Maxnus . A MERCHANT as we ought. We do not value life I/"fl: I ' - //// ' W‘ ‘ . is hi: slilr. 1,40.“ “,4. MAXIMS . L: A t, or A " ! i, . , . ' 1 MERCHANT p l ’ -n—a_ * ‘ \\\\\_\_ The trouble with most “ of us is our lack of faith. ell 9'5 Pillar Read byiiverybotly f g CoversPrince Edward Island Like the Dew , g:-,','.'..‘;"°'a'...‘.'.1“"'..£::. "in: uurr (Special to the Guardian) OTTAWA. Ont... the opening of the afternoon, Hon. H. H. asked the government have retained the celebrated Montreal represent toms charges. the government enquired but to conduct the" tluring the investigation. tive member for Kings, Throne. He declared that not live in this country. have been -heard is unfair. where they stand.’- On the question of Maritime rights Mr Macdonald declared that the Maritime rightters have always Arthur stood behind Meighetn. Rt. Hon. 'Iihe Maritime rights have been ‘before the ‘country for year these rights were brought before Rt. Hon. W. L. Maclrensie King and they were horlfrltansd to. The Progressives advocated the Hud- mm Bay Railway and they will gilt- u how much money Will be spent 0n The policy of the Conserva- by its o. o number of years. Last rain it frokrn the government. it? tive party as enunciated leader is well known. The ‘Pr gressives have asked the govern- ment to give them a blank cheque. t "We have a right to lrnow how much money the’ government will spend on this railway. Canada is not ready to spend some thirty million or more at the DPGBBI" time. In ‘Prince Edward Island the railway is not yet completed. We ‘have still narrow guage cars nnd We are suffering from those disabilities. ious matter for the Easter-net's. if the Western farmer were handi- it in Prince Ed- ward Island, would they be in fav- or of spending $80 million. in foul‘ years we only had sixty miles of the Prince Edward Island Railway I am not opposed to (‘flppfld 8B W6 BPG completed. the Hudson Bay Railroad but am. opposed to that blank cheque. "lt has been said that community is not good for a rural com-munity. but we are ready to stand behilptiila u protective policy that will a large and prosperous Canada. Our farmers in ‘Prince Edward ls- lahd are fewer today than they were some years ago but they M0- The! use more machinery and they en- joy a lbetter prosperity. Prince Ed- dnce four times as rnttch. Condensed Specials RATlP-sc. per word. M! each insertion in up coluntli. ___ ‘waurso-cxrsntsuoso matofimwfm- ‘l’ “h” ‘“°’°““°“ ‘"""““' Apply at 14a Pownsi‘ strrfet. 8883i. l. i. l. ltlcnttltlln tttsluts Member From Kings ‘Cannot Live in Canada and Points out Liberal Disregard for Pro-election Pledges-Refers to Immigration Pol- icy oi Present Re Province of P. E. ' year it Feb. 9. —— At session this Stevens why they services of Messrs. Lafieur and Geoffrlotn, two lawyers, to the government before the parliamentary committee ap- pointed to investigate in the Cus- lion. George A. Hoivin, Minister of (‘ustoms and Excise replied that from them if they would be available not to represent the government, proceedings Their rev-vices have-not yet been retain- Mr. J. A.‘ Macdonald, Conserva- P. E. l. resumed the debate on the address in reply to the Speech from the the Progressives -have failed in Ca-n- ada, because sectional groups can- "Charges of bids and auctioning in this House. The position of the Progressives Thev should come out straight and tell the country just The expenditure of such a large amount is a very ser- onlwl llttusl: 0 Decal-BS Third Party gime as it Affects ward Island last year had the best ever had. Surely. the credit should not be given to tlti. government because it did nothing for our province. The election oi the member for Queens on Octo- ber 29th, was due to his own per- sonal popularity and not to the policy he enunciated. Our pros- perity has come in spite of the policy of this government. “P. E. l. has the second oldest legislat-ure in British America. it was the preliminary seat of con- federation. The member for St. James was wrong when he