MAifIMS OF - A

MERCHANT

At fiftyTman has ¢ither lost his censor- jnugnesfl or his high-

fst usefulness. i‘ ““'

i‘? ‘In Guardian Two Cents “$11,111 ' UIIIHIIIII, r-llllllaa 1m

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Ill the Form of the Case ‘of an Address Pre- sented to King Edward at Queengignn

Heights in the Year 1860 - Valuablg

Addition to Historical Treasures 0f

Canadian Building.

(spacial to The Guardian) wNDON. April 7.—0n his ‘re-

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loll of Canada in London." Tho liigh Cmmlssloner ‘grateful-

turll from the special assembly 0! 1y accented the loan i l. the league of Nations at Geneva. lng terllls: I u the mm)“ High Commissioner P. C. Larkln "Dear ‘Sir Derek Cappel;

gonad awaiting him a handsome 0,, my Tatum from Geneva I allies; sent t0 him from Bucking- found yo,"- lemr or the 3d "ISL ham ‘Palace by Hi8 Miiioflty ‘the awaiting me as well as the vcr Kinf- Acfiomilflllyih! the casket interesting souvenir which v was a letter from ‘the Hon. Sir

Derek Capple. G. (3.. V. C., Mas- ter of the llioyai Household in the following terlns:

"Dear Mr. Lorkin:

By command of ‘the King I um sending you the case of an address- whlch wag presented to King Ed- ward at Qucenston Heights in Up- per Canada in the year D860. Hi‘s lilaiosty- thinks that this would ‘be a very interesting souvenir oi ‘His Lats Majesty t0 ‘be preserved in- (anada ‘House. if you will be kind enough lo let nle know if this would be appreciated the King will he \’0|‘y pleased to hand it. ov- er 0n permanent ‘loan to "The lllgll Commissioner fol- the Domill-

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King-has been sogracious n3 m fer on permanent loan to the Hi Commissioner for the DDminion Canada in- London. Ii need hnl-nlv "Y how ‘l appreciate the King's ilwlfsht and should be glad if you could a-ssure His Majesty that the box will receive every care in my own roonl where it will be regard- ed with U18 ‘zeatest interest ‘by Canadian and other visitors calling here. as a memento 0f the h1g9 King Edward."

The interesting souvenir em. bodylnl-Z S0 lllaiiy Royall and Cun- “iiian ‘SYYTITIOIS. is u preclnu-s ud- dilioll to the lrslorlcal treasures of the Canadian building.

of. izh of

Egyptian Govt h Must Decide By Wednesday

(Special to The Guardian) ('A‘lil(). April T.--’I‘lll~. llgvpilzul

(Special to The Guadlnn) OTTNWA. April 7.-——ill cillnnlli-_ lco on Elilllliy lolllglit. tho liouse oi (ominous rulcil $1,500,000 for: maintenance liilii repairs lo Do-I , in’nlon slculnors and ico broukors,‘ Jlariuc Department. i 0n a voto of $20,000 for the ox-‘ onlllllltlon oi ullustcrs and nlatosq

the Opposition raised the poln-t of s.

l-l-ononly. St‘\'i‘i‘2ll members were, inclined to lllillk that $2.500 perj aunum wns too mllch i0 pay to l1 llllllervislng cnalllliuer ol applicants for lmarlrlcrs‘ certificates. Theyi ‘thought that ‘there cou-ld nnt bol miollllh "fork i0 keep tin examiner.‘ Dills _a slcllognpllcr. at $1.,.'l00 ‘ii year, busy. ;

Hull. l’. J. A. Cardin, Minister of, Alurluc, cxillulnod that the exam- iners office is kopl open nil the. Your round and rival appiicnntsl "his: ho roccivcil at uli times (The V010 carried as did one of, ax thousand (TOHZIFS for investiga- lion lllio wrecks.

