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A COMPANY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ISLAND\nWITH BATTERIES AT DUNCAN, NANAIMO AND\nCOURTENAY\u2014SUITABLE BUILDING TO BE SECURED\nAND ACTIVE RECRUITING COMMENCED AT ONCE.\nThe definite announcement is made that the department of\nmilitia and defence ia reorganizing the non-perhianent active\nmilitia and one of the first steps to be taken affecting this district\nis the formation of a machine gun brigade with headquarters at\nVictoria. A company of this unit will be distributed over the\nIsland with batteries at Duncan, Nanaimo and Courtenay. Capt.\nJ. M. Cumming, adjutant of the brigade, was in Cumberland and\nCourtenay last week-end, and it was decided to form a battery with\nheadquarters in the latter place, as being most centrally located\nfor the whole district.\nThe strength will be three officers and forty non-commissioned\nofficers and men. The battery will be-equipped with eight guns of\n' the Vickers-Maxim type, as used in the Great War.\nTemporary quarters will be rented in Courtenay for the battery, but it is the intention of the militia department to eventually\nbuild an armory there for the use of the battery.\nAnyone interested in machine gunnery can obtain further\ndetails from Mr. E. J. Greig at the customs office. Membership is\nnot confined to ex-machine gunners or even to returned men, although the services of anyone with a knowledge of modern machine\ngunnery will help in the efficiency of the battery. It is hoped that\nmany of the young men of the district will become interested in\nthe project.\nIn conversation with one of the officers connected with the\nnew unit the information was elicited that the selection of Courtenay as the headquarters of this district was because that place is\nthe most central of any in the district to be served. It is understood that many of the senior officers were partial to Cumberland,\nand some suggested that a separate unit be formed at Merville\nwith another at Cumberland, but this plan did not meet with official\nfavor.\nExtracts from the official communication regarding the organization of the machine gun brigades throughout the Dominion\nstate:\n\"As a first step in the reorganization of the non-permanent\nactive militia, authority under a general order is given to organize\na machine gun brigade in each military district, in addition a motor\nmachine gun brigade in military district No. 4, and another motor\nmachine gun brigade in military district No. 11, and a machine gun\nsquadron in military district No. 10.\n\"All these units are to be .city corps. In order to perpetuate\nthe identity and the splendid traditions of the machine gun service\nof the Canadian corps and the Canadian cavalry brigade, the 1st\nMachine Gun Squadron of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade will be\nperpetuated in the Canadian militia as the 1st Canadian Machine\nGun Squadron, with its headquarters at Winnipeg in military district No. 10.\n\"The 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade of the Canadian Corps troops will be perpetuated in the Canadian militia as\nthe 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, with its headquarters at Vancouver in military disti'ict No. 11. *\n\"The 11th Canadian Machine Gun Brigade in military district\nNo. 11, with headquarters at Vancouver.\nChanges Contemplated in Simon\nLeiser Company's Local Business\nWe are Informed on reliable authority that there are changes ln contemplation In the Simon Leiser & Compnny business. For some considerable time\nthis has been receiving the consideration of the head office, and now they have\narrived at a decision to retire from thc dry goods, boots and shoes and hardware end of the business, and to devote all their energies In extending their\ngrocery department.\nWhile this decision has been arrived nt, especially regarding the dry\ngoods, the department will be continued under their nnmc for some considerable time, and when the stock has been considerably reduced, we understand\nit will be taken over from the Simon Leiser Company and run as n separate\ndepartment.\nThe only departments to go nt present are the boots nnd shots and hardware, which are to be cleared out Immediately.\nThe grocery department will be given some very much needed room Immediately the hardware Is cleared out, and the whole energies of thc staff\nwlll be concentrated in enlarging and extending that department, and as a\nconsequence It ls the hope of tbe firm that greater service and attention will\nbe given to the grocery department.\nTHERE WILL BE DANCING\nON CHRISTMAS EVE\nTho management of the llo-Ilo\nDance Hall have completed arrangements for the dance to he given by\nthem nn Christmas eve. Thc hall will\nbe decorated for the occasion and the\nfloor will be placed In the best possible shape. The usual splendid orchestra will also be augmented so\nthat devotees of this fascinating pastime will be assured of a pleasant evening.