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\'i’l‘11'l<'l}°32'»'»’€3Z'2i'»°.l' iliilll oo l CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, sE1>'rs‘lviBsR 7, 1915 {°°g§f,;°;;°;;_g“;yv;,g1f;,,";_;;';;;‘§
BEDFORD SOLID W HESPERIAN GONE TO BOTTOM  
FOR WOOD AND FEEHAN WITHIN FEW MILES OF PORT,
LOSS OF” LIFE
Great Meeting at Corran-Ilan Las
Night Eulhusiastically in Favor o
Governmenltlandidates. Mr. Peter
Brodie lleluses to Answer Mr.
Feehan's Challenge. llr. Dewar
Strongly Supports the Mathieson
Government and Urges the Elec
,tors to Endorse Them at 1 the
Polls on the 16th. _
There was a crowded attendance in doctor, amid-applause, said he wa
the Corran Ban Hall last night wllen certaill that no one in Prince Edward
ss
al
1.
tho four candidates addressed the Island would consider himself le
electors. The meeting was ellthus- able than General French, Gener
iastically ill favor of the Government Joffre, Mr. Asquitil and Mr. A. J. Ba
candidates and rousing speeches were four, to do their bit between the ag
of sixty and sixty-live. If they turn-
ed out tile Matllieson Governmeilt wl
were they going to put ill its place
with greater force and vigor than at The Liberals had no record whlc
would warrant the electors ill givill
it-
lcism had been offered on the questio
of Premier Mathieson'll salary, and h
asked in all seriousness if they belle
delivered by Dr. Dewar and Mr. A. A.
McLean, M. P., ill their support. Mr.
Feehan was in great form speaking
any previous meeting. lllr. Wood was
also In capital form and had a splen-
did reception. Messrs. Chandler alld
McDonald, the Opposition candidates,
seemed depressed and wearled, the
latter pleading lil extelluation tllat
they had had a series of exhausting
meetings which had affected them, would act as Premier without sala
and pleaded for sllcrter aild fewer
speeches. Mr. Feellan challenged
Mr. Peter Brodie to substantiate his
statements made at \V,insloe and York
that $22,000 of the $26,000 granted by
the Dominion Government had been
paid to officials and produced the Blue
Book to show tllat far from that being
the case a balance of $6,000 remained
unexpended at the close of the tlllan-
cial year. When Mr. Brodie was called
he failed to respond and Mr. J. P.
Bradley took his-place. Mr. Bradley
was particularly violent in his de-
denunciation of the automobilists.
his language being so sulphurous that
a clergyman and several ladies pres-
ent visibly shuddered and would have
escaped had it been possible to get all
easy exit through the dense crowd that
packed the hall. Dr. Dewar, one of
the ox-members for the district deliv-
ered a. forceful speech in support of
the Government candidates and sub-
mitted three statements showing why
the Mathieson Government should be
again returned to power, He defend-
ed the Dog Tax and the Road Tax,
especially the tax oll men between
sixty and sixty-five and asked if tllcro
was one man ill tho audience wllo at
the age of sixty-five considered himself
a back number to stand and ict them
see him. No ono responded and thc
them a new lease of life. Some cr
ed for a moment tllat Mr. Beniam
eral party in their manifesto refus
lhad referred to _him as having retir
Mathieson. He could have got
quired a great deal of time. and
his paticllts tllat he should retire
ence with Premier Matllieson the d
ed for some years. That was abs
utoly incorrect. Ho and Mr. Feeh
once ill the attention' they gave
factorily looked after there as -in a
Mlnnrd's Llnimant Cures Dlnhthsrla
CONDEN SED- A US.
TOO LATE FOR
CLASSIFICATION
ONE CENT pér word each inser-
tion for advertising in this column-
Cash must accompany orders. Mini-
mllm °l1'“'¥°°- EW°.’1E!f‘13-'¥‘?‘_‘f°:  __
WANTED se ones ilrish* hvy 1° d°
errands in office. Apply to Guardian
0ffl°°- _L_,_,}l“,1.'3'3}°‘?‘."
LOST A HAND CROCHETED VOKE
‘ near Grafton St. Finder please leave
at 50 Water St. 2855-9-6-m3Ni_pi
WANTE5 AT oNcE-i-louse FOR
small family, centrally looatsd.-Ap-
ply at this oill_ce. _ _ M 15ifQ-3-2{§'f¢f-
WANTED -A POSITION BY AN
experienced man as caretaker for]
a fox ranch. Apply to P. 0. BOX 147
Charlot&l_to_wn;____»‘?_35§-9;6°m§L
TO LET A LARGE DOUBLE FRUNT
bodroom, pleasantly furnished in a
central location.Prlvate family. Ap-
ply at Guardian. ` 255§'_§_-}1_l§4f_f-
COMPOSITOR WANTED-JOB AND
sd. compositor wsngedll staaxigdlgg
and good wages. DD!
