1 i > \`» -I .__ I I I ~' - " ~ ‘= -_._--~_-.._. ~ \ "_Ai&' ‘ WF- _ YOU Prescription Druggist - Phone 616, Revere Hotel _ Block, Kent St T T i\\w_‘1,i$lHli' --os -._ _._ \ ii New Pnoeo s_*l'=oR .JJ " ` HQNIQ7,-i\'\9LE' QUESTION. l/UNDON, December 27.- liiforiii- al discussions and consulations are proceeding for settlcmeiit of the irish qiiestiiiiin, says the Manchester Guar- ilinti. New proposals which are be- ing considered provide for something in the nature of equal representation for; Unionists and Nationallsts iii an irish parliament. Home rule for all c-f ireland is the basis of the suggestions which do not contemplate the exclu- sion of Ulster. _ A . v Ill _ The Central Guardian IT PAYS to buy in this Province. THE POST OFFICE WICKETS will be open today from 7 to 8 p. m., for the convenience of the general pub- c. POTATO YlELD.- The potato yield' in the Maritime Provinces tlils year was: Prince Edward lslaiid, 206 New Brunswick, 192. _ T0 TAKE SPECIAL COURSE.-Lt. C. lllctluigan, Sergt. Arbtng. Lance Ctrrporals Schurmaii and Buntain and Private McFailyeii, ot' the 105th over- seas draft, leave for Halifax this morning to take a special course in bayonet ilglitiiig. SUNDAY SERVICES.- 'l`lio (`lii'lst- nius niuslo was ri-.pcatcd in iuost oi' the city churches yesterday bi-roru large' congrt-giitioii.--. Iii the ovcniiig some excellent semiioiis appropriate .to the closing ol' the your \v\-ro preached. cars i_\ as ia 3727. rcinove ii wheel barrow full oi` Iiiiii- ber from thc. sidewalk when ordered to do so by the polici- The prohibi- adjourned. Two arrcsts for drunken- d S d . WESTERN ROUTE DlSC&NTINU- ED.-- The S. S. Northu _berlaiid arrived in Charlottetown from- Sum- inersido Saturday morning tit 11 o’~ t'l _ in. thus bringing to a close tier seasoxft I ’ ;;»f ~-”“"" "'" "».»F" _work on the western route. Had thc I 1 amend N mm rin, gg' ,i . M I ‘~ tart the New Year Right" steamer wai.ed another day she would l"`°b°b]y “°I hu” been “me to get to Silmme-rside` after spending .\'nias week with friends lu Charlotte- here as the cold snap has caused quite heavy ice to' form in the strait. The Northumberland _is now laid up at her old berth at Bruce Stewart & C0.'s. wharf. ICE' PLENTIFUL IN STRAIT. -The car ferry steamer tip- . on her retuin from Picton at noon yesterda_v brought ten passengers and a full cargo of freight. The steam- amount of _ice in the strait. consider- ing the few days of previous cold weather. Oil' Caribou it was quite heavy and rai’tlng»in the -old-fashioned mid-winter manner. It took the steam- er five hours to come across. She' sails at ti o'clock this morning on re- turn wtth freight and passengers. MASONIC PARAE-E.~ Following their usual custoni of having ii pa- rade to church on the iirst Sunday following the Feast of St. Jolin_ thc evangelist, their pzitroii saint, thc thc l"ri>t- .