.» , ._ c . - MAXIMS MERCHANT "“° , , fi; \\¢ -1.4 I. lf" i. g , l r . . t ' - XIMS 0' A ‘ im" /% ' I Meir A » nt oil itllir fmllll llii llili/l ° selling. ’/ag! TIIE PEOPIES PGPEI' ...---7‘---W.. Redd by EVGIYDOUY \\ gs bad, the hwievmoon . _,, oi" ‘ “iii Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew ' “ill ls 'short' onarlsttotowl Beaulieu Two Cents gggnmg Guardian, rounded llsi .C . _ CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA M5ONDAY DECEMBER 15 1924 ""“"‘ °""“’"""°"' "°“"'°‘ '”° 9 7 By ll¢ll,|Jumda ml IJ.B.A-“.50 ltlult cllilluil HIIUEIS Iii IIIK EBIPI Members ' However, Assure Nile Dele- gate They Will Watch Situation Closely NEW OFFER Believes Treaties Be- tween Ports of Em- i pire Ought Not to be Registered ROME. Dec. 14.--Senator Fanous, of Egypt, who came to Rome in nn att(-uint to obtain the intervention ol’ the League of Nat-ions Council in the Anglo-Egyptian controversy, announced this evening that he had been informed by members of the council that they would be unable to take up the Egyptian problems ontlcr Article 11 of the League cov- chant, because they had been as-sur ctl by the Britiish that no conflict L . 1 I r P. A. SEGUIN, M.P. Will ask Parliament at the next session to recognize the principle that a knowledge of the French language should be one of the qualificationirof a oivil servant in Canada and that candidates for positions - in the Civil Service should be required to poasess..a working knowledge of French. --l<-o->l-- cysts iif-tween Great. Britain and, Egypt: thdt the Cairo Government accepts till the British conditional and that thc situation in Egypt is now normal ' . 'I' The Egyptian senator said, how-i,|, ever. that the council members in-| tilvitlually had assured him they' would continue to watch the situa- tion and that any turn of events ihrcittcitliig world pence would al- ways licdecined a matter for the cuncorn of the League. -|- ci-:.\'i~:vA. Doc. 14.-The Bri~tish'.|. Gcvvrniiiciit has notified the sec~‘,|, rcturiat of the League of Nntions,| with rciznrtl to the Irish Free State relrisicring the Anglo-Irish Trealy"I' ‘with thc League, that it always hasi.|. 'been Great Brita.in'a view that no‘ :irllclc of the League covenant| or siibscqiicnit conclusions under' iieagiic auspices could apply to any, part of the Brit-ish Empire, whlchl was ouc and indlvlsable ns far as Letigut- business was concerned. in Geneva last July said interna- liviiiii law experts were greatly in-i tort-slvtl in Irellind’s action in reg- istering tho treaty' by which tho irish Fri-e State came into cxlst- ciicc. Registration was considered' as nicnnlng that the Dublin Govern- nicnt interpreted the treaty as an intcrnatiniiril instrument between two intlepcndeiit states. *--_<-o-¢-i- IIIIIIH iii HIIN. SINIIIIH Ytlil The death occurred ycstc-rday morning, December 14th, of Ilon- Scnator John Yeo wt his home int Port lilll. 'Pho cnti was not unexpected as "I0 iilzcd Senator had fa’led per- ccptihly in rscvnt years and rapid- ly tlurini; the past few weeks. lic was in ills 88th year, having been horn at Port Hill on June 29th, $37 ii sou of the into Hon James 00. Until reccnt years tho late Senator was nn active figure in the bus’- “0-Sii. at-fricultiiral anti political lif- 0f thc province. He was a prom- iiicnt farmer and stock - raiser, mint "lllllly BIIIDS ut his sliipy.|ril nt Port_liill which, in the old ship- b“iiii'Iilz days was one of the most llroductivc of the many which thtci i_i (Continued on Page 3) I_ .