Once- - ._,.-_21"1_18'_‘)!“‘§_‘.‘_~
BUSINESS ENVELOPES. -No. 3
printed with name and address
either on Goal or front, $3 D91' 1-000:
iaoo for 2. oo; $12-00 for 0-000-
20 for $10.00. GUARDIAN OF-
FICE-' 
MINK ' FEE ' EILE.-FINEST AN
darkest Island ranch-raised mink-
Will sell ten pairs at a sacrifice t0.
make room for the rest. NGISOII
Waldron, Tyne Valley, P.E. island.
2852-9-6m3l
T0 LET. New double tenement house ~
on Upper Hillsboro Street, possess-
ion given Sept. 15th. Complete with
sewerage, hot water and electric
liglltn. Rents moderate. Apply to F-
R. Newsom, Brighton, Phone 481.
. 2780-8-81-mill _
THE UNDENBIGGNED OFFERS FOR
sale two lots of land in the town of
Souris East, containing one acre
each , located near Bt. Mary!
Church. Apply to the owner. Mrs-
Joseph Doyle, P. 0. Box ln) Char
lottetown. 2817-ll-3 Blvd-
FOR°lALli--BUILDING ON NORTH
side of King Street, used bl’ MP- ,
Robert Wood as s bosrdins stable: Mr. Villard said, that there can be
land 48 feet front, extending back itlzenshl or loyalty or
70 feet. Apply to W. E. Bentley,
Bunk of Nova Scotia Chambers.
2844-ll-4mtf.
Mlnsros Llnlmens cum gsrsst in cows
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silly and tho car fcrry and wldeni
of the railway guage. it would
Borden Government if they turn
down the Mathieson Government
ceived turllod round alld defeated t
lotal Government through which
was obtaincil. I-le appealed to t
oloctors to return Messrs. Wood a
experienced representatives th
collld elect, who would carefully lo
Mathieson Government, which h
to point to il single thing in that
cord to which they could honestly a
legitimately take exception. Ho de
measures introduced, showed the i
provement ill the public works, a
roads than they now had. What h
been done was but the foundations
which the Mathieson Government
tended to build, and in the course
what could he done by 'au enlighten
The proceedings, which were throu
D out most favorable to the Governme
terminated with cheers for the can
dates.
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GERMANS IN UNITED STATES
SERIOUS PROBLE
here today declared that the mo
ment among American citizens of
conquered other great evils.
Mr. Villard said he was “born
Foreigners becoming American c
code of laws. _
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(cries of "no, llo.”) He agreed wit
them, and they could not expect a ma
to devote ills time and ability to the
administration of the affairs of th
Province without remuneration. Wit
regard to the Automobile Act, h
e
Rogers, were he returned to powe
e
drew attention to the fact that the Lib-
to pledge themselves against the auto.
Dr, Dewar proceeded to outline some
of the many things which the Mat
iesoll Government had done for tl
people during the three complete yea
‘of office. He said that Mr. Chandl
h.
le
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because Ile could not support 131'.
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nomination if he had desired, but r
presenting a constituency like that r
h
felt it was due to his profession and'
at
this time from the l-louse. Mr. Chan-
dler had said tllat because of his diff?
s_
trict had been practically unrepresell
ol-
an
had opposed the Automobile Act, but
that had not made the slightest lliffe
1° il ' v
tho needs of the district and the roads bombs has been ca;-riog On, On Sep;
and Dllbllc W0i`k5 had been W sans' 1. as we announced in that day's coni-
n
other part of the Province. He refe
rcil to the great benefits received fro
Ottawa since tho present Governme
camo illto owcr, including the su
nl
nt
b.
ug
be
he
ed
at
ld
ll.
equivalent to a slap in the face to t
the prcscnt time. No party wou
have ally respect for a Province whic
after tho consideration they had re-
, he
n
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ok
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ad
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Fcohail as two of tho bcst and mo
after their interests and support tl
done so much, and would still do mu
more, for the benefit of the Provlnc
(Applause) Mr. A. A. McLean I’
lowed with a capital speech in whi
he defended the Mathieson Govcr
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ment's record, and challenged anyone
nd
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at length with the many progressl
iasked if anyone could honestly s
they had ever experienced bett
the next foirr years they would s d
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sh-
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di-
policy and progressive adminlstratlo
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on
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 4.--Os-
wuld Garrison Villard, publisher of t
New York Evening Post, in sn addre
benre the Laurel Hill Associati
v
or-
an
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f
sign birth, especially those of Germ
descent, to form bodies apart from t
citizenship, presented a far 1-enchi
domestic issue which the Amerie
people must conquer as they ha
on
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il t a usll
e o un ers n , -
1°" should be ma ‘ ON! GINT per word esoh inser-
tion for advertising in this column.
