,ii fin.-u.i==»_` ! i ,.,..,.-..;» 1; r if . ,i ri ll it .. ir ii: 47 r r;_ _iii ri’ if ri ii i --Jlrnuuuqq o liuriiiarr _ luheerlptlon snd Advertising Phone <............... News snd Edit. Phone ............._................138 for mu om" at emi-roimwn. sruroii ortrm at sum- Mr merelds. Alberto lourls and len 535 § Morning Delis (NIMH 1K1): IW yesr :_l2.l0 llsllsd) In sdvsnoe ,Calf if."1'.f}',i.».'.'l~.'i'.l"<§'»°.i..i., »»¢"»§£"i»irr¢ri is u. o. A. me., Evening Dolly (founded iN?) 01.00, (delivered or by min in cumin, are sam for u.‘s. A. ' ' ' ffl” Ssturdey. Weekly (bonded 187) 8100 psi' annum by fm rnsll In oaiisds or U. 8. A. . F - mqiur ortinsuau nansuofotnuriului. '“° ___V__._._._____i`__. __._._____-_-_-_- _,___-v-_-_-___-_-_l -___ __~_~,_-_-_- -_-_-_-_-V-_-_-_-_-;_-_-_-_z-;_-;;;_~:rf 0 a ' r ‘ for its fuel," proof is adduced that alcohol is pre- \\'r.pxi~:sn.»\\'. Mluicit I5, 1916. f _ W "UMW iH_______A_ Cl’ l’A'l`RlfiT'S ‘C0l.0URED GENTLEMAN” rest Under a sensational three column heading- *llc Sho Patriot in its issue of the 7th inst. declared that “The gas 'ilarining statement was made at the meeting (of the Su, . _ n Prince County Temperance Alliance) that when it imusted ina few yea,-,_ ` w:is known in Summerside that some of the volunteers were to be billeted there, a delegation from the United dee churches waited upon the Honorable .-\. E, Arsenault mu and asked to have the Prosecutor be more faithful in enoug, to Commun wr W t_ ly 5,01, ,t no; the discharge of his duties, and was told, ‘that it was ,-0, no part of .\lr Phillips’ duty to hunt up evidences and dist :ict the detective’ Thus at last it becomes known P,-0 where the coloured gentleman in the wood pile hails eng; froni. This statement coming from a member of the pri ‘Governineiit caused the greatest indignation, and the wh; passing of the following vigorous resolution :--" It nag; then proceeded to give the resolution. ` wo ln yesterday's issue the Patriot publishes a letter from .\lr }\. Stirling McKay, who was one of the so deputation that waited upon the Hon. A. E. Arsenault, is flatly coiitratlicting this report and giving the facts. (-35 We publish .\lr .\icKay‘s lettter to-day so that our ma readers will be ablc to judge for themselves what fu dependence in place upon the Patriot’s Alliance re- the ports. Mr .\icKay writes, inter alia, that hc was one ad of the rlepiitzitiou and not only so brit he had taken of ilie trouble siiicc to interview as many of the depiita- 50| tion :is possible :ind they certainly understood the cv riiritter iii the same way as he did and expressed their on lu~:irty approval of the manner in which they were rc( treated by .\lr .\rsenault. _ lib It appears from .\lr I\IcKay's account that one of Se] the members during the interview incidentally asked on “Great Britain," says Mr Andre\vs,'lias comrriap; red the alcoholic output of thc nation for use in its nition factories. Our Govemment has been brave l d hea \’Vl l ld ` rrmandeer for the national safety the output of the illeries' to be delivered at a price giving reasonable fit _to the manufacturer and protecting all the ne users from ruinous speculative advances in the cc of gasoline? We should then tum costly_ plants ch have been of doubtful benefit to the country to onally beneficial uses Such a prohyibitoiy policy _C°““W ‘° “°° "°P’°°°“t°d i" the D°` uld avoid all questions of compensation.” able to gasoline as an engine fuel, that it is less - in_iurious to an engine, has a cooler and almost odour- exhaust and as long as the sun shines can be -*--- produced in unlimited quantities." He goo’ on to iv the growing scarcity and the increasingfcost of oline and predicts that at the present rate of con- ption the world's supply of gasoline will 'be ex- for liquor, then cannot be depended upon to brmx u _ ___ ig bouiuoiioppyoonaiiionnszaugoodmenpisyfvr ' ` when ive shall have wholly removed the curse of drink. What are the prospects for reducing the pro5tS' making liquor selling a less attractive proposition? W W Andrews, of the Research laboratory it _ in a letter which we have gust received, advo- s the comrnarideering by‘the Dominion ‘Govern- t of all disiilleries and setting than to 'work mann-` uring alcohol for fuel purposes only. Quoting m Sir Vivian Lcwis's authoritative 'work on “The l of~thc Future," in whichlit iirciaimed that ‘fit is lcohol and sloohol alone that posterity must look ter was e cil to send wstsr or is pow March 14th, _ -1__i-i-;_.