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TNE CNNRENTTETNWN iiUl\R|l|llli

Yiiuicudown ami-sian runs oem.

'rim onaanufiv oovaas ramen nnwaiw ELAN D Lma 'rim Daw.” overt 45,000 iuranans num _ 4

' r' ' ff' ' 1'=

o lll°H\l'°01°“sJ¢l°I\» lfnundsu im. :voting aw-aim iasr.

.oHARLoTrE'rowN, °`cANApA,_- l'1‘U1-:soAY, pa

.i_,

CEMBER 23, 1919.

Annual Qubooripooln,

Milli lllllldlu ‘if

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Failure to Count C. P. R. S ' l Th

Was Cause of Collisionfwcl§e;r2lsNov?l\I1;:1aEtNlEied 23.- Temperature Was 20 Below at Time

Accident.. Injured Taken to Montreal.

_Q-1-_U

t (Special to The Guardian.) f

.\'lON'l‘REAL, Dec. 22.-Failure to N

count the number of C. P. R, pus. _qenger specials from the liner Empress of France, which docked at St. John, N. I3., by the engineer of the east bound freight, was apparently the dir- ect cause of the collision which took place ut Onawa, Maine, yesterday morning at 7.15 when twenty-three persons were killed and thirty-four in- jured. The freight engineer let three 1 of the passenger specials pass him and N did not wait for the fourth. This wus the ill-fated train with third class pas- sengers from the liner on board,which crashed head on into the freight.

It Is reported at the offices of the

il. I’. R. here that there was 110 ._i_ttei;_ the collision and that owing

ville and Brownville.

The temperature ut Onawa'

waiting on a siding at Greenville the transfer of the injured to it, injured were spared extra suffering

trains were bringing the injured Moiitreal where iliey will be accom

niodatcd in the Royal Victoria Hospi-

tal.

er of

fire

l.0

_I0 a_1lldP:e to the tais of the special in which niost injury was done most of those who were killed died instant- ly. A nutnber lingered to die' en-route l0 llle t*-mergency hospitals in Green-

was

twenty below zero but by the speedy arrival of a train which had been

and the ou

this account. Tonight special hospital

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Plebiscite of City Favors

(Special to _The Guardian_)

FIUME, Dec. 22,-Gabriel D’An-

nniizio, pacing the deck of a ship in the harbor, cannot, decide whether to land at lfiuuic, proceed to Zara uri return to Italy where he anticipates! ti hostile reception. The poet dictator was unseated from power in Finme by»a resolution of City Council votes. Again expressing a desire tiiat italian Government troops take over control

Government’s Offer. ” Jugo Slavs Invited Rome for Conference. ,

NENNNN

EININENN NNENUSNPPNSITINN

Acceptance of Itali

of the (lit A plebiscite of the pop-

Ital-

ian Government offer. 'l`wo Jugo-Slavs

_ y.

ulation favors acceptance of the

and two Italians have been invited

Rome to confer for un amicable settle-

an _ , . . ,

_ Mail's advices from (‘hrlstcl\ni to New Zealand, say that the final ilgu

NEW ZENNNN ,

(Special to The Guardian_)

prohibition and that New 7.ealnn,1 certainly be dry next June.

EENNENNNNEENN

(Special to The Guardian_)

PARIS, Dec. 22.-Under Secretary

of State for Military, Justice lgiuice, left for London this morning to take part in the making up of a list Germans thuigeil with war tiimes and

ment of D'A‘lmtlan issues. The Jugo _ or Sluv threat of war and preparations '_ _ __ '

of » whose deli/f.-ry to the Entente will be

for it prevented the carrying out

D‘Annunz'los threatened raids upon

the _...__

Spalato and (‘utturo which puts ports out of the Adriatic picture the present.

‘ll-l' PARIS, Dec. 22.-The second s

tion of the Gernian mission which i

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WNN ENNE NESENNYINNS

. EN ENN

]N llEW YENN5 NNY

._____l...

(Special to The Guardian.)