,Cash must accompany orders. Mini-
German soil," "of a German fathe
no
divided c ll si~
legiance under the American Gag, th
I no one can accent politicstobligatlo
here while at heart loysl to snoth
social system and entity or anoth
IIB
NO RECORD
(Special to the Guardian.) ,
LONDON, Sept. 6.-The Hespcriall
sank at 0.45 this morllillg within li
few miles of Queenstown, after Capt.
Main and a volunteer rescue crew of
25 had made a brave iigllt to bring the
crippled ship into port. During the
night the I-iesperiau settled gradually
by the head, and _daylight showed
dccks awash and the liner about to
take the final plunge. The captain
alld crew were taken off ily rescue
boats alld landed later at Queenstown
by thc steamer Empress. Tho iles-
perlan having sullk in deep water will
probably prevent all investigation to
determine whether the disaster re-
sulted from a submarine's torpedo or a
mine. The passengers and crew assert
positively that the vessel was struck
by a torpedo. but thus far no state-
ment has been obtained from uuyolle
who saw the submarine or torpedo.
3 (Special to the Guardian.)
PARIS, Sept. G.-Great prominence
is given by the morning papers to the
torpedoillg of the I-lcsperiall, but all
&e<:lare themselves at a loss to find
6 theory to act for such a proceeding
by ll German submarine six days after
Ambassador Voll Bernstorff’s solcmll
assurallces to the United States that
no more liners would be torpedoed,
unless the Hesperlall tried to rulll tile
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YET OF ACTUAL
underwater craft or attcill|ll,cd to
escape, neither oi' which she appears
to have done. _
(Special to the Guardian.)
QIIEEENSTOWN, Sept. 6.-Tho
Queenstown agency of thc Allan Line
acknowledged to-day that 45 ilrst-class
passengers of thc llcsperiall, 125
second-class and 168 third-i-lass pas-
sengers had bs-cu nc<-ountcd for and
that It could not say at this time how
many wcro lliissillg. The number of
lllcn in the crow was 286, ui' whrlni
there have been act-,lipnioll for 250, not
including those wllo rcnlzllllcd ill thc
Hesperlall until she wont down. Tllcsc
figures the agency says, are approxi-
mately correct. No news had been
received here concerning the sinking
of the Hespcriaii other tllnn the facts
tllat she went dowll at 0.45 this morn-
ing alld that they were rescued. Tile
weather last night was rather bail.
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Sept. 6.-The Allan liner
Hesperiall, attacked by a German sub-
marine off the Irisll const oil Sunday
evening sank at 6.47 a.m. to-day while
proceeding to Qileellstowll. A later
message froln Queenstown said that
wireless reports received by tho Allan
Lille stated that Capt. Main and the
members of the crew of the Ilesperlan
`wllo had rvnlaillcd oil board were
tnkcn oft llvforc thi: stozllllor foillliicr-
<-ll. ’I`llc ilospvriall rcinailicil afloill;
lid hours after lleillg struck, mill it was
rc-ported she could bo towed into
Qlloellstowli. (iaplaiil Main and 20
lllelllbcrs of thc crow had remained
aiboiirll. Several stcalllcrs were stami-
ilig by. Late l‘cporl.i-l allowed tlliit the
llcspcrioll was dowll ily tho bow to
about 35 i`iict, with water ill hcl' lwo
l'ili'\viiril l-olllplirtlllcllts. (‘aptuiil Main
was tllcll oil tho llrillgii. llo|li~i'ul ol'
,illeiilg illlli- to save his ship.
(Special to the Guardian.)
Qlli<lENS'l`O\VN, Sept. G. - Six
secolld-class, six third-class and thir-
teen ofthe crew ofthe I-lespcrian wcrc
ullaccoullteil 1`or to-uiglit, according to
oiflciill ligures isuoil by the Allan Lille.
