OFA MERCHANT _______ sir, On Christmas morn, l: a tonic no win ma" Can afford to mom, - ____________J Charlottetown liunnllan Two Mir-In: Guardian, A" "N" °f Priln and prayer, _._._.__________________________ Counts . May Christ ' stunts illBflR AND mm milrgoqiuu BRITAIN Such is Opinion 0f Brilliant sity Man‘ Who G Britain During the Rece action Held There. (Canadian Press) ST. JOHN, ‘N. B.. Dec. 24.—-4Con- servatlve leaders in Great Britain believe that a Labor Government will succeed tho Baldwin ministry in the course oi’ a few months uiul that tho ‘Laborites will remain in control of the affairs of state for. n brief period, after which another. general election w.iii be brought on in which the principle of protec- tion. as fostered by ilio Cousorvn- tlves in the recent elections will be amply sustained by the electorate. the political situation in Great. Britain is made ‘by Randolph K. Jones, sou of Hon. w. ~P. Jones, K. 0., and Mrs. Jones. This summing-up of .louos. , “The most Ulllfilillllllllg’ iiuprpss- ‘ion of my visit to England was illl‘ extrcuio ‘klndnoss uiul <~t-~¢-~- ~-nln~flu¢p__ (United Prose.) --.. LONDON, Dec. 24.—A mun and his wife, and one sailor to act as deckhand, have sulled a 20-ton yawl_ from Southampton to '\v""""'"'" l-‘ive uiid a half months ago Capt- ain H. J. Syinoiidu, .\ii‘ . s, ..-. and the snilor left Sfilllllfl“l't .~~- k u world tour. A message iroin Syd- ney. New South Wales. announced their safe arrival after encounter lug “very heavy weather." T-ho Seuweeihs skipper is an Aus tralian. Mrs. Symonds is the tlnugh tcr of u retired English policeman. su vans i‘ McGill Univer- ampaigned in Great _.______ vi “'00<l$l09k. .\'. n, tllc llidllltlllt young McGill University student, who tuun-paigueil iu England dur- ing ‘the recent olortioiis there .i'or the (Tonservutivo. party. .\li‘. .lon<-s landed from -lhc stounici‘ .\liiiuotlos.‘i lust. evening. “It is my opinion that tlu- (‘oii- siai-vutives, having doiiiiitely settled lhoir ‘policy regarding a turlff as being in llio best. interests of (trout lfrltuiu and llio British l-lmpiro, by no moans \\'ill givo up llio light ovoii llioiigii Labor iloos gain ioni- porary control oi the llouse of Com- mons but, on the contrary. will use ovory moans to educate llio [uroplc to the uccd oi‘ adequate protection for Ilirllish lll(lilt~‘.il'_\'," say-s .\lr. courtesy my slay," . ' ‘. .lont'~'. "More words oziu sirziroo- ex-press my feelings ou irhis point. l look this us :1 trlbuto to lhc love that Elll-Llfllltl boars toward l _l_lln ifltilffililibiwllllillllflg)“, and rho impression created by (laumliziu troops while in long-land. To illus- ill(l‘i\‘il mo (luring S? iiiiliiii rum; iii Eiillilili Siiiii-Niiiili] nt General El- Puebla (Shit-red by G0v’t. Forces After i‘ Hard Fighting (Canadian Press.) hlEXlPt) CITY. Dec. 2»l.—'i' fighting around was zinnouiitzcd in Apisco s and ('0l‘l'0ll()l‘llt(’ll rccoivotl at tho railway oifiors though yo! roitt-lvctl offi ial coufli-niatio According to wireless messzigtis grouping of lil- or- dorrti tlic iwucuaihm 0i’, Pucbizi for to lllll‘l'('l'l)it‘ll at llio (‘liziiiiiltl-iitii: lion. l'il\'l)llllll)lli'll‘y’ beiidquurloi‘ stratogic roasop and tir-s for arms” and munitions. Villurroiil (‘astro and his foroos. according to unofficial advices aro rolrotiliug lu lixco. Foili-ral aviators tlruptril pump] llio illrocliou ui’ A lets piviiiiisiug pardon to all culls oil lil(‘]l who refliiiinoll