MERCHANT . i-u-u liuwever, tweet the harmony, if our lives were filled with om up. broken song we would find oursel- yea pining for Just one hour of per- mt sunlese silence. ~ ‘ l; n u mu ‘use < s 379i... 523d u. if...» 3;7/// /// A ies Paper Covershincelldward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1928 MAXIMS ~ ; bra - meson-ism‘. We grow dumb before the mfltll splendor that hides quietly in the restful llvés of the aged: e deer. ll- rene‘ old age is tile supreme flower of humanity. ii Onto 1H7 Charlottetown Guardian Two Inning flnnrdlnu. Founded ‘Plllilfiflllll; IN IHE iElllHl Pullllllll Conservative Amend- ment to th.e Budget Moved by C. lahan. ll [fill llM lllljlll l IN llifliflillllfi (Snecul to The Guardian) I l H‘ l TOKYO, Feb. 20.'I‘he bodies of six Jflliflnese who attempted to smug- Kll-IIE themselves into the United States were found today in the hold of the Yfthlko Maru_wilich arrived t from Seattle, Washington, Friday. H n d ‘aloe ship smcoolk ‘confessed to hiding - - h o ‘v00 to be m m, e 10d on December 20 Brit's l t y C t when the Ynhiko Mal-u sailed from COIIIP 6 8 en TB —--,SeattIe. From brief notes the men Louis Inattner Givesllgfrt it was believed they suffocated n t. Pro. t | ore the ship left Yokohama after Deta S O 16C . which the cook became frightened —-—"—- and kept their deaths secret until Lfiblggfil. F601;‘ NIGITT? fiellemt; the ship rcturncd to Japan. , .51" 3| llll all“ i 0 ywom h‘: ‘ iioreham Wood, near Illis- I qrnc, in llertfordshlre, ls dosorib- ' —-——<—O§i-__ 9,1 by the promoter. Louis lllatt- nhr, ivoii-knowlrNorth ol‘ Iinglunll . mm qxillbltor who has becn In tho moving [licturo business for 2o (From our own Correspondent) > OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 20. -— Con- dcmning the Robb Budget propos nls from every angle, '(‘.has. If Cohan, Conservative financial crl tic. ulovcd in lilo llousc oi‘ Com monsimlaylllrl following as an zlmtllnlmcnt. to tho bndgct state- wmu. A few years ago he pur- Enssetl tho (lately Theatre, blan- chhnlcr, and turned It into a cinc- mh lilcatrc. ‘In an interview, Mr. lllsllncr spnko oi’ his plans as foi- _ lows: - _ l "l have acquired tho land rlgilts| n: some 400 acres lying botwcrn , map.“ and Borobnm Wood for u; ‘film colony. it is my intention in, (‘Iflrb ~lllcri\ ll number of studios. mm of wilicil will bo used by mo. and m0 others leased out to such film (com-panics as do not. want. to sink rim capital tn build studios crnlncnl do not. lcnd to prnvido in- creased employment in (lanatlzl, ll-ll‘ H! inducc llle rcturn of (‘au- sdlrlns 1o lllcil- native land, nor in urn-vent lln- continued cml- Klfllllflil of our pcopln to tin» l’. S." "Nor do they make pro- vision for tho preservation of our donloslil: markets fon (‘anadinn farm and dairy products, nor for Speakers ilcnouncrl Iilarl of Birkenhearl and Al- lege ‘Affronts to Na- tives; Resistance cvcn nrjllllllrliloflylll. would" A"! kilns‘ to War is Suggestctl; llllll.hil-Ofdix:rdllzvglmllflgn‘rdllnlllllil:2“"‘"'°"'“ ""“""""‘""“*"l‘ i" "9"". Willi I50 bed-rooms, wboro llo ‘ m qitua ion .1, , nor for lilo abolition of llu- snlcsl n ‘ ., a lll-lists can stay; n lhootrc. in scat t t ‘(l a“? mx by Jnnuflry l‘ 19293. ~ Flmtllllllliillllzglilllll‘ lint; ‘Pgifillflél M1223‘- 1_n00 wilcro films will bo‘ sllowll pflfll‘ u. their London release: .'l silcpptng section: a Ilflfllllifll: ti" ucroplnnc club: nud- a residential section whore sitoo will bo loascd m peoplq who wish to erect houses. ‘ "Tho intention ls to creole a but! British film eon-ire. I Ileliove l-lnll. the mason why the film industry p0,... nnnylourisb in this country, is because the whole thing seems to ' bo decentralized. AL present. stud- pp, mo sctattorcd In all IllPOlTI-lflll-‘i nmum] London. Centralimtion l5 essential ‘mo ‘tho success" of any modern industry. iloilywood Ilscif will show you. that" \ Colorado Miners To Return T0 Work (Canadian Press) DENVER" 0010,, Feb. 20. -Urked by leaders of the Industrial Work- ers of the World to end ibfi 