success , ‘if'll.\e questlouitsiqlantodv-wins 5 _Resolveds That in style and thought. Burns. "The speeches of the various speakers were very interesting and aboanded in choice quotation? the best productions' o t 'e_-both poets. The speakers ailinst"~ _the resolution, Messrs H. 'McMillaa. Capt.;~W. H. McGuiil an4_Alf_ Mc- lntyre, were judged by the students to have presented the best argu ments. 'rhe_ siile. upholding the qusséi tion was directed by Mr.. L. lll¢D0n-4 sid, who was alnynssiated by Messrs' A. Sinuott and Ke)iy.‘ '_ The ten record yearlings by J. Mal colm Forbes, a son of Bingen sold at the Old Glory Sale for- a total of $12,250.00 or at an average of $1,225.- 00. The record price was paid for Dr. Elmore a yearling colt that bro- ught $4,200.00 the next best Forbes Robertson a yearling colt $1,700.00. Beldame yearling filly $1,500.00, Julia Morris yearling filly $900.00. Bsrita a yearling filly by Bingara, a son of Bingen brought $1,050.00 Ban an ele- ven year old dalughter by Blngara brought $1,300.00. What some of our noted sires bro- ught °at the Old Glory Auction.| Guy Axworthy $20,000.00, Bingara $5,200.00. A few years ago Bingeni sold at auction for $32,000.00 his son' Todd sold at auction in 1907 at $30, 000.00, Peter the Great sold at auction for $5,000.00. DEBATING CLUB. - The third weekly meeting of the St. Dunstansl Junior Debating Society took place, Wednesday. December 6th. The Pre-‘ side-nt, Mr. J. Maxwell Murphy oc-I cupied the chair. The subject was:- “ilc.~lolved the prohibition is benefl-‘ cial to Prince Edward lsland.” Some' able :ind excellent speeches were, made on both sides. The speakers were Pro.-James, Cooney, A. Ares-' nauli, M. McArthy, S. Poirier, J.E. Mcllcnnld. lgnatus Tavln. Con.- E. Martin. J. Klggins. L. Sullivan, F. Walsh, D. McLean. M. Morrisey. The result was 28 to 24 against pro-l lllhitionf After the main speakers of the ovéning were heard, some addi- tic-nai addresses were delivered by Messrs Nelligan, McCarvlll, Mahoney,| Monlbourquette and 'Trainor. Uponi motion the meeting then adjourned. ` WHITE SANDS SCHOOL- The following is thc standing of the pu- pil.; in their monthly examinations, i'or the month of November:-- Grade .\'lll.- 1, Audrey Nlcolle- and Flor-i curcc Clements (equaii); 2, Ethel` llueil; 3, Agnes Clements; 4, Mabel White. Grade Vl.- 1. Isabel Nico1le;| 2, Roy Brooks. Grade V.- 1, Marlon Bell, Eugene Glover and Stewart! Clements (equal); 2, George White‘ and Sarah Bell (equal); 3, John Bell, James Derby and Robert Ma- chon (equal). Grade lV.- 1, Arthur Brooks; -2, Belle Derby; il, lrene Nicolle, Lizzie Derby and Everett White (equal); 4, Thomas Clements; 5, Lucy Buell; 6, Lester Buell. Grade llI.- 1, Elmer Glover and Ethel Beck (equal; 2. Willie Bell and Harry Whito (equal). Grade II.- 1, Laura Niuollc; 2, Eveline Derby; 3, David Bell. Percentage of attendance 88. Currie McCoyl€, teacher. The death occurred at the Princc` Edward Island Hospital on Wednes- day evening, of Mr. Samuel Sha\v, late of the employ of Auld Bros, of this City. Deceased became' ill about seven weeks ago and n'otwith- standing all that was done his condi-- tion grew worse until the end came at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night. His remains were conveyed by train to Uigg yesterday afte'rnoon,'the funeral taking place there today at 2.30 p. m. from the home of his- brother. Mr. Ernest Shaw. Deceased was s. mem- ber °f B°y”" Mdge' L' O' A" “ml Davey, A. E. Menwen, Russell Hun- beginning of the war. While the de the Abegweit Black Receptory, mem- bers of which followed the remains from Wright’s undertaking cham- bers to the' depot, the folowing acting as pall--bearers: Messrs, J. H. Bell, George McLeod, VJ. V. Purdle, Jos- eph Storey, D. P. Murdock, Samuel Jay. Deceased was held in very high esteem by