llli‘ l-‘odct-til .nruiy. Fiilltliug bolwi-i-u llio rc-voluulitiii-l; ary Kzirrison uiul llio Fcilorzil u uckiiig fort-rue rugoil on the slroot oi‘ Pllfllllfl Saturday‘. following ti; (‘ll\'l*.l()plllg lllUVClllPlll ifridny. To mas Gladness Di CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA TUESDAY, DE Read Wi Cut Oil. (U nited Press.) PARIS, Dec. lit‘ verszitioiis have been going on |]_ a profoud (affect on tho fu i llio continental Eu ‘ll-Jllll powors. Franco has only an uczitloiiiic “the very catholic monarch" a quostiou, luii il has u (loop int osl iii wliul. is bi-liovod to havo be f. ilic lot’ making tho l\l(‘(lltt3l'l‘illl€Zlll "Luilli lake." jlilll'l!(!)'~—llllllli'ly, ,. t. ug llit‘ co. ;. Siuco . guor Rlussolinis adv-cut tlisgpisoil policy has i: (t n . in ptiwoi" 115 u uczirroiy (llCillHW. his foreign 2-i.-—lliiltlcn from capture of Puebla today after hard H)“ i-Tm-‘Till llllbm- llllllmsfi-‘d 0"‘ (;,,-,,,|a|,,,,,, hm’ l_v by tlic spectacular features 0i ppciflis tho visit. lo Rome of King Alfon- by l||forinflfjgn|fltl of Spain and his dictator, c .11. the Whi- De])l|1'h11(311[ has the lluliau trapital which may have rosi. in whulovor may liavo rosiilt- that an zip- ed from ilu- interview ti liotwcou pcul be made to Yucatan authori- Popo Pius relating to the religious llio primo objoot of King Alfoiisds possibility “Lzitlii“ in this case would, of course, mcziu ltalo-Spaii- sh, with llio iizilian partner hold- tion by all tlie chanceileries of Eu m1. iii has ileuioustrutetl that italy ha ire ro- affairs. lll‘ I'I‘Fllll. lirouch naval (lllllllllli iid iugloii tlisarmanicnt ivhero her zirgunicuts in favor o l! l" l! ll can possessions were set at naught bl uioiit oi‘ “Aughr-Quzilcor by Everybody Covers Prince Edwardlsland Like the Dew ope and his energetic attitude in us the Co-fi nff i . th T , co,lfevr,,ncb_l she Jgzts (i, uillllfiggbx/linlstcr. Tchitcherin told corres- ln French Tunis and the dispute 90mm“ reconuy that more w“ with Jugoslavia regarding Flume taken up zi new attitude in world France is concoruoil chiefly ah- oul. the naval situation which uiny thinks l-‘rauioi- was (‘llPlllCIl at. the Wash- ¢0l1f~‘l‘*’-l"-'@ (lovrrnmcnt, the Minister submarines for the protection of hor communication with llio Afri- .\iussoliui‘s inspired tiress refor- iod lo the League of Nation; dur- ing tho Corfu trouble a the instrii- imperial- ism." italy. according to llio view- point of many French observers. 911110" "lumalllm “'35 Dfeflenletl is “going it. alone," or iii company 1° “"591”- m“ May- ol‘ Spain. \\'hal. they zisk. is bot- Maxins N- _ or a MERCHANT ' ‘ w» ‘\\ \\\\ "‘ ‘_“— - EMBER 25, 1923. _.__. "Give till it hurt-u", ll all very well, d; But when giving at Christ-mu We're under a spoil, Annual Subscription! Dell i By Mull, Clllllll all U.‘ S, iNJESN WiiEH- iiiiliililN Entirely British ‘llltimatumi Produce Crisis With Soviet (Canadian MOSCOW, Dec. l May r4 Press) Zdw-Foreign iuiger cf new complications iu| l4 among other things‘, the Minister said, that Afghanistan sever all her relations with Russia. Soviet has built up a strong posi- ‘ion in the East and has oluse dip- lomatic relations with the Amir's pointed l' out. Asked if Russia considered this an unfriendly act by ‘Great. Britain, M. Tchitcherin said he was unable to state at present what the Rus- sian attitude would be. He pointed out llial the Government in Great Bdtain was virtually the same as that which was in power when the ll Tho British have long been pro- parcd in this region, M. Tchitclierin ,. . . .