\lusoiis`- of this (`ity, ycstcr- day morning from St. .lohn's iiiiii Vic- . CAR FERFIY.- The car ferry steamer docked in Charlottetown on Saturday inorning at 10.15. and' left shortly before ll o‘clock on return to Pictou. She brought sixty pas- sengers and ten carloadl: of freight. SELLER-At Charlottetown on Dec. 31, 1916. Miss Elizabeth S. Seller in the 78th year of hcr age. Funeral bushels per acre; Nova Scotia, 201; I from her late residence 290 Grafton St. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 2.30 p. ni.. to l’eopie‘s (‘c-metery. MALPEQUE PATRIOTIC DONA- tioii_ 'l‘he Mnlpexiue llraiicli of the W. P. Association forwarded tu the ’l‘rensur- :or oi' thc ltcii (‘.i°oi-is Society, Char- - Ioltctown thc _l-iuin of one liuhtlri\.il'dol- liirs ($100.00) t`or the iiioiitlis of Oc- lobci' and November. "l‘liii suin of $08.50 was i-calized iroiii 'thi:~ Hallow- oon Supper hclil in Malpiuiiic iliill, and ($21.00) wus donated Ii_v thc |"iiii'vicw Institute oi' llarnley. PERSONALS st. John, N. is. lllr. llaiiicl ltediiioiid, t‘lty, loaves on \Vcdiie'i~day niorning for llaliiiix, having leon accepted foi ssrvlci iii Captain Blake, A M t' icturiis tha Cliiiatintts *vacation with 1`i‘lBnds. .- ` Mi'. 'lledley Anile* ii. , oniploycd in construction work in ` lotte-town. Miss lllnld MacFarlane has returned town. ‘ I ste-amci' ` Sunday. I illunii College. Guelph. Gunner Acorn, of Souris. and Gun- ner Roy Binns, of Charlottetown members of the Ives' Point Battery. on Sat homes. - Mr. Wiilliiiin J. Roy. of Gicciiiiclil. P. E. l.. is the latcst man to enlist iii‘r`i`ay with Scrcgcaiit. (‘olpitl.-i thc rc- i-riiitiiii: oilicei' hi-ri-_ \ toria Lodges :ittendid Divine ser- _______________ a vice in St. Jaiiies' t'hui'cIi, Thi- pas- tor. Rev. Di. Fnllt-rton. who is grand CANADMNS MARVEL - Piano in your' E. Island. delivered an eloquent and lines his thriiie being “How Arc We chaplain of the Grand Lodges. of P. AT GRAND FLEET appropriiitc scrnion along iiiaroiiic I_O_\~D0N_ D(.(._ 27_|,~0,. smm, mm. rms' .in .iridiigciiicnt has bci~i‘ ` Lslng the “mking T001* "N LMC? i'0ii'i~ \\'liei1iliy Ciiiiailiziii otliccrs who lt was listciicd to with it grctit dczil of iutcicst bv thc bi'ctIif.~i~ii sonic iifty huvi- bccii :it thc front are viiulilcd to vis-it thu gruiitl l<‘lcct Mziiiv li:iv¢ oi’ whom \\'ci‘o prcseiit. aivnilcii tliciii_scl\'cs ot' lthis, w`itli_ Ihr ` ' ‘ 2' ` `~ i -' iii I FOXES SOLD.- MV. \\'. K. ltIil.:i»i's if-ccivcii '.1 cublr- trout ii pariv iii \'iii'- \| ‘l 'Thu foxes will lic supplied by Ilii- llii. llogcis is Picsiilciit, .ind will lic iisull. tli.i.i iiitiicst in thi uni. thc iiaiv_\‘. :ind =ippi'i»t-iiitioii of wlizii ii inoiiiis to thc i iii iii llii ti- _ _ _ _ _» _. __ _ ___ .I Y _ .|(|_ way, p\ii'\'liii:-iiig n pair ol S lvi - . _ _, _,___ _ _ ~' . _ f AO El hliick foxes- and i‘or\vnriliiig thc pi it-i-_ ‘hui .1fu_n._"“‘SLl~` _ °um“__lf\lf ‘ mum” tlio (.iii.idi.iii iighiiiii: foiios. I”.