all who had the pleasure of knowing him and his death at the early age of twenty-seven, is deeply regretted. There are left to mourn; a sister, in Ulgg; and two brothers, Er- nest, at home; and Daniel, school teacher, at Pinette. ' 1 MONTAGUE STRAWBERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION. - The strawberry industry around Monta- gue has been gradually developing' until the output is sufficiently large to consider car load shipments. The Nova Scotia arkets have absorbed the greater part of the berries and the quality is such that if properly worked many inure could be placed, in_the same town. Last seasonwliich-‘ was somewhat abnormal, presented difficulties that were instrumental in drawing the growers closer together, for mutual benefit. The fo;-_gait ation" _ .__».wir=-°'e'= Pr;-=~im»r_» ’ - _ MADE IN plies immediately. Transportation' dlfiiculties will also receive attention, Their ideas are to foster the growing of a high class berry, pack them in- formly. guaranteed quality insofar as it is pc-ssible, open up new markets, and by placing _good fruit upon those markets, hold them indefinitely. The section around Montague is suitable for the small fruit industry and I fr loubtless organization will assist in developing the growing of other small muits when the markets will take em. Britain. quotes Col. Lockwood Chimera of the Kitchen committee of _e House of Commons, as saying that the King and the Royal house- hold have for some time past had i-Woimeatless days weekly. o (Special to the Guardian.) WASHINGTON,,Dec. 7~ Germany in a note made public by the State' Department today contends that the British steamer, Arabia, sunk in the Mediterranean on November Bth. was in' reality a transport ship for troops in the service of the British 'govern- ment which is considered as an aux- iliary war ahill..according to inter- national law and can_there'fore be treated like a. warship. The German government’s attitude. however, like that in the Marina case is expressed as one of readiness to make amends if it be shown that the submarine commander violated German pledges to the United States. (Special to this Guardian.) l ATHENS, via London, Dec. 7- Russian, Italian and British mini-} sters called in a body at the Foreign Ofilce at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon! There was a large and app;-e¢;a. tive audience at the patriotic meeting' in Grace Church las; evening. Solos.i breathing the truly patriotic spirlt,' were excellently rendered by Mrs.l Ira Brown, Miss Bertha Carter and| Miss Annie Damarell, as well as a reading by Miss Mildred Tanton. The attraction of the hour, however, was' an excellent address given by Prin- cipal J. D. Seaman, on"‘The War"_ in which he showed up the ad*an» tages lost and gained by both sides so far in the great campaign. dn a very optimistic and ins-piriug way he made a strong appeal to luis bearers to 'live the truly patroitic self-deny- ing life, feeling ever that Great Brit-‘ aiu and he-r Allies were in this war' to win, although it may take longer time than was at first calculated. At the close' a vote of thanks, moved by Mr. L. P. Tanton and seconded by Mr. Benj. Carter, was tendered Mr. Sea- man' for his very instructive address, after which the meeting closed with' the National Anthem. ' The third series of Patriotic Meetings was by far the most suc- cessful of any since the fail recruit- ing campaign opened. All the meet-' ings were well attended, crowded houses being the rule. At Elmira Father Gillis, presided. Able speeches were heard and the mus-ical programme was supplement- ed by step-dancing. The following' men responded to the call for men: Lewis D. McDonald, Harmon .lc Bay, both f_0r the artillery. | The Fortune people supported their; meeting by a record crowd and tive recruits were