‘ . . - , . . - . , said, and had just completed a rail- NM m!“ I recall ‘mm I w“ “m thousand myunm troops inlondpllldfltll \\ill.(.llLil \\itli closest out]: (oullnuetl on Page 3 [way to the famous Khyber ‘Pass’ |n‘,ul.,.,,p,(,',, (mm “um”; one}, my‘ ~° ‘1-‘1i"l{"¢‘ 21"") Dc ll-‘i Hii1-i‘iisla.<i _ ' _ , _____ _ _ ,_ giving close access l0 Kabul. a liltll'i'~‘$‘(’s':"l'lll*i means uiuch moro undm‘ honor"! Anumm "ilmnvml ! l1!” had "Hlsacd EIrDHmESDI‘ the 7h _‘ I‘, H ‘ ‘ ' I _ I _ and (‘oss.'ir(‘usii'o, ilfffiflfrllllg’10th:; ' north lniliau ‘frontier. un .ipi.o.ii> on llu- surfuic- us laws, Un-ich, qllvjflvg nu," _ i frequently meetings lllllVil at» 319m,“ U“; ' ‘ "Mm" m ' g t"t‘l1(|t‘(l liuvo bron tho sccnias of ' I] ‘ m tiusidoruhlt- disorder. Spoakcrs lio~| nro and aflor mo. would be cou- _ tziutly iulorrupltvd but tho (fanati- ‘an was not. Any other (fanadiau _ would have bccu given the s‘au=..-' _ ospeotiui hcariug, simply becnuso _of llie sincere lOYl‘ thzit English- ushe ‘ukes her tum m um Lmefltucu have for Cunndit and the otli- “ka a regular om um‘- wrote flmlei‘ parts oi the British iampiic. skipper of his plucky uintc. tobacco." ' l Condensed Specials i BATE-Io per word, not inch inlertlon in thin column. ‘NFOXES FOR BALE—SEVERAL good females. J. l’. l.autz.—5l tron SALE-DRIVING strict-fl Apply to Lindsay Colcs. Mil- ton. bl JNO. A. McDONALD, LAND SUR- veyor. Harmony Jct.—-12-5-1~mlii. ‘TO LET-COTTAGE. APPLY 4b Park Street. 551-12-20ti. WANTED-BY JAN. 1st TEACH- er for Suffolk School. Supple- ment S75.00 for your. Apply J01"! Arbing, Sedy. iil7-l2-lil-tf SAUNBOME SAUSAGES, FRESH today. Saunders, Newsonie & Co. Market Building-BOZ-D-Zi-G mo. TO LET-HOUSE ON ELM Avenue. modern conveniences. Apply Wbeatley Grocery.—tl. , ‘WANTED-MAID FOR GENER- ul housework. Apply 243 Fitzroy Street. Ill. ‘WANTED EXPERIENCED MAID Small family. Apply 127 Uppci‘ Prince ‘Street. 3i- FOR SALE-WILD RID FOXES. cought in woods this sprint:- [Jtpply (iuiirdiuu Officer-oblate; WANTED—IMMIDIATILY Junid to assist with houseworltbhppiv Mrs. J. w. Bell. York Point. Call long distnnco.——60512-22--tf. ‘WANTED — TO PURCHASE fresh cow. Apply giving particu- larii A. G. Puke, 121 Maipequo Road, Charlottetown. 2i. .._.._.__..____......._ lLOIT-IIN OITV OINTLEMAWS!‘ small silver watch with |old chain. Finder please leave at Guardian Ollce. 603-12-22-3i. FOR bALm-TWO 000D WOOD slelllia. Joe. Jacobson, 09 Dor- choster 8t. bdll-li-li-di “lnl_ _ _. , fact. she (loos everything but obew “mama” “(mm)” - fessor Lcncook, however. hail just “lu South Buttcrscu, one of tho of Viscount Cnrzoufis constituency whore lb‘- Labor clement predoniluziterl, led -wus glvon a most uttcutivo b - ,;. ling-u fact that made zi most viv- lld impression on my iuiiid us i trozilorl." Mr. Join-s loft lilouiroul lust fulll on the Montcalm. \Vheii the idea of bringing a Canadian speaker to Eglaiid to present the Canadian viewpoint on tho tariff question first was mooted, the iiialtcr was, » placed before Professor Stephen Li-ticock, one oi‘ (Ynuathfs foremost economists and a noted liuuiorisl.'. iu an offort to liavc hiiii go. Pro- returned from o. speaking trip to the United States uiul lic YOCOIII-l tiicutlod that l\ll'. .louos ho soul. (‘oiitinucd on Pogo 1i _______.i___._____ A | WANTED-SECOND CLASS TEA- clier for (Javoudlsh school, iliitics to begin January 1st. Slllillltllilfllll Mil FRENCH BRAFTi mudl‘, which ' ind men uboitrtl has b saw how tho other speakers wore pulppissiy for m“. scarce and Y TSAVE (Canadian Press.) PARIS, Doc. 2-l.