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Rumors of Intrigue May Cause" Rift in Corning i L e a g u e

'- ‘ \ dieb. 15.—-Mr. . , ' are Nitm- Anderson. Conservative of dlalton. Megflng. \ '. -- i -was the dirst sneaker of the day. . ._____~ a i- - --- iii’. ‘3...€.°§Zi."h.'.'§f§i"i'i‘2"§§3£?.‘; <“""" " T" °*"""-"> (“awn Pfi") why the Austral,“ and New 2w MIIfiMIIDON, Feb. 15.—lVevry high |BlilRil.lN. IINM ~15;'*-‘*Th6 lllfld ignd- butibgp gguld ibg 59m in “"5 6 n3 an!“ o'er the proposal m

Conservative newspaper Kireuseit-

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spar-idling eyes." '

' iii use-aim of the interview seed‘ himself as‘ being halide foresee‘ the ‘reformation peaceful ‘means. though. he user-reduce: socialism was assood as dead. and bade-i ctptied-"the-days of idle "Soviet re-

Qiril "c u of] R/ussia ‘by a.

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faring from -‘a ‘feverish cold 8nd b» been ordered hr her Physicist do irsipain in ‘bed. Her. public en- gagements have been cancelled.

10 Minions for ’ Erection oi - ' "mason . nwiniTifi-iiaé." '

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OTTAWA, 1M1. 15.—-Anonymous letters, containing threats“ of re- veiids. are being auceivadyby Hon. ii." u. Stevens. who-preferred the charges against the customs and excise administration. These com- munications are ao niuineroila that

they are being tabcnfiiericnply. It"

is known» that many conflicted with oheoontraband trade arocriinil- Me and if tlilieaiddo not prevail they would not‘ hesitate "to take moreoffectin iaaamrea.

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ipredidtad ma: the nnssinn would be re-cstablished.

Australia has not our problems. Th“ dominion has the iidvantaee

ads and moreover lend"!!! banter irflflsbvrtation ocean and fndiglii. relics liifiil we can ever obtain in this country.

- The importation of Australian hunter hep increased gradually. l-n 1924 there .was no importation at all; ilt began in 1925 and in the month 0f January 1928, we (had q latte amount of Australian butter imported to this wuntry. as shown by the official raporia of the Dom- inion Bureau of Statistics.

iHflll. Dr. J. C. lrclmie follow- ed and pleaded in favor oi lower freight rattles. 0n the subject of the adjournment Dr. frolmie asked whv rhe government called the House

good government and tine essential oi a good government is to keep the people yet home. We do not ‘want any vpolftlcal jockeying. We Missed economy in administration, lawer taxation and a general reduc- tion in the cost of living.

iDr. Tolmle then-spoke on the subject of a clear-cut policy of im- migration which is so necessary a-t the pineal. time in Oanada. He quoted pinions from laadl ' cltiz.

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ed tinouslmut this In this respect the railways should co. ‘operate’ with the government to bring here desirable settlers only. We should» apply to Gneat Britain for-settlers as it is the only place whero (we can obtain (the kind that ‘will-help to make this country a epiosperoua one. - = iwednmriay is a holiday (dish Wednesday) and the House will not

- alt. The vote cn the butter and

eggs‘ amendment will probably come Tuesday night. As this dairy farmers in ithe house are Conserva-

pecterl that the voha will be in fav. or cf the treaty. Tlhe Progressiv- es who survived October 29 are whiont men. ' IThe government has not said anythingto indicate that it has changed its mind with respect to sd-Journrnarituritil March 15th. the minute the vote is tnksn on the ad- dmss in reply to the speech irom Che Throne. - ‘The Conssrvatfvfn -reguird- ‘this as a calamity. i.n view of the situa- tion .(\l‘9"ll9d by the customs in- quiry. ‘libs Duncan report is ready for the public and the evidence of Mr. lit. Percy iS-iwrks, head of libs organization of business men

, known as the Commercial ‘Protoc-

tive Association in to be taken for. hhwith. lit is almcrrt a safe bet that some effort w.lll he made to ‘keep

Ithe l-louse in weri-‘on until these

matters are. straightened out.