0081 strike called by tilat orsanlflsiio" October 18th last, Colorado miners have voted nine to one to return to work. A vow in l8 of the lurk- csf. coal camps yesterday showed B8 percent of the strikers in fsvor of ending tho walkout. the state exc- cutivc committee of the workers reported. Mr. iklbau llfftflii-Vfltl linll lilo tariff rccllrlioll proposals, instead of incroalsillg lilc liritisll prcfcl- ellcc as claimed by the flliiillvtl minister actually Iicncfiiled lluil. ed Siltiilfl tcx-llla industry in ' competition with liritisll luanl factnrrrs ill lilo Canadian luarkc Ho ‘liliifl assailed all lilo claims 0f the goverllulcnl to financial ls-r- torlncnt and lax reductions- ‘ ltal,hcl' disgraceful conditions cx- lslcd in tho government depart- lucnl. \vllicll was supposed to ileul lllQ wounds of lilo Vffll‘, according to lilo findings of Col. A. '1‘. Hump,- of Tar-unto, Royal (Yommissioucr m. Doinlcdglo investigate lin- llcpnrl- ment of Soldiers Civil Ilc-cslail- l“lllit‘lli. ' liidhlll, lllllizl- Fob. 2U. —-— Till‘ debato precntzing lln- rntc cl‘ non- colrfitlcnco ill lin- constitution an-i scheme of lilo British Statutory (‘nmmission on Indian reforms ll? the Indian lA-“KlSllillVP Assembly’ wus chnraclorizcd by vigorous speeches from nlembem upholding both sides of the question. The As- sembly passed lilo motion of nou- confidcncc lly a vole of tiii to 62- K. C. ltay, who (zonstantly io- lcrruptcd -t_i.n- argument, (ieclarod lIlat-ludlll would not. lose bcr sclf- rcspoct "by assisting lbo commis- sion. Goswami, anothcr nlcmbcr. said that till» speech of tho, iilarl of llirkenhcatl, Sccrcb-ngl’ of Stain fol‘ Indin. ‘lll. Donn-aster, in which ll-- dociurctl that lilo Slaluiory (‘ouli mission would car l its work in :1 conclusion with or without tbo us- iflsllfllltifl of the Indian legislature, was “another indication lllat. Bril- nilris not going lo film-ll from u Iloycolt or its t-ollscqucllccs." TRIBUTE TO SIMON {tlrlilal Nchur was loudly all“ plluldcd when be paid bigll tri- lulto lo Sir John Simon, Ilcad of, tho Slallulory Commission as a bll. mall, but hc did um udvisc Indians to surrender their ‘rights lo llml llilfffltli-li. luau ill lllc world. llo said mull n“. mlcgraln scnl by ltamsa‘! hllncDollaid, British labor leader. ‘graying [but no labor government‘ {would appoint nuoillcl- conlnlissiml. lliiltl bet-n l't‘.l‘(‘l\'i‘ll Willi till-i’ 01"‘ anlusclucnl. for hint-Donald's ignofi- an,“ m,- m, gnvt-rlnualnl; of anv kind could influence tiloir dccision- Sir B. Illitra condemned the irre- ciplfstc action nl‘ party 101N101‘? "1 rricctini! Sir John Slalom-l invita- lion to confcr with ibc commssloll- Sir Purshtrtamtlns 'i‘hakurdas m- sislctl that tho omission of Indians from lhc commission, and Sh" John's rcccllt lcllol- was a studied ‘afloat ticsigncd lo indicate lhc in- fcllorlty of Indians lo lhc world. ‘Sir llari Singh (lnnr favored co l- \ idcpci- upon 'Wlll(‘ll ii. was based were tabled ill _lllc llouso of c011]- nlolls this afternoon. Tho medical officers in the department may havn been intcui. upon healing lilo lilllllllNl man who returned tho biclds of war, lnlt some of tilcm ztt least scvln to have boon v busy playing politics. , Doctors w bo llnppeucti lo bo Lib- clnls lll politics were ruthlessly disclnlrgetl by n, Conservative dir- t't‘lfll' of medical services, noun-- lir- W. (l. Arnold, who is iil'.(‘.llt<l(‘il by [llu ltcyul (Yomnlissioncl- of llill- ing established what. is known :l-. "lilo Arnold (‘.h:lIn"——a political all-i pcrsouai chain composed primarily of himself and his uuil, oi‘ luwiical dilcclors. , tlolnncl Iluulcr finds lhal. tho stzlff ol"(‘hris1.io Strut-la llllflliliill, Toronto, wns torn by political lu- lrlgucs and that while Dr. Arnold licnicd bl evidence there was any undue dropping of Liberal doctors flom ibn ilospital skiff, tho fact remains that. lilo process of rc- nlorsrlcss attrition of Liberal doct- rrs wont, on year by your illltl Dr. Arnold was fully cognizant of and responsible fo-r tin», same. llr. tiunu. lllc llnyalCohlnlission- or, says, was sent. to lilo medical Rotarians Celebrate _ Ladies Night At Victoria Hotel ladies night was observed by lln- itotariahs last ‘night nt. ill" Victoria Ilolol, when a (linnor I-llv‘ cu in Willinldon Hall lOgGlllWlH-Wlill a flun musical progranrwcnl. l0 nulke a very pleasant ovcninli» Tho following guests w-erc are" sent: liis llonor Lieutenant (lovzr- nor lloarlz. H011- Premior A. ("Hump (-(1.