-—Tll0l‘t! uppciir- this morning to be some hope f saving thr- Fro wiili o diiys over the (lulf oi’ (lobes on tho north coast _ _ of Atricu and ovor llio interior of-m" “SW1 "mounth Tunis. News received in Paris has been latest advices states v ,Drunken Autoists More Dangerous Than Bootieggers (Canadian Press.) WAQHINGTON‘ D’ _' 24___ l» ,~ ganlzatiou seeking lo ‘ h, m; stonmch m- alnolxnlslllzlfi)‘: liaison hotweou Auiorlcn uiul (tor-l i FOR SALE. — RADIO CABINET; For-z elite. - sscouo HAND "r0 azdr-suiraats sronmz EARN O10 TO won BALE-LEICESTER EWEB 3125M) for u year. Apply to llio Seciy. Austin Lourd. ll2ll-l2-ilfi-2i. FOR SALE-AT CARTEFUS SALE rooms 1 Dayton scales, Singer Sewing Alucliliio, Ii (ll‘i'lllllll)ll0ll0F. Shoo rust-s, 1 largo Walnut iziblo, 1 Piano, uiul lots of furni- luro uud stores. tiilii Z-BFi-Zi. FOR SALE-TWENTY FEMALE young ‘pups foxes and n few yi-zirllugs; ulso n number of pairs of provou bran-tiers. Apply It. .l. .\lof\'cil. 'l‘yuo Valley. tl35-12-25-ltll made of surface oak, nt a bur- gttpp Apply tiuurtliuu. 585-12-2llf buritono zit a bargain. tfluiirdltiu. Apply 585-12-214 r for automobile. Alibi)’. ‘"5 BAY‘ field st. i" 820 A WEEK, spare tlliio. homo. fvltffltiflllilil! iuuslo publisher; uddrcsslus. 1113mm}, circular. music orders. Send 10c for music. ilifvfmllilflll- American Music Co, 185R Broad- w,,y_ pgpt, A, N. v. 011-12-24-01 we? biatcmnr-saoiio an. 1111!. 599i I III. ' _ ' u tang-am comes ilisorgnnlzatlon lilo. driver is being transported outii‘-, ciy as much as if it were siecrvittul iii tllu body of u rum running auto- mobilo. .ludgti Gut, A. Schuldt, of Traffic (lourt, ileclarcd yesterday. Ho therefore favors seizing thi-l machines of drunken motorists in! i-xuclly the same niauiusi‘ us boot-l logging uutomobllcg- ure confiscat- ed. "Au uutolst with stomach is for more dangerous tluiii out- with llquor iu his car." .ludgo Scliuldt declared. _ i _..___.. __ I Destroy Moral Virtuei by Debasing Money i (Canadian Press.) ul virtues of ll people 0ll0llllSl of tho lluiik, told members of the llritisli a \\'ith tleluiseuiont ’ lng and for the time threatened to Saturday evening. 63l-12-24-2l and ma; tomorrow morn] m1 we Mm“- m 1 “""°"“ """ D" .‘.‘?‘“°’.“°“.. .l”.“"’.°" .l.“ 3Liit‘1.fl"-.'l." dllillilllif.°ll“li.‘.; ‘.212 l‘.?,?...l°.~'l.‘l€i Li." l‘....°..‘“.".. ‘l? "‘"’"°' t“ '"°'° °°“'"~ . ..,, —— ~1- ww‘ winner o! me first whee statesman‘ v 0d l“ illt Gal: rs lose of its r3 rt declared" iprehenslon of the lgiitlcr of the T” of the largest hummus in "on Hal" ‘wen Bu" Chrm“ L." “u”, “m” sum’, “ma” 1 Yorkshire flow for milultirln‘ enemy" nos bid c “We seem tollle ‘settle! near the sans" tum" or New inhuman“ were d”. Nine“ Nb“ 77nd comm" ‘t Mm“ "a" 30 M 5' 7 p'm' l V (Breed) 4 fall sows. s. e. Brent r ens curr my 0 a "um" . he loss is estimated at c. tii .30. Admlpnpii Mm. gammmtti, m, qt“ ,. . smmm’ Dunmmnuut at, standard. - - 8 . . - a - - - NEW YORK. lloo. 24.—Thc nior- (j (‘hose Nutioiinl Mission. lllli special Fluiplri» Chamber of Commerce t0- investigate was dissolved and duy iit a luncheon at the Bankers ropurt ‘suppressed. (Yiub, No. 120 Broadway. ilNliNY iHE HNNENY i (United Press) i BERLIN. Dec. wivcs recently stormed the ci- {BE ii » ‘- - . 