(Canadian Proaa)

OTTAWA. Feb. l5.—"l‘wo orders- ll have been passed in- structing the Board oi’ Railway ("om ‘ ‘ < “to immediately enquire into and report to the gov-

g p, srnment upon the question of the 7331, cost of transportation per ion in f full capacity train load quantities

FQQ for seasonal movement." of coal

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Oygbg [fibf L, fit~are to be shown in the report. u“ . '. i‘ g q; ‘guy i The profit statemarit- la to be . alum, Mf- XIOI‘ " - lhqWn "(Al From an 0170""!!! _" . q...j.:._\1Q_11.g,1§.g| . standpoint and, eliminating the ‘ *' ‘- -~ coat lhltuWmllilll havelto be invcunr;

a - bt awasnanyea ‘ if‘ "Ding? ataytaidditlonal coal IIIOIVO‘ “gull Q“q|gq_ 1n ‘on; lnant takaa place or not, and a ao

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t “um. ‘a v.5‘ . @411 navigation. The order s .. _ w; _ rustic itullll ii.w.g:fi.hfljfll“lzom‘f'flfiilf ",.~,,~,;tg ,'~9g;.-i-;:,r,:=*~giiii‘ “ha”? .":.:: 2mm: m, "A c“. Ad“; me would be very con. _ ' . . . . -. , ' aiddrlbiy radioed ‘if the movement ‘i- i ‘- -. ' - Q"'°"" todk place at a time of year when ‘-~‘- ‘ "' ' i 3 I l. N" the ' liing stock of wave time! ,,_-.;.,.,. ,-.*-.~ tao laad fbf the tfilllwrtatioll

5.1mm. Alberta and from the Mari-

.tlme Provinces to consuming

,,.- "" points in Ontario and Quebec. ' One order deals with the Mari- ‘ ‘Q 13¢, time Provinces iancli enquiry is to show as nearly Faa. practicable the actual costs of

and statsa that

the movement. Overhead superin- dandance and allowances for pro-

and operating profit."

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country at a lo i in describes an interview wlthoym butter. w" wee an o“,

GrabdiDtile Cyril or Russia. whom it refers so arCaaiYCyi-‘ll-l. of tu- turariituasia picturing him ‘as a "annenarch vof ~ personality and

| fiAs the -Hon. member explained

°3 “Wilt cheaper labor than Can-

axcluaive oi any optifli-lils profit! hQflmu-fld (n) exclusive of the haad ‘ auperintendence ‘JQOII but inclusive of a reasonable

' "Illa lama datailmara rs= ' __ the nove- ildil t ~ t 1a from the M. n (m. "u. l.

make Poland, Spain and Brazil permanent members of the coun- cll of the "Leagim oi Nations at the same time that Germany tslkes her seat. it is declared that the pro- posal is nothing less than an in- trigue 1o pack: the council per- manently against Germany and Germany, recognizing it as such. would withdraw from the League. The bottom would t-hus fail out of the Locnrno treaties. - Fnance and Italy are supporting Polarid‘s claim because they are both sn-tiGerinan. They rare sup porting the claims of Spain and Brazil because otherwise these countries would vote against Pol- and. The session of the council must be unanimous therefore Siir Austen Chamberlain, representing qBritaln has the (power to exclude Roland.

What will Chamberlain do when,

more about bargains between] lF-rance and Spain over Morocco. between Britain and Spain over Mosul and between Britain and Poland over Polish disarmament Chamberlain has refused to an-l swer any questions.

Probe Exhibits Take up Much r =._-'. -- space

(special to the Guardian) OTTAWA. Ont. Feb. 15. — The exhibits in the parliamentary smug- gling investigation have already assumed la ‘ llrhbflriiioiifl- Threatening to crowd rthe cisfii out 0i’ his oftlce they have bee" moved down into the big railway committee room.

The few exhibits so far fill three sets of filing cabinets and to- days contribution, was three tru-nks from a Montreal distillery. As most oi the documents are confid-

uvujnd "in Pmgmlh” a (a uwential s special House of Commons

police official has been put on guard day and night.

Call Meeting to Sign Miners’ 1 Contracts

(Special to Ilia Guardian) HAZELTON. Penn, Feb. 15. -- Chairmar Alvin Markle of the joint conference of Anthracite min- ers and mine owners. today called a meeting of the joint conference to be ‘held in “ ‘ Wednesday for the purpose of signing the con- tract underwhich the miners will work for the next five years. The call for the meeting was made in the annotation that the tridistrict convention of miners here tomor- row will ratify the strikes settle- ment.

Elected-Mayor oi Quebec by 300 Majority

(Canadian Frau) , QUEBEC, Feb. 15. -Dr. Valiant Martin, was elected today Mayor of Quebec over Joseph Elfllllliili- who has been first magistrate a! this city for the iaat six years. Mr. Samson had defeated Dr. Merits by a rnalority of I00 in 1924 an the latter! maiority today ll a

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entombed by the Olllifllllm l‘ 9°" grim; Mina today accordilll l0 f9‘

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Birreau of Mines-

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explosion carrying doctors auraaa.