Advisory Tdrlfl BOIFd

KPTFAWA- Anvil 7. -—Pi‘8mli§l‘

"ll announced in the House of Conlmolla ibis afternoon the com.

mama" M m v _ ‘ (Canadian Press) ‘I

..‘:..l‘a1‘t“..‘::lr..‘.:».-nurture ‘:.“:“‘.l“:: chairman. The other two mem- Ill] V I “mu-ac ‘lllhl I 0.1.01 bers are: Alfrod iamhert manu- lufqyml‘ (m. i. all“; I M ‘pilnllmfé- ‘ menu". “iomrear D‘ G lhacKeni fllg lit lllillxitiditlim‘ .l'illlll ‘i I om"! zio. farmer, Winnipeg ‘Mn Lam. rorv U ‘l I H. it h\l\"(il‘l‘ifl.ill(iv(vs‘~llfllull . be" romamm Jnnobh l-moum iiililillfiri‘ lillllnl Al ill.‘ li-wow; Whole nlunc‘ was originally llicliiih‘ m“ ‘Hi sur- l ‘I n“ "fl-Ii i l ' l,“ h] um |pllper A lilllu- lllllllllllllcl m n).

lionrd.

, Hector Moc- Mnnilll ill‘ 'l‘oronto,

will be socro-'

. Viilll llmll- Slcflzlllsllll, lilo Arc- ma "I m“ immfl‘ itlc oxpjlnror,‘ sold this llloallll :1 h)‘; Mfiigmmli "wil"! hllllililnlilifllghl oi‘ 700 milos mum FZITYTHIIIRS‘ l.‘ l‘ mmmu’ lAlusku, ullri 70 llliTP-‘i luriiltll‘ Ihllll llc asked that ho migllt FCCOII-‘lgyyy (yxplqypl- had ilFPVlIIiPlTy gone

rider,“ - ll. augmerl-flll ul Premier King amid: r~~ --————— -

--_-l } o-l Condenser! Specials RATE.-4c._ per word, not. each insertion in this column.

P§OQQ~OVOQ-OOQQ-QQO O-Q 0060 Q-Q _.._.________ _.___

‘WANTED AT ONGI—TWO Rifll or women for ‘general house wmk- Ailply lMrs. W. A. ‘Mulch. ‘iiilllatun. sosll-r-sl

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40B Pamrmo or svsnv ‘imfiriiltlon. cheaply and expedi- "mliliy executed. Guardian Cent-

lai Job ‘Prlirltery. lPitone 132. ‘

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sauusoms saueAolis. hurl: $100k, lrottso ‘Meats. rl-llllll “my day-Saunders, Nswsome, ‘I 00.. Market Bldg.

__\_ __ YIQH wmr e000 snvatowss arrives, so col-doc. .50 for 36c. [.0 for 55o. 60o fol- $1.00, 1000 its" $1.95. Postpaid. Guardian 0f-

of the

THREE BARGAIN! m uszo. Tunes. All in flmi. claps lshs “PM? or write at once. Mil

'08.. 145 Gt. George 8t. 8674-4-7-2l

T: te-r mv m. m maca- ogrillllphh 9t. Modern convenient‘. Q0 m. sttc-t-o-al. PWAroaa-Juv-ma ALL ‘run

Ii bigbcat market price.

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rulers who can combine and in car iota at their nearest “lion should pbona ma quick ‘him Mum Nuns "m:

roalla brafi up. 1 have many can this way. l. Boar. Chariotmwn. W6. - -- M} 11!

lPAYS $15,000 lull wuluu llllluus BUil

“"‘ A HAM-l, Victoria Farms. 33'O'1'Q"' famous

‘ihauns Rag ‘M11119 ‘P9491- .t‘me all-American

lief-v;

Govcrllnlcllt lllusl dccido by Wod- ncsdzly \\'ii(‘lTl0i‘ 0r not ii. will nc- cept lilo ten lnlllion dollnr gift for n nvw lllllsculrl iillil rcsesrcll ill- slliulflon offered recently by Jolln l). Rockefeller, Jr. The rlcw pm. pom-d cmlirllct, man-bathing tho lundlilcl-ttions _ suggeilfv-lf . by U", Egyptian governnlernll: il-goi coun .ol hula nrrlvell from New York du. TY Billljfll lly -Mr. ROtfk0l'tlili\i",-, rc- prosolliilllvos ullll lllrw is in filly‘ builds of ihc FII-rypltlull itllvl-l-lllllil-llt lf ii is not signed ‘by noon Wcdnc-l lllly ‘Mr. ‘Rockofeliofg rollrosclrint. lvcs llrc understood lo llc nndcr instructions to withdraw lllc (lill-lxi

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Capt. Wilkins and Pilot Reach Poillt 700 Miles North of Fairbanks

'l‘hi>y l-clllrllcll suit-Ty.

ill tllllt section.