declar- ed that the people of P. l-l. -I. did tnot like the visit of the leader oi the Opposition. P. E. l. has al- ways acclaimed the leaders of both parties. The member for Si. Ja-mes said that the visited P. E. I. l would advise him to return and stay longer in order to learn a few lessons of tolerance and broadmindedness. “As to the supposed divorce oi the Canadian National Railways from the government there is no- body in P. E. l. who can obtain a position on the railway unless he has a recommendation from the Liberal commdttees. "The weak pdsitic-n the govern- ment occupies at the present time accounts for the anxiety to‘ divert attention to t-he opposition side of the House rather than to the side which is really handling affairs and which has the ‘responsibility It is fair to criticise us, -but we should be criticised fairly.. in 1921, the Liberal promi a amy- thing and everything. T ey pro- mised reduction of debt, reduction of taxation, reductlonof the cost of living. They promised to solve the transportation _ problem to bring forth increased immigration, reform of the senate. and many other things. How did they carry out those promises? They have failed in practically every instance. The government is again attempt- ing to carry on in utter disregard of its recent pro-election pleflgafl- Why should this government at- tempt to take any credit whatever for the increased prosperity of this favored land of ours’! The)‘ are surely watching the statistics closely enough to know that tlid policy of the government 'had nothing whatever to do with the tmatter; that if it had a-nything to do with _ the prosperity of this cou-ntry. it. would be to ham?“ rather than to forward or further "Last year was a banner year in sonle respects for Canada c3094?!" ally in the province i'rom which l come. Production was larger: exports were larger; but that was due entirely to the fact that W9 had an extra good croft Y0!‘ which we received extra good prices. Everything in the way of farm pm- duce tlilritig t-hc tut-t year aewrad good prices. There was no weak- ness whatever attd the 0WD W85 B gal,- one, In previous years we had either some crop failures or low prices, untl if we look Ht the summary given out h" the Depart- ment (t: Customs and ltlxtrlse u few days ago of the nine mouths trade returns as reilflfds "Xllnml- we find that agricultural u-ntl animal products accounted for 81511-000900 of an increase while the total in- crease of trade during that 9911011 was $202,000,000. ls the SOVIET"- ment going to take credit for the increased crop 0! DOWN"! l" 'Prince Edward island or the i-n- creased crop or wheat i-n Western Hon amongst farmers generally throughout Canada? The govern-- CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, I926 Annual Subscriptions Delivered Ill-IO By Mall, Canada and U. ,8. A. ll.“ LATEST F Hlllll TH-[ji-PITA Customs ment Probe. (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Feb. 9. —-The probe Into the administration of the Cus- toms Department will begin in earnest hers tomorrow morning. Decks were cleared for action to- day when tthe committee held its first meeting appointed a chair- man a-nd settled routine matters preparatory to beginning the tak- ing of evidence. The investigation, wit-lob will be nade by a committee of nine mem- bers of the House of Commons. was precipitated -by the charges made on the floor or the House re- :elltiy by Hort. H. ll. Stevens, Conservative member for Center Vancouver, oi‘ irregular conduct oi’ the Department of Customs and Excise during the last few years. Officials of the department knew that "wholesale smuggling" was going on and had not taken active steps to cope wltlil the situation, he suid. The Minister of Customs lion. (i. H. Boivin offered to meet the sug- gestion for the appointment of a committee and this“ committee consisted of four Liberals, four Conservatives anti one Progres- sive member of the House has full power to command the attendance and testimony of any individuals in public life or out of it on the subject. - The first witnesses to be called are Commissioner Cortland Starnes of the Royal Canadian Mounted lPolice and a_ number of his officials as well as officials of the Customs Department itself. Smuggling, drug peddling and il- licit ‘liquor transaction are the chief objects of the probe. wlluttl uuu lm_uu_ ors on Border With "Smugglers. l TORONTO. Feb. 9.