O'.l"I`AlWA, Dec. 22.-With the coni-

ini.; ol' the New Year -Canada returns practically to a basis of pcacc. Wur- tinie rcstrictioiis iniposell by O'rdei‘~in-' t"ouncil iiiitler the War Measures Act. will twith some exceptions) be remov- ed and in the case of the exceptions thc Orders in (`ouncii ternilnate at the end of the next session of Parlianient.

The wartime restrictions which

will cease to be operative on January first include those on race track bet- ting and on iiiiportulion, nuuiiilactiii'c and inter-provincial trade in alcoholic liquors. The ord'crs in council remain- ing in force include pulp und paper control, coal' and sugur`coiiti'ol, silver ...____.._..___-._ Q » foo M-+044-4 ure-o+¢o+o++44 0

§ cosiinvsiiii suciits §

y-O

H4 0+ 715-31-aaoNzE AND, BLACK su.i<

iuuffler. Finder please lcuvc _at

Gii-‘irtlian Otilice. -ll.

*DON’T FORGE-T THE CHRISTMAS

concert in Kingston Hall 'Tuesday night. Sale of candy. 5782.

_..._~.- WANTED_--A MAID FOR GENERAL

housework. Mrs. D. llavlcs, 14

Esplaiilitle. 5814-12-2£lMlwk-. ___._._.___--_-----~ -~-_ *WANTED--A YOUNG GIRL AS

nurse- inuld. Apply l\Irs. 'l`vin|ilc._ 40 l.ongworth Avenue. Ilcc. iI0~:ii_.

*FOR QUICK SALE - THREE

young sows. Daniel MucNeill, Vil- lage Green. 5707-12-18M5ipd.

__.____.__.._..._------ “WANTED IM M.EDlATELY MAID FOR

izoiicriil housework in sniull fainill’~

flood wages. Apply 140_PowiiulNri‘»_t£

*CHRISTMAS STATIONERY WITH

selected initial letter in sold bronze from 1.00 to 51.50 per box. Central Job Prlntery, 170 Kent Street. tf.

"`LOST.-AN OX. BLACK AND

white, 1% years old,, no marks. ‘linsti-seen on Whim Road |10! 59- Notify R. D. Westawalh _l-0W_*’l' Montague. ~l-~

______._ ___4--- FOR SALE-I PA1R FOXES' SILVER

black female and dark patch niulv.

' Apply to Leo Doiron. Oyster Bell

Bridge. 5820-12-23-M2ipil

____________________._____.... . ‘*Wl~‘.NTED.-A GIRL FOR GENERAL~

housework. No washing. A111111' Ml"S~

J. C. Sl , 249 P lace Si-

ms r 301542-15-Mtf.

~ _ A

*LOST-ON-»8T. PETERS ROAD

lust night between Wrlshfs Bridge anfl railroad crossinil 0- large black fur robe. Finder leave at Fcu- neii & Chandler‘s and \'€0@lV9 'fe' _ward. 'll-

AUCTIQN.-I WILL SELL A`l_' MV auction room today .00ml“@""l“l3 “E

1 12.30 otciocii a choice int of _iiiiuiiwts ‘l und dishes also some furziitiu-1-. B.

Carter, Auctioneer. 5829

___ - 11--.,

coinage, trading with thc cneniy, ex- portation of gold, intornincnt opcru- tions, grcal.or production on indian

Reserves, ceiisorsliip,

by Order in t‘ouncil on the liquo

which opened nearly two '_veai's :ig

within a few weeks of the Iliiioii Go criiiiicnt coming into power. The us

of grain for distillation of. portable

last

liquor was forbidden from the

day of December 1917; iinportation

liquor containi_i.‘|f, more fthan tw

and one lutlt' per cent proof spirit was forbidden three mouths later

intc1‘-proviucial trade. 'l‘lu-.se Order in t`oiuicil are to tcriniiiute with th close oi' the prcsciit year.