\nwhich will commence at tbe conclusion of the pictures.\n(aril nf Thanks.\nMrs. 13, Williams and family wish\n(o express their appreciation of the\nmany kindnesses and tokens of sytn-\nI pathy extended to them in tholr rc-\ni cent bereavement; also to the Cum-\nj berlaud City Band for their kindness\nj in attending the funeral of her late\nhusband, who wus a member of Hint\nn'gnnlzation.\nOne Shew Tonight.\nThere will bo only one continuous\nshow at thc llo-Ilo Theatre thla ovo-\nnlng,\"from 6:30 to 9 o'clock. This alteration in the usual programme is\nmade necessary by tho boxing bouts\nDIsCOUIll Term lixlellilcd.\nFor this mouth only the Cumberland Electric Lighting Company has\nextended tbe time during which discounts may be secured by patrons\nfrom tbe 18th to the 28tb. This concession will be appreciated,\nBorden to Remain at Helm\nOttawa, Dec. 19.\u2014It is officially announced that Sir\nRobert Borden will retain the premiership but that he\nwill take a long rest. This decision is the result of\npressure brought to bear by the friends of the Premier\nand the desire of the Unionist party. Several eastern\npapers say it was the inability of the cabinet to agree\nupon a leader that largely influenced the Premier's colleagues to insist upon his remaining in offlce. Sir\nRobert will be absent all next session, commencing in\nFebruary, and a temporary leader is to be selected.\nThis will likely delay cabinet reconstruction, the establishment of a permanent Unionist party and the formation of a platform.\nGreat Aviator\nLoses His Life\nFlying in France\nSpecial Despatch to The Islander.\nRouen, Dec. 19.\u2014Capt. Sir John Al-\ncock, the first aviator to make a nonstop airplane flight across the Atlantic, died on Friday as a result of Injuries received when his plane\ncrashed on Thursday near Cottovrard,\ndepartment of the Seine, Inferieure,\nNormandy. Capt. Alcock, who was flying in a waterplane, was following the\nSeine at the time of the accident, intending to alight on the river opposite the Grand Palace for an aviation\nexhibition.\nDR. CHRISTIE SURPRISES\nHIS MANY FRIENDS\nPopular Local Dentist and Well-known\nCumberland Lady Have Been\nJoined for Life.\nThe many friends of Dr. R. P. Christie and Miss Mabel Michell wlll he\nsurprised to learn that while on a vocation at Shawnigan Lake last August they were married, since which\ntime the secret has been.well guarded.\nDr. Christie is the only son of Mr. and\nMrB. Elbridge Christie ot Victoria and\nhis bride ls tbe youngest daughter of\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas Michell of Cumberland.\nDr. Christie left for Victoria and on\nhis return will be accompanied by\nMrs. Christie. Their Cumberland\nfriends are planning a warm welcome\nfor them.\nCANADA'S SHARE IN THE\nBRITISH CANTTEN FUND\n(Special Dispatch to The Islander.)\nOttawa, Dec. 19.\u2014There Is issued\nunqualified ollicial denial of the story\nto the effect that the sum of $35,000,-\n000 had been brought to Canada as the\ncountry's share of the profits of the\nBritish expeditionary force canteen\nsystem. The denial is given by high\nofficials of both the militia and department of overseas military forces of\nCanada. Although no definite statement is forthcoming as to what Canada\nwill receive ai her proportion of the\nprofits, It is understood that the sum\nwill be but a small fraction of that\nmentioned In the story. It Is believed\nno allotment has been made of these\nfunds and they are still under the control of the army and navy canteen\nfunds.\nRESULTS OF ELECTIONS\nIN NEW ZEALAND\n(Special Dispatch to The Islander.)\nAuckland, N.Z., Dec. 19.\u2014The results of the general elections are as\nfollows: Reformists 48, Liberals 18,\nLaborltes 10, Independents 4.\nPREMIER HUHGES WINS\nOUT IN THE ELECTIONS\n(Spcclul Dispnlrh tn The Islander.)\nSidney, N.S.W., Dec. 19.\u2014Premier\nHughes Is certain to have a working\nmajority In thc new House. There were\nelected 36 Nationalists, 7 farmers and\n,12 Laborltes. The farmers are supporting Hughes.\nBRITISH STEAMER LOST\nWITH MANY LIVES\nSpecial Despatch to The Islander.\nLondon, Dec. 19.\u2014The British steamer Leinshlng, 2000 tons, bound from\nHong Kong to Siagon, Indo-Chlna, has\nbeen lost at sea, according to advices\nto Lloyds from Saigon. The despatch\nreceived here said SOO natives and one\nEuropean were lost and 37 natives\nwere saved.\nFierce Winter\nGales Sweep\nAtlantic Ocean\nSpecial Despatch to The Islander.\nHalifax, Dec. 19.\u2014Fierce winter\nstorms are ragnlnig on the Atlantic\ncoast and many vessels are endangered, but up to Friday night only one\nvessel is reported as lost. This is the\nBritish Bteamer Manxman, which\nfoundered on Thursday morning. Tbe\ncaptain, the flrBt mate, tbe fourth engineer and also thirty-nine of the\ncrew perished in mid-Atlantic. The\nManxman sailed from Portland, Me.,\non Noverber 30 for England.