iff-i. 1‘ii`i`~‘ _gt ,_m,.,,=\» _*H _ _ Wg, lti.§._ - I hm “VM My _ ,_-iv. . _ _ 4 l t \i|@""' » T4' - W » _ ‘- . ri-il storms Paris I Charlottetown Guardian ‘rliroo'"¢on€e. ' Qfornlng Giilrdlan, Founded-1501, gy WIT No Hopes Held 0iit for (Special to The Guardian.) OTTAWA, Sept. 13.-The Globe was informed tonight that the Domin- ion Executive of the~Groat War Vet- eriins is satisfied with the ann0unce_ ment of Hon. N. W. Rowell that o, special Parliamentary committee will be appointed to consider the question of civil re-establishment of soldiers Your correspondent was also assured that the committee would have power to.help representations concerning the demand for a generous gratuity. The committee will be named in li da or two. y The f0|I°WlIl§ inspired statement sp- pears tonight in the Ottawa Journal a Government newspaper-_ "The mu: mation in a mornlngnewspaper that a Parliamentary committee is to be lillllolnted for the p`urpose of inquiring into the ‘Great War Veterans demand for n srv-tuity of $2.000 for each re- turned man is not in accordance with , _ ' _1 _ fact The committee is sim l fo ters in connection with some slight :Establishment Act. lt'ls likely that n the course of its sittings the re. quest of the Veterans will come up fox; discussion ~but ln- official circles $15 U10\l§ht that no false hopes s ould be raised -by leaving the im. Dression that -the committee is being lnstituted to deal .particularly with he claims of the men. the Govern. met being satisfied that they are bel/oniisthe country's capacity. peolal to the Guardian.) .?F.T.t..‘Ii.’.‘.'. 5.2.". i1‘.'Xl"i. .°°'"'““‘°° S 0 e'n b H _ 2. Doherty, Minister ‘of fleuystige 1121131 thc ng Premier, 'this afternoon » that 6 overnments decision not to grant the $2.000 gratuity demanded was final. Parliament he said could liligogioge this decision if it desired to FIRST BROAD GU A ` T0 'C S-_._ The noise of 0. locomotive whistle of exceptional volume and of tone differ- ent from the usual every-day P. E. Is. land locomotive heard yesterday af- ternoon by citizens proclaimed _ the glad fact that the first wide-gauge train had arrived in Charlottetown iilver the newly-completed wide gauge ne. ' . _ __ The train which consisted of eight cars was in charge of Conductor Har. .gy Ferguson with Mr Cyrus Partridge igmidnglneer, the engine being No. - ' 3 ' ._ - 'xr These cars' came over Frl`da‘y' atdd ' laid up at Borden until yesterday morning at 7 o'clock when they open- ed up the new line to Summerside. On the train were Superintendent Grady, -Mechanical Superintendent Peter McQuaid, Car Foreman C.R. Har Scheidmann Warns _ "'W1lien'* llionarchists _____./ `__.,_ _ ,__ ,_ __ (Special to The Guardian) OASSEL, Germany, Sept. 14.-Ad- dressin‘g_~a meeting here .Philip Scbeid emann, former German_Premier, warn ed the elements contemplating a mon- archlst counter revolution that they were playing with fire. -Scheidemiinn expressed .confidence that a revolu- tion _peeking to restore tho monarchy woul_d_lbe unsuccessful and vowed Ger- many- would _remain ii republic. He asked the monarchists not to oppose the _vital interests of the people by creating a new crisis. O’CONNOR BEE8 - FOOD PRICES DROP TORONTO, Sept. 13.-"You` know our powers. We will take any steps that are necessary," _said W. F. O’Connor, of the Board of Commerce. when asked what steps wuld be taken aKaiiist'pro`fiteering here. _ "Wlll y_ou__seiz_e food and make lm- prlsonmelits,” he _was asked. “We w_l_ll_ if it is necessary," he re- plied. _“That leads 'yolf to believe that there will be a break in prlces." "All the storeliouses are bursting with g'oo‘(is'.- that 'they arenot going to .be a-llowed-to send away," replied Mr. 0'Coiinor. “What's t-he answer " _ Mr, O'Ooniior will see, among others -this afternoon, Attoniey-Gen- eral Lucas. ‘He may also pay a visit to the pork packfin -industries, as he s_tated‘ today that Wie intended' going to lo’ok into the price' of bacon ._ Mr. O’C0nner, vice chairman of the" Board of Commerce, began his in- vestigation here this' morning into the high cost of living, _a number of wltnepses testifying regarding con- dltionlkin this city. Dr. Hastings, M. O. H., declared that the costof food at the present time had `a treat detil to' do with the health of the community. He point- ed out that 'the high cost of foods was the _reason for malnutrition as tile price] asked for iiutrious _food was too hi§h.