`lii- Uiiiiiiiiiiiii Ass'-oiriiiti-il l’i'i~ss has i‘c\iriic~l iroiii siicli .i v ‘it ‘lt is Slit.-.i»».l`i~iii%i~ ~-~ --1' ‘ ' ' ‘*‘ ‘ _ (II, l(l . Illl l ll. ll\\ UWIICI (()lllt> ~ ___» -.. *_ - .it ,ivo _H (,` Queen Sl. R°_g°"” P‘_'_y'°_“ (_‘“f“p“"-V _ Ur _‘."hi"h hail :iii iiitvrviizw with aiii oilivci' .lust - . 'I ;< _ . Fl- ` ._ . ,f °~ LL'-fl. wi $.49/ . _ We Have an Excellent _ f~ lock of Goods _ BRACELET wart ass in solid Gold Gold Filled and Jsilver, (lui prices will pl..a5,. you » _ ' PE_NDAN l"S- Solid Gold' set with ical Pearls, Peririots Amy thest etc. Splendid val- ues. CUFF l.Ii\KL\f- Solii .Gold cold Filled :ind Silver ‘ _ suitable for engraving i il srl- sr »ins rooce ms -GIS. Tia -gracelets, Ivory Goods, Ebony go0ds i Chains Fobs Fountain Pens Silverware and Hand Paint cd China Cellar-d inspect our stook Anides .Iwrfhased from ; us Engraved free C. W. Patterson x __ A __-_' I I _ » in the spring to tukc ilclivcry. The :I goon one and that thc-re iirc pros- pects of further sales as the purcliiis- er' intends going into the fox ranch- ing business. This iialc is the result oi’ publicity and of the fact that the I I Colne lflere . - For Cold I _ u C_omiorts__ __ ' Good health und pe-;-; ‘§D1l8'| ('0h1l`0rt (lemgmd that You look after your. self closely' in cold wea- ther- and experience shows that this is the Place 'to come for articles 10 “'90 You Warm and -1 W8". ` H°t Water Bottles- in Ill!!! 'red and dark rubber. thoroughly relnfe.~ct~i_ Vt‘\'Y SIl'0II8 and large.i Many grades. the better ones guaranteed for three years. _...$1.00 up Chamois Vests- in sizes for women, men and children. .Best quality of. _ ogalgr making you;-2 own f....'..:..' "e.;¢.i;.?°~,:,': k°9P|nK llqllltll _` of lungh. es boiling hot or warm for 86 hours .,__g1_25 up thi; navy. \\'oi'cIs nie too feeble. "hlodr-i'ii liiittlesliips in de:-iilwc-Eglit -liners such ns- the Olympic .Imagine an endless chain of these-thc first I1 : -~»-. ; `. '.‘_ _-__ _ mme of Prince Edward island fpxes being almost out oi' sight from the ' ‘ ` ' 1 ' i W ‘Snow worldwide-' Mrk R°gH" m.t.° last. turning and twisting the while _ ' be congratulated on this sale ns- it isymnming at great Rl)-sem und doing llouora_ry be-cretiiry. a distinct compliment to his _publi- am “msd €_._,oalmonS “mm the d(,_x_ _ i()thei° papers please copy. city campaign ns well as ii certificate- temy of a_n9e_t_ of mmorhoms on M mem' mr his foxes' ` i'c.gattii. iliiv During all thc iniiii- 85000 SOLDIERS UNFIT MED|c` oeuvres-and thev see-ni to liavc ns A mantyformmi-Ons as “.1 the m‘my'_"w~ 0T'i`.\\\'A.. Dcij. 2fl.»~ _-\ _vciir ziizo great ships: always iuaintain thc s-;itne distance from oiiciniiotlicr And dc_stro__vers tlI\'sli‘.nroiin_d like iuiul thiii'gs.`MeI1ii.