This brings the probable death list,
including Mil-is Carllorry, of St _]ohn’S,
lNewfoulldlalld, whose body is llcro, ilp
to 2G. The captain of thc stricken
lilier renlzliiled by his ship until she
sank. He declined to comment oil the
disaster for pllhlicatlon, hence the
official stzltenlellt as to whether he
believes thc ship was tl victim of o.
torpedo or il llllllc lllllst, come from the
Adillll'alt_\'. although thc captain is
quoted as having told Allan Line
officials to-day tllnt the Ilesperian was
torpedoed.
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WESIIIIN IHIIIHI
(Special to the Guardian.)
PARIS, Sept. 6.-Official-Last night
witnessed a violent artillery bombard-
ment lll which batteries of both Freilcll
and Gerniall of all calihres took part,
to the north aild south ot' Arras, of
Rocllilcourt .and of Bretencourt. There
was also fairly spirited canllonailing
ill the Cllampaglle district, ill the
vicinity of Auberive. llletlle Argonne
there was lighting with mines at
Courtes Cahussees. French aeroplalles
have bombarded the barracks at
Dieuze and at Morhange.
(Special to the Guardian.)
PARIS, Sept. 6.-Official-Artillery
actions continued along thc whole
front. ln the scctor to the north ol’
Arras our .batteries inflicted heavy
damage oil the German trenches. lil
the region of l"toye in Champagne, on
the Pel'thos-Beausejour frollt, ill thc
Forest of Aprcmont and to the llortli
of Cirey the artillery duel has been
particularly spirited. In the Vosges,
Y' at Scllratszmanllcle and at llartnlilllils-
Wcilerko f a combat b mcalls of big
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munication of 11 o’clock. ill thc cvcll-
ing four German aeroplailcs canlc to
botnbard Lullcville, all open town,
where there is absolutely no military
installation to destroy. Our cllcnlics
brought refinement to the poillt wllerc
they clearly aimed at the populace
sections and selected for the execu-
tion of their victims the day and the
hour of the market. As a. consequence
the victims unfortunately were too
numerous and wei'c for the most part
women and childrcn. As a mcasuro
of reprisal forty of our aeroplancs this
morning bombarded the station works
and military ostabllslllncilts of Sanr-
bruckcll. Tho aviators noted that thc
results attained were collsidcralllc. A
German acroplalle has hccll obliged to
land at Calais. 'i`llc aviators wcrc
takell prisoners. Enemy acroplancs
have dropped bombs oil Saint Dio with-
out causing ultllcr loss of life or
damage. »
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TORONTO, Sept. 7.-Maritime:
Light to moderate winds; fair alid
warm.
THE WEATHER.-Yesterday was
line, clear alld bright wltll refreshing
breezes.
The highest temperatilre recorded
yesterday was 76 deg. above zero.
At 9 o’clock yesterday morning it
registered 84 degrees above. The cold-
est the previous llight was 54 deg.
above zero.
The tide will be high today at 8.27
and Wednesday at 9.24: it will be
high tonight at 10, and Wednesday
night at 10.35.
The sun sets this evening at 6.28
and Wednesday at 6.26; it rises to-
morrow morning at 5.29.
The moon sets this afternoon at
5.55. '
The last quarter of the moon was
o Wednesda Se t lst at 10 57 am
9° Thursday, Sept. Dth at 6.53 a. m.
row thirteen hours and one minute.
COMING EVENTS,
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
at
mum charges, twenty-five cents.
I WIH SIIPPIIES
Ill lllllllll SIIIIS,
n Y. D- - - -
, There will be a new moon on
The length of today will be thirteen
hours and four minutes and of tomor-
MEE'1‘INGS¢ ETC.
IIIISI BHIIISH
' (Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Sept. G.-All oiilcial casu-
alty list publisllcd to-day contains the
llalnes Ot' 194 officers and 4,000 men ot'
the army and navy. The roll of pri-
vates includes 851 missing, who are
believed to have been drowned when
the trullsport Royal lflillviird was sunk
by a German submarine ill thc Aegean
Sea. Tile greater number ol' casualties
reported among officers is still frolll
those serving ill the Dardallcllcs.
Among the dead is Lieut. Lester, heir
of Lord Ilibblesdale.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-To-day‘s casu-
alties, includillg Ailstralinlls and New
Zealanders. are 79 officers. of whom
25 were killed or died ot’ woullds, allil
1,543 ill thc ranks, of wliolll 158 are
dead. The rcglnlelits silfirrillg lllost
by wounded are thc 4th Worccstnr-
shire, West Manchester, (ith Bordorers
and 8th Welsh.