In rescinding these and other

tiers in tlouncil passed as war snrcs the govcriiincut. takes tho,

bcvii issued ileclaringthat wiir no I0n_ cr exists, usual war conditions lon agp ct-ascii in fact. Coiiscqueutly th rcscinding orders re existence ot' wa

can no longer be urged as ii reason ,

Lives of Crew

for inuintaining these cxIi‘aoi‘tl ini* regulations as iicccssury or uilli :ililc t`or the seciirity, delciice. peni- ordcr :intl wt~lt`urc of (`:n\ad;i. 'l`l|

liecaine effective November 11 'l`hi\ cxpeditioiiiiry i`ort:e has sincc withdrawn and denioliilizeil and

hee th

lo rc-cstahiisliuient ol' thc oi'di|iiir

otnliuiis ol' ionic

that on thc request oi' any provincil refercntliini on thc oucstioii whe

lteil so far as that particular

vlnce is concerned, if the reforei lui

Governnicni. will then issue 11 clainntion forliiiltiiiig iinpofluilull the province in _questioii.

EEIEIEENINNE

(Special to The Guardian.)

DUBLIN, Dec. 22.-Viscount Fl' who was niurderously attacked on ‘day was busy at work yesterday drove in an open carriage lll\`0l\K streets of Dublin attending a C

Lord ‘Mayor of Beii’ast..l\€ feillle ,um delighted to receive the kind gratulatlons of Belfast which has ne

and devot-lon to the Empire.

It is reported that the man, Sa

who was killed during the attack Viscount French participated iii

party of armed nien which hel high courts against the military.

as I 5rt0§,r(5

5823 12 23 M419

ltcinov.il of the iestiictions iinposed

there was u further order in council passed proliiliiiiiig iiianiifactiii'o anti

(lr-

llli‘il- view

that, nltliougli no proclanintion has yet

arnilsticc which concluded hostilities

1918.

country at-iii-riilly is devoting eiierilllltl

-iv -~ .- i ' E 'i‘in- in-.t nf insi, sossioii ilroviflos

ther

nr not iinporlntlons are to bo pi'oliih-

pro.

ii cniigbt. Men did not dare attempt ('liui'lotl.ctowii they have paid sever

goes in the aiilrniutivc the lloniiiiion

pro- into

(Special to the Guardian.) -

TORONTO, Dec. 18.-To the 1200

tlelegates ol' the Ilnitcd I~‘ai'niers ol' Ontario who filled every irorner ol' - lllasscy llall last night, Hon. Ernest ' ti. l)i'ury, l’i'eniiei' ol' the I’i'ovince put this question: “Shall we give class ltlgislittion or shall we not ‘?" And the grunt hall rcvci'hei‘aIeil with a thun- derous ‘No!"

“I knew that answer would come,"

said the I’i'eniier. "You are i'arnici's. hut fir:-tt ol' ull you are citi'/.en~:, and ___.__________________.__-_-._

trade ends a pliaisc of federal a'tion

1 E SEENINEY

o _ ' »

EN NEEENNEE5

you want no class legislation. You

ov-

want us to give to this province g ernment ol' the people, by the peo| for the people."

' ciitrusted with the arrangettieiits

6(7-

deinaiided. A conference will he held during the week in London to deter-

§ mine upon a plan for joint action by

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Losiios Dee 22-'riw Dairy Germans Who Are to be Brought to Trial for

FJ.; Crimes Perpetrated During the War Include

""“““°‘” e '““1""“y "f ”""‘“ '”'-""" ",’,‘§ ex-Kaiser’s Sons, Crown Prince, Several Gen-

\\' _ erals and Commanders.

I Gi-eat Brltlan, France and Belgium.

l France, ac/cording to the Echo D8 Paris, has ai list o 500 names ready _to be submitted among these names is that of one of the former German Eniperor'.s sons and also those of the former Cru‘.\'ii Prince, Rupprecht, of Bnvmfa, and several genlerple and coniiiiandc-rs of prison camps in Ger- many.

Order-in-Council Issued

Io'

putting the Peace Treaty into effect,

arrived here today. It is headed by _

I-lerr Von Simson and consists of the three Ministers of _State and two

A secretaries. The first section of the E

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for Release of Men Im-

prisoned Under M S A and for Suspension of

The sent.iiiv'eiit ol' the nieeting tlial l)r0ceedingS ail Offendersv

ord

found expression in the sin;-,le \v

ot' reply to the i’i'eiiiiei"s question was ----

in accord with at resolution uiiaiii

ously adopted endorsing tho fziioice

.\l lliui its the Il F 0 leailor

tion and endorsing this sole:-lion thc cabinet.