\na^SSa^SSINS ATTEMPT LIFE\nOF VISCOUNT FRENCH\nSHOTS FIRED FROM A FIELD WHILE VICEREGAL PARTY\nWAS DRIVING THROUGH HISTORIC PHOENIX PARK-\nTWO BULLETS INTENDED FOR GREAT SOLDIER HIT\nHIS CAR BUT NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED\u2014SENSATIONAL ARRESTS EXPECTED.\nThe best Investment for a young man\nor woman is a business education at\nthe Sprott-Shaw Business College of\nNanaimo.\nPERSONAL MENTION.\n;,..\u00bb. x. C. Liynn left tor Victoria on\nFriday for the Christmas holidays.\nMIsb C. Tourigny left for Victoria\non Friday morning.\nMIsb C. Percival left for Alberni on\nFriday.\nMr. Earl Fletcher returned to Nanaimo on Friday.\nMrs. James M. Savage arrived on\nThursday on a visit to Beaufort House.\nA. B. Jones ot Portland, Ore., arrived on Wednesday on a two weeks'\nvacation.\nMrs. J. H. McMillan, who recently\nunderwent an operation In the Vancouver General Hospital, arrived on\nWednesday.\nMr. William Rogers returned from\na visit to Vancouver on Wednesday\nevening.\nMr. John Piper, commonly known as\n\"Shots,\" underwent an operation in\nthe Vancouver General Hospital last\nMonday and Is doing as well as may be\nexpected. Mr. Piper was ln the local\nhospital for five wcekB previous to his\nleaving for Vancouver.\nMr. D. C. Macfarlane of Victoria,\npurchasing agent of the Canadian Collieries, arrived on Thursday's train.\nMr. James W. Savage, general manager of the Canadian Collieries, arrived on Thursday.\nMr. Robert Thomson left for Nanaimo on Thursday and returned on\nFriday.\nMr. Earl Fletcher of the Geo. A.\nFletcher Music Company, is here on\nbusiness.\nMr. Henry Devlin, inspector of\nmines, Is here on his usual tour of inspection.\nMr. Thomas Graham, general superintendent of the Canadian Collieries,\naccompanied by Mrs. Graham and Miss\nMiss Janet Graham, left for Victoria\non Monday and; returned on Thursday.\nThe Sprott-Shaw Business College\nof Nanaimo trains young men and women for success-In business.\nFOR SALE\u2014STUMP PULLER, EVIN-\nrude engine; also quantity of household furniture. Enquire A. H.\nPeacey, Cumberland.\nDublin, Dec. 19.\u2014An attempt was made on Friday afternoon\nto assassinate Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord\nFrench escaped the fate evidently intended for him. He was driving between Ashton gate of Phoenix Park and the Vicarage Lodge\nwhen several shots were fired at his car. A civilian near by was\nstruck and instantly killed by one of the bullets and a policeman!\nwas wounded at the same time. The military present promptly1\nreturned the firing and one of the assailants was shot dead, his\nbody lying by the roadside. An ambulance was rushed to the spot.\nMarks discovered after the shooting indicate the assassins\nfired from a field while the vice-regal party was passing along the\nroad. The first shot fell in front of the vice-regal car, but the second entered the side of the car and another pierced the back.\nNo arrests have yet been reported, but it is understood the\nauthorities have obtained definite clues to the perpetrators of the\ncrime and sensational arrests are anticipated.\nGovernment Faces Impossible Task\nof Policing Rural Districts of Ireland\nSpecial Despatch to The Islander.\nLondon, Dec. 19\u2014The government faces the almost impossible task today of policing the rural Irish districts, says a Dublin\nspecial, owing to a systematic campaign of assassination and terrorism aimed at the Royal Irish Constabulary. The government\nis withdrawing these officers from many of the interior districts.\nIt has closed the isolated police stations, leaving wide districts\nwithout police protection, and this has resulted in a virtual reign\nof anarchy. The available police are being concentrated in the\nmore populous districts and they refuse to travel except in groups.\nUNION BAY SCHOOL CHILDREN\nREGRET LOSS OF TEACHER\nPupils of the Public School Show\nTheir Appreciation of Miss\nAyrd, Who Is Leaving-\nPeople of Thriving Little Town\nDelighted at Prospect of\nHaving Street Lights.\n(Special Correspondence.)\nUnion Bay, Dec. 19.\u2014A charming\nlittle entertainment was given Thursday afternoon by the pupils ot Union\nBay School. There was a large number ln attendance. Tbe hall was tastefully decorated with large Christmas\ntree and decorations. Songs, choruses\nand recitations were rendered by the\nchildren. During the afternoon Miss\nAyrd, wh6 ls leaving Union Bay,\nwas presented with a beautiful cut\nglass bowl as a token of the esteem In\nwhich she is held by her pupils. Great\nsorrow 1b felt at the departure of Miss\nAyrd and she takes wilh her the good\nwishes of all her pupils ln conjunction\nwith that of the parents. The afternoon passed very haplly for the young\npeople. Miss Ayrd loft for Victoria on\nFriday morning's train.\nIt has been decided to havo street\nlights In Union Bay. Needless to say\neveryone Is happy os they have been\nbadly needed for some time.\nMr.- and Mrs. A. Auchlnvole re\nturned on Tuesday from Victoria. Mr.\nAuchlnvole Is recovering from his recent Illness as quickly as can be expected.