the event that the "search turns out successfully. A number of the ‘party yesterday made a geological survey of the lit- tle islet and came to the conclus- ion ~that the chances for a strike. without any danger of a resulting industrial tic-up, was very good. and’ the most sanguine enthusiastically prophesletl a gusher. Of course the most noticeable thing on the whole island is the golden reception room of the For-l clgn Office arm in arm conversing] and smiling. After ‘them came the. delegates of ltaly, Belgium, Poland and Czecho Slovakia followed by Premier Baldwin and all his cabin- et. Defence Minister Denies Report (Canadian Preea) OTTAWIA. IDec. 1.—-"We have no request or any kind from theBri- tlsh Ad-mlralty for any such con- tributtlon or any ‘suggestion of rt.“ stated Hon. E. .M. MoDonaltL M-ln- istcr of ‘National Defence this-rafter- \Vord has been received by wlrc noon in common-ting on a cabled that Miss ‘(lhrlstina ‘McLeod. Bon- uhuw, wan killed in Boston on ‘Mon- day by being struck by an automo (l. ‘Miss ‘McLeod left here aibout the first of October last to spend the winter months with her ibrother John 1w. M‘ube0d_ ‘Bosbon, and the . sud news of hor taccldenltal death will be n great shock to ‘her re» ladivcs and friends here. Her bro- ‘thcr Alexander R, rMcLeod and a sister Mira. Flora Gaudct. reside at Ronshuw. ‘Mrs. A. J. MaoNcrvln, this city is a niece. The remains are being breu-gh-t home for burial. -—-—<-o>-——-- High Honor For For- ' 7 elgn Sec y And Wife (Special to the Guardian) IDNDON, Dec, 1.~1l'e mark his, appreciation of tho value olf ‘tho, Locnrno treaties to the peace of the ‘world tho King has conferred on Austen Chamberlain lilortrigli sroretary the knighthood of ilhe Garter and has made ‘Mr. Chamber- la‘in's wife a Dame of the ‘Grand Close Order of ‘the Brftlsh Empire. ‘Such double honors are without precedent. Never ‘ire-fore have ‘a man and his wife received kni-ght- ttood simultaneously for services to the‘ state and never ‘before has field. Rut Mrs. Cbam-herlain played o considerable pafl. ‘in rprovnoting at bocarno an atmosphere that made it possible to lining the dip- iommia wgc-ther and it ‘was e ed to do honor to her birthday ‘which carried the conference over 7) dispatch from London lo tho effect; that Viscount Jalilcoe had sitggcst- cd certain naval contofbit-tions ihy Canada. towards the cost oi‘ ‘the imperial navy. D0 YOUR XMAS. St-iovwmc. Maw AN‘ AVOID ‘rt-u: Qnouct-t" I TORONTO. Dee. 2.--iMar‘llime moderate easterly winds. light. showers. Tomato. cloudy , . . ~ . . . . . .. 36-‘32 Montreal, snow . 14 —fi Queibcc, snow . 8 Chariothetown, fair 20-40 8t. John fair .. . .. 16- Boaton. snow .. 28-28 ‘New York, rain . . . . . .. 88-32 ‘High tide this morning at 11.43 and tonight all. 12, lSun eels this afternoon at 4.17 and rises tomorrow morning at I no of the moat out-um momenae if.‘ its discussions. _ il-e ~ ember 8th 7.41 a. m. huge derrick that stands eighty four feet high on a trwenty one foot square. it's sole ipurpose is to su-p- port and supply ipurchase for both the three ton drill and the two t-housand pound bsiier or sand pump, which are the most neces- sary of all the tools that are used. They are suspended from the top of the towerorderrick iby cables that run on large pulleys and are controlled below by the above men- tioned bull rope and calf wheel Until the drill, ‘which consists of an immense iron bit about two ‘by five feet. fastened to a thirty two foot ‘iron shaft called the stem. reaches a depth of two httndreri and . fifty feet .the spuddlng process is used. After that ‘the identically sa/me ‘up and down and turning mo- tion is givcn to thc drill ihy the walking beam. which fastens lo tho top of the drill and is worked ‘by a three hundred horse power hell. The initial steam energy. however .is only about Lhirty .h.p., and u multiplier or arrangement of pilllvyn and ‘bolts, is used to giv lilo int-roast‘. 'l‘hr hlt list-if culs a hole about two fcct in tiiamotor, Fluted al iho sides and with an ohtilse V shap- ed point ii pounds and digs its way lnlo tho earth zit lilo rate of from five lo fifty for-t n day, dc- pentling upon tho nuluro of thc soil and rook through which it is pass lug. 