the Largest Simulation Province T .plffu , » -.- »-*_ . .. _-___J__ *_ __ _ i. ‘U 3' THE CHARLI I IE TOW G ARDIA i DAILY F ` Y' uv-Rl°if’52i'°1f“vi°iiii,i . 'cHARLo1"1‘E'I‘QwN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 191°. ,,?33$s“A°§‘§`l‘s”s ni‘i'ii»'¢_i'ri’<'i‘a -- EE ...__....._.._ .. __, _ _ __ . V _ __ _ I _., ~ 1+. __ _ _ . _ _ _ _ __ .. -_ ~ -_ ei I -3.-s. ` ‘ " #L_ -@- `_f-" H-1 rat i . ilniii iiw si. isis REGULAR MEETING 01* sssiu iiiis ii wii Piss ssisfio in in iiiii siii Pususiii “I” °'T’{.E,‘§",‘,‘,i’{'.; LAST ,mi siusiui i. i. iiiiii iisiiiliili Bpecial to The Guardian. RAPID OITY,'Man., March 14--The house of. Fred Willis, a farmer, was destroyed _by fire during the tempor- ary absence of Willis and his wife, Three small children. all girls, gggpéiqggdgha _entire family were ei hbors had narrow esca es N 8 p from -death ln_ _their efforts to rescue the children. ni -i|i1i_i_ issiiii Special to Tho Guardian. . MONCTON, March 14-As a result of injuries received Saturday Robert Geldart died at_ the Moncton hospi- tal today. He was caught between the tender and a box car. The deceased waqtwenty-foiir years of age and had been employed Wim the I. C. R. for sixteen years. iiiw in si _ ii in siuisii »__.._. Special to The Guardian. TRIER, Germany-,Mai'cli I4--Au im- mense air cruiser to carry sixty per- sons and travel from fourty-four to lifty miles an hour is approaching completion here and will he launched this spring by inventor`Anton Bisor, engineer. It introduces an entirely new de- parture in the construction of air- ships as it is built- of iron. DOG AND MAN IN A 'l‘Eli'RIFI(l FIGHT. _ TORONTO March 13.-A hut fight took place at Fullerilon Village be- tween- Robert Price and his large' and powerful' col-lie dog that went sud- denly mad. The dog torc its muzzle off and attacked liice in the stable. He gradibed a piece of gas iiipc and fought a runlning fight with the '-lirute until he got into the house. when he seized a gum and shot 'Lhe dog. OPPOSE INVASION BY THE GRAND TRUNK. PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 13. -. A lq\¢"r'Gll¥sl6ii1i'fiU6nfU!s~9!‘6ff0lfi€llt"' rai.lr~_oad, business men and others appdhred _before the house committee on corporations at the hearing in the State House today, on the girnntini; of a charter to the Southern New England Railroad. The charter was presented tu the assembly on peiil- tion lby the Grand Trunk Railivuy, several days ago, the plan being to extend the transcontinental system of the Grand _Trunk to a ilidew-utcr ter- minal -at Providence. VicePrL\;ident and General Managcr E. H. Fithugh of the Grand Tgunk line, was expect- sc so address t s nearing today. M-any opponents- of the measure were present. '_ BRILLIANT LITERAI.'I. LIGHT HAS GONE OU'i`._ MoN'I‘REAL,~ ivisrcn 1ff.vCf°ufsu Murray, prominently identified for half a century with the literary lifc of Montreal and_for tiiirty years lit- erary Editor .of .the Star. P85934 “' way in his elghtiet-h year. Hc was the son ul the late Dr, Games Mil:'\`dY’i former Colonial Editor of the Lon- don Times. ` ' _ Mr Murray was one of the lite-rnry lights of the Dmniiiiion. Hc ha..-i‘ written ln.hoth prose and verse. NNW; wast more partilcularly ‘known as ai poe . . In his "Songs of the Great Domiin- ion,'i W. D. liighthall lJl'0I\0\‘}\°°“ his translations of the lyrics of uuii-_ thier, Hiiho, De Mussct and 0010! French writers is gre ‘;i;i_i_;L_;f;‘ a -praise-inte “E491 R' ' Niiii 9 ‘insane nas published “ms and éiieries in the Montreal Stal' B-_ featiire hisilil' prized ‘DY l‘i’°"“Y' p y ‘ ` ig a . s an s to work beyond tiicsc hours in shops and offices is u. maximum of $50 for each oilcnce, or tnree months’ im- prisonment, and the some penalty is imposed on cmpluyei-s of trainway conductors and niotornien who work