secured: Frank Curran; and Harold Wood, Farmington; Jas. McDonald, Red House; John Ross, Fortune Head; for the 105th Draft; and James Brown, of Bay Fortune, for the artillery. The Rev. Dr. Full- le-rton presided. . Four recruits came forward at St. Peter's, where' an enthusiastic meet- ing was conducted under the leader- ship of Col. Moore. The Fourth Regi- ment Band was the feature of the musical programme which also in- cluded vocal _solo. Two men sign- ed on for the Canadian Engineers: Gorten Sanderson and Paul W. Mc- Kinnon; one' for the artillery, John Doherty, and Vincent Sutherland, for the. Army Service Corps. The Dundas meeting made' the re- cord for the- night with six recruits William Bentley Creed, Ve'rnon L. ter. Alfred M. McLeod. and Peter Green, all for the artillery. Major Leigh was chairman. The musical programme was furn‘lshe`d by local talent and was a credit to the people of Dundas. A crowded hall greeted thai recruiting squad. At Morell there was a big meeting and although no rcurl-ts were definit- ely_ enrolled many expresse'd the/ir ln’- trest in the various branches of naval and military srvico and doubtless some will respond 'later. The Rev. Mr. Littlejohns- was chairman. Rev. R. G. Fulton' conducted a very successful meeting at Red Point at which five names were added to the list of Island soldiers: Walter Bruce, Everett China. Clarence W. Ching, John W. Robertson and Wal- 1ace-J. Rose, alll of East Baltic, for the Navy. A good musical programme wasfglven. 'At sill the meetings the' aim of the Patriotic Fund was explained by various speakers and an advance ap- peal was made for new or .renewed subscriptions for that worthy causep Much credit is due to the speakers and musicians of the various locali- 'fii9a.;visi_te'd for valuable assistance Seve STEM difficilili' BM ir-ll\l°£“F'¢ l~'durifrg the meetings. The visitors were' er outlay than ordinary. The trans portation was faulty and some ship- ments were m'arket/ed iu;r(thel_‘ poor condition. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Coughlan. the Districi.~.¥¥l>rgss_ntative for King's County, called s. meeting of the Growers to discuss the situa- tion. Tho result was,tba formation, of the Montague Strawberry Growers” Association with Fred Mclntyre as President and James Lanaan as Sec- cggially received and warmly wel- c ed 'everywhere and the good feel-l tpqywss emphasized by a substan- ta meal _furnished at each meeting. '_ The members 'of the recruiting par- ty are grateful to the -railroad em- ployees for the courtesies extended lily' them and the promptness- and' -helpfulness shown- at the different stopping places a d en route. The' rotary. Therparbobe ordering sup- ' " » i'l i heth ~h nie or _ .~ /' -- ` ~ .1 ,'v`“»_'A N ~.L1~» ' its hx; anyfmnigaas qoheerful - '- "_" ,- fs ,tg /`f __ ,g__".Z . -lf the very boldness-of the on \ _ 8 " 1” ' ' . ' V ~ ` ._ .- ‘ . ma I -the uvmaswv M ws British \ /f///' -i .. ‘T ` .;."' “" 1 ds\:°.:f:°r iii *Mel 'M' i°°\'."* 'ily ` 4 L `°,._.-_1' V-=‘ ti .- _i -.` ,_ ___,... -soft from, tits party ms is n - L\ .. ` » ‘-1-‘ :M f ' » _ - \_ ( )' if; ~'= . _'ii ba `|mml¢w‘»" ' .- 1 -‘ : -' 'f` A . " l ‘aimfn l in helicase: - JV , _ -, ~/.‘; .help mm. whilst tire situation of 1 2. f/ / 1 _ _ . ‘(f,f"l‘.nf-div' -}'. _ .. ‘iq _. m‘°=»‘ 5' ”' _ 1_1 _.i 0 _ 7?( "". r _- U _ cn.- ; ~ 1 _ ~ ~ - as nil amiga."-thiir satin' __ 1 1 * _ ; 0 , your » 'rlggsttituds of Luger-‘_,is liaaehfx __'» .~ ____ J? '5s°%'f gl* _town about 230 this morning. ' _ ‘ 1 n¢'wm'n u_ me " " l;°~‘1~_,'."'_"_‘/_‘_ if” .» il ”` ghmlls s _oon;g1|ue°`yof.°;pThien ,..i_'__,, A. ¢ f- .mr -fir, _ ~ -- sf _ . .__ ._ ~ Y -I and G80,-ge E_ Cu,-,an-_ SL petefs- That this condition was brought special mln- rsttfmeu to charlotte- ffm to his also.” .