(]|)(\,|‘flil0ll with lilo conl- clinic, which was "the nhhnrloll- ' Saunders, Ills Worship Mayor Yco- m|ss|ml_ H" ,|,,,_],,,.,.,| |,,,|i,,'_., grIr-v- for Liberal doctors." ‘A ton minute talk otl-“iiorary by mm, ‘VHS. will, (no llrlllsil PHPllJ- llul if inc (lonscrvnlivcs pInyc-l politics tho Liberals wcrtl not slow tho President Dr. W. J. i’. lilac- lo lmitllttl lbolu. According io ovi- nluuh ‘was listened to with III" _ , lmollest interest. ufill attention nit- l‘l‘ which the following musical llfl" gram was rendered: V1011“ gopfdMiss Knliliccu liornby. _ SoIo—Mlss Lucy Blanchard. ‘Pris-Messrs. Quigiey. nl"i¥“"'l' and Sterne. . " SoIw-‘Mlss llarbaro MacNeill. Club . Trio -- Messrs. Clarion Scartil and L. ll- MucMillon- llpwords of a hundred wcrc pr".- scut at the bsnquct uftor Wllllill dancing sud cal-us was unloved l" ‘illll full limit, seventy-five ndtlftl gunstli arriving" later to‘ 40'1"" Dixon's Orchestra furnished 0X- ccilcnt. music. ‘ winch credit for tho success vi ‘lilo affair is duo to tho foliowlltl! members of the Rot-at‘! 1‘1"l°"'“'"' nlcnt. "Commitment ~ (lhal-rnuln-slb W. Turner: "0"" ml nachos. James beichl-lwl- "- ltoy Holman, J. M. Morley. llll‘lli and-art with lhc commission- APPEAL 8V’ BLAUKETT Sir llnsil lllackelt. finance min- ifllfll‘ of lilo cxcculivc ('filll'i('.ll. un- lioulnlil lo lllc llousc nol to reject tho llrilisll l'lll'lllill‘.t‘.lll'.‘l "sisiorli? ‘hmpll’ ll,» viululcd bis o\v'n rorortl provctl him a ‘fu-llcr snulfllllfll ill-"il lllcnlbcrs of iilc (‘tlllilfrfi-‘l Illlfi)’ Wm‘ wcro doing their Iiesl lo i'l‘llll'll swarnjisln. Sir llnsil dcclzlrcd lhc tiHHfllllliLV llscli‘ alas proof of lllv oarucslnoss of tho llrlllsll IIOVDHI‘ mnmjg policy to advance self-dc,- tcrnliulltion. 7"" “llrl-Iiil/"Ylmliiill must come by ovninlion- lle ‘"11" llllusisetl that there was no Iikeliti- hood of the commission bring n - orcd and concludcti by sayillt-l’ "H" ‘tho lvlnnny of mrmlWf-‘l 01' lll" (tongrcss party, prcvcnllng llbcrty of tllouitbt. was hs-oinunlllllr wit" (lcnlocratlc institutions. I s. rnndll MalnvIYtI- llrflcrlir-i . lcnd as a "big bu iy" "Tdgffflhf “null cbccrs, ilull ll‘ body that. illc ottcmpictl marriage m" ommn“ mm,“ mm, must of lilo pension sorvlco with the nwklwfinf‘ ' . ' lrcntnlcnl sorvico has boon a VPYY "w, ' n“; w,“ mm," “mp1 intense unhappy lulion. nlld that tllo incont- u v {broken b cllcolx-l when pnlibilily is incurnlllo thnl. thorn axcflelullTuwnn mndoyknown. silouid bo all immediate snpnnltlon m“ "m" ' . of tho two services." lir- Klug, lilo prcsnul. ulinisicr of illl‘. D. S. C. IL, wrnto to (Jllristic Slrccl. Ilospiial on ouo occasion nolifylilg Ibo officials lilt-ro lbnt boforc llll‘_\' put on any liulp they wcrc first lo got. into l-olnmunica- lion with Ilr- .l. ll- fiuscluidcn, who was a dofcntrd Liberal candidate ill out; of lilo Toronto consllllltnltr- los but had illllt'll lo do with plllrml- ago and political uppoilrllucllls. ‘Several of lilo (loclois reform-d lo ill lbc report lllfliiiil)’ hllvc rc- sigucd from lilo sorvico and other stops lnlvo beou lakcu to remedy conditions In tho dr-parinlcnt- Tho report ol‘ tho commissioner has Ilccn rt-forroal to n special pnrlia- lllt‘llifll‘_\' romnlllicc- OTTAWA, Fch- 2o. -.»“A_..|wrnsnl of my reports nnd certainly tho ovidcncc. will couvlnco any- _.o| condensed Specie" v ‘ , _ ____¢4.>-_—- This was one of the recommenda- "“,,,,,,,,""‘,,°-' “dfiallfiu ° "°'“2..°.'. ‘iifimiiiifiiiiifaii. ".‘.'.'.‘.i' , a g t ' or, l . t . \ u“ . a . In onqulrc into charges nt political ~ l t re pnrlizanslllp in illi) lhllirrlment 0|‘ "OI _pn‘fi,"‘av 6F ‘yggy 8. u Soldiers‘ fiivil Rfl-Ol-lllililbrlllflllit.