___ seen for P. c. rnriirsiis H Sir.-Slnoe the piloting of the Con- ference ol, Cltlxiinsflast week in Char- lottetown we have boon making lnfiulr- |°3 .¥'9¢*~\’d.m3 _ 01,9 seed shortage for certain impocunious farmers ln this County and we have come to the con- clusion that s very serious condition of i.l\lll£B`eXintl'ln the low. flat. Ull- drsined sections of our County and that as Dr. Gauthier pointed out at the meeting, we ue np; to lose some ot_our very host farmers unless the Government comes to the aid of thooe people and secures them seed Dow' toe, oats md wheat especially. A great. number of these people lost the whole ol their crop last year, not even getting -their seed bmck and lu some cases having used two seedlngs. but worse than this there are several cases in which the crop of the year ho- foro was lost through the same causes. -We understand some of the island up before the Dominion Parliament and if is well that their hands should be strengthened. Unfortunately our minion House and we are writing this in the hopes that some of the public The idea, if carried out, would solve the dimculty 5 “l’l""ed “M19” °f the Q“°“““ C°““‘y 1\lr .\rsenault what power there was in the Act to takes the |-i5k_ coiiipel any prosecutor to do detective work, and Mr .\rsenauli replied that strictly” speaking the law did not r-ompel any prosecutor to do detective \\'ork,'and criiphasized in this connection it was necessary, in order to get the best results, for the Temperance of people to work in harmony with the various prosecu- ,-it tors. \\`iih this the deputation was in entire agree- nu-nt, aiirl as .\lr .\icKay states, they expressed their _ C0 Iii-:irty ripprovzil of the manner in which they were ba ri‘cate give up all the intenied German liners, but also pay else' . all the war expenditures of the Germanic Popvers and He .wanted ii good one. you ¥l\°Wi Where his clothes would not soil end ihfif -'lilies-" V ins honda wouiri keep clean. And the salary musn't be low i _ i » X( r ` I-Ie ia. lied for a pen, but i-ll9Y- BBW i *And hghiiiigiigilniiiiay with it shrug.” 'But he aitoi-on his mind. and. sorting The Springfield Republican sziys,_Cliarliei Chaplin, " the Bp,,de_ h,,_d,,g| is to get a salary of $10,000 a week 'for 52 wfeeks ‘and ` The public mind is apt to associate evergf marine V _ I disaster with the war, ,and few' realizethe e tent of Ju., B, ,mid U h, pguyg the wastage of ships tli`at`is constfintly gr ing on. Tlfelr words never -toy _`_¢ll_fll, According io _omcrai figures, eg Wieck, or: British “""“"“°°""°- i"!' ‘ vessels were reported during February, but ibf these only 23, or just one-third, were due to enemyi causes, ,including submarines, mines' (and Zeppelin bombs. -Rather more than hall’ the lives lostare, rwever, chargeable to the enemy, who, being un_abie_ o meet' the iirltish in the o r to dame is being .radiated rn,_w¢ _a_,,_,,m_,,,,_,w_°,P¢“» non - '; '. _. 'L'-_‘\ Hg workcfwlth ri will that ls bound in addition a check for $150,000 _on_si`gi-iiiig (thc con- _ . ,O succeem . tract-in all $670,000 a year. ' 'And yet t icre are ‘Arid the moiitbsand the WI" WH"- educated, well-informed people, whowill aslg, "Wl~roi,,.h° _w‘;‘;“,f‘w" rough mu th, mm, is Charlie Chaplin?" r, ` 1 r . was ini-ri. , _ ‘ ‘ But his heart he kept illed Wifi! I - , song. itssk buthe I ed ' The day face- 1 usd ofmu iiirincs Bdtish all and at a eussed ln hero- n .their and s re-~ passed at four chur- union moot- lnppolntod to '.l‘ho.doputa- for s meet re fact of a ii the °::r..