(Special to The Guardian) l1‘().\|ifllil.A(‘. ‘Wis, April il—— IITTII sccllrl: of the wildest snthns usln T. i3. hlaoAulay of Mount Hudson Heights. Qllflhec, lnduy pllid $16 000 ‘f0!’ It ‘iloiotcln bull Jo- the five champion. The

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Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL s, 1926

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swim '

OFA

MERCHANT If Sunday wasn’t al-

ways the Seventh day the churches would be altogether empty.

Annual Subscriptions

Ileilvered 15.00 B! Mall.

Canned! land ll. N. A. M.“

Lord Reading

y,Who on completing five years as‘ lthevlceroy of India, “bounces that‘

"the foundation of constitutional self-government for has been wcil and truly laid. He ,haa served in that period under four prime ministers of England. -—-—<o->-€_

‘Autopsy Reveals Cause 0f Roosters Ability to Whistle

(Canadian Press)

NEW IIOCI-HELLIC, N. Y.. April 7 1~N0W Iiochellrfs famous whistl- ing rooster which lllls served us an niurm clpirk for ‘bnutnlon living near lTlC'0T(T mill dam nu Echo ‘Bay died yesterday. and on ltutoilsy ru- vczlloil the cnllso of‘ its zlbiliiy in wlllsilo like crowing.

(‘llrlous fnrnlcrs a-nd lloiiilneu nf lilo vicinity glliilcrnd of tho scone of‘ rlellih and cut. off lilo ilczul roosirlrs llclld. They found a tiny lnollll whistle lodged‘ ill iTil‘. wllui- pipe. Douill lltul llouu (‘HTTSMT by a small poa ilccnnllug lodged in iiu- wllisilc and choking liit! bird.

Glasgow Has _ Epidemic of Influenza

(Canadian Press)

(HlASGTYTV, April 7 ~~'l'hlls filly has‘ Ill-on vlslil-il by n sllvoru cl) Elll-nl of- influenza rcconiiy

W TTWWiliTlll bcF"Til'”‘ilf‘:|illH' ifilToffl rilll

‘l: nil lilo ‘iiltfffiliilfi. Accnrillllg in llln ldllclill l-cporl lllorll worn 022 llcllills from influcrlza ill (HMHKIHV llsl Wllilk. L

A Tlillilillil‘ llvl‘ cast-s oi‘ slcoplilg sickness is lhc clulsll oi consider- ublo nllxlicly oil tllo purl. of tile people herc.

Toronto Welcomes 100 New Settlers

TORONTO. April 7. ~-— Olin ill|n- droli lnlllligrlrnis, allnnst all farm- crs nr cnuntryfolk, hound for rural sooiinlls of Onillrln. were welcom- oll lo (‘ills city today on arrival from linlifzlx. Thoy came lnosiiy from Noriil England rind North im- Tii/lliT.

Started on Bag of Peanuts is N 0w Multi-Millionaire‘

NORJFOLK. vi... April 7. -Somc years ago A. Obici was selling lpea- nuts in Wlikosbarre, P.. at live cents a bag. Ho has just awarded a contract for erecting a home for himself and wife at Driver, Vu., that will cost. $1.000.000. all of which was made from the sale of peanuts.

Obici is preempt of the Plant- ers Nut and Chocolate Company of Suffolk,‘ San Francisco, Wilkes- burro anlfcanada, Ho is a lmuiti-. millionaire. but few pfloillo know it, f-ie came to America from Italy when he was 17 years old alnd

settled in Wllkeabsrre. He is now 50 years old and owns tile largest peanut plants in the world. He is the peanut kins of

the world.

purchase wan made at the greatest swlo of purebred stocn ever staffed in the illlited Silates with ‘500 hfllld choicest animal-s‘ passing under the hammer.