(Special to the Guardian.)
BERLIN, Sept. 6.--By wireless to Lon-
don (oilicial)-We learn from Geneva
that the itouillallinlls residing iii Swit-
zerland have received instructions to
report at their regilnclltall divisions.
IUHKISH |]lSIllllllIl
SIINK lil ILLIIES
(Special to the Guardian.)
ATI-IENS, Sept. 6.-The Turkish
torpedo boat ilcstroycr Yar liissar wus
uullk ill lilo Soil of Marliloril by all
Allicilsublilurine. " '
HHIIISH SIIIMIH
SUNK Ill EIHMINS
,I (Special to the Guardlan.)_
LONDON. Sept. 6.-~'l`hc British
slcalnor (`yllllli-lille was sunk. Six
members of tho crew were killcd and
six illjurod. :li others wcrc landed
safely. The t‘ymbelinc was a tank
steamer of 4.505 tons gross, 370 feet
long.
llllllMlNll BUYS
(Special to the Guardian.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.--Col. Mlclescil,
lllur bralloh of the Roulllail
ready for call. ‘P
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nouMANiA s1'oPs ooi.o Ano
' alum
Fon 'rttnltisi-i ues.
LO.\'l)()N. Sept. 4.-“ The ltouman
export of cereals and the transit o
gold through Roumanla, the effect o
the decision being that Germany wil
01"
the value of the crops to prodlli-cr
or I "Canvas stretchers, 75c each. Agri- in order to avoid a crisis.”
cultural Hall . 2278-7-27Mtf.
EISUIIII IISI BUSI IN UIIIWI
of the art Y '
ian ariuy, arrived here to-day fl‘0l1\ place, was sllot and killed this morn-
Bordeaux with commission to purchase
in the United States supplies for the
Iloumaniall army. part of wllicll pilr-
chase will he boots and shoes. t‘ol.
Mlclescu declined to comment on thc
possibility ol' ltoumania entering thc
war, hilt he said about 500,000 troops
had been mobilised and fully equipped
ian government. has stopped further
be ullable »to send more money to
Turkey," says the ,Bucharest corres-
pondent of the Times. The Govern-
ment will advance sixty per sent. of

(Special to the Guardian.)
OTTA\V_A, Sept. 6.-Sir Robert
Borden has lost no time ill getting
dowll to business. Although just
back fronl England alld France and
although the day was a Government
holiday, the Prime Minister was at
ills office ill the east block hard at
work. A series of Cabinet councils
will be hold this week when two or
three important questions which have
been ill aheyallcc durillg Sir Robert’s
absence will bc taken ilp. '
lt is not known what tllo Primcl
Millistcr’s attitlldo will bo with regard
to lilo proposed oxtonsi-oil of tho Par-
lianloiltz-lry tcrlll, llilt this question ii-I
rlllc which will probably bc taken up
\viili nt. :lil ozlrly date. In tho mcali-,
tinlc thorc socnls to bo littlo likclillo0d|
of il fall session of Parlianlciit unless*
for the purpose oi' meeting some spor-
ial and spcciilc need. Most people
oll Parllanlollt 1-llll look for a short
session curly ill the New Year. While
this is tho case. llowcvcr. there will
bo the usual departlllelllal prepara-
tions custolnl-lry at this time of year,
such. for example, as thc proparatioll
partmcnts have already rocoivcd rc-
qilcst for tlloso and work upon their
plrlmriilioll will proccriil at ollcil.
It is cxpectcii that the policy of the
Goverllliloilt with regard to the public
works expenditure for the next fiscal
year will bc the same as is being fol-
lowed this ycnr, provision being made
for the carrying oil to completion of
works alrcady under contract. lloll.
Robert llol.-gcrs, who has adlloroii
strictly to this progrllillnlc l‘olilrnllll to
Ottawa todliy and cullorl oll Sir Robert..
The military ostilllalcs will, of
course, ho lloztvy, although tho. amount
to bg appropriated or proviflcil will
ilcpolld upon tho posi-ailvlo ox|lani~llnn
of lilo nlllit.ill'y propariliiolis already
lliulortakcn by tho Govcrilnlcllt.
'l‘ho liilllilrcd millions providml for
lust session and loaned frolll tiluo to
tiilin by thc llllpcriill (iovvrllrlloilt. has
proven sutflciollt for tho prograninlo
up till now, llol' has thc fund boon ex-
llzulsted. Witll thc coiltlnuallcc of
tho war an equal or largcr :llllount will
likcly be ncocsszlry for lloxt year, ul-
tllougll this will depend upon thc ex-
tension which additional war equip-
lllcnt will make necessary.