` 1~le_declsred that the 'roronto B ard 'of Health _ would be only too glad to co-operate with the board' of 'commerce _in bringing down 1>ricetr.' ' ‘ - ‘”""“"_"_""-\ ll coiioeusio siiciiis ’} ‘*l"Ei':":.c; _ sooo-auai. rrolr sail uurunuiennfiikjfrirl isAl:':..c'fml.';1°‘i;:-§“=t'f"if’="t§2 _ang-sins oem. sas.o_-om . *FOR _l__Ai.l»--A -DOUBLI l-|OU8!-- fsiti-ally located. 115:11 all tmoiilirn iwgoy e _i l o we er heatfnlt-m-Vl:'gten"'lllu" :gre Guardian; (moon _-, 'Illll-9-Gmtf: i-._,\.~ .- _. _ “ f E ' _ his car. He acknowledged their greet children got. their holiday. AGE TRAIN A IIARIUTTETUWN Per. Track Muster J. J. Bethune and fesldmll Engineer Scott. After remaining some time in Sum merside the train proceeded to Char. lottetowii_arrlving here nt 1_40_ It left again for Borden at 4.30 with tho same officials' HFrom_all that can be learned the rp which was simply to try out the .9._$“l1di=ll')0Cap(iNittili{ity which is ' D Y r the llUl‘D08e of dealing with certain mat- amendments to the Soldiers Clvll Re- (8peclal to The Guardian.) LONDON, Sept. 12.-Report per- sists here tliat the Bolshevists have made new peace overtures to the British Government. ln this connec- tion the nation will soy tomorrow there is some reason to believe that Lenine has made fresh overtures of peace to the British Government. There is a further rumor that ag. -tempts have been made to intercept it so it may be well for the public to keep both ears open. In London it is generally believed that the Soviet Government has made a fresh P€9~Ce offer to the entente and Lenine is said to have given these terms -to a British journalist now en route home. It asserts that the Bri- tish journalist would appear to be Professor Goode, correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. PLEADING F 0 (Special to The Guardian.) WINNIPEG, Sept. 13.-The Sol- diers and Sailors Lnbor Council have passed a resolution, n copy of which has been sent to Premier Borden, asking for the withdrawal of the charges-against the eight labor lead- ers. A resolution was also ‘unanimous- I LADOR LEADERS Soldiers and Sailors Council Demand Withdrawal off _ Charges Against Labor Leaders in Winnipeg. R___ , _ . , . ly passed and forwarded to the Gov ernment_condemlni=l the Robson Com mission and asking that tho commiss- ion bc withdrawn. Objection was al- so taken to the statement of Judge H. A. Robson respecting the eight labor lenders as -having lost the confidence of the Winnipeg workers. i PHEIVIIEH HIIHIIEN Slill INUISPIIBEII (Special to Guardian.) ‘ OTTAWA, Sept. 13.-Sir Robert fBord_en has received from the Prince of _Wales a personal message of sym- pathy with him in his illness. Sir Robert is reported to be progressing satisfactorily although there is little -expectation he will be able to take up active duties for some days, Oilicial Scroll For the Brave Dead 'r f ’W'_1- (Special to the Guardian.) OTTAWA, Sept. 14.-The scroll which, with a memorial plaque, is to -he issued by the British Government to the next of kin of those who have fallen in the war, will shortly be dis- tributed in Canada by the Depart- ment of Militia and Defence. It has been impossible to issue the plaque at the same time as the scroll owing to the necessity of building a special factory for its manufacture. The scroll which is on thick paper in the form of a rectangle, bears the following in- scription: _ ~ "He .whom this scroll commemor- ates was -numbered among those who at the call of King and Country left all that was dear to them, endured hardships. faced danger and finally passed out of thc sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten." ’ - This is followed by an inscription of the soldier's name and all is sur- mounted by ri. device, .including the‘ royal arms and -the lnitals of His Majesty. The scrolls will be accom- panied by the following letter from_ Buckingham Palace over the King’s` slgnaturetz "I join with my grateful people in seiidlng you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the great war.” 