‘ ~ °"~*w .al cultic. ml as new Premier and demanded an explanation of Greek military activity. The French' commander, General Sarrial, is quot- ed as saying that he prefers Greece to be openly hostile' to an unsettled, situation. Members! of the Russian colony wilil' leave here tomorrow. Only the Italian colony of tho Entente remains at Athens. Allied diplomats, although they have received no instructions yet, seo no prospects' of an' arrangement hy the Greek gov-f ernment and it. ls- believed they will demand at least the/ reestabllhhment' of Allied control of police posts and telcgraphs, railways, ports, -customs, ami their passports. (Canadlan'Press Despatch.) In the Field France, Nov. 10.-(By Mail.)-Following the sacrifice of over 500,000 men at Verdun. and the terrible losses sustained on the Som- _me, Germany is reduced to such at scarcity of me-n that she has only three divisions, or about 46,000 men. left for her strategical reserve. Austria is in precisely the same condition, the troops being held in reserve by her not exceeding three divisions. This information, with supporting evidence, was placed at my disposi- tion totlay to refute the claims made recently by Germany and Austria that they are holding in reserve a large strategical army which will be flung at a given moment on the par- ticular-point where they wish to en- gage a decisive battle. about largely through Germany's ob- stinacy in keeping up the six months’ attack at Verdun. was confirmed to me by the same source The Intelli- gence Department of the Frenon Army has been arble definitely to.as~ certain this. (From Our Own Correspondent.) OTTAWA. Dec. 7- A meeting of the National Executive of the Cana- dian Patriotic' Fund was held today under the chairmanship of His Ex- cellency the Governor-General and was attended by delegates from dif- fernt parts of Canada. This is- the first meeting held since the Duke of Devonshire accepted the Presidencyof the Fund. The Duke took the op- portunity to assure the committee of his interest and sympathy having learned from -the late Governor-Gem eral` His Royal Highness the Duke' of Connaught, of the important work that had -been undertaken since the mands on the Fund are exceedingly high the Honorary_Treasurer was able to -report that the total contri. butions to November 30th exceeded expenditure by about three million dollars, the' Treasurerl having receiv- ed up to that date' the sum of $16,615.- 778.2B, and disbursed $13,447,214.73. At the present rate of expenditure the balance on hand would suillce for the' need of the Fund for about three months if peace were declared. to- morrow. LONDON, Dec. 7-The London morning papers refrain from predict- ing or even speculating on the com- position of Lloyd-George’s cabinet and there is nothing to indicate -that the suggestions made by the minority have any special weight. That Lloyd- George has perhaps the stiffest task of lvis,pol»itical career before him is generally admitted and even some of his stanuchest supporters, which in- clude all the Tory press, abstain from propheysing euccesaes,». while some indicate doubt as to whether he will triumph over the gre'at_obstac'les confronting him. . The Times, which halls Lloyd- George’s nomination' to the Prmnier~ ahip as "the only practical and straightforward way to end the' crisis," says: "The outcome cannot be foretold. This, however, can be said,~that Lloyd-George has a far better chance of forming a Severn- meat than Romer Lew. Whether he will succee wil-I depend largely on himself and his often -tried power of_ lying mea' of talent and enthus- _ghe Ghmmdu ieferriag to the says: “Only e man of lion-hearted colirsfe would fans thesz. I-is has no I tim ch road, But rise OG A sitio!!! lmlitical acrreapondsnw' foreemeat of meatless days in Great. 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