vi i (liver < Fbxl ‘ f?he§ s‘ . 4,4 .. 1| pestle Skber’ hit goversrrmte (Edward. Iitland Like thelDew l is CHAliLQQwETQWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 192s m p. .. ..__... .. ..d~wtn V. i ‘heinous than that b .' when they deceive in Inlet 5%" " so do ii as tn seem, gong ’ _ Hlgiy OFA MERCHANTYA . , ‘ 0i all wrong there ls ‘none _ o! that _ ‘ _.'i‘ Annual Subscriptions Delivered s. n. time ny ‘Mull. (‘ml-lulu and U. 1e Report . Eviekllnghem Statement“ Issued ‘ ight . Empliasizedy the. Qrgrle ‘Condition of (the fBulle- tin Announced Majesty ’s Condition Was ‘Legs §gtisfactory. . . ‘ . _ (Canadi Press) ' ' LONDON,‘ Dec. 2i ‘in authoritative statement from Bu-c < ; Palace at mid- night tonight. emph i‘ e grave condition ‘of King George, follouii" Iiis evening’-s bul- letin indicating his cii . n‘ was less satis- factory." r LONDQN, Dec '7 Abulletlh issued by lttmeaiauittas oft e 311g at 8.20 a- m- w- night i‘ ‘ii-lie Majesltyh con- ttl l 2' j dition ‘has’ i‘ ot been‘ atisfactoryiffljlere has helm n. q clinpti take nourishment ‘ “ ‘Vylleenless well mall». Kills stkQdPTl i it. .h . 909mg; human, the first issued in . MA]- ‘(iieilell “w” was ass wellmaifl the . _ n. . . " ' £13393? _ The fpulid ‘Yemhlnd steady." ; ~ Thoilillllfitlll 9° . King's "slow recovery for granted. ‘It recalled the constant reminders o1 thepllyslciohs that the rem pa- tlcntlstoiimb back to health must 11¢ slowlnnd include some stages W119" liewould" slip back a bit. The {not ythnt the pulse remained steady was on‘ the jovorablaallfiq. zit outed that there haddloen no reuse or the diilioultyvgglélze which caused mllilh. . 1...)’ earlier stage! the illnelall. It wasexplained that Dr. Whitby was sihnmonecbtodoy so that M, might lnake a further report on tho present state o! the infective pro- cess. Home observers noted‘ that the elllng bulletin 0g m; ‘” ; w“ h. slight setback followed omission lor lher unexpected. ~ There-had been WW “YB °f the "Y lhefilm m" two ion¢thy> consultations ‘at-the was no intimation that this omis- palace; but altbr- wash web," . slnnwns responsible for the chans- o word 1mm 0mm} "gnu-gym od condition, "but an outstanding um ~ - a . ~- . - v Monnrouhesconditlon will llllohansed. filfigsmfilmgielalizortmhillg‘ ‘ d‘ u‘? _ Wood and Hewett. _ - " _ ing the , public anxie _ u.” which undoubtedly will result from ' tonight's report,‘ it has been decided h. tomorrow to resume the-interrupted ~01 ofllclnl morning bulletin. vTo relerrlng to the 1m? seobnok In hm a ‘ decreased-tho " tin o! ntoty which the lfltlent had. _A (A... 505.115 GIIOQND coupon, Dec. YL-‘Yhobllng to- day lost some .10! the “irard won Hound that he had gained in the last ten days oi his ' éddllhess. lie was weaker an y ‘ lho per- suaded togtohoj out. . The develflllmfihh- , ev- 3a" 2e heB-ft in e“ / W ID. Maclean; s.-W.. J. W. Johnston: hVSQ-l From 1 . Palace. l REE ‘lll.slllls l](E L E ll‘ ll i TE ‘Si. .111. l 0N.’ 5. l [Ill Splendid Banquet Giv- en in Lodge. Rooms, Followed‘ by ‘Instal. lation of Qfii-cers for Ensuing Year. The festival of St. John's day was celebrated by the two lodges of Free Masons in Charlottetown by a. ban- quet given in their recreation rooms. ‘ ‘This was followed by ‘a sreolel communication in the lodze room» l" which the‘ ofllcers oi St. John's and Victoria Lodges elected for "the cm, wing year were jointly installed. The banquet was a most dcllllht- tui lunction, bud much credit de- ivolvcs upon the ladies _oi.' the East- Fl?! 5 service provided The toast list " . ‘was as follows: ""1‘oa_ktln P.G‘.M. TheKlngy.“ .~ "God ‘Save the Klnfl." The Holy Saints John. Bro. V. i’... Goodwill, P. M. I The Craft-Bro. G. E. Full, P. M. ' Solo, Bro. B. G. Acorn. Absent Members-Bro R. H. noo- crs. P. M. ‘ Mme" Ladies-Bro. W.