'They will be distributed as they are received and no special application for them should be made. / NO ONE BLAME-D FOR EXPLOSION AT ELEVATOR ST. CATHARINES, Sept. 13.-The coroner's jury investigating the rec- ent elevntor disaster at Port Colborne, in which 10 men lost their lives. con- cluded its enquiry this afternoon, re- turning a verdict that the accident was unavoidable, and that no person was to blame, but rcommended, on the evidence of experts given this af- ternoon, “that better attention be giv- en to all parts of the elevators when it is reconstructed," that circuit break- ers be installed in all the lofters, and sprinkling systems in all lofter holds and that open g-ranai-ies be eliminated in rebuilding. Superintendent Fawcett -pointed out that cleaning the grain was en- tirely out of the control of the elev- ator staff or hands, and that it is not permitted by the Board of Grain Com- missioners. Nesbitt Grammar, president of the Efstern Grain and Elevator Corpor- a lon, Buffalo, who gave expert tes- timony, said such accidents could only be avoided by an advanced idea of caution. Conti-rmatory expert testimony was given .by Dr. Brown, of the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. He was asked after hearing the testimony, if he could put his finger on any person who had been guilty of negligence. His reply in the _negative was quite positive. HE-ESIAHIISHIIIINI * Ill-ll IN-5tNlll_ _ =__'f.)_ ni.-v m-.ffl ' _ (specter iogfrne euatdrah.) TORONTO, Sept. 13:-Yesterday at noéiii CL G'. McNeil, Dominion Sec- retary treasurer of the Great War Vet- eran's Association received notice from the Government that the Rees- tabllshment Bill which is already be- fore tho Senate will be introduced in the House of Commons and given its first and second reading and will be -then referred to a select committee of the House. This information was contained in a telegram which was sent to lW.>E. Turley, Secretary Treas- urer of the Ontario Provincial Com- mand by -Mr. McNeil. The telegram read: “Government has given assur- ance that the Reestahlishment De- partment Bill already before the Son- ate will be introduced in the House of Commons. It will be 'given its first and second reading and referred to a select committee of the House. This committee will be given power to en- quire into the whole question of Re- Establlshment and our representative will attend -to submit evidence and to cross-examine witness. This has been granted solely upon the insistent de- mand of the entire association. l Austria Refuses ExtraditionolBelaKun _ i PARIS, Sept 14.--The Austrian gov ernment has refused. Ito accede to Hungary's demand for the extradition of Bela Kun, virtual dictator at Buda- pest during the Communist regime. asking for proofs of accusations of murder and theft made against him, according to Vienna newspapers. The government note to Hungary states, it is said, that upon Bela Kun’s nr- rival in Austria he.was the bearer of 200,000 crowns. AGENT IN Sl-iANGHA»l FOUND MURDERED VANCOUVER, Sept. 13.-Word has just been received hero of the mur- der on August 24 at.'Shanghai of F. A. Weiss, passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific Ocean Service. The unfortunate man had been missing since August 22, and his bod was found in a clump of reeds. Nt had apparentl-y lain there some time. He was shot through the head and his throat was cut. It is believed the murder was not done by natives owing to the nature of the wounds. iMr. Weiss was 30 years of ago and unmarried. He went to Shanghai ln March, 1917, and was appointed passenger agent in June, 1919. A sad part of the tragedy was the ar- rival at Shanghai of his mother, sister and brother on tho dav his body was found, when they learned of the murder. They had been visiting in the Orient. 