"The purchase wag made for Mr. . acAuiley ‘by J. E. Chandler who was forced ‘to mourlit lthfl platform by a-chsoring crowd 0f uilwllrd i: 3,000, Tnme rousing cheers war

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'glvcn for Canada when it was arc.

trounced that the ‘bull was sold to the Dominion

Buyers from alli parts oi the ullltell stall-ll moulded with "he dairy expafilg from Japan. South America and Canada-

____._ He lllllll lllll rim pullout farm‘! at control

‘IN MY POBUISSION MALE FOXg pelt marked 7O left ear OE riifhl car. Owner may have sumo b! praying property and paying ex- penses. Polar

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Monollgall. nan- mlkillg . "n44 1| Mining peanuts.

His new home will be one oi the finest in the world. The house will occupy a site of several acres n: ground, and it will be surround~ ed by artificial lakes and an ita- lian garden.

when Obicl first came to Wil- kesbarre he ohtainod a position in a saloon. 0nd performed‘ various duties. including that oi keeping tile place clean. He later estab- Iished himself in n lruit stand and his first purchase oi peanuts was one bag. '

l-ls than bought five bags and steadily increased his pnrchula until he was buying carloali lots.

Wilkaabarre. and than. came to suffqflg, He got his ltari: on roasted peanuts. but M Dill MW ideas in his business and is today all iflnda oi candles con-

that country.

, As he Was Entering

Blank Wounding

Ashbourne.

(Canadian Press)

ItOMB, April 7~Au attempt was nlallc lo assassinate Premier Mus- solini this morning. A ‘woman fir- ed a revolver poillt blank at him but he escaped with a slight w0untl| Mussolini wus shot through the nose.

The shooting occurred at about 1.15 a. ln. while he was leaving the session oi the Congress of interli- ntionui Surgery in the Place Di Capltole to enter his automobile. ‘TA great crowd was around the en- trance cileering the Premier, when itlle woman pressed to the front ‘and, pointing a revolver (llrectly int him. pulled the trigger. The iwnnltm ‘was rescued from the crowd ‘with l-Zreut (lifflculiy and was rush- cd to tile jtill where women prison- ers are confined.

| Meanwhile lliussnlilli. sllilHiillll-IT ‘_in nledicnl zlllonllrl-‘l and innin- luillcil grout i'(lllllii\."il|l‘l'. Ho. ord-

llussullul sllul llllluuull TllEl ‘IT-loos- NUSE BY illlMliN lsslsslu

His Automobile a

Woman Fired a Revolver at Him Point

Him in the Nose -

Would be Assassin, Violet Albina Gib- son, is a British Subject and is Believ- ed t0 be a Daughter 0f th

e Late Lord

be taken to preserve- order and that no retrlbutiolls be taken. The woman who fired tllc sllnt gave llcr name in the police ns Violet Albina Gibson. She is fifly years oi age and a British subject.

i

News Causes Sensation in London

LONDON. April IK-News that. Premier lNiussoilni of ‘ltaly had been shot and uvouniied by a \vo- man giving the name of Violet Al- bina Gibson caused a sensation in Llondoll. The third daughter oi the late Inrd Ashhourne is the ,Honorrlble Violet Albina Gibson, aged 50.

Tile prcss assertions sayz-“ln connection with today's attack on Mussolini, Lllc Press Association is izlfnrlllod by a member of the family of tile late Lord Ash-bourne ill London that lilo ilonorzlblo Vin- lct. Albina (lllbsnn, is at prusellt ill Rome. Silo is ii. ludy of sumo wllai.

n gfynn lnsinnff ()f,('.|‘l‘(T illut TlillliCiTlllll‘. dlsptrsltinllfi eccentric. lclnperllmeut.“ l

iDaug-hter 0f

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Engaged i0 Illl- presario

PARIS. April 7. 'l‘lll: i-‘llgugn- ‘mullt ill‘ ilndy Patricio lilllckwooli, i124, dailgllter of lilo Marquis of llllf- lfcrll ililfi Ava, forlllcr Ambassador lo Frlinctl, and ilcnry Russell. u 60- yCllF-(liil inlpresltrio, which will be ‘lllllluulltztlrl today, is expected in crel-liu zl sensation ill lozlgiisll soc-