‘ n .. ' - |. I l ' " m a cmpts u. ama gnmu o 66”“ n m‘ “pad wcro in some measure, the result (g ‘ Isl‘ to The Guardian) no _ Rh QQJOM more law m is w be curled by Que- of complaints by veterans of dupli- culclt modlcsi examinations. As the uousiyrlixfidlltet. gunman 6"" trel Job erlnwm 01w "i- Q0“ of ._._..-... . ' g3, l . a bill be- ilvorage veteran would express it, .vg%xtzzfr 25c; “fr: incorporate ho was being pawed over by too ' to e, many dnctorsnnrl soiling nflwhvrt- tlxaesfikyfilcimz olgtgfiqrfsqbemsorlz_ Tho “m.” has beer’ worse than grafted on ‘the beefs of the Ontario tin» disease; and ‘the badly coll- tl ma,“ mvemirlg chiropractors. tiioIror 55‘ : I00 tor.8i.00: 1.000 for 81.95. Poll ld.‘- Guflflll" Office, gnu-dour oh runterr. - l . t _ i dcucl- lo tho effect that Honorable, H_ ltwelve miles of stands which .' . ,not only of the British sovo _ {but royalty from. other landli- land buyers from every count ii.‘ Ibis house rcgrcls that m)‘: W911“ including 5W5“ lllt‘ nlcasurcs proposed by lilo gov- |Smm "ml I991 l l l ltllo lVlllllI-ilfll‘ or ltaliways nro more _ stand in lbc rcfIcl-tcd light 0i.’ ills m‘ ‘own sun. I think lhc Government "land parliunlcnl wonilrbe more sat- l l l I . (Jot Hunter's rcpolt. and lilo r-v- l l l I l ‘fmlndCilili. that. ii was filo first. limo ibis "My lofficialiy. The twountlry would have l l | l l l i l l I v I I i l l liiuiilvays" wlloso [British Industries . Fair , Attracts Foreign Buy rs- (Special tofliTh: Guardiaii LONDON, Feb. 20.-Buye sixty nations are pouring in_ . don and Birmingham to 3e I l l . Wll BHINE NEWIJFETU tllllfilllll {John Bull's “million pound‘ lwindow," from, which the cu nl ‘ -__ lwill bc drown tomorrow Mienfthe D1, 1928 British Industries Fair , The newest products of _' manufacturers will be dlsp ;kcen.ly scrutinized by rep lives of foreign commerce. The‘, sir is becoming one of the' _ l trade carnivals in the world,_l’rlval- ling the famous continental egpppl- tion, and received the pat The government: spend \ annually in advertising it. irii eign newspapers and before t closes on March 2, represen .10 d lll. and arc expeef attend. ‘- groups of lchruetl doctors v _ caused tho sick and (Iisahled crabs untold distress. v ()'I"I‘I\\\'.\. ifcb. till. --~ (i. . Pl Cillilill (Uollsl-rllllivl‘, Si» liilwwlito —‘St. (icol-gcl in rising to 011611111!- batc on lln- buligcl. in the House this afternoon spill-m of Sir Henry __ ' icr, lhc fllinisn-l- or Finance, and sillciilrl-s who become public. when they Iunary known lo tbc fr lsficd ll’ Sir licury ‘Phorniou did not obtrudc himself‘ inimmatlors with which hc is not associated. in which he llns had no expatri- ence." . - 0n the face m‘ the account shown ill lilo budget thorn had been not reduction of debl of $41-39i3.090-' ycl lbc int-rouse lll Tllfi’ National Railways indebtedness to the pub- lic alone incl-nosed by Hitollllfllilii during ille same pcriod- ,. Ml’; (‘ahan drew attention lo lll", lecrlifllawtcs of lhc '(‘.llil.l‘liJl'€'ll ac- countanl who bod audited tho pub- lic ilclzounls tilis year, in which lilcy-scl. zlsido ‘the National Rail- ways account, from tho general fill- llil(‘liil statement. It was slilfllfi- in 1.0 SO sptu-ifil- statement bad been made to.:u~ccpi1 tIlc full responsibility 0° for paying tllo liabilities of tilc National ltnllwnys. The entire sum amounting m $lS!1,000,00li was in-, curred by wlnll. was rcaliy a spec-l iul ccpllrllnr-nl, of the government.’ Such a (ll-bl could never bc ropudi- l 3 l Cuban wcul on,“ is that not. onrllc dollar of this liability is included" lll lilo not dcllt of (Ennada as prI-l scnlcd to parlirllncnl by the Mile‘ istclj of Finance. Tho liability o.’ tho National Railway lo the Dom- inion for cash advances amounted ill Dccolnbcl- 1926, lo $507.848,000 r N0 lnlrrcst llilll Incl-ll paid upon‘ this and simple iulcrosi. ovcrdul- and unpaid anloulltotl lll ilcccnlbcl- 27, to $226,000. The long form; of indebtedness to the Dominion. (lovernmcnt by the National Rail- ways aggregated in all on Dcconllr,‘ or Iii, 1927, to $2,‘.'