\nThe construction of Union Bay\nOarage Is now well under way. Wiion\ncompleted this will be a great business asset to Union Bay.\nMr. John Clark, inspector of boilers,\narrived In Union Bay on Tuesday on a\nbusiness trip.\nMr. Samuel Fraser left on Thursday\nmorning's boat for Vancouver to\nspend the Christmas holidays, after\nwhich he will go south for thc good ot\nhis health.\nMr. F. L. Nichol left on Friday morning's train for Regina, where he wlll\nspend his Christmas holidays with his\nparents.\nThe following vessels, with their\ndestinations coaled at the wharf of\nthe Canadian Collieries during (he\npast week:\nLornet, coastwise.\nCheerful, coastwise.\nWairuna, San Francisco.\nDefiance, coastwise.\nQueen City, coastwise.\nPrincess Royal. Prince Unpen.\nAchates, coastwise.\nCharmer. Nanaimo.\nStadacona, Victoria,\nPratectlvc scows. Seattle.\nHope, coastwise.\nClcevc, coastwise.\nVancouver, coastwise.\nOregon scows, Seattle, .\nGlcnlmro, coastwise.\nBerqucst. Vancouver,\nClayburn scows, Vancouver,\nOroy. Victoria.\nBeatrice, coastwise.\nFaultless, coastwtBO.\nShamrock, coastwise.\nGleeful, coastwise.\nEarl, coastwise.\nComox Lodge, Headquarters.\nDola, coastwise.\nBeatrice, coastwise.\nProtcsllaus, Seattle.\nAT THE CITY CHURCHES.\nHoly Trinity, Anglican\u2014Services\nwill be held tomorrow as follows: At\nRoyston school, 3:30 p.m.; Cumberland, 7:00 p.m. Christmas, Holy Communion, 8:30 a.m.; morning prayoi\nand Hermon, 11 o'clock.\nGrace Methodist\u2014The services both\nmorning and evening tomorrow wlll\nbe appropriate to the season. There\nwill be special music.\nSt. George's Presbyterian\u2014Service i\nwill be held at the usual hours tomorrow.\nCOMPRESSOR HEAD BLEW\nOFF, KILLING TWO MEN\nDryden. Ont., Dec. 19. -An accident\noccurred at Kognon mine. Contact\nBay, when the head of Ihe compressed\nair receiver, weighing two hundred\npounds, was blown with grent force\nentirely through and beyond three\nwalls nf an adjacent building, striking two employees. James Barclay nnd\nand William Shenrclnn, and killing\nthem instantly. Reginald Ollbanks,\nstanding near by, was missed hy a few\nfeet, but was blown out of the building. Page Two\nTHE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B. C.\nDecemLer 20,1919.\nCROWN OF THE YEAR\nON CHRISTMAS NIGHT\nUnited Sunday School Children\nWill Give Cantata in Grace\nMethodist Church.\nCast of Characters Includes All\nWell Known Youthful\nAmateur Performers.\nThe children of thc United Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday schools\nhave been consistently rehearsing fin\nthe cantata which will be held In\nGrace Methodist Church on Christmas\nevening, and their tutor, Mr. Charles\nO'Brien promises to have them as\nnear perfect ss possible before the\neventful night.\n\"The Crown of the Year\" is the title\nof tlie cantata, and the cast of char-\nih ifrs includes many of the best\nknown of the youthful amateur performers of the city. The programme ls\na varied and lengthy one and Includes\nthe following choruses:\n\"The Months Are We.\"\n\"We come! We Come!\"\n\"We Are the Pays.\"\n\"Sunday Am I Called.\"\n'Yes, All Are Here.\"\n\"Wc Scatter Gifts.\"\n\"Then Hall to the Days.\"\n\"We Are the Hours.\"\n\"Isn't It Funny.\"\n\"Now All Are Assembled.\"\n\"Who Can Say.\"\n\"Hall to the Year.\"\n'The Year Now Comes.\"\n\"A Crown for the Month.\"\n\"What Tommy Decided.\"\n\"That's a Very Pretty Claim.\"\n\"When the Ground Has Ueen Bare.\"\n\"If April Claimed a Single Flower.\"\n\"We. the Flowers of Earth. Are\nHere.\"\n\"Yes, June Is Beautiful and Fair.\"\n\"Wc Are tlie Sweetest.\"\n\"Glory to God.\"\n\"DecemberI December!\"\n\"The Crown Is Yours.\"\n\"0. Blessed Night.\"\n\"Praise God. From Whom.\"\nThe following are the characters\nand names of thuse taking part:\nTlle Year Mr. Chas. O'Brien\nJanuary C'live Banks\nFebruary Dave Lockhart\nMarch Wm. Stanaway\nApril Edith Horbury\nMay Etta Hood\nJune Ellen Clarke\nJuly Ernest .McDonald\nAugust Edith Hood\nSeptember Charlotte Carey\nOctober Florence Woods\nNovember Duglas Sutherland\nDecember Reg. O'Brien\nHerald of the Year ...Wm. Whltehouse\nDays-\nSunday Edith O'Brien\n.Monday Helen Parnham\nTuesday Maud Baird\nWednesday Dorothy Llddell\nThursday Olive Richardson\nFriday Margaret Richardson\nSaturday Annie Tait\nChildren-\nTommy Robert Richardson\nCarrie Hazen Mounce\nFanny Mary Llddell\nEliza Beatrice Mitchell\nMary Pearl Hunden\n.lane Madge Fouracre\nHelen C. McKinnon\nThc Hours-\nOne Annie O'Brien\nTwo Norma Parnham\nThree Margaret Halliday\nFour Chrissle Sutherland\nFive Isabel Pryde\n^ix Evelyn Carey\nSeven Winnie Shouldice\nEight Mildred Lockner\nNine Eleanor Davles\nTen Beth Horbury\nEleven Alma Canard\nTwelve Lillian Banks\nThe Fruits-\nFirst Edna Bennie\nSecond Beatrice Bickle\nThree Mary Davles\nFourth Grace Watson\nFifth Jean Clarke\nSixth Fanny Stracken\nSeventh Winnie Young\nEighth Elsie Young\nNinth Edna Marsh\nTenth Nora Peacock\nThe Flowers\u2014\nFirst Lilly Glen\nSecond Winnie Calnan\nThird Mildred Calnan\nFourth Priscilla Wilson\nFifth Harriet Gomm\nSixth Annie Swanson\nSeventh Nora Glen\nEighth Amy Dallos\nNinth Ada Small\nTenth Bella Baird\nMiscellaneous\u2014\nOrgan Solo Mr. C. Edwards\nIndian O. McLeod\nSelections (2) Mr. Chas. O'Briei:\nThere wlll be a balloon ascent before nnd after the cantata.