é_____ _ -il. Condensed Specialsi RATl»-dc. per word, net 'Boch insertion in this column. N ________,» M °8AUNSOME BAUSAGES MADE fresh today. Saunders. Newsom 4" Co. Market nuiiaihg. 0050-9-124-6-mos. _ __ *SPECIAL OFFER OF HIGH Emile envelopes, 50 for 20c., 125 I0' 35°.. 250 roi- ssc., soo for il-00. 1000 tor 51.05. .M '08 Pn|N1'|No or svenv delcfivtion cheaply and exped- m°l'8|y executed. Guardian en~ lral Job Prinisry. Phone lslfc 2876-5-8-tf 'I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I"I'°I' 'I' WILL DISCUSS IMPORTANT 'I' 'l' MATTERS WITH CAN. 'I' GOVT. 'I' (special to The Guardian) 'I"l"l"l"I"I"I"I"l"I'4"l"I"I"l"|_"I"I"I'§ 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec, 14.-Hon. E. C. G. Page, Commonwealth Treas. urer will sail for Canada on December 18, if hi; health permltts_ He will discus! with me canadian Govern- ment, important matters in connection with the Com- mercial 'Agreement recently entered into between the Canadian and Australian Governments. Treasurer Page on his trip expect; to deail also with the sugges- tion that an Australian Trade representative should 'I' 'P 'U' 'O 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' Himself to Death MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 14._ himself to death at a local hospital. Lewis 'was gl; the point of death Thursday after at-ffenlng seven days from thic- coughc. Physicians are baf- fled by the symptoms. Delirious from continued suf- fering, the patient crawled from his bed early Thursday morning and was found wand- ering on the streets in his pajamas several hours later. Doctors say the case is one of the strangest on record and hails abandoned hope for Lewis' life- -P-<4->-_ §==- I-'-I; _-lr-I-| l $2 ii” CIBC? E in 'thc last forty-eight hours. 'I' 'I' __'I;'I"I' be appointed for ‘Canada and a Trade Representative -li also for San, Francisco. . -|--I"l'++-l'~l'-l-'l-+'l'-l'~I»-i~'l- Montreal To Have A New Hotel . I f t t hi ‘I Of 800 ROOHIS l’i'.'.T il.‘3il.'L‘.§`0? w?.§'i'f.2‘i’.'“§.I‘t.Z.t`”.. Si QIll<‘.lii<1(`, Que., Dcc. 14.-Mont of duty on thc part of his servants ,-0,1] will liars' u new liotol, locn1ctl'antl ntteudanltsl, but the prince is on |')m.,.|,,.,,|,,,- St,-¢,»|' nr-xt to tht- St. uniformly cons tlcrate of them. 1 Jmitr-.~ivclt|~l|, as a rt-sttlttoil ‘tt rhclali ‘0ln):ineiqcct=;:;i0(iit\xnginbcogfrlli- ._- . , 5, -|' - - , | r. ct it no . S ‘ liiii.-uc'[ty(l'tiii?i|i|giilmoriilng after ti. busy day and told whipi, fp., ,.|~..,,.-|-ty ni' Gt-urge Wasli-ihis chauffeur he would requiro his .' t \ '..snct1.0l"` ~f 'U §l1)¥|I||;;;)0nn A mm Mn y ( 0 |cl|aui'four’s face the prince inquired' Til.. clyntllt-atc is rcprcscntcil by thc rcnson for lt. The chauffeur ro- iho (i||lii':ii|tt~i- 'l`rust_ of New York.|llil“'i limi- ho Wmlifi not “W0 time - i l\l»".'rs. iliistt and M'icl~‘nrlunr~,ilo clean tho car whoreulpon tho |ii~`<‘~i|iti\‘cis, oi” .\iontreai. Plrins are llriucc rcllii0r~i l\iacl)ruuiltl. who octctl as hos- in imyp on gi;-sliip' shed bigger not consider the criminals them- toss for her fatiit-r ut Niinibt-r 10 mm, me ,m,,,,,“.,¢|, one at Luke. solves are Americans, but. tl|oy‘i)o\v||iiig Strrct during his inciinib--ibm-gt, N_ Ju most of tha shenpsn. think they have spent some tiineicucy oi tilt- pi'c|||lc|'sl|ip. moves,iU,|;,;mt1th€1,ns Angelus, lt will in the United States and acquireti.li:|t'ir to hcl' old homi- ut Hump- ,,-},,.;;p,- Om. of tha two $5,000,000 mei” Ulwamly Skill fl’0l1i the b0sl`-*=ti“:\ti, hier pii.~'.~:iiu.: froiii tilfl Omciaiicubic i`;~ct capacity alrshlps which Aiiicriczin experts. imiilis of sticiely will lit' i‘(>grcttctllth.t Upittsh gp(-,_-1-nmQn¢_ has dec-'¢]_ Agility in climbing is what cliai'-lily many liostt-s.