.'lfi.42il,7ii1 Ml’ silowll by flit: unrcvlscd lll-count of tho Ilullwny llcpal'lluc,llt.. These figurl-s wcro sufficlontiy staggering in l'l‘(’.(‘ll'.l' some explana- llou from tho Minisulr who presid- ed cvcr Ibo finals-cs oi‘ tbo coun- try. . Tho blinIs-tol- of I-‘lnuuco clnimcrl that. lilo not dcbl of (‘anada was reduced by $41,800,000 during lll-l ated by ibc government. of the counrry. ""l‘ilc significant. thing," .\lr. lllcut or ilrallcll of llll‘ govcrnmenr. unmoly. tho Canadian National liabilities: wore no! included lii ibc .\linistcr's stalolncut. llo failed l.o include all increase in n long term of indebt- cdncss to tho public by tbn rail- ways of $46,098,000. Tho whole truth was not in- cludcd. Tho long term debt of tho National Railways to the public exclusive of nil its debts to t-Ilc government. increased by $168,000.- 000 between 1021i and 1927 while during the same period the Minis- ter of Finance mlalmed tiln n~t debt. retiuction for Canada of $105,- 000,000." "If." ‘Mr. (‘alum proceeded, "all tho government. accounts were kept lll ono department. of Finance, the minister would have had to an- nbuncc nn increase of over $62,- 340,000 in tho nct liabilities of‘ tilt‘. ' government to lhn investing public during lilo four yours mentioned." r. Cohan said the Minister of Finance might have stated that the reduction in the sales and in_ come taxes were decreases on taxation which the government themselves had imposed. government had found the sales tax at the rate of three percent and had IIIDPEISQII n w six percentl cl 3 and after discovering that it in- raw nlaterial u variety of che being and will be based," reduced 40 percent. using nothing bllt Pennsylvania anthracite, Canada is using coke, British coal. Quebec for domestic increased from about 270.000 tons from Great Britain. tilo »-movelnent has grown yearly until last year 135 ships entered the polt of Montreal three _quarters of_ a million tons of anthracite from the British Isles. This movement is going to be per- manent because it; is based on. transacted, which applications for an excellent report; from the com- mittee on the Endowment Fund of the Odd Fellows Home past. fiscal your. 'l‘ll.l| was lruc" only ill a restricted Hllliflli- There was another “sprinting dcparl- N. was pleasantly card games. The first prize for auc- tion, a beautiful pearl handled knife. was won by Bro. lPhil How- att. closely followed by Bro. Percy. Down who received second prise, u; tobacco pouch. The first prize for bridge was won by Bro. R. L. Hens- tis. second prize by Bro. John Her- on four percen cent. ed the abolition of this tax at an early date. ‘to meet the , creased the cost of living hsd first domestic vealed hostultyflfbetvreea , two reduced it ftvc percent, then to trade. Gives Advice to People in Maritimes-—- Value o1‘ Coal Steadily lie Declares. OTTAWA. Feb. 20.-Coal is a for more valuable asset today to _ any coumry possessing it ma“ it negotiations practically have been was a generation ago and, u; will beiconeluded by the United States for - still more valuable to coming gen-film uqlllfimlm ‘l! 9- 94w 1'01‘ m0 ‘u ‘eratiolm. Dr. Charles Calnsell, nnanlinlled Stews Iver-Hon offices in yes F.R.C.B., F.G.S.A.. Deputy Minister Ottawa, state department officials 1n of Mines, said, addressing the Ot- ' as tawa Canadian Club here Satur- by. "It is not only the source of heat and power but it is becoming the pon which a greaband adjoining the Rldeau Club, on mical industries are, he added. “(lcrulnny is proving that cIcc-, cal cncrgy. ilydrogen and coal are tho nlost. important factors in the production of synthetic materials and with vision, courage and tech- nical skill our coal resources, may, and will in time. be made the cause these resources lie, and incidentally to tile wlloie of Cartsda," said the doctor. worth consideration by Canadians in the Maritime Provinces, British Columbia and Alberta. He urged this idea as well r | The importation of anthracite om the United States has been Instead of anthracite, low volatile The Ilse of coke in Ontario and‘ purposes has 21923, to nearly a million tons in 197 Dr. Csmsell stated that previous 1922 no. anthracite was imported Since then carrying over und ecoolunie principles. he said traffic conditions on the Atlan- tic and s. freight rstc across the can of about $1.50 per ton, against a rail rate of $4.50 from the jPemtsyIvanIa fields to Montreal. l 00 Chinese Drowned (Special to The Guardian) SHANGHAI. Feb. 20.