more, than six days a week of ten er`pr e was seen in St John today when the new Star Association pub- lished the first issue of the new Star after only two day's preparation. The paper started with sixtyusix hundred of a circulation and had more local advertising than any St. John paper ever printed. IIANIILSS IIHIINNE Special to The Guardian. WINNIPEG, March 14-An auto travelling at high speed at Seattle struck a post and Mrs Dresser one of thc eight occupants was killed and several others badly injiir`eii. Mrs Dresser before marriage was Miss* Lillian Sticklc of Stirling. Ont, N. S. PANLIAMINI IIN HUUHS [II LAININ HALIFAX, N. S., March 13-The govcrninent introduced ii bill in the lrsislatiirc today is imc with one rs- port of thc eight-hiiiir day corniiiiss- l(.\f`l. No' iwiziilntioii is ma-dc regardi-ng thc hours of labor in factories, or minus, but shops and uilices are leg- islated iipon and electric railways are forbinden, under heavy penalties, to ask thc-il' nmploycs on the cars to work more than six days of tcn hours per week. No assistant shall bc employed in any shop or ofiicc more than sixty hours per week, including mc-al time, and they must not be employed more than six hours conuinuously without at least one hour for s. mcal. In the case of struck taking or oth- er special work thesc hours may be extended, but not more than three hours per day, uu: for more than thirty days in any one yu-ar. The enalt foi cousin ssl t 1; hours per day ARnEs'rED.IN »§f0N'rnE‘AL. ‘_ . -1- MON'l‘llEAL, Marcli 13-Wliile Fath- er Caramelle of the Italian Church, was preaching this evening some thirteen Italian Protestants, said to be Methodists, entered the church and hegnii to lmtlier the preacher with offensive qiicstioiis. The ring- leadcr was arrcctcd. MRS. TWINING MANAGER. HALIFAX, March 13~-Miss Ada Loilise-'1‘wiiiing, formierly of I-Ialifalli is manager of a new magazine which made its appearance in London last month. The magazine is called “The Imperial Review of the United King' doin and British Dominions BaY0l1\i the Seas," and as its name denotes is devoted to the advanccmeiit of Im- perial iiiterests. Thc Mail is in re- ceipt of the first number of the Im- perial llevicw, the appearance of which is most creditable. Ten thou- sand copies were printed for the first issue. The King extended to Mrs. Twin- ing his best wishes for the success of the new venture. 'l‘lie London Morning Post of Feb- ruary 22, had the following: “Mrs. Tiviiiiiig, Coomibe Oak, Kingston-hill, has received the following words of npprcciation from His Majesty the King, through his secretary, Lord Kiiollys; "I have placed before the King one of the copies of 'The Em- pire’ which you gavc me. He desires mc to thank you and to say that he hopes the views which it inculcates will have all due weight in every 1 rt of the Em ire ” readers. Minard’s Liniment Relieves Neurnlgiu p _ HAI/Irs. Twining is thc mother of the Marclii_uiiess of Donegal. Rscsu YWNGSTE STEALI-Nc rsrsns nuriiigi eng past week or more The Guardian h ‘ been receiving niimer- ous comiplnigts from. subscribefd in various path of -the ' citi' that th" were not receiving __tiit0_il‘ i;;‘_i_1_‘;;’;3;‘; e dna erlqiiiring froén carriers it was ascertained that t 0 ssecajcr e parties. '=°m1>1“I“i“¢ he » 'properly each morning. This ve.|iise ,to_ the idea that S eystegsltic _p an -was being _P\lfH“§ by p e|,_ reaumafbily youths, W 0 were takin e s papers "dui the qom-.gg _igqj |md_F_¢_illing_them. °‘l ii” " ..I.“3 s...3.°.§‘.'ti’“iii-I mr or .new v - him ii ¢ ua of the offenders o th ck ' . Ye me -nies iii; he reported cf th: oM:eY, at. 'ho discovered the iden .oth wongththis ciilvfifs Wildfv he in Q 'of scealinir *he deli dp? ri from the doors of '“‘"°"~ ` °"= "°'i“=. “‘s:;.i: I t pa ere n W0 iii =|d§3‘§'°lifii`¢s' sims. _ r o i. "' °“‘°“‘ .