'l'ho (wit-meat of surprise and ‘the uevd for continual wntchfuincss in drilling arises from the fact that oil might. be struck at six hundred foot. and then again it might not be smelt until the drill had gone down into the earth for the greai distance of a mile and a half. The working crow of four men consist in: in this case of (i, ll, Harte-r and W. M. liiurpby, drillers. and Clay- ton Bentley and CvCOTf-ZO Perkins. tool drossosrs work twelve hour HEAVY” ‘iilll "iN Fiilillilifi (Canadian Pres) JACKSONVIDDE. Flo" Den. 1.— Proprrty damage mitimated at more than 83.000000 anti one of worst tic- ups in wire communication ever known on ‘the Florida oarrt coast was calmed by high Wind-s and driving ralng in the last 24 hours. The wind at ‘times reached hurri- cane proportions and rain was so heavy at some placee. ee in M-hm . 14.1 iinehea (all. that like "at quarter moon Tuesday, Dec- v I!!! etlndinl tn Die donned bathing suite. \ l . . t , u curators ISLAND Machinery Set linpMotiodYesterday by Pre- British Coal Operators of tho visit is to ascertain whether 9 through reduction in operating costs arge Party From City Operations And Wit- n of Drilling. shifts, and change lplaces or bow- ers ai midday and midnight. Every time the drill comes up the well is flushed with the bailer and the muddy slush run off into a pond. When it goes down again a quan- tity of water goes dorwn too. or there would be no way of cleaning out the hole. When the crew is not changing bits, dressing them. or fishing into the well for them when they fall off. they have the run of the "Doghouse," a small cabin that is well heated, The island crew ‘is particularly fortunate in having as their camp Superintendent. Mr. Ross Stnntz. who has done every- l (Continued on Page 3) Moving Pictures Of Locarno Signing. ' (Canadian Preee) IIJONDOJV Dot‘. 1.—-Moving pic- turcs tnkon at the treaty signing ccrr-mony t-N rill be despatched tomorrow to ‘ - . . la and the [Tufted Stub s. {II-ii To Comniemorate Church Union Anniversary (Canadian Preae) _ TORONTO, ‘Ol1‘t., Dec. 1.—-The second annual meeting of the gen- oral council of the United Church if Canada will be lrald at Monflqltl. June 10.‘ 192B in anniversary 0i! the consummation of Church Union. This date was fixed by ‘the Execu- tive Council of the United Church. ‘The meeting was ‘for the purpose‘ of considering numerous matters cm which reports will be made to thr- general council next June. The Que-bee legislature ‘will be asked-to - ratify church union in Quebec at‘ the next. session. The iblll ‘wad til? lnycd until Ontario had acted. The executive coufcll also de- cided to give the‘ legal committee power ‘to deal with any phase of legal questions thalt might arise and the committee on law and leg‘- fslatlon was authorized to hire steps to s-wcure legislation neces- sary for administration of church property in Newfoundland, Ber- muda and Jamadca. ' ‘ In U. S. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.—— iFive prominent operators of British col- llerlcs have come to the United States and are now making a. flrst- hand study of mining machinery and methods employed in this ooun‘ try. While the ostensible purpose British qperalthtg methods can he improved. the real object is said to be to attempt. the prevention of na- tionalization of the British miners. lt is said this can be done only and enabling British coal more readily‘ in compete in the world lilarkols, The visiling operators have con- "rrorl in Washington with officials‘ of the lmparfment. of ‘Commerce and Iwlth representatives of coal operators. They are to make a care ful inspection of mines in ‘Pennsyl- vania. West Virginia and Ohio. , ln tho ‘party from thc Old Coun- try are: Charles Reid .William Tel- ficr. Charles Ilowson. Capt. B, Wal- ton llrovwn and M, J. l-‘oggo. --—-<o>—-i- Announcements, Coming Events. Meetings. Etc. . Ratee-Zc. per word each lneertiove "This afternoon. ‘Sale and Ton _ Peter. .-r-lnvf)ll‘7f)lIl. 6386 5/1 wlwd ance will ‘be "A sun‘ held in ih. ‘~i ll View L. 0.14.1131] on Tllursrln lit December 8rd. 6372-1l2i “Lecture ..'. York postponed. Notice later. “d? "Eldon Women's institute ‘will hold Fancy Sale and hunch in "Ill- fale; ‘llail" Dec. 8rd It 7 ‘p. 90 "Mr. John H. Bell will QH a lecture entitled "nominee Ab I" la the Tryon Hill ‘flruledl . Dee. 8rd, lecture ‘to commence e4 9.1a, Adnrieaion I5 eta. ladies with ‘hole free. M debt not doe. , i the held ‘the ‘Rh. _ ' t -.. Al...