~G. Hogg.’ All the speakers were in splendi lorm, and in their responses to the ‘toasts made addresses bi’ much int- erest to the members or the crait. ‘ During 011010800110 delightiul mu- sid was rendered a b ‘ Jlljorchestra composed as rolows: saxophone. Ro- bertson, Violin, walls: uymmlah; nil-Piano. Walter MsoNutt. Iltho committee whovao Qxcellentlv cM-rtedmut the arrangements in coh- nactioh with the. binqllet m; From Set-John's’ bodes J HouiefJ. W. Johnstone and W - ude: From Victoria lodge t . eldlhs H. Burns and . .~ . ; ~ ‘rho ceremony of “installation otpthe iccrp of the‘, es was car- rled out in due Masonic ionn by Past Grand mum, ‘W. S. Stewarti The officers for i020 are as fol- lows: l - ‘ E $3 a a F € , s-r. John's tones P. M. L. Winchester; -W. M., Nell‘ J. W.. Lloyd W. Pr0\l.tle;__'i‘reas..~J Mater Douglas PAL; Body, Ernest Kemp. man; lonablein. Rev. w. Bruce Muir: 8-1)..- Ira w. Reid; .1. .medloal consultation was not l yer ‘thanfusual but one o! the physio nnlord pawsoh Of/Hnntlsrayed Quins palace 1o: dinner, and Sir , v nlby Hewett, was to rslnalnlthere , tonldhtosluual.‘ .-.'~ beJ “"0... ‘ rnbers oil-he 3on1. Prinoq for thoproaont,’ ‘ taki » Th and‘ ' hols of York who wen =liwla vests-day are till-hind M» motion ltomoriow,» not _ o! Gloucester has not can- an in hunt!!! thilolel- ‘ ~ l !~ orifilie alight chances in this plans. 1 5W9. 0.. F. A. Vanlderstlner-Mnrshal, A.‘ Home; S. 5., $41.6. Mpraslde, J.‘ e..- W. 1-_l..Bmith: I 0,0. F. W. Lan- p; nuance. L. Mocnmqid. P. M. - z vrcronlll honor w -‘ z ~".li:. MscDouisil: s. w. P. -M.-: Treesurory-Idl. Simpson; I'L- j piplfl. W. "a . ml y whit- II! B8858; Marshal, noisy». w. .a.-.-nnl'tt.l}t; 0' tar, tor the splendid iood and} ustor-"-Brtv.~.W.'<=8.-'-Btewurt.~' ARCHBISPWP ‘II-L .>\ l; t.’ .5" i y YORKhDec, 2-1 “e made 1M$Q Piflmt tats... 1v. z. Batter for Canadian Market HALIFAX, Dec. 2'l—'l‘hc Fod- eral navigation Steamship Com- pany's ship Tiuuklnais on route to Halifax from New Zealand _ and ls expected lo arrive in January with butter and meals {or the Canadian market. The Turaklna has about 3,000,000 pounds o! New Zoaland butler to discharge. ‘ ‘ l ill l ll s T l] Pll|it ‘l\!| [l l F - 61-2 in 1,920 t0 557,369 M1927. ' (elm... Press) I-NTEW ords 1h aha Em 1020 to 557.369 in ‘i927. The fourth ‘annual lcport oi the league, which has for its announced aim the “res- r b. rnent greeted Cuurchmen‘ wo RECQVERING l FR OM ILLNESS I , (Canadian Press) LONDON, Dec. 21.-Thc Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, new archbishop oi Canterbury, was said today to have mode satis- factory" progress in recovery, from his illness. _ll the Im- provementmhould ' v no more bulletins on his condition wlll he issued. . ...__ ... ___, . Alberta to Gel’ '0 Better Terms “T\~'~7ON'I‘ON. Altn, Dec. 21-3-3".- ter terms jor Alberto ln connection with. the tlunaler of its natural Ye- case otboth Canada and the Unlt~ 0'73 .. sources will be ‘provided in a- now ed States. however, all tile repre-' pflel-"that will be iorthcoming from scniatlves will be oiilclalsoi‘ deport- the-‘Domlnloh oowemmsht in the .,s.~-w;,.