§ll»§§§ ¢oe»eeo4»eoeeeeeo--oeeoeeeeee-noooo". l\'|\O\O'OlH\'¢'l'll'l'0i 1lO*l"I"lll|»'l*|‘l"|"l"l"|\'0'O'|'O1»iiiiiiiiiiillliiiflii l"li§0i'l\1IOOOIIO'l"l'§ll‘O 1'#‘l'O§\l"lOO00O‘ll'§C'l'l'Ol' OQOQDYOOOOOOUQ _mm__Z1;'_llf___ i?ha1-lottetown - Guardian Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew #DOO _ __ * *+++++H»¢-+~l.»n-+e+en- ooo-eoe+.|,e++¢¢¢»+e+o4e ooo-o-|»e»+-1-ou-.oo-o++o++ -q--94-eeeoosooeeoeeoeo senoeeo-eon--vooeoeoeic-~oeeeoeeoe».o.e+ 110%---~-'--------'---'---‘-~'---'-'-':f~.'.__-_-._-_-_-3-_._______ __ _ _______f_ I , : ' ~ ' “ . r j' ' _ _ , _ ' ` ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ~ - -'- -'- f-'-'-'-'f-few. -'ff.-:_-.~.~_':.-.~_-_-_-_~;_'.-_ _ _»_-,»_-,-_~_-,-_~.-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-eg _-_-_-_-_-_-:_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_ _-_~,».-.-,-.~.-.-.-_-_-,-_-_-_».-.-.-,~.-_-_»_-_»_-_»_-_-_-_=-_-_-_-_-_-.~;;_-_-_-e _~,»_-_-_-,-, -_-_-_-_-_~_-f-_ _-34;;.Q_-,»_-,-_-f,-_-_-.-_-:_-_-_c-_-;.¢_».-:_v.»_~ ~ f- ~ - _-_-_-_»:.».~.-, _-_'_-_-_~.f,v:_-_ t _ -2 _ _ :_-:_ ::. _-.~.~.-_-_:_ .':.'.-:_-:_-:_'_-.~.~_-.3.¥E'k=-.-a-i¢\i‘_z'x‘.\s TI-IE CHAOTTETOWN GUARDLA - _ 1 . - ivlcnuino n,A||.v 'Morning D ly Founded 1891 wggkiy (Now Evening Daily) 1137 CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY! FEBRUARY 23, 1917 - $8.50 Per Year (delivered) ln ailvllioi ‘T ` ' "" - __ _ WAR _ _ _._-u.»¢,,~. Now the 0nlyAlternatives Facing_United W - -OR CRAVEN PEACE WITH HONOUR B §'U\i were wsu. surrueo ’”‘“‘i'.l”.i“"" ii. us canon no ooio“°sz;r:l,°:.S1;1sits - - - 'fr .. -- fr' .-- -_-f ERNSTORFF’S GERIIIANSIILIIVINIIIAI IIIIISIAIUIIFSIR ROBERT States Declares ex-President Taft. Invasion. of Rig_l_1t_s on Sea Tantamount A to Invasion of erritory. (Spool NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-War and the preservation tion or a natives which face the United States if German ot’ the honor of the nn- craven peace are the alter- holds to her deci “I ¢° the G“a"dI3f\~) Britain has wronged us only in acts lilllf llllly bg compensated with dams- _ flex bQ‘;‘i"‘a’ly AWS Vi018l€i1 Ollr of the baggage ofthe German party ciifizm 5 _I9 desmlclioll Of Illll0€<-Jil! on board the Scandinavian Aimerlcau the ‘S ‘lvwse "my Offense was that, steamer Frederick VlI'l. has revealed Y We” Illwfliill’ Dllrilllillg theirlaw- that each and every member of it has (Special to The Guardian.) HALIFAX, Feb.. 22- Examination s These Articles are Contraband They Doug” Awted Sharm' will-be Left on this Side the Atlantic. A 1 1 most of it gold. This irv also contra. band and it is understood here that it.‘ will be exchanged i'or them into was accepted to take effect February some tonm otcnrrency less usefuito the Fatherland. The rigidity ‘ with toe, are all well supplied with money, opening of the Provincial Legislature Feb. 28. Mr. Anthony I. meeting of the Provincial Exe- cutive was held last, night when con- siderable business ot a routine char~ .actor was transacted. The date ot' was set for‘March 15th. The' resignation ol Sheriff Horne 28th. and Mr. Anthony J. Dougan was appointed to succeed him. his ap- -ARRIVES Voyage Uneventiul. - Navy in Keepiné Secure Against " Ever Devised.” LONDON, Feb. 22- It is Officially announced through the Chief Press p iszso noi- vw (muon is uma i¢_eu»_¢o L- BinilEli in Eiioiiiilo Vividly lmgrelsell withwonderlul