71 MILES AN HOUR IN HYDROPLANE BOAT 5 ll-I-A»Ll'FiA-X, Sept. 13.~Alsxan_der Graham Bell, in his laboratorlepj at Boln Breagh, Baddeck, C. B., s me years ago carried on extensive experi- ments with tetrahedral kites, and he was one of the pioneers in investiga- tions that led to the airplane of to- day. A despatch from Boddeck today states that his new hydroplnne boat, -I-I.D.-4, made a trial this morning. _when a speed of 7-1 miles an hour was attained. This is believed to be, by Mr. Bell and his staff, a world's rec- ord. The boat was designed and built by F. W. Baldwin, of Baddock. with the assistance of‘Alexauder Graham -Bell, and was propelled by Liberty motors loane b y the Nlav Depart- s t niornlng rain, H. R. H.Edward -Prince of -wales arrived in Edmonton at 9 riveil this evening from Liverpool. Nclock this mommg_ He wan met on The troops were in charge of Colonel t Lieutenant Governor Brett, Premier ighas. Stewart, Major Joseph A. Clark » ._ _ `o_` ' _ m.';;..‘;‘iir...i“‘:.‘;z%:r. S.°":r.5";‘i Standard 01| Works t S -is ll Illl5IllN'I3lll|I]'l-I* (Special to The Guardian). PIIINIII Will]-Iflllllll IN EIIIVIIINTUN (Special fo The Guardian.) -EDMONTON, Sept. 13.~With cheer- ng thousands out to welcome him iii pile of the threatening wcntlier ‘and he streets still wet from an early he C. P. R. platform by His Honor rig General Mc~Donald commanding his district Chief Justice Harvey and rance to the station grounds burst nto wild cheering when the youthful cart by_stal1din5_\lD on the hack scat nd waving to them Italy will Ratify Peace Treaty (Special to The Guardian.) ROME, Sept 14.-The Italian cham- Anger in Ireland (Special to The Guardian.) .DUBLIN, Sept 14.-Sinn Fein lead- ment proclamation suppressing the eral of -them intimated that Ireland as ii. result. Arthur Griffith, vice President of the Sinn -Fein announced today that the Iri h tion with the loan being raised by Eamonn De Valera in the United States. SPENDS $10,000 FOR AIR VOYAGE LONDON, 'September 13.-Twenty assengers and a small cargo are to e carried on the first airshlp _jour- ey from Barrow-in-Furness to Dio de Janeiro some time tihis fall, according to an .announcement here. Owners of the aerial levlathan intend, lf the ln- itlnl voyage is successful, to maintain a regular fourday service between the two points. The alrshlp, it is said, will .be routed via Lisbon, Sierra Leone (lWest Afrlcn,) and thence across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro. The re- turn trip will be made by way of the some points. Sir Woodman Bu-rhrldge is report- ed to have booked three berths for the flight, for himself, his wife and n. friend. 'l‘-he price of these tickets was $5000 each. The airship is known as the R~80. lt has a gas-bag capacity of 1,250,- 000 cublc feet, more than half the size of the famous 'R-34. She is consider- ed the most perfectly constructed steam-line type of alrshlp and has a speed of sixty miles pei- hour. She is 535 feet in length. D b n cabinls of sleeping berths, a roof garden and a shelter deck. There is an observation car below the hull which is connected with the livin!! quarters by means of a passenger lift through the middle of the craft. In connection with the progress of aeronautlcs in England, it is inter- esting to note that announceemnt is made bythe Air Ministry of the opening next February of a Royal Air iForcl Cadet College for the training of the permanently commis- sioned officers of the Royal Alf Force. Only fifty-five cadets will be admitted to the opening class of the college. Examinations will be -(Special to the Guardian.) 1°.-in-is, sept. ia-'rho days oi the Peace Conference are numbered. The _ conference vlrtualy will be brought to _ _ _ ‘ a close within ten days. So far as _ - the British are concerned the negotia- tions have ended nlrcudy with tho dc- parture of Foreign Secretary Balfour of England. 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