ENSNNE5 t

ni- \VA<SlllNG'l`().\l, Ilec. 22.-ily a -

0l` vote of 50 to 12 llie,Seiiutc today ntl ll.\' optcd the coniproiiiise on the hill

*ll ' during 1920 acceptiiig :tiiu-iitliiients,

sugar equalization board by liiiiltin its licensing powers to next June 3

,Former Ch’t0wii Boy

Remembers S.D.U

S ___i_i___-_-

(Special to The Guardian_) '

PARIS, Dec. 1G.-"l"|\c art irtisures

of- Austria, like the fainous Mona Lisa and other priintings and sculpture ,hrouglit to Il‘rance by Napoleon, will `be taken :is scctirity by the 'Allies in exvliaiigc for food and coal, which airo lo bi- sciit at once lo the faiiiishetl itc-

K public. lit wus decided yesterday to

'Di-higatioii, beliovo it will lic pruct

puiiitiiigs liifcstiisc they are virtual pi'it-eless. " -

§Dog Saved The ’

ll And Passengers

n (ZURLING, Nild., December 17.-

0 The pusengers and' cl‘e\v of the coast- {'1hp,~10[|(.m\(-rr m¢1a._»,-_ The Jrrrmnr.

al stcaincr Idiliic. iiuniberiiu: 92 11°F' geiitleiiien cnnio here on the invitatit

in chief assistant cnniiiiissioiicr; A. S.

line which was run out from the ship 0,,r,.,\§D0mp\,,r.,. “tml M,-_ |{r,m,_ fm- G00¢li‘Vll. 1'. (`~ l30Ylf‘“ llllfl -l (‘- liy 'i Ni-wfoniirland d0H on Miirtiu's the pist six months. The latter is R“lll‘ll`l‘ll"l- ('- M~ ll-»"Ullll'll`lSl"ll‘*l`f‘»

l oust toultl not make tht* ni.iii.igei of the Kyokuto Yuko Knislia “ml A- D-,(l“l`lWl`ll5lll~5""l""‘ll`-l'~

Y sons, were liroiii.:lit ashore on it life

ashore iuilcd wlu-'ii the line IJUCUIIIH

iioi ii the w.tteis.ind so the

Japanese Visitors

To P.E. lsian

Messrs. Yoliei llzigu and l<‘, S. lslhn

oi Seattle, Wasliiiii.gtoii, who are he iooking into the fox industry, went Siiiiiiiii-i'sitle yesterday and return"

oi' llrj Leo l~‘rank who has iicvii

I oint. Il ',‘. 1 t ' - » ' ' ' ` - iinzurdous passage from the strandcfl tnieaning l~`:i1-Exist l`ui' l<‘a1-ining (‘o sleainer. An t‘l`i'<il'i to $11001 ilu? lll10 pany) :intl Mr. lslilliiim is his scrr

tary and iiitt-i'pi'etei', Since t-oiniiig

visits to the runcli Di' the Ro'-ioliai

With block and t 9. ~ f

crew aided by fishernien on the shore State of l\Vushington. Mr. Ilaga say

lrigged .1 lite saving device, using a that the Prince Edward Island silvers EIl\Vl\\`tl llilllllti and the 011161' DI' lboatswain‘s chair for ii carriage. One are acquiring a wonderful reputzitio _ _ M F G S l iw one in this chair, 91 or the 92 per- in .iap_nn and the., are being wnieiy was illscriiiiinuteil against and sold T. . . pellcel' S sims aboard were hauled to safety. advertised. He greatly adnilred th ,X {mby_ 13 months 0\d_ was pulled foxes wliich he saw at the Roseban ushoie in a mail bag Ranch and took a nunibei ot photo