1 "‘ "'11 . iuilst——is having He], dhqgmp. nub (lLH tl0lldllllltllt oi‘ tin‘ Illelllltu pess [my officws \\iiliolu_i university lieic. lbecuuiié w" (h-mlng tho university “as bohliu ill . payments to tho professors.’ Due to tho money printers strlk sztluries virerc not obtainable, ‘the cashier offered a partial pieui. The professors‘ wives, women o ,0 tum and refinement, there 1111011 business cheerfully and unquestion- jptp-Bt out, into a storm that “bull! ably. They were burned out-—-but have dniio credit to a communist ‘they've built shacks. some sort of meeting. wiiut is happening to iiiut-h of Ger muny's cultural uro no longer ziblo uiul rurriculu curtullctl. Prnfcsszirs okv: mil Intro existence. The “Amorikai loss than a lusiitul." an or iiiliiiy in iutollccturul iuutlt-vrs has» heiidi-d by Viscount. (loto, havo been attempt lo hoeu ordered curtailed, the govern- iueul. tlerlziriug that. il cannot. make prnpor outlays any uioro. Tho institute has roccntly sought. tirruugoiiieeiits wllh tlie Suiithsoni~ a long. slow process. an ~ -—-——-—-- Auierica whereby prc-ivai" ooiilrlbu- however, oousldoroil ltious from congress for exoluingc whether the American iof Alllflflkillll and (h-ruiun scientific tllltliliflfll liquor iu his,‘_ institution and oiscivlioro. in can be continued. ll is. 2-l.~i‘i'ofes.<rirs'l of money for yq_ He fllitl fore something will be done-and bay- what it. will be. This exauiplo uioroiy illustrates liie. Universities lo tibtuhi tlie books and instruments they noed. dot-s uro heuot‘ vastly thing. Why this ilelay?‘ ‘they cry. maintain a 5min illi i ii [INEE . (United Press) TOKYO. _ Dec. 24.—The pessimist l" ——tn be more precise the political his fling in Tokyo now. He is demunzliug why the govern- ment doesn't decide upon and an- R! nouncc its plan for rebuilding Tok- wants to kuow how long be- The coollcs. the great masses of f the people, are going about their crude shelter. its going to be n hard wintor—'iiut they're iilivo and grin- ning. and apparently not kicking very uuich. - llut not so tho politicians. “Why u't tho government. do some- iMliNlllofilllli mum ililNilill (Canadian Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.——Cauc- er took o toll of lives in the United States almost as large as that claimed by tuberculosis last year. Actual statistics of death gathered by the census bureau for the regis- tration area of the United States comprising 85 per cent of the popu- lation of the country, gave a tot- il number as 80.938 with an esti- mate of 95,000 for the wholecoun- try. The death rate per th 100.000 of of crease over 1921 yeiir und the death rate was 07.0 per 100,0llil. Deaths from cancer and other.» malignant. tumors As c mutter of fact no i-econsiruc tlou plan has been decided upon or u-iinouucetl two months ziftor tlie foarthquako. llut that is not. surpris- ing. Tho Yuiiiuiuoio Cabinet and the ill-construction Commission. jworking steadily in an formiihite plaus~but they unnouiii: ed Just ufti-r the earthquake that tho rebuilding of Tokyo would ho questionable congress will iiptiropriulo. funds for this pur- poso. llMBllSSNIlllllS’ ilililililSSillN FINDINGS (Canadian. PFNBJ LONDON. DEC. ‘nun tall ofmubiisgiulors at Paris con tlliuippeui‘ iloiiini-il (lrcooc lo pay Italy an lii- wlieii its money becomes tlebuseil. tiemnlty for tlw luurllb!