-~A special despatch from Washington to 111B Toronto Star today, says: "Officials of the Treasury -De- partment and the Department of Labor will cooperate with any committee the Canadian Govern- ment narnes to investigate the sen- sational charges made by H. H. Stevens, former Minister of Trade and Commerce. that smuggling is rampant along the border. "Under the terms of the conven- tion between Canada and the Un- Now Cleared for Depart-i “Nil “lllilflil WIT; ITALY" Declares Stresemann Who Says Gov’t Must Decline to Re- ply. (Canadian Press) BERLDN, Feb 9.—'I‘h.e German Government must decline to reply to Premier Mussolini in a tone which is better suited to mass meetings than to diplomatic con- versation with other nations. "We have uo quarrel with [the Italian people. whoaccording to .\lussolinl‘a own words. written in 1920, have no interests incompat- ible with the- Genmans." Dr. Strese mann continued. “Germany has dif- ficulties and as Mussolini then stat- ed and these always were due t0 misunderstanding and distrust. conditions. of mind rather than con- flicting economic or political in- teresta. Spanish Fliers Start For Buenos Aires (Canadian Press) RIO JANEIRO. Il-‘eb. 9. —— Com- mander Ramon Franco who has flown from iPalos, Spain hopped off today at 7.21 a. m. for Buenos Aires after a. short preliminary flight to test his engines. The distance to ‘Buenos Aires is 1,382 miles. He is expected to stop at Monte- video, Uruguay after a flight of 1,200 miles in order to take on gas- Says Church is Opposed to Com- pulsory Prohibition (Canadian Press) BOSTON. tFeb. 9. —-Cardina1 O'Connell. in a public statement issued, declared that compulsory prohibition was flatly opposed to Holy Scripture and the Catholic The position of the II-flltrauttlou. Roman Catholic Church was‘ out- lined as opposed to compulsory prohibition although supporting voluntary total abstinance. Ask Government to. go After Bak- ers’ "Combine (Olllldlln Press) WASHINCTDN. Feb. 9. -— The federal courts were asked by the government today to prevent form- ation of a "huge combination in the baking industry" by the Ward interests and others. in an anti-trust. suit filed in Bai- tirnoro the government named the General Baking and United Baker- ies interests as linked with the Ward companies in the enterprise.‘ it was asked that the defendants not only be prevented from furth- er amalgamation but required to ited tBtates to suppress smuggling. which has been in effect since last, July, the authorities of "both govern- menlbs are given wide Powers to‘ put down this traffic. The Americ- an force on the border, because of, the fact that the law is new and the force is not fully established permanently is regarded here as not deeply involved in the charg- es preferned by Mr. Stevens. but American officials will nevertheless lend every assistance to the Canad- ian authorities in ascertaining whe- ther the borde-r forces are winking at violations. Neither the Treasury Department nor the inbor- Departmetnt. which controls the border have any evi- dence here for collusion between operators on the border with armis- tment has tried to do so. but it is glers, and they were much surpris- ed at the seriousness of the charg- ‘es preferred by Mr. Stevens. i t t .t to make. and tron eats -- WlLi-il PipNoflzfufinf“ ‘reisestmm ..r . “m, fiacuew an t began? the Throne is not a fair statement I ouse r so I I i . 4 and 5 p. m‘ m” m m_,toleput before the Canad an D60 ' *~- ' t tn ":t:.=.:s:'...r. r- ....'.::r.: -Jol-‘Jr":.":::l'::::. Newmm. t ca‘ ' '94s"; that in 1920 the ext-haul"! PM‘! ‘You wan-r coco suvstones Prices 50 for 200.. lil0 fdl- 85s..’ 350 f0!’ I56" W0 f0!’ ‘L00; 1.000 Guardian for $1.05. Postpaid. Office. s1 ..-__. . 1'i.'..°.'i""°....."""..t”bi. ral Joya Prism-y. Pllonvill. ‘Pon sass-a saaaam, on: Ti hn- rstrhssss atom sssoltss r ~'.~.~-a:.~:..-.r visas-sci Qllflao names.- A ‘Imperial ____L ' .-.__._..._...._.__._.. ‘JOB PRINTING OI IVIRY and expedi- srdisa cent- against Canada was about eighteen cents on t-he dollar at its highest point. We had to send 118 cents to the United States to get a dol- lar's wort-h of goods. But durins the remainder of 1920 and the year 19H the condition changed almost wholly, so that in the win- ter of 1921. when these Horn. Gen- tlemen cams into power and before their policies could have any ei- fscb-in fact, before there was any attention or policy of any kind- 0011128. scram/as roots Isv sauce at minimum-m ""4 hr commissioning Robert Mocslium, mustangs?’- to the Conservative ' ,, l, ‘ l- flung, |,-:‘s_li...!t ' there was a premium against Can- adian currency of only about five if the government is sn- titlsd to credit for betterment in this condition. w!!! not give credit w“ h i _ ‘d w dmvernrnerlit. prov s are-nee n r tuna fen- (hf f," , , ~ ale fox ma». us‘ O. C. _ lie-lid? .115. ehlilchegrgafazlconncll has m,” tend‘ dill’:- ‘li-ogrsgogitrtsifltitrias ing the special league assembly _tss was approved last ‘llllllt by the rather than give it to this govern- ment under whom the five cents difference was wiped out‘! "The Speech from the Throne de- clares that with improved condi- tlons throughout the country the government have formulated a comprehensive immigration plan and that measures will be taken to further the retention on the land (Continued on Page 3) mil-is To Present Ger- many’s Request For Membership (Canadian Press) GliNVA, Feb. ll. —Cermsny's formal request for memllarflhill in the League cf Nations is on the way here by mail and will be pre- sented tomorrow. The Leasllfi convoked for Friday for the nut-poll! 0! "mlm" dissolve any combinations already entered i-nto. The Ward Food Products Corporation whose re- cent incorporation in Baltimore led to much criticism in Congress. has become a subject of investiga- tion by the federal trade commis- siotn. Ordered to Make Peace Terms With Druse Tribesmen ' (Canadian Press) LONDON, Feb. 9. --Special dis- patches from Jerusalem rein"! that the ‘lo-each government has declined to supply anon and money for any further campaign alfllnst. the Druse trlbesmen and has in- structed High Commissioner De Jouvenel to make the best peace terms possible and at an early date. River Shannon Overilows Banks (Canadian Press) BUFAST, Feb. 9. —'l\he flood- ed River Shannon is three miles wide in, some places and its tribut- aries are also greatly swollen. Boat traffic is a regular feature of tlfe flooded areas. Will Not Publish Income Tax Pay- ment Amounts (Canadian Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. -Jte- peel of the law allowing publica- tion of the amount of the income at which Germany will bs elected. United States lusts‘. thlumt huh Czarist War Docu- ments Stolen. From Russian Noble in London. (Canadian Press) DOMDON, Feb. 9.—~Scotlsnd Yard is puzzled by a mysterious bur- glary, which appears inspired -by political motives, at the London re- sidence of Marquis Vivien de Chat- eau Bruu, Russian Royalist, form- erly of the Russian embassy. During the war he was with the British anmy atArchangel and lat- er with General Denikirfs white guard. When the Russian embassy moved from Chesha- tHouse to make way for London headquart- ers of ill? Soviet o. number of chests containing documents rein.- ting to the war activities of Rus- sian officials still other papers were entrusted to the care of the marquis. Several of these chests- were broken open Sunday night and a number of papers stolen by a man who lent behind a jimmy and a revolver. "All the boxes opened contained miilitary documents which were strictly secret during the war," said the marquis. “Although of no monetary value they would be probably of great interest to the Boishevists." lt is believed a pre- vious attempt was made to open the boxes. Suggestion of Sessional Refund Dampens Interest (Special to the Guardian) OTTAWA, Feb. 9.