\nMusic and Photoplays\nCorlnne Griffith is a series of plates\nof exquisite beauty snatched from a\nfashion book, as she appears ln \"The\nGirl Prohem,\" her latest Vitagraph\nStar Series release, whicn will be seen\nin the llo-Ilo Theatre tonight. Sbe\nmakes her bow in this delightful fea-\nmoblle and proceeds to manufacture\na joy wagon and enters it ln a big\nauto race. \"Greased Lightning,\" the\nname he has given his speedster, balks\nat the scratch and just as he gets It\nIn working order, word comes that the\nbanker has been assaulted and robbed\nand the villains are disappearing over\nturc as a model in a fashionable shop | tne hm in a powerful car. Andy Jumps\nand is seen In a score of gowns of\nwondrous beauty and daring cut. And\nthen when she conies into her own In\nsociety, =-i!*' is to tie admired In other\ncreations. Miss Griffith Is the Ideal\nsociety type of girl and her role in this\npicture brings out her rare charm and\nbeauty, but also her rare artistic talent, lor the story Is colorful and\nstrong In theme.\n\u25a0\"riie Girl Problem was written by\nJoseph Franklin Poland and directed\nby Konneth Webb, and Is declared to\nle one of .Miss Griffith's biggest and\nmo: i artistic achievements. She ls\nsupported by a strong cast of Vita-\ngrapb favorites, including Walter Mc-\nOrall, Agnes Ayres, .lulln Swayne\nGordon, Eulallo Jensen, William David,\nI unit Kinsley and Harold Forshay.\nMiss Griffith has the role of the\nmodel iu a fashionable shop, who also\nIs oi' literary bent.\n\u2022 . a\n. ne of tho best comedy dramas In\nwhich Charles Hay has appeared for\nsi me time is \"Greased Lightning,\" his\nlatest picture which will be shown at\nthe llo-Ilo Theatre on Monday night.\nTlie photoplay nffordB Mr. Ray abundant opportunities for the display of\nhis exceptional talents and thnt It will\nplease the patrons of tlie llo-Ilo Is a\nforegone conclusion.\nThe story deals with the trials and\ntribulations of a small town Inventor\nstruggling for fame and the heart of\nthe skinflint banker's charming young\ndaughter. Andy Fletcher, tho character assumed by Mr. Ray, has capped a\nseries of Inventions with a ponderous\n\"Little Giant Potato Pooler.\" He wants\nto raise capital to promote It and arranges a big demonstration at which\nbe proudly notes ls the banker.\nThe exhibition starts well but the\nblamed machine explodes and bombards tlie entire company with potatoes. Andy trades his potato peeler\nfor the remnants of a smashed auto-\nIn \"Greased Lightning,\" passes all the\nracers on the track, dashes over the\nfield to the open road and hits a pace\nthat wins.\nMonday evening's bill will also contain a Flagg comedy, \"Welcome Little\nStranger.\"\n. . .\nThe most celebrated criminal action of modern times is without question \"The Calllaux Cose\" of France.\nAffecting tho politics not only of Europe, but also the welfare of America,\nthe sinister group who made up the\nCalllaux ring\" has been the source\nof sensation after sensation In the pubic press.\nAnd now \"The Calllaux Case\" hns\nbeen filmed by William Fox and will\n:ie featured on the screen at the llo-\nilo Theatre next Tuesday evening.\nEvery person who reads the newspapers remembers the furore caused\na few years ago when Mme. Henrlette\nCalllaux, beautiful wife of the power-\nul Frenoh minister of finance, shot to\ndeath Gaston Calmctte, editor of the\nParis Figaro, for exposing alleged\ndishonorable acts of her husband.\nThis Is only one of the mony thrilling\nclimaxes that Adrian Johnson hns Included ln the scenario of this absorbing drama.\nIt in, only through the trial and condemnation to death of Bolo Pasha for\nIiIb pro-German activities In France\nthat the Calllauxs are finally balked\nIn their unscrupulous careers. Evidence found by the United States Gov-\n(U*.nment In the papers of Count von\nBernstorff, the dismissed German ambassador, involves Calllaux with Bolo\nIn treasonable acts, sends to a prison\ncell this man who was once Premier\nof the French Republic, and drives\nInto disgrace the ambitious woman\nwho Inspired his schemes.\nThese are only the hare outlines of\nthis stirring international drama. It\nis all history and its details are accurate. So great are the emotional requirements of the various famous\nscenes, that Richard Stanton tho director of \"The Calllaux Case,\" has\ngiven the picture an all-star cast, Including Hadaline Traverse, Henry\nWarwick, Eugene Ormonde, Philip\nVan Loan, Emile LaCroix and othc\neminent screen players. Stage sets ln\nthe play are duplicates of scenes In\nthe original story.\nThere will also be shown on Tues\nday night a Flagg comedy, \"Love's\nFalse Faces.