<<~s with wlioui sho ,N1 tt, |,,,i1,i, _ actcrizcs thtrni. They have oiitiiiiictlihzis |n~t-uiiir it i.~i't~:ii l`avt||'|lc,_’l‘i\o T11., ,$10.1 will bp located -.pt Cm-d, the names o1"cuts" by their clever-iiltfile Sroicli inss tlisplnyctl it poise lngtoii, iioar ];,.,]f0,-,]’ ,,,_.,_-U,-,ling L0 ucss in swarming up water pipes- antl taking advantage of cvcry out-i side projection. They have tiikonl .£10,000 worth of jewels from \\`c.~;t End utzinsloiis in the lust wcck and tht-y got away with £7,000 worth The police are tuk_lng special pro-I cautions, but with the fog so thick that one cannot seo twenty yards away, burglars can work almost Prince of Wales Driv- l I \ Brancker is the Director of Civl land. Alan Cobham won the King's Cup aeroplane race around Eng- e . l .Aviation in Great Britain and E Eli if-|"I ;'1l'*i iff:-'ILJU (Continued on Page 3) i_.-<-O->_-_-- No Santa? FUNERAL of attending the funeral of-I P. G. M.. All members are rsquelied 1° sitcom more bc it -Spvoiivi waitin at Port Hill Station to F_ , 'FOR sal.: -_ srno si.a|oH, 00011 ss new. Bargain. Willism Woman. lou circle. iaao-is-a-si §_ 9 . from the Lodge Room. on Tuggdgy imarnlng, fha IINIIITCYI ‘Will b0 fbi! I0 lvaii themselves of the opportunity en route, Tsamu will be NOTICE Grand Lodge, A.F. & A. M. A SPECIAL coM|viuN|cA'rioN of arena Lodge will be opened ln Alexandra' Lodge ROOF", 'P°rt Hill, on Tues- day 16th December, 1924, at 12.30 sharp for the purpose M. W. Bnothsr John Yeo, Funeral service at house commencing at one o'clock. be pnosent, Train from Charlottetown convey the _members to and .gy Order of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, William C. Lawson. ERNEST KEMP. 'LOST-FROM MY RANCH. DEC. Orllid Olorotlry. 100|. Moto sliver slack rox. nc- ‘Word offered. Bogd Livingstone. _Clyde itivci-.-iss -12-is-2i Give the .Kiddies the Bread They Enjoy, Baked With Robin H I, _ _ _ t - ' ered by Products of I . ~ A H Y . . i U-S-E- ISHIIII ENE. Ili Iiliiiilt--f-M perts ‘I I+ 'I' ed I IHIIN SIIIIES liioilorn Transport. it is ,to he. uicrely an oniztrgeuicut of the shed tilrmttly there. its increnswd ltlngtli-R12 i'cct-will irmkc it 12 it-ti longer than the shvtl at Fred- i't‘ln to study thc possibilities for airshlp termini out there. - and threatened to is tread to ad ac Mall Hi0¢0llg’hil\g , A-IR ROUTE FROM LONDON TO INDIA Millions Will Witness Has Reached An Eclipse of Jan. 24 Agreement r (Associated Press) WASHIN-GTON, Dec. 14.-The ,use of excursion trains to enable the piibilc better to see the total eclipse ofthe sun, January 24,1925, is suggested by Professor George H. Peters of thc Naval Observatory here. H9 was tiisciissiiig this pheno- menon which will be vlsttblc, under favorable weather conditions, in the eastern part of the country. The mldtlleiline of the shadow path during the eclipse, protes- sor pointed out. will run falo to Montauk Point. tween seven and ten Q'clock morning, in a section of the States wel supplied with The railroads might run trains for the benefit of the lic, he declared. shunting them on sidings during the period of the eclipse. - W*-<03-E BIG EXPIIISIIIN IN NIIINIHIII ty Trucks, and the Building Destroy- t MONTREAL, Doc 14, -Follow-I ing an explosion which tluiupoil a whole floor level into the strt-at fire this cvcniiig tlcslrtiytwl the pre- mises' of Omcr Quintnl, Lliiiitt-tl. ,_.,-.;.i.-`/i-er'/2-1'-' c.L‘.lE|=iAi. c. |-|. Mi'rcHELl.