‘wlIile tliofliuttlo sqiiiid- ron 'is-doini; its-own work' iinprcs- sivoly at a.di_staii¢e', _ "T ie dex.terity with which' ilioso <~ral‘t. large and smirll alikc_ orc lianiileil; would be it `r_cv`olat.ioii thc expert 'yiiclitsinaii or the stcnni boiit'men of thelukes. _ The iuien of our un 5 .nc our ‘* .. 1| m ‘ _ V... , _ _ _ . . . . .. .. W ll ' lastlngly Lrainiiig and biecoiniiig more “ 0“““°di g`“‘Ss°‘-I -“ml s , _ dj th _,J hm !~ll’ll’lI SNIOCIK _ . . . . . . .495 weirdly eillcitnt ltegar ug c i 'themselves--the wofsrd litu-=li.‘ '-' I A. qtiestion was -asked regarding subniinrinost _ ' _ "Everyone understands-'tiiat so far as operating in hdme waters they were»_settIeh1 a year ago. They now operate out in thclilecp scii und ii sub. in that envlmnment_is like ii minnow in l.akc_ Superior. The urin- ing of _al'l,-iiifrcliiiut _ ships ,woiilil rc- duce`the rlumber of 'tho latter siiiise- quently sinik by eighty per cout. Une outfof ev_ery tivo whichiiow curry guns is lost .wlIlle' t`o'nr_ out of ovory five without guns wlii_ch are attacked a_rc»l0St. Ollie-of the virtues of ii ship -posses-sing guns is, that n subinnriiic will subnierge riitiher than expose herself to attack." -'ii Cnlarrlinl Deafness Cannot Be Cured I ‘ _ ¢ t.*..‘2:.'i .:.°.‘:li:°:'f.ttt.°:.!.“.-°i..°:i'.°:;.,'f.°.°.‘°.'I: to cure ootarrhol i-lesineli. and that is by n` constitutional remedy Cstsrrlisl Deafness is caused by sn inflamed condition of the mucous linin of the Euoischlsn Tube. When this tube ness s s rem _ ess e mma ont can be redured md this tube restored to itll mucous n » th the blood on the maonus surfaces of the system. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any .~.i ..=~.. _ felt and extra choice cliainois skins ._ $1.75 _op Chamois Skins- jun the IMDB for lining g,-Br. ments, pockets, e°tc,_ _ F. I. CHFQWKY Q C0.. Toledo, 0. L . » ' v Rev. Mr. Thompson, formerly sta- tioned on this Island, was among pas- sengers who arrived by the car ferry Among those crossing by thc Car Feiry today was J. A. Mr ' S, _ , _ clicc-semaker, Boiisliiiw, to takiz- n er reports “ Smprismgly my course iii Dairying at the Agriciiltural Halifax. arrived in the city -' urdny' to spciid furlough at their for overseas :fervicc with the t`nu- ziilian Enginocrs. He signed on Sat- iiiiposnililc. he ..iid. o i., D ‘- _ . _ son who has not >'-son the iiiilts aiiid tiuurdiaii iindeistuiid... the piitc was “mpg _,__ humcsmps any mul i_|,_.,_l of .toiiizagc :irc bigger than any gi'eiii. to is _lfnlls'_I:ed_you_h:‘ve|__rumbling so_und or im- _besides the special hospltll for neur- Eated luflrim' I l¢wUfli` nitliniiirrfely °‘°§'f°" osthenic cases: st. Coburg.. .and sana» 'i~ii.-4§i‘fi=I".»;'I‘.5f‘i.'s 5.`_’f;1..§:'_.__f.T.I§E ` ,_ fl; ,I _ il. S L _ J UANITA HANSEN 1- I - -_AND ` TI-I_oi_I_`As 'CHATTERTON , IN THE FIFTH c_IIAPTi2n or _ IIE _ '- I SEE rr _TODAY ' N0 'RECEPTION.~-Oivlug to thc _ _,__` _ ` “>-~- » projected departure ot' the /liiicricaii gi, Ch. 4. |) 11;. 