—-Wl1on E. B. Ryokman, M. P.. for Toronto East suggested in the House hast week that if the members took a holi- day they might return part of the sessional indemnity there was no great display of interest shown by the said members. ‘ Miss Agnes MoPhail, M. P., who during the last parliament relig- iously returned 01.500 of her 84,000 sessional indemnity every year is not following this plan in the pre- sent parliament. ln 1921 Miss Mac- Phaii pledged herself to accept only $21500. She soon found, bow- ever. that there are innumerable demands on the pocket of an M. P. and in the recent election cant- paign Miss MacPhail told her con- stituency that she hereafter would accept tthe full indemnity. Tells How to Check Business Depression (Canadian Press) NEW YORK. Feb. 9. -'l‘he way to check a threatened business de- pression is to cut prices and i/a- crease wages Henry Ford says in an interview published in the our- rent issue of Collier's Weekly. "it is good business," said Mr. Ford, "always to raise wages and never to lower them. Higher wages amd lower prices mean greater power-more customers." The theory that the right price ‘ for a commodity is "what the traf- fic will bear" and the right wage is "the lowest sum a man will work for," is an unsound one, the automobile manufacturer believes The right price is the price an article “can steadily be sold for, he stated, "and right wages is the wage the employer can steadily Pa!" Passport Issuance Increases (Canadian Press) »O'I‘TANWA. Feb. 9.-—-Fees col- lected on issuance of passports ad- ded 0lit2,000 to the Treasury of Canada in the last fiscal year. 1n the twelve months some 26.000 new passports were issued and about 6,000 were renewed an in- crease over the previous year. uETdhu huh; (Canadian Press) IBARIIS, tlNb. 9.-<Presrrler Briand warned the Chamber of Deputies today that quick action to solve the nation's financial difficulties is necessary. He declares that tan- le_ss measure; to balance the bud- get were voted and sent to the Seam within a week the situation WWlti P! 055K079!!- t- .. .._... .._. luuulhl Ill HETliHN-[il MEN es P. E. I. Veterans Must be “Recom- mended” before Get- ting Employment on Railways. ~ (Canadian Press) OTTAWA. Feb. 9. —Charges that returned soldiers in Prince Edward Island could not get work on the government railways there until they were “armed with a. re- commendation from some Liberal member or healer." were made i-n the House yesterday by John A. Macdonald, Conservative, Kings. P. E. l. He read a telegram from a re- turned soldier in his constituency complaining that he had been re- fused snow fighting work on the railway while four members of an- other family, none of whom saw service overseas were employed. ,Hon E. M. Macdonald, Minister of hlhtional Defence. asked Mr. Macdotnald to send him the names of the :men involved and he would take the matter up with the rail- way authorities. - Elected Chairman Of Investigation Committee (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Feb. 9. —Paul Mer- cier, Liberal of St. Henri. Montreal was today unanimously elected Chairman of the special committee of the House cf Commons which is to inquire into alleged irregularit- ies in the Customs Department. The election of tMr. Mercier, was proposed by D. Donaghy, ‘Liberal, of North. Vancouver, and seconded by Hon. R. B. Bennett, Conserva- tive, of West Calgary. The mo- tion was carried without debate. President Declines to Intervene in Coal Strike (Canadian Prbss) IWASPIINIGFIDN, Feb lie-Tbs Sen- ate appealed to President Coolidge today to seek s, solution of the sn- thracite controversy ‘but the re- quest was answered almost imtm- ediateiy by s. reiteration at the White House of the President's policy of non-intervention, -_—-¢-0-c--—-- Demand Austrian Government Ap- peal to League (Canadian Press) VtiNNtA, Feb 9.