-—Ab0l.lt. 300 to hinese today were reported have been drowned in a. coliision' Saturday night off Chian Kiang be- tween the Chinese steamer Hsln to Kiting. and the Japanese steamer, Meeting 0f St. Lawrence Lodge Al. the regular meeting of Si.’ balwrence ledge N0. 8, 1'. O. O. F.‘ he d. lest night the attendance was a. record one. practically all the of- s°h°°b (‘"3" flcers were present, amid Bro. w. w. Down ‘in the ° chain the Noble" After the usual business was membership, in Plcteu S. The remainder of the evening pent. in playing| The evening was ose by the serving of refreshments capably handled by an energetic committee. The meeting and enter- tainment wss declared bly all pres- 5c}, ent to be one of the best ever held in St. Lawrence Lodge. l. and now to three per- They should have announc- Charles _ Camsel] and homo games. alacortling to an- Resovrces Site Purchased For Increasing,‘ aw‘ last, but not least, the certainty o o which will greatly , increase your, uta. Meru. The Atsuts. Maru left 31st lLondon Feb. 15. Championship willgwisinacnicol Writes From England Be Decided Mar. 5 (Canadian Press) IIALIFAX, N. 5., Feb. 20. - Th0 ‘1928 amateur, ‘hockey championship of tho Maritime Provinces will In: (lctcrmined on March 2 and 5, when tho Nova Scotiu title holders will moet tho New Ilrunswick-dlrinco Edward Island Champions in home nounconlcnt made hero tonight. y American Legation ' (Special u» The Guardian) . expressed doubt today whether ac- tual work on the building could be- gin in less than a year. The site facing the Canadian Government Parliament buildings. Wellington street. is considered one of thtrbest in the Canadian capital. While thc price to be paid was not; divulged, it. is known to l into six figures for the approximately 6.000 square feet involved. Under the purchase age-cement, present lessees of the b s on during the winter months, it is ilk-i ely that construction will not; begilll until the spring of 1929. Plans for the building have not yet been drawn, but it. will be. of the office type and thoroughly mo- dern. ll; will furnish space not only for the, legatlon but for all other activities of the United States Government in Ottawa. --_-_4-o§_€___ HHH MHH llY5 UNIY! One Day 0'3.- a Week Left to Enter for Oratory Contest. Just one day over a. week left now for you to make up your mind whether or not you want an oppor- tunity to win the substantial prizes, a chance totake a trip to Europe. f getting somepracticc in the art f public speaking-s. knowledge of chances of rising to the top in what. ever profession you follow. So. students of our schools and colleges, if you are eligible, send in the application form, which you will find elsewhere in this issue NOW. Last day for entries is March Jennie Cook, Murray River High School. Mslda Ferguson. Dunstaffnage Winnipeg. I-iis wife resides in thc about, Manitoba capital, it is believed Lemuel Prowse. West Kent here. SchooL E. Benjamin Rogers, Wales College. Margaret H. Campbell, Rochford Square School. , Edith Douse, Prince Street Prince of Margaret Coffin, Montague High S hool. J. Howard Buntain. Prince of Wales collcpe. Willard Picketts, Prince of Wsles l9! West Kent School. City. ‘ John Denny, West. Kent School. Margaret Lsmbe. Springfield. Helen Goebee, Murray River High l oo. Harry J. Iewis. West Royalty. Hilde. M. Hooper, Murray Rwcr High school. Penelope Martin, New Perth School. Emmet Gallant, 8t. Ann's School Hope River. John R. Sterling, Montague High brought. , to a gchm; Arthur o. Malley, Aiberton High School. Ralph Larkin. Alberton High 001. Elsie MacLure, late Earl Haig. "It was more impressive than ally other I have seen," he says. “The funeral music was wonderful." . "The streets arc full of life and Home" full of smart, well looking men and women," he writ- es. "I like London. It is nonsense to salv that England is decaying. Thcre is no decadence. on the ice. expedition, has England t Force. (Special to The Guardian) TORONTO, Feb. 20.