1916 revolt and was a member of the this country’s lla

8 of the Bllilflll °"l’°‘““°““'y '°'°° nospos pee 19 -rheintesthn

canteen system, was given this even mg by high officials of both the Muni-n Department and the Depart- ment of Overseas Military Forces of Canada. Officials of the latter de partinent characterized the article as

ly someone 'in Ottawa was having a joke 'at the expense of the Dilli-

warrrso A Tengiétasn r¢_>_:im;;_ri_E$60

H il School N0- » “DD '

. - wu- - ._ for iisiaiice of year. Aiiiili' 1° ___

night goin stick pin in °“'°l°P°- no ,Q _ tr Wm, name W, W Wellnel- thereon. branch, Department of Militia am German mm, |s regarded asm” (,_0ncp_' D’Aniiunzio, for replacing the dictators

DBTGHCB. llall lll'°“Elll llle m°“°V l'° iatory that further obstacles to ii

l , u . .T Finder pleaseleeve at 170 Dorches ter Street and receive reward.

5819-12-23M2lDd ‘ _

` 'STEAD

5 OX

LOST-A RED, lRl3H BETTER D0? last seen in vicinity -Of R- ’

I' cathedral on Tuesday 21"- F“‘l°‘”,

` t t U. Aiiey. 62 Pfl“¢° Sl 1°” ° ' sais-iazsnsi

' f

-rsflcnati wam-so-Fon UNIDN

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' ptqmeht. nwiy to c. iz. mmf,

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___________________....-- -_ _ |.o¢fr-lvoun i>aiv¢_R 8Ml\"-'- iisfm one nah' mm' lf” “"

lined gloves addresiiod'toJd\'i\~ A

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SA / i

lonel Cherry, of the Pay and Audit

Canada. Col. -Sherry, however states that he has no knowledge of these

the subject, He protests against his with me exchange or ram|ca¢|(,,,B W name being used in this connection. not require more 'than ten days. Ther Altlwush no definite Statement is fore, it no fin-ther asinys are cans

.forthcoming as to what Canada will by Germany, the first ten days

receive as her proportion o fthe pro; Jnnnnry may bring pane between th

_ms of the British. canteen system Entente and its principal enemy. -it is undestood that the amount will Accepted' opinion holds there is no ll“ll°“*‘ be llelfl ln l-0“ll0fl. ll l-llls ll ,-be but ii small fraction of that ment- need for the German Treaty to awa ` ioned in the story. It is alto believed the general peace settlement. which lil l‘“ll°lDBll0\’\ 01' lm 9-“fly German that no allocation has yet been made the optimistic regard as still man of these funds and that they are still months distant. The Turkish, Russian Utll" “llleil ll"‘ll*‘l‘» °l‘°5l9‘l by U19

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°"°, ._-t °°'°° 5w_.|,z.z;mII. _ r ‘ _ ‘y V y ° ° K ratification; are exchatmed

*The Ethic which had been eugiig- lie was shown everything in conne

ed in the coastal service between ti_oii with the business, nothing being Sltly Of $7»000 f0i' Cable coinniunicatio

Curling and' Labrador ports, wentlhid _froin_ him. Dr. Frank will hav “Shore mst Wednesday during a gale inoving pictures taken next week an

ellcll while bound south. The wreck was the filins will be exhibited in Orient

Fri- not reported here until the shipwreck- countries. i‘he last shipment of

and ed pagepger-S and crew arived from pairs is ihe third which the doct h the Bonne Bay_a|1wir@511nviiig gone down has sent toJupan where he has bee lllllll' in the storm. tsupplyi_ng_ three different companies. that they arc not averse to nn increase fr-he chief msg runs “mm Mrs D

amp (,me1.mmmem in the afternoon, ‘One ol his ranchers Mr. Caswell ' ‘ Up()/p receiving ii telegram from the ..._-------f-° ali'endy stated in l`he Guardian r

d_ ‘-1 turned home last week i'roin .Iapa

, C tl as

ll” 000 llllll l‘°°“ l’;”“§;"h‘_°th;““ grows Aivisn|cA Hoi.Ds Kev 'ro PEACE

th I ~ 1 .

the German counter offer of conipe

. - f r ur." ' in ro f ii th Ani .