‘ Of Toronto, was one of the Canadian representatives at Washington on the Joint Eng- ineering Board, which has reached an agreement on the proposal to deepen the .St. Lawrence River, after nego- tiating aeverall months_ -_--<-o->--- 'I"I"I"I-'I"l"I»'I-'I-'I"I"I"I"l' RAILWAY WAGE SITUA- 'I' TION IN ENGLAND +3-I-4-|-i-|» (Canadian Press) I' 'I' LONDON, Dec. 14.-Form- idabie demands of railway workers which were outlin-_ 'I"I' carriage makers, in tht-, East End of the city. Thi' canst- of the ex-I plosion is unkiiown. The damagel ‘s estimated at $100,000. Bulld- ,iizgs in tho vicinity were threaten-I ‘cd by thu blaze for a time. | Fifteen waggons and fifty trucks] wliicli were storctl in the building] worn blown to picccs by thc- ox- plosion. The alarm was given hy .1 pas- sr-rby who liolird si blast anti saw| the contents on thi' second floor .oi' thc lhrct- storey brick bulldln-g' of the Quintzil Cninpnriy hurled in! the stret-t. The entire build`ni: blazed up i i '- tlzit dwellings, whilc u score of' laniiiics in the vicinity were drivcul into thc sircut. 'i‘l|c roar wall of the Qulutnli place collapsed a few minutes later scattering brick and mortar in all dirt-ctious and from time to tiiuc' puris of tho other walls icll away. 'i' ri ton llrzmcker, has gone to India by A gasoline station in thc b_ulld‘ngi¢, ,|. .|, ,|, .|. ,|, 4, .|, .|. ,g .|, ,|, ,|, ,|. .|, was destroyed- Omer Qiilntul. President of the firm anti ownor of the structure, stated that the dam- age would be at least 5100.000- MY Quintal said that oil thc st-,onli Scores in Peril Aboardiloor before the fire there wort' 15| VLSItOrS the Kwanto newly constructed wagons just __ about to be delivered and 50 '_*"' trucks owned by another which pA.RIg m.,. 14 _More than 432, aboard thc siiociai servlcr- shflii Tliiiriiga. wosicrn Japan- A dt-s-' 'lroycr rosriicrl fivo officers and fifty men and forty othi-rs rt-achotl shore. The l(v\':into cnrriril ri crow of 150. ------1 AUSTRALIANS' AT OTTAWA O'l"I‘A\’i’A, Dec. 1-1.-'Sir Lyilloinn Groom. Minister of Justice for the Coinninnwcaliii of Australia. and Lady Groom arrived in the city last (CBYIHUIHH PI'¢BB) were be'ng repaired. They were ." " 4 ""5 lt- -En.: -» l‘.'.‘3.‘1..“‘.”.‘»'t<.:'.°.ff .;"‘.n§: *;:;i‘".°r.I.”.‘§i mu" bm." “m`h0d as nn' Andi Mr- Quinta' mum give no mea as this itiiiil 110.122 cultic to Parisi. titlmut forty pt-.rsons arc in porll the cause of the cxpiusion, _ i -r_- -_ clit-il from France Kwtinto, \vrt-ckcti in blizzard off - 0 m" `..“('p 'W Bandit Gets $17,000 In Poker Game Raid (‘.Iil(‘.A(iO, Dec, 14.-~A lone gun icounletl more than a royal flush when ri six-fot bandit raided ii pok- |i~r game anti cuslictl iii $17,000 in currency and jcwcllcry hcrc. 'lic lcft tht- chips and several I. O. U.’s |oii ilu- ta-hlc. The hold-up .took placi- ilu the |-our of it ciifc operated by cvening and nrc guests at Govern-,Morris Weiss. who lost a tliziinond EAQ MUFF5' ~\ .. Certainly there Isl YOU'LL Y San-ta Claus? \ Because it means so little sacri- fice on your part and all the differ- ence in the world to the wistful litte kiddie who is depending on iyour action for the kind of Cliristt- mas hc will spend. His or hor wants its expressed in thcse col- `umns may seem more or less tril`- .liug to you, but' to him lit means fthe difference between ii -sad, enip- ty Christmas and one that contuliis as it properly should, something of joy and gladness_ . 1' It is not so uuiclt thc uiatcrial ,present that has th-e power to make -these Santa~Ioss kill>/5 Ti-lssv u`§E`l>TEt~lT`\f ol= Eitcecslote To i>Acl< THESE l.ial\iol>Aii~i1@/ / ` \` \ . ` x " ' ' ".'