——In a letter received by C. E. Calert, treasurer of the Toronto Central Conserva- tive Association, from John R. Mae- Nicol, president of tile Dominion and Ontario Conservative Associa- tions, who‘ with Mrs. visiting England 0n the invitation of Premier Baldwin, Mr. MaeNicol writes: “We had tea. today in Buck- lugham Palace and were presented to His Maiesty and the Queen. As we had Just fCtiiPflBil from a week's visit in France, Her Majesty talked to lviirs. MacNieol about Paris and asked her how she liked that City. WASHINGTON. “b. 2o‘_whue ilghne Palace is all that is said about Mr. MacNicoI was nladc a bel- of the Savage Club and he lvas given a dinner while lll London in his honor by the Marouis of Salis- bury at his home at. Hatfield. Mr and Mrs. MacNicol expect to re- main in Europe for some weeks yet. Plane Missing For Past Three Days (Canadian Press) OTTAWA. Ont... Feb. 20. —- An aeroplane of the Hudson straits expedition piloted ly Flying Officer A. Lewis and carrying Flight Sergeant Terry and one native, has been missing for ' the past three days, the Depart- ment. of National Defence announc- ed today. The plane left Burwell on a pat_ rol and observation trip at ll o'clock on tho morning of February -1'ltll and Officer Iewis at 3.15 p. m.. that his position was unknown and that he was landing That is the last in- formation receivcd of the plane al- though search by dog team along the coast has been undertaken. A plane has also searched the coast between Waken Bay and Okpat Squadron Leader T. A. Lawrence, commander of the Hudson Strait reached Burweii flying from Waken Bay and Flight Lieutenant. Leach has also reached this point. flying from Nottingham. the National Defence Departlnentfi." advices stale. Lsland in Ungava. There are now three Flying Officer equipped with As far as ‘is known Flight Scr- geant Terry has no relatives rc- sldinlz in Canada. He came from o join the Canadian All" »--—<o> -~~- \ (in: LADlEs SfRosC. FoR ins FREEDOM Montague High School. L. George Dewar, New Perth School. J. Aeneas MacDonald, Mt. Stew- art School. C. Isabel Brown, York School. Richard Carley, West Royalty The volume of taxation llad not diminished, Mr. Cohen contended. J“ apart from the decrease in_ their sch”- own imposition. ages: in the excise tax of 084.000,- duction in the yegrg gm goygmuMli. Stewart QChCOl. NOW Perth ment hsd been in office. Cohan declared that the Conser- Ann's School. Bone River. Murray lvative party approved the general River High sdbeotspl-lnngeldsdhml principle that from timé in time, West Kent 8811001, Ch-lotteiown; tlle customs tariff should be revised Dunsteflrlage School, Except for a de- 1025 there hsd been no re- Mr. changing conditions of industry and foreign school, Charlottetown; Prince street tetown. School. Maclenn, Montague High As will be tinted from the above list, pupils have so fer entered from York school, West Reyeiw School, ‘School, Alberton High School, 8t. Prince of Rochford Bquele 5; Wales ‘College. school. Chariot Fresh TORONTO, Feb. 21. -—Marltime. to streak westerly winds mostly fair and colder- Toronto. cloudy Montreal. clear . Quebec. cloudy . Halifax, snow .. Saint John. fair Boston, clear New York, clear . Charlottetown lligil lllio this morning at. and tonight at. 10:53. Sun sols this afternoon at 5:35. sud rises tomorrow morning at 0:- 50. Now moon Tuesday, Feb- 17 a~ m- Summcrsldo tldo eighteen mill- utes later than Charlottetown MacNIcol is a. sight dressed, good government's planes at Btu-well undertaking search of the ice field. plane was gency rations, sleeping bags and a small stove to meet an emergency of this kind and it. is trusted that the endeavors now being nladc will result. in prompt finding of the missing men and plane. It is understood that Flying Of- flcer Lewis of the Royal Canadian Air Force was despatehed with the Hudson Straits expedition from Caslmslx Am: OF 1'HE'KNEE5" k\ muda.