‘.:::°...i _'S_pr_ing,‘l916! work were deputation 4 Buttefldffi F8$ilioh8` T _ _Spring 1916 in co co My _riurrrrriicir i>ru'_rr-:iirr ir... wioriiirir 600lovely designs are shown .-~ iu thefiluarterly BUTTERICK FASHIO S, 25c a copy. _ With eaggpopyyou can choose any one y 1 e and get any Buttenck Pattern FREE. TliB='DELlNEAfl`OR,_ is the oneiibsolutely reliable fashion' authority of the world... Get the. latest issue, 15c a co " for April member; have brought the question' |11 "1 W1 ll' l’Yl I tc ai il t J ln im M s cutor Arsenau that compel any work and that in this connection wa Y der to get the best results, for the Temperance people to work in har- and the statemeng made did not con- vey at all tlis' meaning that your cor- respondent gives to lt,when it is com- pletely Isolated from the rest of the discussion. ' oo ectlon at all with the Temper _ ance Alliance and their reports to their various official boards were . en- couraging and satisfactory and it ‘is not at nll fair to give a. report of this kind through the Press when it is not warranted by the facts. tion and not only so, but has taken the trouble since to interview as and d an expressed their hearty approval of the manner in which they were understanding could have been com- pletely ohvlatod if the Press had wait- ed until they received the official re- port fcom the Secretary of the ..A|- lla handled without trying to make poli- tical capital for anyone. Therein no one in the Province who is more ln- A than the writer, but hc feels that on sidered with due consideration and entirely on its merits. Sf"`ViC0~ ` . E. Iiillill HUIIKEYISTS 8 year than has been lu evidence for sorne time past Thlfris as it ought to be The able bodied hoekeyists aio th serious than hockey, something too fo lt has been noted that there is a ood efforts with stick and puck in former years has well fitted them. It ls noted that the Connaught Club this year does not figure ln the League match- egg and for tho very creditable reason are eltherat. the front oron their way there. Those at the trout are Fred Moore. Harry Stanley! Bruce Wonuri- oott. W f McGu and Dick Brohaut Th Purcell, .lack li/ic_Aleer, Jim Iiorrell oo Overseas and Harry Morgan in the 105th Rest procure the names of the other mom- bors of the club who are on active ser- vice and those above given apply only and honor- not only so, on leaving the results ls quite- true one of the members what power there to compel any prose work and Mr. to this question., the law did not to do detective lt strletl was necessary, in or- ony with the various prosecutors Further. this deputation had no un . The writer was one of the deputa- any of tho. deputation as possible they certainly understood the atter ln the same llghg as he does exited by Mr. Arsenault. Personally, I believe that any mls- erslde churches, was absolutely with nompartisan spirit and should be rested in the cause of temperanoe l occasions this matter must he con- Thankltig you, Mr. Editor, for your Yours very truly, A. STIRLING MIICKAY. 5 quarterly style review of Butterick contains au- thoritative Paris and New ‘ York fashions and advance information about style tendencies, materials, and dress accessories. 22 pages of costume- dresses, waists and skirts; , 3 pages of evening dresses; a page of bridal dresses; 2 _pages of special gowns for stout women; 4 pages of waists; and 7 pages of in coats, coat suits, and wraps; 4 pages of negligees, house dresses, and miscel- lany; 24 pages for misses, juniors, small boys and girls, and infants. , "-7 0116/ 25 Ce/iff, f nm! A Butterirk Pattern Free any pattem in the book you may choose. . ' Ask for "Butterick Fashions" at our Butterick Pattern Department. _ ' Burrsnrcit PAieh-:Rus ir.; This 84-page spring geppgiulliagignlréliigghllagvgsélgpy’ or Torronio. ' BUTTERICK LEADS Burton’s Wash Fabrics Ratines and Crepes, Mercerized Cottons.V0iles, plain and st_rlpes;= Crepe Du Chenes. Madras. Qal,a~~‘ teas, Basket Cloths, Mereerizcd" Poplins and a szrear vaiietvofa novelty fabrics confine-d exclus- - ively to us in Charlottetown. EVERYWHERE Red Cross Patterns FREE These fabrics make the love- liest waistsandSummer Dresses. T We received a large shipment last' week of, Buttons Fabrics, clude New Cloths for .19l6. PA'l`0N'S AH. i ____ ..