~t;, m, wgm, course o! the next ienv dwsl-lt was ed. stated today by‘ Premier s. . u. Brownies, who has lust returned iron! the east. A iurthor. definite proposal- that may lead up to a final settlement oi the question Surprise amounting to" amaze- thc announcement p_ made in London hi’ the serious ill- ness 0| the archbishop oi‘ ‘Canter- d bury, who ls alillcled with "intern- al inflammation" andiconflned to his’ palace _at Canterbury, England. _ unuwale or; the prliulttefs indisposltion until recent reports told of the vlslt by Sir Hugh Rlgby, physician who operated on the King, to the cathedral-town Last Friday the archbishop had nt- tcnded a meetlng' o! the stute’l counsel appointed by the King to curry on ulialrs during his illness and to which he had appointed the with urontInuanco or the, inflam- mation. ' Conference on“_ 1 Smuggling to Be Held inOttawa yni ' . (Special to the‘ Guurdllln) OTTAWA, Dec. fir-Representat- lvcs of the governments of Canada and tllc United States will meet in Ottawa on Monday, January '7. to discuss steps for the control loi’ commercial . snluggllng. Announce- ment to this effect was made from the department o! external affairs this morning. Tile purpose oi the conference. it is announced, is. to i brlng- about a general expression o views on commercial and to consider remedies. i‘ The names of those persons who. will represent tho two countries ‘weremot announced today. merits oi thc- governments . interest~ and that will be based 6n the con- clusions reached at the recent con- iorenoe in pttawah is 110w being awaited.- - ‘ . . LONDON. bee. fln-‘Owtng to ills‘ Mflestyh- lllnostrthol mull ,NBH"YOII"I! inner list wllLdle emtmd It lrolqoiallylannouu . nut-mund- » ‘. 4 ma»! Jlnllli. .-, fittim from ‘ OTTAWA. lonnlo I It; stain‘; certain.‘ l . on: em ltllil church head. Ills condition, aocord- i th 388 cities as are csmpued m lhg m thc ‘latcsbbulletln, was lair, 3w ‘apart. 1.1mm...‘ n decline smuggling In the flifllms wmtlou ot temperance," dccinrrs 7that figures have brought lilo 0r- gonlzatlon to the conclusion that the Volstead Act has “failed utterly iowhat it was intended to do. namely, promolc tenlpernllce nnrl sobriety." Tables oi total nrres is by years Ill arrests tor drunkenness beillrmlfls in 1914. when the figure stood at 530,367, to 235,612 in 1020, the Y?“ national prohibition went into elv- feet. l‘ Beginning with 102i the liable ‘shows rapid annual increases m the number o1 arrests from 319.538 to 657,369. The report declares that a. marked increaséyin drinking in minors has been noted throughout the period. The increase in arrests n.1- lnwxlcauoh. in New Yolk W‘ report says. has bcen at u slower rate than in other centres 1T0!" which figures were drnwn. Birthing-- ham. A10... aha Atlanta. 011.. bell‘ show increase oi 500 per cent. for the period. The figures. the room Rove °=li indicate it mater Jllml! 1H Elm-e: whim were dry" before nation: prohibition than la the so called wot states. Police reports from 26!‘ cities where quor- was sold lczslll to 1020 ave 424.205 RWZESIS .r e14 as against 423.042 lh 1921. In 19o cities m states that had dry lawsbeiore the nessnse of W iath- amendment the league snys tlv show anlncrcase from I06.- ln i014 to 141.827 in 1027. _<+&~—--~-~ 1 CHICAGO, Dec. flkwSwitllowino an upper plate oi’ false trclh as h" slept, iclur niglf-‘s i180. fatal for Irving Plfls, who died this morning. e was taken ‘lo r lhospitai but succumbed to gastrll hemorrhage. ‘ 4;.-._ Federal Cabinet Ministers Ill (s in t.’ ti» demon; o awn. Doe. sis-non. Er- nest Lupolnto. Mltihter ol Jas- tloe, la confined lentils renlglenee lulluuanw. __ oon n being‘ ‘t tango i .TEM .EHi\il|l][ i Cities Show Th-at Ar- _ rests for - Intoxi-ca-‘ tion Rose From 235,- -—A survey " es show that smell-i - ‘ jor intoxication rose ir-c-m 235,612 m proved . Fine Response f}; Prince ’s Appeal (Canadian Press) LONDON, Dre. 2'1.—’l‘hc np- polll (Jhrlntlnlis nlgllt by llh~ Princi- oi‘ Wales.