‘ Admiral Sir Welter Adlnirai Cowan is ports. He will April. "mm" Admiral F-‘tlilcl- Staff. Section at the Peace ill Paris in 1919. 25. lantic fleet from 1925 to i927. ..__.._{-o}---- homo solies in the Elimination llolakny series- llgonisll on Wctlnesrlnlv, Announcements, Coming Events, Bay. better oats, Iletler China- North ‘Tllyon. Lewis‘ emer- cial prizes and good music. , 2818-2-20-21 and Si. Pats play a Skate after galnc. not finc cn Friday. 112 Prince St. o l and Fahd ircrgusdlrs. l "Boys Purdic A- l-‘crgusolrs. Fcrgusonill, 2636-2-2141! "Ladies bow Ovcrshoss Frlitusolrs. 2636-2-21-31 lll" & Fersusolrs Shoe store. zkm Shore Hall on Februar 4-4 P‘ ll" Skating after game. 11:31. If stormy Thursday. 21st,, W. D. Ross, Secflr. lEWllMlHll IN lHllllll Eli Vice-Admiral Cyril T. M. Fuller t0 Succeed Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, at Ber- iiAMlL-TON, Bermuda, Feb. 20,- H. Cowan, ' eommander-in-chief of the America vgfvgdhggrfifggrgfimwexgsegrfllattfifi 1nd West Indies naval station ilere. will be succeeded on June 5th by Vice-Admiral Cyril T. M. Fuller. Thf/“IIGW admiral will arrive hem late in May to occupy Admiralty now aboard H. M. S. Despatell, luaking the en- nual cruise In his flagship to Wed Indian and Central American return here in is 58 years old and was appointed to the command of H. M. S. Hepulse in tile Grand Fleet in i918. Two years later he succeeded Sir Roger Keyes as Dir- ector of Plans Division, Naval War l He was, head of the British Naval Conference He was chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet in 1920_ 22, assistant-chic!‘ of the naval staff 1922-23 and third sea. lord and controller of the-navy in I923- Admiral Fuller commanded the battle cruiser squadron in the At- 1111310, N. S., Fell» 20. —-Tl'lii‘0 defeated Saint Francis Xavier Uni- versity one to nothing hero tonight in the first game of the home and Nova Scotla The second gslne will be played at An- Meetings, Etc “Robin itiood Rapid China Oat}. ‘fliockey at North Tryon Rink Tuesday night, Augustine Cove vs. Skating after game. 26-25-2-20-21 “Enlersld Hall. Last auction and dance of the season Tuesday, Feb. 21st. Starting at. 7.00 sharp. Spe- "llockcy- (‘time lo lllilllfll‘ Riv- er, February 21st. Se‘; the ltoysLs real game. 2648 "East llivcr Driving Club will hold a Ilolsrn race Oil ‘filursday, if 2651! ' “Dr. Ciift, M.D. in cilronic cases. Phone 897-J. Char’- lottetown. Self-Help. Don't delay. ‘ 2-16-1 m0. t ‘M-Itadics liillck (‘asllmcrette Ov- ll'I'f<ilIO('S with i buckles or 2 buckles straps. low or Cubuu heels, f spm-lul priteo to vicar $2.19. Purdie ' ’ 2iiil6-2-2l-3i l "Ladies llinck Wool Jersey Over- lsllnes, 2 huckio and 2 straps on Cu- ban and low ilcol lasts, to clear or. $2.1M‘? pr-r llllll‘. Purditl dz’. Ferguson's. 2036-2-21-31 (‘llsblncrelle Lumber- IlliIIlS- Willi lubber soles and heels. l~‘olt lining. Special price $2.25 at. 2636-2-21-5“ "Tireal (‘lclrauce Sale of 110s- icry. Silk, Silk and Wool and All Vlklol at 49c per pair. At Purdio & zrcndv lcdllocd prices at Purdie 8s "Great Sale of Ladies $6.00 and $700 shoes. broken lines, to clear at $2.49 and $2.95 oer pair at Pur- 2636-2-21-3f "Annual meeting of Bonsbow En: Circle will be held in Argyle y 23rd at ‘i 2632-21-1i "Iiockey-dtlorth Tryon Rink Wednesday numb-Victoria Married Men vs. North Tryon Married Men. 2684-2-2l-2l (‘Come to the concert and social in Brwdalbnne hall on Wednesday evonine, Feb. 22nd. Lunch served. 2640 "Lislinz lions, Seed, Fertilizer. "h. Lime and Fecd ut annual meet- lnr of Ulzz institute, Feb. 20in. Please come urennrod with orderl- 2M2