-_-v--is! ii uahlo space. C0i“i1l"~ nco meeting and this question, as - . _»~- _ - far as it was dealt with by the Sum- Gr. Fred Donald, Heavy Artillery. Sergt. Spurgeon Mclieiizie. A. M.C. Seri§i._W`eiidi1ll .\ieKenzio’. A. lil. C. Sergt. Artliiii' l’hllllprr,_I\'o. 1. 1-‘fold uibulunce. ' Pte. Jas. Rohiiisoii. infantry. Major K. Rogers, Siriiiallvrs. Lieut. Tlios. Rogers. Coiiiposite Batt. Sergt. Victor Saiiiiders, Army Postal Sergl. Gerald Sliiiilriy, lltli Ani Pte. Erie Warburton, Infantry. lldr. I.. Webster. 11th Am. Column. ` Gr. Duviilsoii. Heavy Artillery. Limit. Arthur Sullivan. Winnipeg Iiigliliiiirls. l.leiit. llurolil Siuiiley, 73rd High- landers. ' Caiii. Arthur Cameron, Vancouver Regliiiuiii. Sergi. ldriicst Weeks, Slgnallers. ((‘oiitiiiiir-il on page eight.) #Xl 7- UN iilllii Siliilii deal less interest in liockoy this is year engaged in something more i r which, no doubt their strenuous t twelve of their fourteen players , il izari . e others, Frank McCaroy. Dick Dougan and Russel Chandler are the Eleventh Howltzer Brigade Ani- uultion Column under Captain D.A. cl(innon at Halifax and ready for The Guardian has been unable to 'represented in the khaki clad ranks. Home jecred him and sheared st the -it-.»»-.K -fi-,rr ,t i ' i__~h‘~“=ir.' ii. ir. Niuiiqipon. mu “battery hope_torf to the hockey team. The fact that so many of the members ol' the club are on active service that the Association is temporarily out of the game ls a splendid tribute to the gallant _Con- naughts and it ls hoped that when the war clouds roll by they will resume their various sports with all their old time tervour. The other Associations, the Aheg- rwelts and the Victorian, are also well A. A. A- A. The following incomplete list. gives the names of members of the A.A.A.A. “The Haberdasliery” Headquarters For » Military Supplies Puttees $2.00 and 2.75 Dr. Pure Wool Semi Rid- ing Breeches 5.00 pr. Swaggers 25c to 40c Khaki Flannel Shirts 2.25 and 2.50 Whistles .50c Green, White and Khaki Lanyards 40C Khaki wool Hose 60c Heavy all wool hose 45Sand 50c. b 12 ) tripes (per ar c Worsted Crowns 65c Leather money belts 75c and 1.00 Pure Wool Semi Riding Breeches' $5 pair Henderson & .Cudmore Military Outfitters ' I.N.F. Badges 25c set Canada Maple Leaf Cap,Collar and Should- er Badges 6_5c set _ Khaki Hdkfs. 25c pr.. _ Khaki SilkHdkfs 60c Ssiihaki Wool Gloves Tan Dogskin Milit- ary Gloves 1.25 r Button Sticks 25c _ Button Polish “20c J Button Brushes 5c Tunic and Great ' Coat Buttons 50 l who had at different periods ln the history or the Association competeil in some,-iiriiniihot athlo_ties,giid ho, aroknow serving or hsvesbrved in he ran s: ‘Sgt J. F. iiaszord, .McGill Field ilos-. p tsl. , , , ' - Lt.-Col. .Cnt`1;phell. 105th. , _ Cspt. J. 2 Dorsey, 105th; , Cont. W. O_. Cook. 105th. qspt. Geor¢of8t.anway. 105th. iérgrir..i_1_..Patoii. iosrh. ‘ _ Cyril Bushes. losih Pte. Aonpsti I-ienneasoy, 105th. Llcut. Rsttee. 105th. ‘ " N ` Pte. Ed. Smith. 105th. '- i Liens. J. P. Hooper, 98th Ble|s,Bstu teiiioui. q. ii. niieiire. ssiii _siege lm-,_ __ _‘o’sp_t.‘ sssmhn, vlrli Bien liirroi rr- _ . , f- uruof m. i..r¢iiuu3r nmory ’ B31. Cllll. -. Btoilrt, Nth- , or. .r.'sioi-mi. oaiii"’§i siinir ` dl=t..d.;i&Ksy, sth §?o¢s Bsizrm' - ' lm. in Bsttsry. Li. oiinn imc u.°i'e° - !i'°=‘~ ` ind: ` ..~. ,-. » or... ra.-a.i.'r..°» so-n 'Anim iiiuo GIVES . | ro. not .war Come Here sz overt ir Ramiro 1| nu or miss mivmsu rms. iu:NN1=.»1.i.& Vlctorls i i