Mlnard's Llnlmcni cures .Ncurslpls
,EUUKSHIHE Mill
MUlll]IIll|l lil IMPIUIII
COOKSIIIRE, Quebec, Sept 4. -
Robert Westgate, senior partner of
the firm of Robert Westgate and Sons,
sawmill owllers and lunlbernlell of this
ing, the murderer being an employee,
Joseph Alfred Szlllschagcln.
The coronor's jury tonight brought
ill a verdict. to the effect that accus-
eil was guilty of murder.
MATE STABBED TWICE BY
SAILOR AT PARRSBORO
PARRSBORO, N. S., Sept. 4.-Guu-
er Jockumsen, mate of the Norweg-
lun bork Laila Rookh, now loading
deals ill l’a.rrslloro Road, was stabbed
twice yesterday aftorlioon by one of
. tho crow \vllo hail rctilscil to obey
orders.
The mate was tring to enforce obed-
ience when the sailor drew a knifn and
stablled him ill the back and thigh.
Tile wound in the back would un-
uudoubtedly have been severe if the
knife had not struck the back bone,
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,, the leg and is very niilful. The sail-
I The other wound is in tho muscles of
RUSTICO ELECTORS
,ARE ALSO IN LINE
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Government Candidates Enthusiasti-
, cally Endorsed at one oi the
Largest Joint Meetings oi Cam-
paign. Ridiculous Exaggerations
and Misrepresenlations oi Grit
Gandidates trushingly Exposed by
Messrs Jenkins and Bunlain.
Premier Mathieson Given Gen-
uine Gvation.
Ono of the largest joint meetings
ill the campaign and one overwllelnl-
ingly alld ullmistakably in support_of
tile Goverllnlcllt was held last evenlllg
ill Rustico Bank, stallding-room being
at a. prenliulll, wllile the lukewarm at-
telltioll paid to Liberal candidates
showed plainly tllcy were not wanted
ill the district.
The Premier, Holi. J. A. Mathieson,
was present, in addition to the can-
didates Holl. L. L. Jenkins and Mr.
J. li. Buntain, and their opponents,
Messrs. George E. Hughes and John
McMillan.
Mr. Joseph Doucette, of Rustico,
was appointed Chairman alld Mr. Jos-
eph Desroclles, Secretary. The Gov-
ernment candidates were given the
heartiest possible receptloll and their
addresses were listened to with the
kceiiest attention.
Mr. McMillan was the first speaker.
He was received coldly. His speecll
was n monotonous repetition of charg-
es whicll were utterly exploded by the
Goverlllllellt speakers. lie said that
some people claimed that the Govern-
nlellt. did not receive the subsidy of
$100,000, but he personally admitted
the fact ulld gave them credit for it.
Ile cl'itir:ised the Roads Act and talk-
ed at random about ill<-reased taxa-
tion. '
Filldlllg the audience oftell absolutely
discouraging so far as lilly applause
was collci-rllcil, Mr. McMillan resorted
to tho old out slalldcrs. llc wus dealt
with ably by nil tho (lovcrlllncnt
spcnkols liild hc l-lftclwvnrils regretted
lloviilg touizlicd thc qilcstioil at all.
Ho rciorrcd to thc Public Accounts
and stntod that the Govcrnllicllt paid
Mr. iilakc 22 cents por pound for mcat
for tho militia and 15 cents a pound
for llioiit for the ilsylulll. Tile Pre-
nlioi' ilskoil llilll/if hc lllatic this state-
mont ol’ his own knowledge and hc
liild to lirlnlit rather sllanlofaccdly that
“llc was only told so." }lc closed his
speech. which was all illlcolllnlonly
‘lf the "'“I'I"I"I°S~ S°m"' of III" df* 'limp oliv with lilo assurance amidst
lziilglliilr. tllllt ho anti his collcaglio
wolllli llc rlitllriloil on thc 16th, bilt
sonltllliliiy silggcstcii that hc lllcallt to
thcir llonlcs. ,
'i‘lle next spcnker was Mr. Buntain,
who gave all excellent address. ill
which Ile collciscly rcviowod thc ro-
roril of thu Govcrilnlolit during the
lilsl 3'/it yours. frolil tho sccollil tiny of
llfwclllllor, lilll, whoil they took
vlliirgo ill' lilo iipilllilii»: di-.bl of $l.|l71!.-
000 ilccilillilliiivd iiilrilil: this Lille-rail
llllillidlllillistrutlilil up to lilo pl‘i-sililt
tlillo. ol' pi'os|ll:l'ity lillii llrlpv. iio lllliflo
sitrikiiig i-<llilpiirisoiis lliliwculi thi- lax
roilriilot of lilo affairs of thc province
uililor tho ruii-. o|` tho l.illorlils, and illi-
iilipnlvoil llllliliigilliioilt iillilcr tllo pro-
soiit (ltlvi-rliiiioilt, lin pililltod out illi-
vust lilllliwlvolllollt ill cvcry rlcplirt-
lnollt ol' pulllii- sol-vii-il, und rcfcrrcd
to sillllu oi' tho illollilllicllt.-l of thc ox-
ccllolli, work i~iirrii-rl on (luring tho
past 111/2 yczlrs ill tllc way of steel
llridgcs null other pernlanellt works.