-Jl‘lle provincial Dist of the Tyrol. at Innsbruck, ad- opted a resolution today demand- ing that the Austrian government appeal to the League of Nations against tPretmier tMtdssoliniis "threat" referring to his speech of last Saturday on ltalo-Gennan re- lotions. J.A. McDmtald Charg-t this up papal/tun ltosnul colonel . AiPIENIJID SUCCESS p The annual grand concert held {last night in the Strand Theatre, in [aid of the Charlottetown‘Hospital. rwas one of the marked musical ‘successes of the seusou. a-nd was heard by a large and vet-y enthus- iastic atlllience. Orchestral music, instrumental selections, vocal solos and duets, readings, and Scottish dances, all went to make up a splendidly balamced and very enjoyable program and the appreciation of the audience was shown in the encores that were the invariable reward of the oi- fering of each of the performers. The program was quite a lengthy one, and while it would beinvidious to individualize, all the numbers be- ing cf consistent high starldurd in quality, special mention should be made of Prof. and Mrs. Fletcher's vocal relldltlO-n of "The Rosary“. a/nd also of the violin solos by Miss Kathleen liornby and Mr. Ben Wagner, these titres numbers eliciting tremendous applause and encores being enthusiastically cull- ed for. A Scottish sword dance by little Miss Mary Truinor, and the lligh- land Fling by Misses lleleu, Marlon and Jean McDonald were two other numbers that met with the wholehearted approval of the audience. The concert was under the dis- tinguished patronage of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Heartz and His ivorship the iMayot- and Mrs. McKenua. The accompanists tiuri-ttg the evening were Prof. Fletcher, Mr. Albert Blanchard. Mr. Austin Con- nolly. Mrs. Byron Brown, Miss Bessie Blanchard and Miss Georgie Williams, Summerside. W. E. Fletcher S()llg'—S6|E(.'[Ctl—-Ml‘. Sam DOYIe Violin S0l0—“LCg9lldB"— (Wie- inuskU-Miss Kathleen Hornhy Song-J/ntlgeltt Guard Thee'—— (Godardl-Mrs. S. ll. Henderson St>ng~-Selccted—Mr. C. J. Gal- lagller. Song-t-“Colne Bat-k to Erin",- Mrs. Jas. Iiyrne Orchestra Selections-Casino Or- cllestru. intermission Mrs. W. E. Flctcilet and Prof. W. E. Fletcher. Character Trainer ' . Violin Solo-Selected-Mr. Ben Wagner Song — "Flight or' Ages"- (Weutllerbyr-Miss Margaret M» Cal-thy ' Sol-lg ---- J. Austin Swot-ti ilanco~Miss Mury Train- or Song ~--» Selected -- Miss Lucy Blanchard liloiloltllgtlc-Mlljor [mu Mac. Donald Horizontal Bur \Vork—--Mr. W E Scantlt-btlry and Willie Henryyas. sisted by Toto. GOD SAVE THE KING. ~i<0&— Large Portionof England Under ‘ Wate; (Canadian Press) LONDON. Feb;- 9. ——A large Dart oi’ England is again under water. The floods in some por- tions of the country exceed those Vocal Duet-“ln the Garden of Tomorrow"—lvliss hlargaret Mc- Carthy and Mr. Albert ‘Blanchard Reading—Selected—-Dr. Song-“Still as the (Curl Bohn)—-Mrs.» J. J. Stewart Song-“Pal of My Cradle Days" —Master Billy McIntyre Highland -Fling——'.\iisses Marion and Jean McDonald Song—"Parted"—-(Tosti) — Mrs Hcln-tl. IN IVI-[INTHEAL T r a ff i c—_O0nstable Leads 40 Girls to. Safety. v i (Canadian. Press) MONTREAL. Feb. St-Damage estimated at one hundred thousand] dollars was done by a fire which broke out in the premises of Mil- ler Bros Cloak and Dress Manufac- turerg shortly after noon today and for a time threatened the down- town district of the city. Forty girl employees rttalty of them on the verge of hysteria were led from the premises by traffic con- stable Bourgeois, who discovered the fire. The Weather, Etc. N. 5. Ii ll ll 5E IIPENS EESSIIIN. (Canadian Prsss) liiALIFAX. N. S.. Feb. 9.