l I

, lillssllil moi ilnlly Patricia ill Austrulilt when llc “was conduct.-

_ ‘inf: uric of Millll. Mellllfs tours. ‘lie

his son, Sllt-rirlllll llllsl-lreil, ll ' , who crossoii tho -r\l-|iliii-i(', limit ycnr in play ii one-night. on- gllgclllllnt Ill New York for Mrs. Josl-pll ii. ‘Pllolllns, l-oillrllod from llilo ilriclli. to ihc Russell pince Ell ’l.:l 'l‘urbic, allovo Mollie Curio, wllll llzuly ilntrlcla and u cllztporoil.

English society on tho Riviera is intensely interested i-ll the latest unntrilnnniui‘ venture of Mr. Russell .int0 their own circles. ‘but is not surprised. Lady Patricia is lcnown to do exactly what she wants without regard to family re- straint. and it is -n0f strange that she should have accepted llcr silli-

or ill spite of tho difference lll their ages. lMrs. Nina llussellyfirst wife of

tllo Impresario, is ut Mollie Carlo and it would surprise nrTone if she wus one 0f the ilfficlsi witnesses ui. the wedding. Sho and llcr (0r- mcr husband llrqgn (‘in best of terms, although they have been di- vnrcod for yodru, nllll ii was lozlrn- ad recently that ‘Mr. Russell Trad been married fifteen years ago i.o Donna Chino, and only recently had boon divorced from ‘hor.

The second Mrs. Russell soiled for New York yesterday onroute to San Francisco, whore. it is said she will marry- u wealthy Cull forniuu.

Maritime Freigh Rates Hearing Ended

(Canadian Preaa)

MONOTON. N. 8.. Ailril 7- — Complete sympathy of the Quebec Board of Trade llllll the city <11’ Quebec with the efforts of the "Maritimes, the support of the Tor- onto lBoard of Trade of a different- ial in favor of Maritime Provinces and the support of the Hamilton lBoard 0f ‘Prado. of the Maritime Provinces in their seeking for an improvement of the Dresent situ- ation were expressed ‘by repre- sentatives from those cities to the lBoard of Railway Commissioners and read into the records at this afternoon's aession- of ills Mari- time rate hearing held here.

The session marked the close of the case ‘for the Maritimes which had been present ’ by Colonel J. 1.. Balaton‘. K. 0.. ,3! Halifax.

lfn summing up he- ulled that a ‘blanket vats b0 wnliod to the Maritime Provinces so as to permit entry into Montreal. a cut in the local rates and n changing of the Hrbitrstors to upper Canadian and I Canadian points. The iaat two hail been altered by the railways without justification be contended. and as the rates stood

Marquis N alnes of informers

Cannot Be Disclosed

(YFT/HVA. April

‘l’. -——NIIT‘IIGB nl‘ lllformors who give lips to lilo lie-val, Canadian Mnuntncl Police

cannot be disclosed. even to n par~ lllrnlnlliary committee.

This was inclily recognized ni the customs prob today when the request of Dllguirl Donaglly, M. l’.. for North Vn-llcollvcr, and a nlonl- ‘ber of lllc cnmnllttec, that a izlin illforlnrr be named hcfo colllnliiltlrl, was cilullgcd u." qllcst lllni lilo name be given priv- nioiy to illu chief customs prevent- iro officer".

Slztff Silrgozint Salt, bond of lilo Montreal district of mounted pol- TIYC detectives, was on tho stunt]. i-n CDIIIIBCUOH with tho disappear- amcu from bond of some goods, charges nlzlrio by a "spy" as Mr. Dolluglly ifiiilfifl him. against Cus- toms locker-mun iiirlalllt were re- fcrrell to. lBlrlzrult was found not gilllty. but Mr. Donaglly thought a certain stigma remained and that tile “spy," who placed it there should he ivilling to face the sumo publicity that the lockormnln had suffered. Sergeant Stilt refused to give lilo informers nalno.