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- , aalap at Mussolini ti: Qciarins I "an igucramna, could dire to

porta rocelved hora b1 D- 3- 5" her. Ohiei of the United ‘Bill-II

A report from Povraton was that at lauat twenty four man were ‘bad- ‘ may of-them probably ideally. iA apvciai train over the liner had fought through for two '- 0n; "m: Wnfiili’ ‘d? £92‘ 51.1% n . m h andinandaa’ said it-‘waajfithaflatortnioat

ENHTNNNNEHNIFATHER NNll SUN BiNilliEl” ‘

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Nearly Two Hundred

Musical Number to Boys by Mr.*L

Nearly two hundred dads and lads sat down inst night to the an. nuel (Father and iSon Banquet. in the Y. M. C. A., which in every respect iprovied to be one of the most suc- cessful and enthusiastic yet (held- in this city. Following the splendil, supper provided and served by the Y. M. C. A. Ladies’ Auxiliary, and an enthusiastic sing so under nhe leadership of Prof. -W. . Matcher, an excellent Ipmgraim of.’ speeches and musical nunibens was carried out 8J5‘ follows: '

TOAST ‘LIST. ‘The Kins-God Save the King. " ‘Remarks by the chairman, (Mr, d’. W. Turner. ’

oellent Program‘

C. A. MST NIGHT

in Attendance-Ex-

of Speeches and s-Eloqueni: Address on Buckley.

(youth of the country and their sc-- tions. and that young people were tending to become contemptuous of age and forget their respectvci’ it. For the best results, the said. youth and age should come togeth- isr and work in cooperation. Age needed the boyancy and optimism that was characteristic of youth. and in return the latter required the caution, experience. and cane, that were the attributes of age.

peaking for tibs special benefit of the boys, Mr. Buckley said that there were certain highways iiri Canada that needed to be regrad- ‘ed. These were the highways of personal integrity and absolute honesty, the lilgihwny of chivalry.

Cariada-qPo-oposed by (Mr; din-s 'W1‘i'ght and responded to by singiii the Oa/nadiian National Anthem, “l0 Canada."

Father and Son Song by Y M. C. A. quartet-t, consisting of Messrs; in, Ayers, B. Garnhurn, J. Famuharson. and G. Johnson.

Our Dads—iProp0sed by Master

MacMillan and responded to by Mr. Preston Fraser.

' Our City-Proposed by ‘Mr. Reg. Ayers and responded to iby His Wor- ship IMayor Miller,

b Violin 'S0l0—~Misa Kathleen Horn- . y_ = I Our Churches~Proposed by Mr. Bramweil Chenille rand responded to by Rev. W. Bruce Muir.

‘The indies-Proposed by Mr. Geordie J. Tweedy and responded to by Mrs-R’. P. (Doull. s -$0l0-—-<M-l', Georgie Beer. wddreasi-"lihe Boy" Mr. Lou A. Buckley.‘

-National Anthem.

During the banquet delightful-or- chestral selections were rendered h? the Trinity Church Orchestra. (Without exception the addresses delivered in the course of the even- iihs were of the (highest order, and in some cases were extremely witty. The chief sneaker of the "night was Mr. Lou Buckley, General Sec- retary oi the National Boys‘ Work Council of ‘the Y. ‘M. C. A., whose very eloquent and forceful add-recs was intended particularly for the boys.

lMr. (Buckley said that in these modern times there was a tendency l0? Youth and ago to be drivien- apart a tremendous danger of them ‘acorn l"! 909811196. and these Fat-her

hqlglarry Lalpthorn» and responded to' 1 l t the council ineeis on Miarcb 8t . yCounc lor T. iW. L. Prowyae. s: 8.22mi "c,_',‘,§f,,"§,,“,§f, “§““'{,,§‘{, The air is thick with scandalous ru Our Sonsr-(Proposed by Mr. J. ‘A.

‘iiuese were highways necessary to the well being of Canada that ‘had been undenmlned (by the storm and stress of troublous times. and it was this duty and right. of every Canadian boy, as a future Canad- ian citizen, to restore them and put them wxain in order. '

ln replying to the toast to the City. His Worship Mayor said that he was glad to be in a position to respond to this partic ular toast. The citizens of Char- lottetown had a gi\"at deal to be thank-ml for. Perhaps there were some who found things in Char- ottetown that were not all to their iking. some who lacked the spirit

' 0i optimism that Charlottetown had,‘

a right. to demand from every one of its citizens, but. they should stop for a. moment and realize that they were citizens of one of the finest cities in Canada today. The

"Weaken" told the ‘boys that they

a I lble- duly to pen faniri ifor the city in which they lived. and which came second only to their duty to their parents. The present citizens of Charlottetown were only holding a position.- oi’

the men and women of tomorrow.‘

they could do by being in all chin-gs courteous, frank, patriotic, and scornful of deceit.

(Rev. W. Bruce ‘Muir, in replying to the toast to the Church, said that this was the first opportunity, he had ever had. of addressing an and ience made up of members of ‘the Y. M. C. A. But ‘be had always ad- mired the work that was being done by ‘that organization, and he had many friends sm0_,, its active workers. He congratulated the pro

I " d. Son Banquets w e re excellent . occasions fn- coun- YWBQUIIB that. tendency.