‘f.'{?‘°i.3“£€2il.‘.‘.. -.I.‘I.°.’; 'th °zmn for the arrest of tl_|,.,gii_h.-_ -1 _ ers-lads of twelvv GHT and fourteen ycars of nge l`€SP°°“"'°" ly-could be secured. In conference with the Mlgili-fate and other city officials it was decided to give the chaps another chance rind the parents ofthe two brothers were seen and informed of the mis- conduct of their children. It is not anticipated that any ther annoyance in this_ rospec .W , be suffered' by subscribers, hut Tilv Gan,-(iian,onn assure all that should there be a recurrence of the offence iff an part of the city no pains will be_ spsyrsd to apprehend the Elliii-Y l\H"f'. te-B and bring giimi. bsforo the auth-. oyitiss where they will receive NIL, punishment for their offence or of- fegiifiz can be construed 'as an as-f surance for subscribers that no ef-_ fonts wiii be spared to give tlic.-n L_ satisfactory deli*/0|' 5°"-""° ““d “mx as -B distinct.-waifngig to those who- ( the doors o 0' taifiiiig pbxrsonxemgr more f~l"“‘i'*1° _subsc ers. _ detectives. in the dress fi! ITIVNR e tfxens, will be on thewntch i0\‘ B those who steal Guardians. that all civic elections as well as el- ections for Water Comsmissioncrs be he believed the present to be an in- Conn. Johnson.; that the Market. condiiciud by ballot and that ‘the 0l>P0l‘t\UIc time to draft the bill. icommittee be required to report to said draft of the bill he shown to the His Worship brought to the attent-ithe Council re the conditlcln of the council on or before tho first regular ion of the Light Committee the fact i building. The resolution was carried. meeting in October next that! the City’s contract with the El- The Council adjourned. have in the past been in the liuhitr Tho regular monthly meeting of the _ City Council was held last evening in the Council Chamber. His Worship the Mayor, His Hon- or the Recorder, Dr H. D. Johnson, Health Officer and all the. Councillors were present. _ The minutes of the last regular meeting and of a subseqvuent emer- gency meeting wera resid and on mo- tio ado ted. Il P A num-ber of bills that had been paid were approved oi by the Coun- cil. Some unpaid bills were passed and ordered to be paid.. A letter of thanks from Mrs Thom- as H‘a.ndrahan and family for sym- pathy shown in their recent, bereave- ment was reaid and was ordered to be acknowledged and engrossed on the minutes. Several applications received from parties applying for a position on the Police Force were submitted. An application for the posiftion of K fV'tIriaP k red eeper 'o ic o ar was a . A number of resoliitions authoriz- ing the City Clerk to call for tenders for various supplies necessary to con- tinue the work on the street during the coming season, which i-ncludcd cement, plank- ing, lumber, nails, sand, etc., were moved. The motions were all cari*ied‘. Conn Taylor gave notice that at the next. regular meeting of the Council he will move that a police- man be appointed to sup lement the present police force It was moved hy* (oun McKenna and seconded by Conn Johnson: that the Recorder he roqiuired tci draft a gill to amend the act of incorporat- ion to be introduced at the next session of the legislature to provide Coun. Riley thought it hardly nec- essary Uo consider this matter just now. The legislative committee can handle the matter next year. Conn. McKenna stated that the object was to give the Recorder an opportunity to prepare t-he draft of the bill. He was in favor of the Civic ballot vote Coun. McDonald said there were several changes necessary in the act and among them being the qiualiiica- tion of candidates seeking elecdlon to the Council board. He thought when the draft. was prepared iv ought to include all the proposed changes in the one -bill to be presented to the legislature at its