\"\na a a\nThe attractions at the llo-Ilo Theatre on Christmas Day and Friday will\nbe John Barrymore In a Paramount\npicture, \"The Test of Honor,\" and a\nFox Sunshine comedy, \"A Milk Fed\nVamp.\"\n. . .\nAbsolutely apart from thc usual run\nof Margarita Fisher's features is her\nlatest picture, \"Molly of the Follies,\"\nwhich will bo screened at thc llo-Ilo\nTheatre on Wednesday next.\nPeter Clark MacFarlane ls the author of this story and It was produced\nby the American Film Company. It Is\na clever and gay satire ou sideshow\nlife ln general.\nAs a ballyhoo dancer, Miss Fisher,\nwho plays the title role, has a part\nwhich provides her with many excellent opportunities. She Is one of the\nmost clever little actresses on the\nscreen today, and is gaining In popularity with each successive release.\nShe has been given a story that permits of her displaying all those distinctive characteristics that won for\nher thousands of admirers.\nIn the support of Margarita Fisher\nare Jack Mower, as her leading man;\nJ. Farrell MacDonald, one of the best\nheavy and character men; Lule War-\nrenton, Mary Lee Wise and Millard\nWebb\u2014an all star cast.\nAll classes will find thorough enjoyment during the run of \"Molly of the\nFollies.\"\nEMERGENCY SEED SUPPLY\nDominion Seed Commission Has Dope\nSplendid Work (or I'una-\nilinii Formers.\nThe consolidated balance sheet,\ncovering the operations of the Canadian Government seed purchasing\ncommission for the past three years,\nhas been audited and found correct.\nThe total sunm advanced by the de-\n111\npartment of finance for the purchase\nif seed supplies, on requisition from\nthc Dominion seed commission, totaled\n$11,896,540.96; and the total of refunds to the receiver-general from the\nproceeds of sales was $11,903,437.76.\nNet assets including seed grain In\nstorage are valued at $37,888.85. The\nsalaries and expenses of the experienced seed branch officers comprising\nthe staff of the commission were not\ncharged against the cost of the seed.\nThe order-ln-councll which established the seed purchasing commission\ndirected that the seed supplies should\nbe purchased, stored, cleaned, sacked\nwhere necessary, and sold at the net\ncost as nearly as might be determined.\nThe business of the commission covers the period beginning October,\n1916, and ending September, 1919. In\nIncludes the purchase and sale of seed\nwheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, peas\nand beans, subject always to inspection as to the established grades for\nseed grain which were provided undo;\nthe Seed Control Act, Inspection was\nadministered by the seed Inspection\ndivision of the seed branch. Every car\nlot of seed purchased or sold was examined by seed Inspectors, and samples were submitted for tests as to\npurity and germination by the Dominion seed laboratories at Ottawa, Winnipeg or Calgary. Delivery consisted\nof bill of lading, licensed Welshman's\ncertificate, and certificate and sight\ndraft.\nThis system of meeting emergency\nseed situations was adopted on the\nrecommendation of the seed commissioner. It Is based.on the establishment of ollicial seed grades for grain,\nand on the principle that municipal\ngoverning bodies supported by their\nprovincial government nre in the best\nposition to deal with the extension of\ncredits to needy farmers.\nMr. Bonar Law's cook at No. 11,\nDowning street, London, was found\ndrowned ln the Thames, at Westminster, a few days ago.\nLEARN\u2014These are tne big paying\nlines of the future. Skilled men\nand women are always in demand\nIn the after war re-adjuntment\nonly trained persons will he wanted.\nStart now to learn. Send for catalogue today. WHAT DO YOU\nWANT TO BE? We train you ln\nelectrical, mechanical, mining and\nsteam engineering. Ship and mechanical drafting. Also courses in\nNavigation, Agriculture, Stenography, automobile, languages, chemistry, telephone and other subjects.\nInternational Corres p o n d o n c e\nSchools. P.O. Box 1121, Nanaimo,\nB.C., J. H. Mllsora, Manager.\nThe WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE\nTICKLED WITH THESE GIFTS\nFATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER AND CHILDREN would all appreciate a musical gift. Think of the pleasure a beautiful phonograph and a bunch of records would give your\nfamily. There is nothing that could give so much real happiness and cost so little. On Christmas Day you can pull up the carpets and in a moment's notice hold a real dance with your\nphonograph and some happy records. Also remember it is a gift that you can use all the\nyear round for many years to come. Look over a few of our Special Christmas Offers and\nmake up your mind quickly.\nNO. 1.\nType A Grafonola complete with\nsix 10-inch double-sided records\nof your own choosing, $117,111.\n12 SELECTIONS\n$5.40\nCASH\u2014$5 per mouth.\nNO. 2.\nA Beautiful Type C Grafonola\ncomplete with six 10-lnch double\nsided records, isVi.lO.\n12 SELECTIONS\n$8.40\nCASH\u2014$6 per month.\nNO. 8.