‘ 0f "BUR" iir. lioulnmlu M. Aiulersoii. Jr.. cc iiioiubers of tho Albanian lloundaryl commission eut to llio scene of llio crime to its Tho full toxt of this report, dot of currency ed from .laiilnu, September 30, has- of fsinllydieou obtained by the Manchester ho said since the housewife (iuardian. The document shows th must turn specnlator, with plenty Japanese, French and llritlsh niem in Albania of tho bandit. Stefan one week and poverty the next as hers were unwilling to fasten re Ceres. the foreign exchange market var- eponslbillty for 24.-—Wlien tin-Ni,“ the murders on serious cause for an inquiry and al- AliE IGNNREIJ‘ ll. lll‘lZ(!.‘< furtlior investigations. t. tlicso were (tunshetl. although thd (fniuuiissinn reported these two theories: "The (lreok authorities have luid their hands on lho bandit, Con stiiiitino Aiomos. notorious in Greece for his numerous crlmcs. Nothing its yo! would authorize us to declare blomos one of the assas- sins, but the pust of this brigand. whom rumor widoly accuses. fur- nishes a presumption o1’ guilt. "On the othor hand. the arrest glvos Albanian authorities 1918 wliou tho rrito wot- s.0.': poi‘: 100,000. l lNii iFEHiN l madman sped to (‘oopers where he shot. his wife The fivc months old sou Snows was asleep in a c house escaped when Sno shot him-self. States about wife was born and lived all her per cent, of tine lifo iii Miilnc. The man was em- ployed iii lumber section and was of powerful build. He was recently employed by Dep- PARIB, ‘Dec. mmmmmmmmmmmm spell all Sadness El] SPANISH-ITALIAN ALLIANCE is Nilll iliilllllYlNil FRANCE th The Mediterranean Sea a “Latin Lake,” Ready Access to. France's Pos- sessions in Africa Would be iiEllRlBiE TRAGEDY ENiiiIlEll ‘i m SMALL MAINE iilllllllllNlll Five Persons are Murdered in Gold Blood by dened Slayer who then Takes His Living Witnesses to the Own Life-No Tragedy. (Canadian Press) COOPERS MILLS, Maine, Dec. 24.—-Cl‘illSllIlZ1S happiness has been superseded by tragic this little community. where today SDlTO \\' . m by the British Goverir, _d d ment to Afghanistan demaudiup; m“ ma“ yeah” 8y‘ -ln one little cottage lay tho bod- s of John Snow, who, according to County authorities. murdered hl-s wife, Mrs. Ida Snow; her aunt, Eva Eaton, and her niothcr. Ruth Briiun, and then turn revolver with fatal effect o self. ‘in tlie little home of Deputy li Sheriff Frank .lewett Whitefield, ten miles away, bodies of Ali's. Jewett and hcr -fif- teen year old son. Kcuuc-t-li, killed, it viva; alleged, by Snow before he wreaked havoc in the ‘Cooper Mills in No Ollie. As tlie County authorities pieced together the tragedy. Snow, e Pol- ish national. who read nor conic‘- I) mlt him to lake the Sheriff's aulo-= ‘ ‘nobileand killed the automobile l. rec women to ‘death Snow had two years. camps in tli Granted a Pension . (Canadian Press.) Deputies The . lGhinese Crisis Amusement ‘Tax . Believed to Mrs. when she refused he shot her dead. Mrs. it i-s believed that the two other cd his women stood by Mrs. Snow in ‘her n liiin- ?ecislou to refuse to return to her lay the write, killed Kenneth. neither’! Jewett because lie refused to ‘mother be- cause sho appeared on the scene in time to “fitness the killing of her have real B10118!’ 1188i!!