Achievement 0 Brithh Ocean Pathways ost Deadly Menace ~,. (Special to The Guardian.) taking oi necessary precautions. The ‘ Premier said the voyage acrtiiia the Atlantic under war conditions im- ressed him most vividly with the y 'ee of ruthless submarine warfare and sinks ful occupations on the' high seas ‘ - , -. plentliully stocked himself or herself We have the right of the high seas on with pods which are wane in the American vessels. former President lawful business and we must maintain Tait declared in an address here last night. . "There are worse things than war." said Mr. Tait. “The occasion has ari- sen when the issue is between ho- nor. dignity nud self deft;-nce_oi’ the nation and a craven yielding to oppor- tunism. \Ve are void 0-i’ offense in ihc high sons where the I ` . =. y have the g _ We have attcnmted Loft-ight to oe. 11 they are attacked u, hs iruartl the rights of neutrnis while the they are assailcd it is an attack on f rights of neutrals have been disre-Iour` honor and our territory and it 0 gurdcd by both belligerents, but Great must bo mot. H this war. S -- ' atherlnnd to which they are sailing. . F f_I;a§__:_‘gdm'_ I’Ul_If lIl0S0_ l`ll5)liS HTG 10 The fhost favored linen ot’ goods. of __ __auel‘ “gall” “Mei ‘I ‘l¢CIal`3il0ll however, is cotton and it was report- to ;_0Si“_‘ ‘iss _claructer 1'- is °Ul` “UW ed today that one secretary of the _ ___ ti* Ale lllVf=lSi0ll. f0l‘ ii IS CXMI- German Embassy in Was-hington tv _'~- 1_0 =-llllv nature as it our coun- alone has several hundred suits of 'F Wei” I“"a'19‘1~ OUP P00910 are pyjamas. in view ot' the close associa- on our vessels under our own flag on ti INIIENIIIAIIY TIRES ILANAIIIAN GIRLS Ii , INEIIIINNEIIIIIIIII (Special to the Guardian.) .\'I:IW BRITAIN, Conn., Feb. 22.- tionnl Guard O. . 2:.. 1 i . Although' two companies ot’ the Na- ii. liurnh-am, M. P., 93rrl.UIipattIialIio‘h C ' ' 1 _ . . . . w . were on patrol duty this morning, all excitement caused by se- vcrhi incendiary fires last night has t-ndml. All these fires were within nn urea of a ie-sv street blocks, _-_?_________ \nlnard'o Llnlment Cures Toothache. -‘-`-‘-'-“-1 ='-1'-‘¢-‘fr-_~.-_-¢~:fr ve. _ ~ __-_. _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~Y~~~~----~-~___._-__-.J--=-, ---- _ - ___-___\ \,, LIIINIINIIEIILILIII ERANBE (Special to the Guardian.) I’I‘]'I`EI\BOR Fell ’ - has tabled the iiiitish Wai Ofiico an offer to raise a contingent ci' Cana- dian girl clerks tor France, to relieve the mer. i’or the trenches. Captain lluruham has opened lists at his ollioe to receive the names ot young women willing to meet the denianils i'or fe- male help. on between cotton and explosives. it thought that the customs officials ere will relieve the Germans of some their excess cotton goods and make n allowance for them. The Germans -.~,~..._._.--....,..~`~\-~.--.~.,.,. _-~-_ ..._ » _`.~.~v-....»~ ....- .,~.~` .--»_~.... which the operations upon the Fred- p erlck VIII. have been conducted have not been relaxed as time has passed. fin addition to keeping close watch I upon the' passengers and crew oi’ the vessel the guards placed over them are themselves under surveillance of secret service men. One guard found this out when. after he had broken the rule forbidding him to converse with anybody connected with the. ship, he was taken off. his post searched, and before being released ACCIdBnt Occurffid Dllfing given tt good lecture. th ointment to date from March lst. C Borden, Canadian Premier, arrived in ensofs oflice that Sir Robert L. wonderful achievement of the navy i.u keeping the ocean athwa s c ° ° t l.