\nType X Cabinet Grafonola with\nrecord compartment and three-\nspring motor, complete with six\ndouble-sided 10-Inch records of\nyour own choosing, *l:)0.lll.\n12 SELECTION'S\n$10.40\nCASH\u2014$10 per month.\nThe Supreme Gift!\nOf all the gifts you might choose this Christmas, surely here is the greatest of all\u2014A PIANO. Remember\nthat to all, from youngest to oldest, this great gift will\ngive delight not only this Christmas, not only through\nthese long winter evenings, but for years and years to\ncome. Suggest that you unite all the family gifts into\none big lifetime purchase and your home will echo to\nMusic's joy this very Christmas.\nWe hande all the leading makes, including Gerhard-\nHeintzman, Mendlessohn, Nordheimer, Cecilian and\nHaines, and would place a piano in your home for a\nsmall cash payment and arrange terms to suit your\nconvenience.\nLEATHER BOUND\nRECORD ALBUMS\n$2.75 '.\nBeautiful leather bound books to\nhold records, with an index on\ninside cover to show records\ncontained therein. An Ideal gift\nlo your friends with a phonograph. Will hold 12 Records.\nMUSIC CASES AND\nROLLS\nWe have now In stock a large\nassortment of Music Cases and\nRolls from\n85c\nSome of these are duplex cases\nthat is you can fold them into\nhalf size to carry sheet music\nand full size if you wish to carry\nbooks without bending them\nReal Leather.\nKAZOOS ONLY\n25c\nWhat is a Kazoo?\nHave\nyou\nnever heard one?\nIt is an in-\nstrument that anyone can\nplay\nwithout the aid of\na teacher or\ninstruction book.\nJet one\nand\nvou will enjoy It.\nWatch\nyour\nfriends blow.\n25c\nSEE OUR WINDOWS!\nMOUTH ORGANS FROM\n-60c\nup\nWhile they last But they are\ndisappearing very quickly. Made\nIn Japan and Switzerland, not\nGermany.\nSome Gift for a Boy.\nVIOLINS AND VIOLIN\nOUTFITS\nIn our small goods department\nwe have a large assortment of\nviolins and can make up complete outfits, including violin,\nbow, case, strings, rosin and\ninstruction book.\nA Wonderful Gift.\nMANDOLINS, GUITARS,\nUKULELES AND SMALL\nMUSICAL INSTRUMENTS\nWe have just received a large\nstock of the above and can make\nup a very cheap outfit with any\nof the above instruments.\nA Good Musical (lift.\nALL THE LATEST POPULAR SONGS WILL BE PLAYED DAILY IN OUR STORE\nDURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.\nSHEET MUSIC\nMUSIC BOOKS\nIf your friend ls musical why not\ngive a parcel of sheet music or\nsome music books?\nAll the Latest lilts, Large Shipment Just Arrived.\nSONG FOLIOS\nDANCE FOLIOS\nPIANO FOLIOS\nAND TEACHING BOOKS.\n1 f\nFOR TIIE CHILDREN\nThe famous Bubble Books. Introducing the nursery rhymes un\nlittle records with a full descrlp-\ntion of each record; a beautiful\nart colored picture of each story.\nWilh each miniature record there\nIs a game aud the book tells you\nhow to play It.\nr\n$1.50\nAlso tlie famous talking dolls\nand animals with miniature records on them that will play on\nany phonograph.\nReal records ffom QAp\nRECORD GIFT BOXES\nThese boxes are very beautifully finished with an artistic cover\nto hold one or more records.\nThey are made In ten or twelve\nInch sizes und will take Columbia or Edison Disc records, it is\nnn Ideal way to give a record\nand takes off the bare effect of a\nrecord presented In a paper parcel, also It keeps the lucky party\nguessing as to what Is ln the\nlittle square box. At this season\nwe are selling these beautiful\nChristmas Boxes at cost price.\n10c\neach\nGIVE RECORDS I\nTHIS CHRISTMAS I\nYour friends with phonographs I\nwill surely appreciate a record j\nas a gift. We list a few [\npopular titles from\nTHE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON\nWe take this opportunity to thank you for your\npatronage, and wish you a Merry Christmas and a\nJazzy New Year.\nThe Geo. A. Fletcher Music Company\nCUMBERLAND, B. C.\n3S $\nDecember 20, 1919.\nTHE ISLANDER. CUMBERLAND, B. (J.\nPage Three\nVETERANS\nAPPRECIATE\nGENEROSITY\nSecretary of Great War Veterans\nTells How Citizens Helped\nthe Returned Men.\nCity Council and Canadian Collieries Contributed Liberally\nto New Memorial Hall.\nEditor Islander.- -It Is a rather well-\nknown fact In this city that th,e 0. W.\nV. A. have been taking stops towards\nprocuring a memorial hall, tu he held\nus u meeting and recreation hall for\ntho Cumberland branch of the above\norder. Some of our members and the\npublic might well wonder nt thc apparent delay In thc matter, and we\nwould like to take this opportunity of\nletting our friends know the reason.\nIn the first place the City Council\nvery kindly expressed their wish to\ndonate us a lot to build on, but we\nfound two obstacles to overcome. First,\nthe Municipal Act does not allow municipalities to donate city property for\nprivate purposes. They could lease us\nthe lot, but that would prevent us obtaining a mortgage should wc lind It\nnecessary to do so to meet expenses\nof building. However, this point was\ngot around by the city making us a\ncash donation which we used to purchase the lot. This necessitated the\npassing of a by-law, which in Itself is\na matter requiring some time.