- izon. Taking the Mills. on almost worthless kronen. a bill and the has been introduced in the National min-r and the iiuut of ‘ills wifo. Council which would empower the of the Government to replace the notes rib in the of 10.000 and 5,000 crowns hy silver w shot the coins shillings and ‘tllHLAnOtlIGP new silver coin, coualdn been in the llniledlietl a double shilling. and his‘ Discoverer 0i Radium, 24__Th9 Chamberbi the question are said to-day unsnim0iisly;E-'l”e5@|11‘K We" H1111 ,,- Stet as‘. ‘mils: s‘..t3‘°°,':..l;::::‘ was mo. ruiieiwuioiN, etldok $0353 Iggttgltinuglgiigitg) rffvrnliik lives in the registration area lastmscovary of radium and "S dew} opmeule. covering twenty-five years. have 5pm,...‘ a-revorts to llltric. Caries two d continued increase czich year sincwmrh "m" hm decemfl‘ a period off pension, HIlKD-i Promised; VICTORIA. ll. <‘.. lit-o. 2~L—-.lau-i nary l, 102.’), is tho dato upoui _ ,‘whicli llio (lovoriimtaiiifs night-hour! Have Passed (Canadian Pres!) CANTON. Dec. L’i.——Tlie critical ‘(my M“ m m Introduced m ‘hiqsitiuiiiou which has prevailed here Leglslaiuro. will become offocllvc. iTfio bill is designed to tifioct the for nearly two weeks as of ‘thoaieuiand of Dr. Sun a result Yul Sen . l , v - ' i .- - bulk of industries nf llritish (‘oium- “mm M Ch nu h M” rm H“ s“ ‘iia. 'l‘licrr- will be special provis~ on for ovcriimi- iii roiiuoclltnii villi scasounbh- iiuluslrios. J Thorn will ho reduction of (l0 per cont iu llio aniusoiiicni. tax. it is aunoiuicoii. Tho blll providing for tho cut will probably he brought . down iu ilu- Legislature. loduy. .\l' l prosonl llio lu.\‘ is it) pm‘ coiil. upon ' unless reduced. would forcr- the thoairos to go out of business. Wyoming Town Swept ByFire Till da (Canadian Frau) CASPER. Wyo., Dec. 24.-—.\ Purim section of the town of liavoye lies in ruins today in a result of n iii-c 7.3 WhlCli broke out yesterday even- gross receipts und ilioulr- inter- ‘tls have strongly protested that "JTES-“z "en" P" "m? "a the iulpust has been too lioiivy and m"r"°h' C. M. l‘). A. ilall nl Vernon ilivor. Thursday Dec. 27th. All are invit- “rliilertainmeiit and pit.- sooisl "lb in Emoralvl ilall, followed by “Christmas condcrt IIHYCI‘ Prosbyteriiui church. Thurs- is, stormy will he Announcements, Coming Events, Meetings, Etc "Thorn will bc a ilancc in the .-63l-i2-2fi-2i. Thursday ovcuiuq. December Icbux. 004- 12-22-41. in Clyde v evening, Ucmmber 27th at 0 p. iu. Admission 20 ots. if held the following 2 » uty Sheriff Jewett. who was lib probation officer under a court or tier placing him under bonds to in keep the peace as a result 0.’ ilffliitfi he had made to harm ht ivlfo. There are no living witnesses u! either shooting alfray, only a mute evidence that Snow went. t0 i-is wife and asked that she again zome to live with him, and thlt nsbaud and that he then wrecked rth his vengeance on them. sllEill AUSTRIAN er, (United Prue) VIENNA, Dec. Z4.—-AUBU'l8 is to he After five years of doing business and half-shillings. lvalue to 20,000 crowns, will be cal- The new shilling will contain 8B silver and will v weigh seven grams. Bronze and Nickel coins. ranging in value from 100 crowns to 2,000 - crowns. will also be issued. ‘i Three hundred and ninety billion crowns represents the Wei value of the Austrian notes to Dr. replae ed by the new coins. is iplu-s of the customs revenues, is ibelieved to have passed. 1 Negotiations for the settlement to be pm sailors from French cruisers and one flotilla. o! t <forelgn warships concentrated in " (harbor have returned to (Ho: ~ Kong. i : i i i The Weather, i s‘ "<‘Q' v~§n ‘ TORONTO. Doc. 2'5.—- a moderate north west dim“ not much change in temporal t High tide this afternoon M1!‘ i. and tomorrow morning at l1. Sun sets tllls afternoon at}