L08? IN THE CITY 5A`l'Ul‘°AV_ GLAD rm wf_AR\NQ. ‘ 'rite nrucie stated uint Lieutenant f;od‘m°c‘;'§f§n of fha ‘garmin termgsh

been re uired Nevertheles ie Iii

early peace are not anticipated .

send an inter-Allied Coininisslon coin- (mum has rm,w_n_dGd ulmngh ML

posed of art experts to value the line ,,.. . , ~ . 1 .. ,if m";_‘{f g{§kj;\ip‘_l"f _}{{§§_"__=;_ l“j§f§§f.',“ fN.'..i“<‘,~.’.’I.`..`.T.t.§?‘".f`11221.'NZ; E£8(i"`l‘.’."-f.i.l

1 I ‘ 1: -Q, 1 f '

ics like M. Koet-iitin of the Louv il.l\|~:i~iini who is to head the l<`rciii-li

ii'-

ully inipossible to vaiiic soiiie of the

d petition of the te.legi'apli conipzini

m by Z0 to 30 per cont. atltiitioiial. Th re session <'.oiniiloiici~tl at 10 a. ni. and

tif St. Dunstun's University drive.

The Question oi I Telegraph Rates

S’l`. .]()llf\', N. Ll., Dec. 17.- 'I`lie

in tity hall this iiioiiiing on thc

was <-oiicluiieil at noon; the coininis-

Se ing. I<‘. I]._Cnrvcll, K. C., cliuiiunu

m. tjoininissioiicrs lflslitlr and .ionc

to l - v ug i|ia_n on scvoral points :il`i'i~cling St lk John.

r_ said, than is represented by the 2

They pointed out that the Doininio

10 which was read: .

been reached .'

1 . . . tg- sion will i'.:tui~n to Ottawa ,this even-

ii,

m presided, assisted by S. J. l\Iniice,

,._ were presciit in the city`g liiloi~t-sts,

and the i'oi‘nit~r interrogate-il the chair

n vinces. They stated that the Island

e the rate at Charlottetown was higiier

p than at any other city in (‘anatla.

e between the lsiund and the mainland tl The St. Joliu Board of Trade coun- nl cil presenicd the followiii resolution

or "Resolved, that this council advise n the board of Railway (oiiiiiiissioners g00_ with smm. mSm.mlce_

as of telegraph tolls if a careful examin- e- ation of the Telegraph Coiiipanles ac-

Y THE n counts show that an iiicreaseis neces-

con- OTTAWA OFFICIALS DEN - Where lit” llllll Silent a year teaching sary to maintain efficiency of servicel (ings of the ;\,,.mrr. ms msumnc

v- STORY the .hips li0w_io raise foxes. Another and they would respectfully request 4 I' e

er been surpassed in loyalty. _QFOSYGSS OTTAWA_ Dec_ 20___An “nqu_m_ ¢_;_§(_lt_l_i_t;-___l1_t_:_t;.;i_i;‘s_ni;ii;<;_hiz_i;;, og~l_;i_f;li that such un examination be made li

viige fled denial ol a newspaper item to unry with another shipnient.

upon the effect that the sum of $35.000.- --i-+-----

(Special to The Guardian_)

' 0'|"I`A\V.~\, Dec. 22.~-Release of nil

i'. ' 'y , . ,. . . . to . _ ._ _ , _ . _ _ the political coiiiniittec ol' the ussociu- r-Ominur, (;r,vr,rr,mr.,,( ,cnptrpl of su;;.ir gfglgfgs

. . . . , . . .- in _ _ H . , _ - _

creasing authority of the lliiitcd Sintra.; ll‘_Hi=`loii _of _pi;_;ir;t.t_lliigs n_g;i%ri_t=intaf>_t_h_

ei i piovu i ii a pio u

Og which will appear In an extra of the

An Order-iii-tfoiincil which was sign ed late on Saturday by His Excellen y the Governor General, makes provis- ions i`or this general amnesty to military 0*;-enders.