"Pilero was much discussion back and forth between tile-mom- lmrs-ni‘ tllc conrnllttoc. ‘lion, ll. . Stevens reminded Mr. ilollughy that similar requests from tho ("iilllllillflfl bud ‘been ruled out. A. .i. Doucot and C. W. ‘Boll, other (Jrrusorvuilve mombcrs of lilo com- mittee, supporind Sergeant Sail. (‘hnirmnn lPnlll Morclor agrood llllll ill previous similar cases the (filling had gone against revealing 0f informers nalllos. Finally Mr. Dnnughy tasked that tlm name be given to the chief customs officer. to this Sergeant Salt agreed. but tilought that he should be allowed tn ask permission of the informer first.

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(Special to The Guardian) LONIDON. April 7'.-—*Whon U10 dimensions of the proposed Brit- ish floating dock. at lSlngspoi-o wore made public a considerable sur- prise was caused by the also 0i the structure.

it wil-l be the largest naval structure of t-ta kind in the world. big enough ‘to deal with ithe filig- gest battleships aflo t. 1t will have an extreme leng of almost s00 feet. a breadth at the entrance of almost 180 fuel. and a depth on the si-ii at high water ordinary spring tides of about 50 feet. it will inve a liiltlng cullflclly of 50.- 000 boaa.

The reason 0f Tia-apparently ex- travangant riimonolma la that it moot. be ibis to accommodate the modern seaplane carrier. Also fu- tum battleship; are expected to be even bigger.

The 000k. it h learned will be

C8!‘-

at the praaant time they allowed discriminating agaist the Mari- time PPOVIIOOI.

constructed in England and assem- bled qt Singapore. The Admiralty will not consent to it; being tow-

." -l . ‘anfnlifldad-dlablnaall.

iiR. cllllulct

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL. April 7.—A search- llght was thrown upon alleged do- felzts in the educational system oi" the Maritime Provinces and some straight talk was heard concerning the situation of universities ill Canada in regard to graduate rc- search and higher degree facilities when Dr. J. Clarence Webster, M. D.. D. S. C.. of New Brunswick, ad- dressed iho third triennial confer-

Benito Mussolini

Premier Mussolini. of Italy, who narrowly escaped being assassin- ated as he was leaving the Session of the Congress of international Surgery at the Palace Dc Capiiolc, Rome.

Steamer “Viking”

‘ c-ncs of tho National Council 0i‘ Education on “ideals in Educa- iion" today at the Mont Royal

Hotel.

Dr. Webster endorsed absolutely the flndinlgs of tile Carnegie Report of i922 on Education in the Muri- times.

Ho deplored tho low pllynleut of teachers, which llo ierlneli "one of the anomalies of our civilization.

lie endorsed illu recommenda- ilnll of the (larllegie Report willl, regard to the common scll0o|s,i

The Ice

(Canadian Press) lST. JOHN. Nl'ld.. April 'l—'i‘ho rlilsll tank steamer Appaiacllee is (iisabled off Capo ifuc'e. with llor steering gear broken. and has sent ‘out a. call for assistance l1 message from the vessel illlcrcoptcri here-

lfiiilly Elm/l‘- Tli‘? 9051mm‘ which found lllut to raise the 3"‘ 350 “m” “mihwst of can” standard of tho work in illc milli-

‘ifzlcc.

BHETElTlETilN THIRD P L A l} E “IN BllNTEST”

All l‘rlllcv.\ lildwurd island await- ull with illiensn eagerness the rc- slrlt of lilo ‘grout interlruiiollsl ‘Firi- dliug ‘Contest held hy the luterlrla- sr

ll TFiTiIu. "i.

Passengers Injured In C. N. R. Traill Derailnlent

I\iil.\‘("l‘ill\', April Fill‘ ill". frlllrlll iilli" witllill illl- ling-l (limp,

at work, one of lllc through llllllll lluc [lnsscllgcl- irnills on llll‘ Alinll~ tic Region 0r (fansrllllll Nlllillllul llailwzuvs has been dcrztilmi. Tllc foul-ill itCCiTTOIIl llcclll-rl-li lost crcll- illg at. Atkinsons. ll siding foul‘ nlilos west 0|‘ ivestullcsior, 5.. __T.55 ll. 1n_,__\l.'llull i-TlIL-Oiltlillirl- on cur and two pllillnalll cars of