ne-xt meeting. His Worship briefly expressed him- self in hearty accord with the object of the resolution, viz: the ballot vote. Couns. Johnson and Taylor said they were in favor uf the ballot vote. Coun. Campbell agreed with Conn. McDonald in reference to the other changes necessary in the act. Cclun. Matthews said he also was in favor of the ballot vote and hop- ed he would see it in vogue before the 'next civic election. He would like to see the amendments to the act all embodied in one draft hill -but he did not think the passing of the resolut- ion woulid interfere with the later addiiiiou of further amendments. (louns. McKenna, liiley, Taylor, Iiane, McDonald and His Worship ex- pressed further views on the subject before tha resolution was put to bhé meeting which resulted in a. tie vote, they yeas being: McKenna, Taylor, Jcihnson and Matthews, and the nayii' McDonald, Campbell, Lane, and_Ril-! ey. His Worship gave his casting' vote ‘against the resolution sayllng wtric Light GOIDPUIY Would eapirc in 1911 and said tnacit was customs sry to arrange for a renewal _of the contract about fifteen months before its expiration. Coun. McKenna. as Chairman of the _Light Committee reported that he had already written to the Com, pany asking for terms of renewal. Considerable discussion then follo- wed on the advisabrility of iihe pur- chase of one hundred shade or orna- mental trees to beplanted in th¢ ‘coming year.. A numflier of the Coun- cillors expressed themselves of ,the opinion that there were,enough trees in the city all the present and the ox- pense was not warranted especially in a time when funds were needed more in other directions. Conn. McDonald gave notice that at the-. next regular meeting of the eoimci-l he would present -a resolution authorizing cha cu.-nmittee to pur- ,chase one hundred ornamental trees for the city. Ill was moved by Coun. Johnson and seconded by Coun. McKenna that the cheque of George W. Gardiner deposited with his contract for printi- ing done fur the city be refunded.- The motion was carried. Coun. Campbell rose and spoke on the condition of the Market House. He expressed it as his opinion that the building was not safe. He had been particularly observing the cracks in the masonry on the sou western corner and said they were' gnadually widening. He spoke of 'bhe interior, which, he said needed clean- ing. This of course could notbe done properly until the ex'te'rfor was repaired. I Conn. Riley movcd,.aecondsd by for Major auns were con nue d d lr Governor Fraser and friends from administrators. ,ling been in I tqo-[for the Last 4 cr-I_,IoA<_l0 MARf' _ Special to 'lihq Guardian. _ Beginning Saturday night and ending to ay Jamestown was visited by a series of the most costly fires it ever had, resulting in a total loss of $800,000 and in the death of one man and the serious injury of three others. A SIIINIL-N IJIAIN Special to The Guardian. F'£iEDEII.IU'FON, March 14-Word was received here of the sudden death in New ,York of Percy Chestnut, bro- ther of Mayor Chestnut. NEAL-UIIK SIILL IN I’.NILAI]I1LI'-NIA SINIKI PHILADELPHIA, March 13-The demands or arbitration of the diner-, ences between the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and its 4,000 ur more striking employes, became in- sistent from within Philadelphia to- day, and outside_of it. Everywhere it was recognized that the failure to arrive at an arbitral agreement was the only thing which stood in the way of a speedy calling off of the sympathetic\etrike in this city which has practically paralyzed the. city’s industrial life and which the labor leaders again threaten they will ex- tend if the deadlock continue. 1 These threats, perhaps, were the very things which stood in the way of an amicable adjustment. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., March 14- LONDON March 14-Premier Al iquith stated in the House today that it was the intention of the govern- ment to pass the budget before the House adjourned for spring recess, even it it was necessary to resort to summary proceedings. . The government's intention was not contingent on anything ’ that might happen elsewhere. A FEMALE BANK Special to The Guardian. IDNDON, March 14-A new Bank for Women, run by women opened here today. The only male on the premises is the messenger. Men are excluded from being depositors. Five hundred women's names are on the new list of depositors. MIINIHLY MIENNG III S'SII]L EININCI Special from Guardian Branch. SUMMERSIDE, _March 14.-- The first regular nfetipg ol the new Sumrnerside Town Council was held in the Council Chamber last night, The Mayor and all the Coun- cillors present. Bills to the amount of $571.44 were read ap oied on At a representative meeting of business men today, the call' for ar- bitration was the keynote of a. two- and a half hours debate, which cul- minated in demands upon both locaw and national influences to set in mo- tion forces to bring the traction dis- pute hefore mediatory tribunals for settlement. Local financial, commcr-i cial and official bodies and the feder- al authorities as well as the salutary influence of the National Civic Feder- ation, were appaaled to step in and end the difllculty. Governor Staurt, _at Harrisburg, was petitioned by labor men to take action, and the patriotic citizenship of the city and state was invoked in various resolutions, statements and petitions to exert its power to stop conditions which Philadelphia finds growing more intolerable daily. ' '- 'mwevsr,~ seemingly brings t 'situation .nearer a. crisis. Good io gr prevailed throughout the city`tod y. . Not until late tonight nyany new accessions to their ranks. . P5' and ordered paid. -\ comm-;ni~:nf,i..i» was read from Messrs Edgett. Grady Co, Ltd, re the leasing of the town wharf and upon motion the clerk was instructed to write Messrs Edgett, Grady Co, informing them that it was not the intention of the town to lease the wharf at present but that any offer for to purchase the wharf might be given some con- sideration. The commixnitiun fiom the Sun Electric Go, re the exchang- ing of ashes for wharfage on their coal was referred to n :-i».».i:d <--.i.;- mittee to report at next. meeting; A communication from the 'i`ei-p.i-.rw Co, re Telephone for Town officials was read and upon motion it was de- cided to have' telephones placed in the Fire room, Mayor's Ofllce and the residences of each of the F. D. The Fire Chief was instructed to §_ur- chase a new h_os_e_ ______ . ‘usnsr=»m¢1'sis.iii.f”“'f%’fi;“i'° sill chased 1 ‘ ' _p..~._,a i__ The fo o __ committees were appoin ed by they or: Finance Purchasing- eglhu, Hol- man and Brace- Streets-Reid, heard, Gallant. _ Police-Leard, Brace, Gallant.' Property-Holman, Gallant, heard. Fire and Light--Brace, Reid, Hol- man. Assessors-Gallant, Reid, McLellan. Schools and Parks-McLellan, Hlol- man, Brace. The following oflicers were then appointed for the eyisuinz vr|\r:- Police-J. Steele, A. JJ* Phflifpls Assessors-J. C. Jardine, D. Ham- ilton. - Town Clerk-H. J. Massy. _ Auditors-A. Campbell, W. Tan- OD. Health officer-Dr. J. Jardine. Street Commissioner-J.H. Gallant. Town 'I‘ea.mster-Joseph Wedge. Chief_Fira Dept.-J. A. McNeill. Recorder-Neil Mcquarrie, K. C. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. - - nnmavan or weapons. MONTREAL, Maron I4.-An sreenei of sixty scilettos and forty rvvolvers was accumulated hyirfef llcAlkill of the Provincial ditee ve service in a round-up of the city Italians to re- lieve them of their weapons. ‘ 'rx-is LoNDoN 'r1Mns` "vii-:ws wrrr-I Anas.-M." ances of the striking car men are ad- H“u