——- The finst session of 38th. general as- sembly of Nova tSootia and the fif- teenth legislature since confedera- tlon was formally opened this after- noon. customary military and nev- al display being staged under bril- liant sunshine before s large num- ber of spectators. The smcch from the Throne was read by Hon. James Cranswlck Tory. Lieut Governor of Nova Scotia. The legislative assembly when first summoned to the Council Chslmbar. informed the Lieut Cov- ernor through Premier Rhodes; that the Commons was without a speaker. The Lieut Governor forth- with ordered tltem to return to the Assembly Chamber and hoose a speaker. The members rammed and elected Hon. Albert Parsons. colleague of Premier Rhodes in Hants County and again walked ac- ross to the Council Chant-her to hear tits speech. Returning again to assembly in the Chamber the members. 81 of them cunpletely new to parliament found their seats and the address in to the Illeoch was moved by r J. Mah- onsy one of the Haifik County members and sectnldsd- by C. Nowlhn mun-bar for ‘ilwar ovaaartzoon p, fart DRWER nae-r ween AND FounD t-ta l. l-lao Acmhi. Y , p, HEART ‘ '\. l) TORONTO. (lnt.. Fell. l0.—~.\lari- tlm! northeast winds increasing to gaies with snow. agar: 1256 p. m. 99D!"- tasllw . ._... it dlilillilllll HHE Iflammerslds tide sighitssn minu- The program was as follows: M 58'1"“? 0m 0f U"! PM! PROGRAMME twenty-two days there has been 0vertme_ Dixon-H Casino 0,, only fllle day without rain. The chest,“ ‘last two weeks have been excep- tionally wet. ftléiileiDiscovery to Des- 3 troy Aircraft ' A In Flight i (Canadian Press) LENCLINGRAD. Feb. 9.—-Prof_ A, Boyka. of the Russian Mags lN inc-tic Observatory. announce; the ‘invention of apparatus which, by "H-‘Plns of the reflection of povmr. i‘ul rays of beat, will destroy air- planes or dirigibies while they are 1n flight. His appliance. be says. W"! ‘Dfflicct concentrated heat wav. es o. tilsttlnce of 25 miles. losing only one-third 0f fth i strength‘ 8r previous Death of David Keir The heartfelt gympathy o; a host of friends goes out to Dr. and Mfg James Keir, Muipeque, m» [ha ma"; 0f their son, David which-occup- led yesterday morning after an ii ese of some weeks. The dzceae. 8d wart an exceptionally bright and loveable young ma“, only 22 years of age. in his third year in Mqgm Lynlvelsil)’ lit-kills a medical course. "<1 milking a name for himself at: a student and scholar. in December he became ill and camc home shortly before Christ» ntas, hoping to resume his studies after the holidays. His health, how- ever was such that his parents persuaded him to remain st home l“ tho hope that. rout llnti care wan" restore him to ills- usual health, but it was otht-ruise ordered and the end untlue ,\'t~~ttt-rtlay' morning, lit-nth ht all titut-s l5 and but, an the titresllold of lii'--, entering upon what humanly promised to be s bright and useful future. is a heari- breaking ‘triul for tllo mother :l"t\ father and only sister, bliss l-Piza- bBULWhJiTsO dearly loved him and look-ed so hopefully tu his future. To the berm-uteri family unti relativ- i s The (iuurtlian tends-rs sincere .~'_\’lll]li\llI_\’. I l "(Announcements Coming Events, Meetings, Etc. , "Vnlt-tttltlo ten Zion Church hall. ‘(Friday afternoon 4 to 0. t 7623 2 10 8i. i " Tyrone Dramatic Club will ‘Ipreseut their four-act drama "our nllm" in Tyrone Hall, ifriday. 12th. jlf not lino. on Monday following. i 7028-2-10-li Toronto, cloudy . . . . . . . . .. 22-14- Montreal. clear .. .. 8-4 hslow’,u'i'f“’l‘;“"f g"; ulil- Qrfifllim Quebec. clear . . . . . . . .. 10»6 below z 40 m y n - “ 5 in m n Charlottetown. clmr . . . . . .. 14—4 p" m" _ . ' ------ -- 2.2:: tstz: m» 368mm ‘mu, ' 28;” llnnd will hold an afternoon tea in w“, ‘fork 6,35‘; ' " ' ' " 28__m;st. James Hall, wsdnsstlsy after- ‘ ' Y» ' ~ ' ' - - ~- . noon from 4 to ti. Admission as tl-ligh tide this morning at 9.19 can“ mgnn and tonight at 8.26. t ' ‘Sun sets this afternoon at 5.20 “A mom,‘ of "a." & y}; "l" WWW" Hora-Ins at first. will be hslfl lpringflsld New moon Friday “brim-y 12th m ‘t 1'30 p’ m’ hm...’ m’ 11th. A representative from und- ling station will ‘he prsssst. (Ila ma) n. u. suitor. Isa a... .. >14»nl‘1 |¢l< l Duet-"The Iif):=-try"'-—(NeVllll—- _ -t;;:,- q.‘ r~_,_._r,_ v“ .- ‘m, ~ -:.-...-..-_ —. .7- 2;- -~»Ji;-;;»tw-w- u- - ---.->-'!---\ w.»- a- til-N MN» 8_