I The Minister observers, says the

report, that it is in his opinion expedi-

(`:inailiiip Gazette to he issued today

Mr. Fred Mct`ourt of Montreal, son ent in view of the restoration of peace

of our worthy citizen Mi'. 1’etci° Mc- - .

and for the general purposes of ro- estahlislirneiit lhtil ainniesty should be graciously extciicled to all such (military) offenders so that those now undergoing imprisonment may be discharged, so that pending prose. cutiuns for the offenders aforesaid may be discontented, and so that all offences heretofore committed and penalties incurred and not actually enforced and paid shall be generally pardoned, forgiven and remitted. The Minister therefore recommends that a proclamation of general amnesty for

offenders be issued in pursuance of'

the powers in their behalf, vested in Your Excellency.

(Special to The Guardian.) ()'l"i`A\/VA, lm-_ l£‘.l.--It is expcctc

llil Sir Robt-i't. Borilcii will spend th

thc South sliortly Lifter the heginnin

_ _ _ _ fi of the New Your. At present ’Ili

101' lllllllfli'-‘ly ltl lll‘fl'l“ilSll l-l\"l\' l"'l*`f‘ Priino Miiiistei' is taking tliings inorc 1 not heur that Question havin b

if easily and on the days when, he goes l decided yet. ~ A-- ~ g een

SFENN , I

l_N._|1llls N uiilwi

‘to his office in the east blot‘k'he only

tl spends a short time there. e There is still no announcement ns (0

V“ll“’llY Uullllllldslml ll*`l‘l ll Sllllllll holiday seusoii in Ottawa and leave for who will be acting Premier during the

g absence of Sir Robert. Sir George e Foster stated this evening that he did

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_ 'lTmF‘S,'l`l'Z, In-c. l.‘4.- 'l‘lic witlitiruw-

:tl Iroin Fiiiiiie oI` ti:|brie=lc I)'Aiinunv.io

9 nine until ilie plebiscile which he ha

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Gem Theatre Destroyed

s. . Q. government granted an annual sub- r,-Rm)Emr.,r0N_ N_ B__ Dec_ 21__

" The Gem ’I`lieati'e, u iuoving picture ' house operated by l~`. G. Spencer of St.

John, was totally destroyed by fire

1 early this morning. The cause of the

flre is unknown.

The loss is roughly estimated at $10.-

M. Richards. owner oi' the property. _Mr. Spencer, was the owner ot' the |seats, picture niachiiies and other fit-

` was inthe vicinity of $1.500 with loss

Y exceeding that amount,

n- the Board of Railway coininissioners (Mp 1.1 (;_ 5m.,,(.r.r is (hr. lrqree "|-

before a decision by the boiird has A '

the I’i'ince ltldvvnrtl Tlieatre, Charlo- itetown).

‘Heavy Losses From

The Coal Strike

"OI-UMBUS, ohio. nee. 20.-1,0",

lo the Ilnitcd States on account of the recent coal strike amounted to tllllwoxiintilcly $120.000,000, whqlr, Ohio`~. loss was about ‘I7 000

pioreil the poet. soldier to retain th present zzarrison there. D'.-\nnunzi announces that he will not leave Fi- Slmauon could n '_ b

' :intl his troops, which was sci for this cordiiig to W 1) M $“ ' 'O00' ac'

the tri t1‘ il-I ' f' ` ' ~ - » ~ , . . iuoi'nin‘f, did iol », 1- 1 ' ` ' "Kln“"'y~ 5e‘ll`9l“l'.V dog wtE)s put. overboard. Directed' by Fur l<`arining Coiiipany where ten lllll l°"llWill' l'5lV"”` lllfllf’ ‘ll l"‘l‘"`“~ ll” the wuE\icn ol" IligxktliwilUlleayililltnpllll() nf the Solllllern Ohio Coal Exchange. officers of the ship, the animal suc- pairs of Silvers were selected hy M 4 » »

ceeded in releasing the rope; and hold- Haga. These he will take back with P€\` Will- df lelfgfllllll Dlilni “Sell-

ing it tightly in his teeth, fought his hini to his own country together with l-lfllllllll lfllCll0lS0ll. M- P., Hull J. J-