lic ileillt with tlio oriucatioll qilestloll
and quoted ilgurcs to prove the cllor-
molls lliivlliltill-rcs which the toar‘llol‘s
have rnccivofl uilrlcr thc proscnt Gov-
iernlllollt. Tllo Liberals tnlkod about
vitill statistics, llilt they lli-vcr vol-
lcrtod ally vital statistics tllcnlsolvos.
Mr. ilughes had said that thc Lib
orllls would put aside tho. Dog Tax to
rcimburse those who lost sllcop.
Would it not be better. thc spcnkcr
said, to llnvo the Dog Tax put oil the
roads than to llnve it pllt aside for
some othcr purpose, ns tllorc was al-
ready a. fund for sheep kllloil ily dogs?
Mr. Bulltoiu very :lilly dcillt with the
oats scandals illld plilrrod the Patriot
and its lniilioll ill all ullr-li\~illllle light.
Mr. i\lcMlllall hail made tho stntclllcllt
that the pcoplc of llouc oi' the otllr-r
proviilcos had boon llskcd to contri-
blllc to the war, wllerons in P. E. ls-
lllllrl the filrnlors were called upon to
llnakc coiltributloils of oats. Mr. Buil-
talll pointed ollt tllnt the coutriblltloll
was entirely voluntary, tllal llollody
was asked to give nnytlllllg, nllil l\lr.
McMillall‘s argument was therefore
very silly slid puorilc. Not onl_\' that,
it was illlpatrlotic nnd‘ nlcan of llinl.
after tho good people of the pro\'lil<~i»
had wlllillgly in the cxerutioll of their
duty given of their illlllllilllllce to the
ldmplro, to talk about that gift ill til
ierrcd to the mean little canlpillg
treated these with duo contempt. i-l
or has been lodged in the town lock-
, up awaiting trial.
Mlnsrd's Llnlmsnt Gurss Rllsumstlsln
plause as he took his scat.
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light of il burden. Mr. liuntnln ro-
n
carried on by Mr. David Si-llilrmnli
and his ministerial co-politicians, and
spoke of the distribution of mussel
nlud, alld the oxcellcnt results which
had been obtained from it. lie was
given all enthusiastic round of ap-
whn was listened to with good-llatured
tolerance. While ziilnllttlllg that the
Liberals left the debt of $1,072,000
when they gave up office, llc had the
cool effrolltcry to claim that notwitli-
lnical. This, of course, amused thc
audience. ill regard to the subsidy
questloll, he readily admitted that the
present Government received $100,000.
Speaking of the old men's tax, he gave
the lie direct to the Patriot when he
admitted that the Liberals did fix the
age limit at 70, bilt he claimed that it
really never was enforced, which also
made thc audience sulile. Another in-
stance oi’ the laxity of the Liberal
Government The audience again en-
joyed a joke at Mr. Hughes’ expense.
In regard to the oyster business Mr.
llilglles changed his tune on this oc-
casion and said he was of opinion that
the granting of leases was all right.
The lion. L. L. Jenkins folio\ved
with a splendid alld unusually vigor-
ous speech, in which he scored the
Liberal candidates severely. He was
givell a lnaglllticolit hearing. At tllo
outset Ile flatly contradicted thc
statenlellt that the Government was
paying 15 cens or 22 cents per pound
for beef. The price was 9 coxlts. Mr.