Ha Save instances to s-hcw the: oldofl liwiiie were today sometimes in- cll-nod to speak cynically of the

Russians Ban i Anti-religious Plays

(Canadian Mesa) MOSCOW, Feb. lfin-Anti-relig- ious plays and evening parties by members ct the young Commun- ist organization are forbidden un- der orders just issued by. the cen- trai» committee of that body. The committee says that such affairs are directed against the church and ~-are calculated to irritate the feelings cfofinrclrpeople, espec~ lally national minorities, and. en- sender hatred of the members of the young oomnruniat party by the peasantry. ~

Rebiiires biussolini

BERLIN. (Feb. 16. —-Former Premier Nitti of Italy in an inter- ‘ e-iPlrll-virroapondent or Voijwaarts, expressed conviction that. southern Tyrolean will never bruins-mi iniuiiy. provided they arai traatod fairly. . - - -.- He. rkd shat‘ there were nev- orson ward inoiden in s Tyrol ‘w llfhe was preinldr, a d takes

tla Garrnan culture."

(Canadian Irena) PROVIDENCE. R. L. Fab. 15. - Slx den over dua and practically empty of food and fuel the Fabre Liner jritannia limped into port ‘yesterday with lldi-‘cdrgo named

"DQBGP of the toast to the Church on his, admirable add-rose and also for voluntarily expressing as a ghldént the appreciation of that body for the Christian Church.

Will Support Application of ‘ ' Poland

(PARIS, Feb. 1‘6.—lfi‘ance will sulIDor-t vigorously -P.tlaud's appli- cation ifcr a permanent seat on the League of Nations council. it is eta/ted in official circles. She will also look ifavorably upon s-udh fu- creass in the membership of the council as will make a permanent Place for a Bout-h American Re-

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(Canadian Prose’)

urnww-zi, Feb.‘ 15.—-When the custom-a probe started “lets w ktoda Znteraat n_r again oirqtlie "Mgntreal "diefiNct. How the investigation into conditions in initiated iby one, government was described by Mon. 0. l-i. Bolvln

Minister of Customs and mill‘!!! 0! the evidence collected was tabled

‘by bin. ~ report from Walter

(An interim Duncan. I IA investigator loan- ed by the isanco Department for the purpoaa. also was tabled and liladinal new: is to come down tomorrow- of than are, con- fidential anddetaila of the result of his two month inquiry in lfon- treal will not-ha niadmpubiic un-

and a . land hungry pas- Jangor list. " Twisted rail- ings and battered decks at-

tested to the fury of the wards the

wash. , u. . ._. . cums Jean hbrnil ship's coni-

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til inspector Duncan liimeall la cal-

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‘pounced the Earl of Craven as a

trust. to in time be handed down i/flnied she rind caused Lady Craven

it wars therefore the duty of’ t-hs “I did not take her liusbaiud citizens of the iuture to prepareuiway from her." she Bflid- "H9 themselves for that position. This had many affairs with other

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Countess Declares She Will Fight Till Last —Earl Safe in Can- ada. i

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL. certain newspapers of the sensat- ional type were responsible for the trouble which he characterized as "absolutely outrageous" was the declaration made by the Earl of Craven when interviewed here to- day.

“The Countess of Cnthcnrt only came over as a sort of a publicity stunt, and to get a hit back at me," the Earl charged The Earl stated that he ~ woud sail from Halifax for Bermuda at the earli- est opportunity, while his will sail from New York on Satur- day for their home on the British island.

How he had committed an extra- ditablc offence seemed to puzzle the Earl. He was very much sur- prised to learn that the Depart- ment oi labor had issued a war- rant against hlm and very glad that he was safe on Canadian soil, and away from "the land of the roe."

“They can't touch me here." he said with ‘Brent satisfaction, when informed that he could perhaps es- cape according to telegraphic ad- vices, if be would refuse to admit r the charges. The Earl refused to consider the subterfuge.

“l can't refuse to admit that l am a cc-respcndent in a divorce suit," he said indignantly.

NEW YORK, (Feb. 15. —— Vera. Countess of Cathcart today de-

“cqward" when she learned he had gone to Montreal, "to escape unde- sirable publicity". -in an inter- view which she granted newspair er men at Ellis island. where she is being detained pending final de- cision on her admittance to the United States. the Countess de-

hours of sorrow.

women before he went away with mo."

She asserted she would not leave the United States voluntar- ily ns the Earl had done nnd said that she proposed to fishi- Hill" she is either admitted or deported.

No Improvement in Condition oi - Archbishop

(Canadian Frau) QUEBEC. Feb. 15—There is no improvement in the condition of Archbishop Roy, which in a bulle- tin issued at the Archbisbops Psi- ace, on Saturday evening. was de- clared to be hopeless.