1 _ -it ‘ ‘I to .. ___ - -_ ___ __ lmnsul te me United Snug” on leave the lvlty dt`li'di:i 'l`Llgi(iil:Ilimq H “mu .1 '_; P TNIQ of -absence at an early date in Jan. _» ' ` _' _'___.'____ , N _ nary. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce will not - I, » R » _ _ _,__ _ _:____,_____T__ _ receive at the consulate on New enlgifl gg?yrfg3?,?;?rvg§lg:,|t?-d'frsdi - ‘ - - "".'_._.~----~-A _ _ -` _ _ _ _ Y. '_ Ili ' l s been thi- custom.. ~- ’ » ‘ _ i _ l ___»g_<3_L;g§___g__==-_»~__§~»____-_____A__- _gm _...lY."'.'§.'._._-.§l.'...II§‘2‘5’;3l1"i..‘}iLil'.hlliii A}G'ood Comedy Number Completes This A R°ma»\¢e of Old Ireland. the miie.. was fmt-ii is for -mst-ig i.. '" "“"""“ -r I EXCCIICHII Pf0g¥3m - Land of the Shamrock and Fairies “S *.77 _ ecret ,,,. u ma me _ r _ _THE FILM No_`vi`f:L-oi-‘ THE Hou'-R 1 I`hrlll= follows Thrill.TlIrough_out the entire _ J ‘two reels, Leapingup--_toa Startling I " ' Climax. The Sensational Fight for " _ _ the Books Containing the Secret _ _,t . ` AN EXCITING CHAPTER -_ -, - tl * ~ +-“n;'ssci;sr..fit._ _ Prinal -"S" -` . ' "I'.oday !_ 'l'¢d`a_y__! th cssc;ss M4-mmcon> é xn>ro. clock. ,having left there a 11 » 'Toronto is visiting his home' In Clinr- h ~ \ " ' - - - ~ _ __ _ ..i_ MIT-I-I znnfen or tion case n aiiist Margaret Mc- __~_ av; ' ‘ 'I " ° ' _ Kinnou wag dismissed and auothcr th V ' ~ Dunst Miss Feature “"5” ‘Vere ma " °“ ““ “Y to i-iriiiriix ioiiai' after 'ii:iviIig"~l>¢__l_\;_ A pro ` ...... ._ 'S N 'E _VV_ YEAR Usual Matinee ' TO THE PROVINCIAL AND DIST- RICT BRANCHES OF THE SOC- IETY. Dear Sir or Madam:- Thc' week's‘ mall has brought us two letters from Lady. Drummond, thc contents oi' which 'thc Executive wishes to bc' commiinicatcil to tht Provincial Branches immediately. First, Lady`Drunimond is not now permitted to give tlie‘i1uines.ot` lone ly sr.-Iiliors or others needing fi'ioiiils to any onc, as this system has been the collection of int`ormation..Would you t_herel‘or`e~ place in the press of your provincsor district-some notice to the cffcct that no oi're"is now per- mitted to give out names for corres- pontl_ciiee.'TII§l,i‘?l*lI¥1¥tis tlniigi no; gnc ca ii corrcspc-nd with any man in the ovc‘r- sczts lorccs or any prisoner of wiii' who is iiot_ personally kiic-wn to thi-in or introduced by sonic _ulisolutcly rc- liiible person. Soroiid, liiidy Driiiiiiiioiid su_vs tlnii thc 1\'c'\vspzipci's Llepai'tiii€-iit is not i‘ccei\'iii|: anything like ,ti large ciio» ugh nuiiilior of tfuiizuliuii iic\\'spiipi-i-H to supply the dcmiinlls _of the t'iin- udinn wounded. She st' tes that this is said to be duo 'to Niro fact that those who scnd iic\\'sp:i.pcrs do not i-I-I-1-iw :i<'kiio\vlr=ii|.:ciiiciiIs iii' their ;:il't::_ :ind _.lic ilu-ret`orc uslts tliui ziii_\' 'iiIivi'iiiul. piililislicr or tiipziiiiziititiii v.i. - :irc f`ii.'w;ii'ilii\g iie\vsp;ip<-rs will | writ - ` iii lic-~ . oilit-fr, niv- iii;z their iiiiiiio; :iiiil nil-