McMillan had stated tllat the Liberals
paid out nothing for vital statistics,
while Ile kilcw vqry well tllat ills own
brothel' received money in that direc-
tion (Lo\ld cliecrs). Ml'. Hughes had
said that the drawing of $200,000 from
the capital by the (lid Conservative
Govorllnlcllt was rcsfioiisiblc to il very
large cxtcllt for thc debt of $1,072,000
loft by thc Liberals in 1011. Mr. Jen-
kins askcd the question "What had
thc present Govcrllnlcnt'to do with
thlit'.”' II’ they had acted oil ilinl prlll-
ciplc where would tllc country be to-
day? it thc Liberals had conducted
thc ailairs of tllo province as they
should have done they would not have
loft tho sralldalous debt they did. Mr.
.lclikilis rldii-ulod the charges of cx-
travllgailccls nlailc ily Mr. iiuglics, and
laliowcll, :lllild I tronlolliloils upplililsc,
irlst.alir‘ol~l wlloril thc Grit pllrty had
pilirl out illonoy for work which was
llcvor duno. On lilo other llunil, no
work is paid for to-day without the
knowledge of thc Auditor, who coun-
trrsigns all cheques. lll regard to
lllr. llilgllos' rcforillllrc to the Pre.
ilili‘r':-i szllliry, Mr. Ji-llkllis pointed out
ibut wlicrilzls Ml'. lilntllii-son is always
to bv t`iliiil<l iii his rlflli-in tho Liberal
l’i~i~.iliivi~.- \vi~l'c nov(-r to llc lizid wllell
t|lo_\' \\'r~l'i~ willllvil. Ill lllll. lliil At-
tilrlli-y-(lclii-riil's si-l`\'li~i~.~; cost the
i~olliltr_v (lvl-i‘ $6.000. lil 1914 tho cost.
was $2,730. ii. riulilr-tillil of iii-arly
$4,001), Spoiiklllg ln rciznrd to vililra-
tiilil ho sliirl tlliii it wiliild not bi- lllaily
_\‘oltrs lu-,i'ill'v lilo rising ge-lioriltion
rcilll'1.o<l til thi- full cxtont tho good
work of thi' |ll‘l-,solit i-ililvilliolllil sys-
tclii i-:lrrlwl oil b_v thi- (lovi-rlliilcllt.
llc lllllilo illll-i stiltvlllont. wiilloilt fear
ot' 1-illitniiliixtlilll. The pi'oi-;cllt Goy-
crlilliollt llilrl fillllllcil 'ovi-,l'_\'illlo ol'
its proiniscll, not tho loasl important
ot wlliifli was the lllailgilrlllloli ill' tho
ballot. It was ililo of tllc iiost tlliiigs
tho (lnvorlllllcilt had dollc, as zi Lib-
i-rlll hull told llinl, to liclp thi- poor
mall to got his rights. Mr. .Iollkills
rcfcrrcil to the mullii`csto of thc l.ib-
orlils, wlilcll he t-,lillrilclorizod lis ull
clldorsenlenl of the Vollservativc phil-
forlll. ln regard to tho ilrst part of
that platform, viz., to givf- assistaili-is
to the Enlpirc. he let ill a littlo light
on the record of the Liberal loailcr.
wllo during the lioor war exprossf-ii
himself in disloyal terms, and also
during this war had acted in such li.
sllzlnlofill lllallllor as to disgraito not;
only his pzlrty hilt his lliltlvv provillrt-_
tl.llild rllvorsl.
lil l~l~foi'clli~o to thc Lillcrni pril-
nliscs of In-ttcr enforcement ol' tllo
l‘rohlllillon Low Mr. Jenkins asked
nnlldst uproarlous applause whether
tho :lildiollrc thought that tho two
Lillilrlll czllidldlltes before tllolil thut:
night, wllnso record they know, so far
:ls prolllllitloil was cililt-oiulcil. would
i-liforco the luw tiny better than lilo
prosolii (loverlinlont hull done, (Loud
rlloorsl. “No." No."
Mr. .lnnkllls rc-silllleil his scat amid
grcllt applmlse.
Tho next speaker was the Premier,
who was given a splendid reception.
llr- hold tho closost attention of the
niliiiolico upwards of all lloilr, during
wlliivll lluli- ho dealt lil an exceedingly
:llllc llliilllicr with the misrepresenta-
tioll of Messrs. Hughes and McMillan.
At the elld of the Liberal year, on
Sc-.ptenlller 30, lilll, thc-.re was a debt
of $904,000, alld during the month of
October and November, while they
‘were still in po_w_i'-.L and before they
' The ilexl spcnknr was Mr. Ilughes,
(Continued on plgo three)
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stllildlllg that fact, they were ocono- ~