\', i- t~l t- (‘h"‘t'ni. uluaotiiiirhs lilcsggit-li i]dbA“Ete:- eatin over whole front," says iodny`s posten llors than 1000 'persons were oiliciui announcement. “our zrrtiilery Gave Assent with Some Amendments to l»<»;'»_-ff( '3--li .-5 we tlw Proposition. . LBRIIISH WAR LUAN ,IIIIU KILLED IN IILUNIIIIINS EXPLILSIIIN Christmas Holidays in Dresden Muniiions Plant' ( P ) ‘ l.()\IDO.\`. F l. 22.-Tl = I l . ` l n \ E in .nh ,m,,m,,;§;)0“ fuctorlriistsif) 3-2:. they were lmiir-rl by Russian tire. A r L den, »iuring the tfhristmas hr.-iidays, , was the gwntest disaster ot' the kind FRENCH DISPERSE GERMAN AT~. \\'hich has occurred anywhere since c war begun. ner-ording' to ax Cen~ FIVE AMERICANS A special meeting oi the City t‘uuu- 1-il was held last night when the rc_ oiumontlatioii oi the promote~rs i-i tzountiiig to tho (`il_\'. ' ll. 'l‘l1o. t‘ouipni\\~ in- hnvr- right in the <7it_\- to operate 1| schedule line of otor see it huvi- no i\ii< 'e IIN (Special to the Guardian.) . WASIIINGTON, Feb. 22.-_The sink- ing bi' a German submarine oi' the Swedisli steamer Skegiand, which had five Americans aboard after- ihci er-oi-: hail been given ten minutes to_ take to their boats, was reported by Uonsul General Hurst at Barcelona, Spain, i|\ a message today io the State Department. No one was in- Jured and the crew lauded solely nt Turrngona. Spain. -iii llinardl Llniment curse qarget in cowe. IIIIIPEIIIIEII SHIPIUUU R|[iJI§A%S_ GREEBE ‘:l‘::°<..,..'.;‘1: --_-... (Special to The Guardian.) to LONDON, Feb. 22- Au Athens in despatch to ileuter’s say; that food onli occupied ri se-at to the right oi ilots among workmen ui Plraes have His Worship. There was a cousirler- lcd to the closing oi' all shops and the able number of citizens press-ut, who cus_t,um house. evidenced much interest in the pro- 'I`he rioting started ar, n meeting for ce the distribution ot' u i`und raised by public subscriptions' for the reliei’ or clause by clause and several amend- the unemployed. 'i‘he' mob raided a ments were made, the document nftei" number of oceries and u -large so gl number oi’ arrestsv were made before which iollowsi- order was restored. . oc-rrler and every member oi’ the Board was in attendance. Mr. James Pa- ayor Brown presided and the ltc» n. M. i.. A.. representing the (‘ity the Legislature was also present eiliugs. The reconriuenrlution was read me discussion passing in the form M .. ' Bu s bi. ill' ' ‘+. over any other truiiic. 7. The (‘o1upau_v tu iuuintain n running schedule to be approved oi- b.i' the (fit_\' (founcll. the scliedulo io . . 1mme‘"“teIf" U-.I°‘ft‘3‘l` I-'Y 5 D0W“fl`fU| provide, for 11 period 01' not more than Pfovillg SIIG IS as Strong iiitecn miriutes lielsveeii untill Iius On . . . ....,. 11...... Financially as She is ii 'Motor llusses tr- run continuous- .. _ _ . . . . . i_\' 1-onli tiny throughout the year, 1- IVIIIlTa|'II_y. il, <‘.ompan_v must keep' their own T tru'-ks clenr in winter- and must nor ~*~-"7 obstruct trotiic by dumping or shovel- (SPWIHI 1° *he Gl-'Hl'4llt1~) ing oi' sm.