_-3%, | . ~l-/' .SQ-/-="" Q) t 'ro|rt’>r~:1~o, occ. 15, -Maritime niotlt.-riitc north west winds, fair mill cold- Maxiiuiim and Minimum tempera- lill‘L‘!iZ Toronto. cloudy . . . . ._ 83 52 Mntrcsl, sno.w........ 18 18 Quebec. cloudy Ch‘town, cloudy Halifax, cloudy . . . . . . . Si. John, cloudy . . . Boston, rain 36 36 Nt-w York. rain .. 40 38 lilgh tide this afternoon at 1.50 and tomorrow morning at 1. Sun sets this sflternoon at 4.16 and rises tomorrow morning at 7.36. Lust quarter moon Friday. Dec. 10th 6.11 a. ni. ' 20 38 18 20 -34 22 32 24 lillii SIIPFII ` Iii EHIIII Findings _of Commis- sioner Campbell ot Theft, Fraud .and Conspiracy in Con nection with Coal Supply to Mili- tary Build- ings. SOME PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED Strong Influences Be- ing Exerted to let g the Matter Rest and Avoid Crim- inal Action (Special to the Guardian) O'I"i`A\VA, Dec. 13--The Cabinet Council in the con|‘ng week is ex- pected to consider a report from the Justice Depatment dealing with the finding of Commissioner David Campbell, that in the supply of coal to military buildings there, thctt, conspiracy and fraud were perpetrated. The matter has been lizing-ing fire for some weeks but thc- point has been reached where lt will have to be ilalt w.tl1, The Minister of Justice considered yes- terday. There is no doubt that civil proceedings will be instituted to recover the amount involved in the fraud. but very' probably as well criminal action may be taken. Sonic prominent pensonages of Wiiinipt-g, military |-ind civ'l will be involved in the projected lost! processes. While civil action is lJl1~ doubted, some strong influences are being exerted tc let the matter rest there and avoid anything of A criminal character. The matter will be determined in a very short tiinc. Former Financial Wizard to Die (Canadian Press) CPILCAGO, Dec, 14.-The Jury af- ter forty ‘five minutes deliberation Saturday night, found Iliinell Scott. former Canadian financial wizard, guilty of the murder of Joseph Maurer, 19 year old drug clerk, during a hold-up last April, old fixed punishment at death on gal- lows. Announcements, Coming Events, Meetings, Etc Rates-2c. per word each imsertlon. "Reserve, Tuesday, Dec. 23rd. for Xmas Concert and Tree in Wheatley River Hall. If not fine, following cvening.-1362-12-13-31 "'Cl|crry Vail-cy School Concert and Christmas Treo Friday, Decem- ber 19th. 1378-12-15-8| “Come to tho Christmas Concert in North Granville Hall, Thursday t.-:ning December 181.11. 1377-15-12-BI "Reserve Monday, Dec- 22nd. for Mount Albion Xmas tree and con- cert in Hartney Hall. 1375-12-15m1i. °°Don't forget the Christmas concert in Winsloe South Church. Friday night, Dec. 19th. 1353-12-13-m8i "Reserve Monday, Dec. 22nd for the Xmas entertainment in Forest liill Hall. Admission 26 and 15d. .- ` 1376-12-15-mli “Hampshire Christmas Concert held in Kingston Hall. Tuesday evening. Dec. 23. 1872-12-16~mll. "Comc to the goose supper st Rose Valley Hall Wednesday night. Doc. 17th. if weather proves unfit it will bo held the first fine nigh-t following. 1370-12-15~mIL “Reserve Wednesday. Dec. 17th. for the Church concert af. Oom- wnii, at 8 p. m. if stormy following evening. 1374-12-15-lnli. “A variety concert will be held 'n Long Creek Orengo Hall on Tuesday evening Deo. $8, dale od home made candy. Admission I0, and 15ct.s_ 1371-12-16~mII "como to the c.o.-i.'r. consist in Mlllviaw hell. Tllesdly, D08. 16th. Doors open st 7.80. sion 10 and 20 cents. If it iitcs later than Charlottetown. Wednesday. IIB!-1 til), l E