- over the null» on behalf of iln- distressed pon- plo o! England's milling disl- i-lots brought such responsi- llllll olilolals handling “It! Lin-u Mayor's relief fund were today almost buried under un nvlll- nnchc of mall containing coll- trlbutlons. The amount prob- ably will not be known nniil tn- morrow but one oifirizll at Maln- slon llousc gucsserl thnt it would be at least 220.000 sterl- ing (about $1,500,000). The two chief gifts were one of £30,000 from Lady Houston and unntll- er o! £25,000 from Lord Roth‘- crmorn. The value oi’ these and all other contributions is tlnuhl- cd by Illa promise 0i" thr- gov- ernment to mulch the gills Imund for pound. Several thon- Hlllll letters remained to bl- nll~ rncd when additional sax-ks 0|‘ (mull cinch packed to its limit, were delivered at ‘Wurrslnn l liousc ' -4. w”. ... Death T011. From Epidemic . (Canadian Press) MONTREAL. Dec. \‘7-~For Tues.- day and Wednesday the total number of cases of influenza re ported in the city hall were 49 wit!‘ deaths numbering 29 in the sllrm period . ' TORONTO. Doc. 2'7.~~F‘oul' death- todny caused by iniluenm brough- the number of victims in this city to 33. The number oi cases hospitals todny was 1B8 with ttvclm new cast-s admitted sine:- thv sur- vny was mndc. All Commission Has Saileil for Europe (Special in the Guardian) OTTAWA, Dec. 27.-’l‘lle n91‘: Canadian radio commission. hcnd- ed by Sir John Alrll. has sllilerl l0!’ Eurdpe to stud mr-lllods 0i rnclm lnhol tllrl-c, particularly lllP ill!"- thnds oi‘ the British Bronduiifi Company. ii uoverllmclll. nrgnlll 2:1.- tlon. , “fill: Slacaar 0F llEALTll l“; IN infirm Omens; Buf far AN‘ iiEaalf A SEcRET cloudy‘ with was: "m" _ ohtl m 1ioronto‘. tan- -. y winds. n . - We other provincial zovunalonn. l r1. - Maritime, f jlmmigration ortunities l ward Island". if Provincial Gov- ‘It? . V....~., ing to -Dom Part. A ‘ (Spuciul to The Guardian) - . iVigTiAWJLGDEQiIEF-lfl an mug- V Y a ua n re “gym; immigration cfliuials liolgrsgto while New Brunswick was duh."- llsned ill a statement issued by tlil minister, it llnd no sbecialmpm- (lallu- 5:1 far n5 the .Mariti.rne; or ‘any ctllol- part of Canada ls éblL corned. It happens that the‘ H - urnlnrnt oi New Blurwwlck ’ is kl-rn on the subject. hash. lie scheme oi its own in 113%; V, ; which the department has g, npernfing. llS is the case oi 01mp- Tlle department. it ,‘ was only too anxious illly oi‘ the p inces in tho. of lmlniglntcn and to meet _ requirements so lar as far as Prince Edward Island in cernad there had been no Dondcllcc with the uovemnlmt‘ lvhnln in respect o! a p W“ suilclllll 1'0‘: the Island, but " had bzen correspondence and b7] certain extent ell-operation. withy prnvlllclnl department (1 tin-e with a-view to securing ‘ t-lers. p As t. infill"? oi fact. it was slut! 0d. Prince Edward Island‘. illillllllrlllllS with. capitol iurllls, but that was the most " iicull. tiling lh the world so i . the British Isl-es are concerned.) pmvinclhluoparlznent o!‘ “ lilru for that reason. ts not’ mu hr Scandinavian rather British immigrants and that. Scandinavians make settlers iron! almost every . vlclv. the department is willltid n far 1W it can. to meet the ' _, owl's views and ls negotiating." iho present time tcwlguds the“ * illll cl all agent t0 mp0. *"_"\ l Wllnl. was specially will?“ upon the Guardian reprosentl__ was lllnl. ille department, oi, lzrzlticll wished to 60-0991!“ iUiSlhi in every way possible in l, lilcrhlu provincial views and ~ qulrnllvllls but that its llll’ for the whole o! CBIQIUA. ml [or unv particular part of: ' t in any parlculnr drive it no} l0 spvlrk. up to the provlnoesfltoivh- lrlvcs in nsk for when. thoy wanted. l Canada p Wants f Mexico (Special to tho Glllllll) MEXICO yarrv. Dec. m-A baccn nlld vanilla bu Canada. accordllll lb $211010 the l-NNIWY,“ xcnlluercc bud loll? b! ‘an consul-gonoillmfl cording to Kclly-McCrea do i )4 . r.- RANOTHER RELAPS Ottawa Milt; l To Co-operate to Prince ernment is was .