nf- way (hrbugh the breakers tothe sh0i‘9. 22 pairs of \Vhltes land Blues which -l0llllS0l1~ l\- C-»1lll0l`ll@Y general, ill'

acki the ship's he procured in Alaska and in th

5, telegraphic conditions between Prince ¢l(pa`rtu|-,._

- Additloiia-i loss to railroads from cur- S lallell Service and to industries forced

i0 Shut down on account of the fuel

H 0 e estimated and

9 sented arguments for iniprovement of 0,-r|e,.ed rm, ,|.hm____‘___V ________0__e____ of ms no _allowance therefore is made in the

estimate, Mr. 'McKinn¢._, said

erTh_e miners were the greatest los.

5 ln the 'Slflliih Mr. McK.inney’g

figures showed. Sixty million dollar.” vias his estimate of their losses in Wilzes. The loss to the railroads he placed at $40,000,000. while the opera- lUl‘S figure he set at $26,000,000.

'rua wruurium /’ ~. 'rnmrannronn

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The lowest teniperat , ‘

night was 1 below zero.uE-tot 9b\:ind?ny Y‘““l*‘l`<lllY it was 5 above At noon it was 25 obo l d ' the same. vc an at 10 D' m' H' Wu"

__ _- s_e___t_ or east wltli local snow

The tide will be high thi '

gHt___12__03 and tomorrow as 13831-mt? wi ehighti "’ ‘ lniorrow at 11.-N)§.ght at Ulm and My Sun sets this af‘ernoon and to

._ . “' mor-

how at 4.4.-i it rises tomorro

in the peace negotiations is now co

the Allies themselves, Although Ani-

is h

ina at 7.49 and Thursday at Nibrgornl

Satin" for the scum prow Bcmmngs can co-operation ultimately will be ob-

__ "E id _ in the shape of tonage now under tained. On behalf of Italy, Nitti, who

a “Fairy tale and said that v en - Construction had been made in 3 form is an economist before everything, is

too vague to permit the requisite de- “l“lll "lim i0 “Pll°lfl 'lie “9C¢SSf\\”Y Of greg ofthe Amer] commr Therefore obtaiiilng solution of all outstanding

as America into the Treaty.

_ It is confidently predicted In omcm responsibility, nre believed to be pro-

proflts, that the mention of his name ch-Cp., here um( peMe_ so rm. as Ge, gressing favorably

in the article is “quite unauthorized many is c0r,¢ern9d_ Wm be m.och,|med and that he never at any time gave carry in the New yeahh is csumarelr French point of view, of the recent

n trops in Fiume with those for whom

nn interview to any newspaper 011 that the mechanical dennis connected l’°W"l“K Blfstt ¢°“f0\°°n°‘°= also elm-

ch erica is left out oil account as regari ,

n. the declaration oi forniul peace wit

sidered serious in official circles he e. Cl@l”ll\l1“Y» England refuses to accept The 13|-map Admiralty objected that the present American position as final.

n, Opinion is gaining ground that Ameri-

a prolilcms on terins which will bring

at Negotiations between Nitti ani

troops italian government can asume

The comparative failure from the

pr phasizes the fact that America still ,,_ holds the key to general European

peace. .

or Meanwhile the British peace mission 8 leaves Paris December 31, and Eng-

land would prefer that further nego-

it possible.

y peace the reparations commission and

B German treaty, will be formed ready

to begin work iminerllately the Treaty

NEENENEEI NEEP 1

New m°°ll MOHGBY. December 22nd

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poruiion adjourned today without trzmsitctlng any business in protest against the arrest und deportation of Aldcrnmn Kelly. who was described by the Lord lilnyor as "the soul of honor and truth." The Lord Mayor characterized the recent. raid on the Mansion House, und the suppression of the Christmas Fair as maddening. Attacks on policemen ln Dublin have necessitated constables patrolling beats in twos and threes, thereby un- der-policlng some districts. As it con- l sequence there has been an lncrease| in robbery. As a remedy for this thot governmeel./is lnvitinn the civlI..aor- vantti to become special conslnblos. If this means fails to restore. order nnti keep down crime, it. is oxpecae-l that troops will he culled to police the

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