-iv into the roadway or other- GENEVA. Vlll Y’lll'|H. Feb- 22~~"i`il0 wp... great, success oi the British war loan 10. vm-s must be sented' for at has nswnlsllell Ellvcoe. sara the Lou- ieaai fifteen persons, have ni least saline Gazette. "This prorligous two exits in case of cmer encv :ind i0llll-" SHYS lilo llliiltff- "Sil0V~'l*- I0' elli- . __ AMASES EURIIPE .__....._.. London today. He stated that his voyage was uneventful. except/for the . ' ll Y Oixiilfl' tively secure against the most sadly menace' ever devised." LATEST WAR NEWSI 'rusrouic a'r1'Aci.b. :l2.»~“'I`l1i~. night was by its fire ril.ixsse1~ tional and be- Kerri. ti i'a|'nier liviili-1 neur (fmhruse, as sentenced to he hangeh .Way 16th _ l‘ uinnio w'. _ - . . " fzuleri. Minor actions were reported for the murrlsr of H. Alley an Assy- on other fronts. , -ian hoddlnr. ` ‘A l ;_;;_ . I Af ‘ A ftion. ` splendid form. The German press I __ W Y Moved by Councillor deiikiris. se-I li. The_(lompany must have its llll-S latttll' bwu DUmlH\l_ill5 HNAUIUS I 1 1 7 to 18 Per Cent Saved rrnose who rnvasriclvrs n Will you biiy your merchandise from your home peioplc if they can_savc you 7 to '8p_er cent.,ior more, and give you better service? 1 They wil be plearéed to tell you that hundreds ha e already one so. If this t ing could _only get under- neath your skin-if this idea could only ft aminute of‘your time, you would_ Joint c throng of t ose who are welcomiiif The Charlotteto nGuard1an’s “Buy-ab ome Campaign. - the home dealers a moral are giving you and yiour and success. THEYK EP IT KEEPS UP QUALITY. men more eager to give service-"their money's of “boost- manuiacturers. lob- shouid therefore be to the public-TO lngghy bers. and reitarded YOU! to buy their you to put this a oswhyn and me?-at least to yourself and your cannot _take these over- monthly. bills by-. spending home, and cutout he for- buying. Devote this money welfare. too much of you? m* Gulrdlln’s Com- as 318 Are they T 3 THE RESOLUTION 2 That the line of Motor Busses which the Council may from time to time vary. dlcts that a breach of relations bet- young pork. Saunders, Newsome & Co Market Bulletin!- ll . be maintained in n sanitary condi- street or Motor Bus resolves need a rate of twelve milcs pei hour Dl”0V€“ Uliit the English DGODIB SP0 DS “ T 77 E ‘I n -I Z ." 'tl'~ I .' - _ A ll L (Dune I y e li- street and oints on the line of ser- fHl'i_l.V~ 'There ill the lflllil WhlCIl NIB d C » h ll - hgiihcuig llggpgsline <(;imiI'li`¢r than the foreign mail order mee. "On this single order _which totalled $37.00. 1.. per cent was saved xnoggdition to the can of money ordenan-1 the rt s were equal and in one instance superior in quality to the im~ ported articles. » (2) There is no more choice in a fore' n catalogue than in a home store. There maya? greater variety of advertised articles, bug, c' up-to-date store meets the demand for c oice every day in the week although the variety has not been so attractively or extensively advertised. ~ ta)ThG di f o » to boost enrigeag. Rgvovggv gg gigifaeifvinrilng in the Guardian is a party to such a guieimq policy. Patronize Charlotteto G rdi ' tisers and you will avoid gut; “nprEg", gm competition. encourage home industrieeand save money. ‘ Honest competition is the Lite of Tradeand weiid directed enterprise brings its own re- war . __ _ 4070 Minardm Liniment Cures Ceido do. .__Minlrd'0 l._||i_lmer»t puree Dlotemlth " ..;f~ " " f' f,-L-_. "__ `I