\nIn the second place, to secure thc\nlot to the Cumborland local of the G.\nW. V. A. absolutely und not lu trust lo\nthe Dominion command, It was necessary for us to not. only obUtti our Dominion charter, but to organize and\nregister ourselves as a separate body,\nwith all rights of property invested in\nus alone. All this again takes time.\nand we have to thank Mr. P. P. Harrison for giving us his time and legal\nadvice.\nThen we realized that to build a memorial hall that would be a credit to\nthe city and the G.W.V.A. we would\nneed considerable financial help so wc\napproached Mr. Thomas Graham and\nasked him if the Canadian Collieries\nwould assist us in the matter. Mr.\nOwen very kindly drew up plans and\nestimates of the proposed building and\nsubmitted them to Mr. Graham, who, j\nafter consulting with Mr. Savage, Informed us that the company would\nbear tlie cost of the building materials.\nlumber, hardware, etc. This was far\nbeyond our expectations and wc feel\nwe owe the company a debt of gratitude. Indeed, we would like to take |\nthis opportunity of extending our\nhearty thanks to the City Council, thc\nCanadian Collieries and others who\nhave shown their good-will towards\nthe returned citizen and trust that in\nthe near future we shall be able to\nshow the public a memorial hall that\nwill be a credit to the city and a memorial, not only of our fallen comrades\nbut also of the kindness and good-will\nshown towards us by the citizens of\nCumberland and adjoining district.\nC. J. BUNBURY,\nSecretary Cumberland G.W.V.A.\nA business education pays dividends\nfor life. The Sprott-Shaw Business\nCollege of Nanaimo gives a complete\nand practical training.\nWOMEN'S AUXILIARY\nTO HOLD SOCIAL\nLadles of the Greut War Veterans'\nAssociation Wlll Entertain Returned Citizens und Friends.\nThe tenth regular meeting of the\nWoman's Auxiliary lo the Groat War\nVeterans' Association was held on the\nevening of December IS und It wus decided to hold a soclay evening at the\nAnglican Church Hall on December\n30 ut 8 p.m. for the purpose of enter-\ntulnlng returned citizens and their\nfriends. A small admission fee of 25\ncents for ladles and fill cents for gentlemen wlll be charged with a view of\nhelping out. the Memorial Hall fund.\nA splendid programme of music, singing, cards and dancing Is being prepared, and the ladles of the Auxiliary\nturst to see a goodly number of their\nfriends present on this occasion.\nThe basketball meeting last Wednesday night did not come off, but will\nbe held in the Waverly Hotel next\nWednesday night. All teams are asked\nto have delegates present.\nCUMBERLAND HOTEL\nWM.MKIllilFlEI.I), Propri-tor\nGOOD ACCOMODATION\nEXCELLENT CUISINE\nUunsniuir Ave,, Cumberland, B.C.\nCanada Food Board License No. 10-I(J86\nFORD GARAGE emde & wain\nDISTRIBUTORS FOR FORD AND McLAUGIILIN\nCARS and Parts, FORDSON TRACTORS and PLOWS.\nCCAiSSf, WE REMOVE\n\"MttttoJ THE CARBON\nfrom your cylinders,\ncarburetor, etc. We\nclean out all the carbon\nfrom your engine thoroughly, so that It will\nrun smoother and give\nyou no trouble. Bring\nyour car in and have us\nburn out the carbon and\nthere take the knock\nout of your motor, und\nIncidentally get more\npower on hills.\nWe boast the best equipped garage machine shop in\nBritish Columbia. We invite inspection.\nWc have the most complete stock of accessories\u2014\nTires in Nobby, Goodyear, Dunlop and Maltese, in all\nsizes. We have in stock parts for all magnetos and distributers. We have the Tunger Rightfler, the very\nlatest in storage battery; charging outfits in charge of\na practical electrician who also looks after our starting\nand lighting troubles. Absolutely no tinkering and\nguesswork, as we have the great Ambu electrical instrument which is mechanically correct.\nWe have a small arber press for removing small\nbushings, etc.; also a 20-ton screw press which will remove any gear without the aid of a crowbar or sledge\nhammer. '\nWe have the reamers to fit all pins and bushings. A\nbushing properly reamed to fit will last twenty times\nas long as if filed to fit only where it touches and is soon\nas loose as ever.\nOur lathe and machine room is in charge of a first-\nclass mechanic. With our shop equipment and stock of\nparts we can make a thorough repair which no other\nshop in the district can begin to do.\nWe have now come to the size where we can specialize\nin work. We have a lathe man, an electrician, an oxy\nwelder and spring maker, a Ford man; also another for\nlarge cars and trucks, with good helpers. We are now\nthoroughly organized and can take care of any repair\njob as cheap and as well as any auto shop in B.C.\nL*\nAll work guaranteed. We are here to stay. We will\ntreat you right.\nMobile, Polarine, Veedol and Wolf's Head Oils from\npints to barrels. We buy in carload lots.\nVulcanizing, etc.\nFORD GARAGE, EMDE & WAIN, Courtenay, B.C.\nHome, Sweet Home\nA wanderer itood In the darkened street, looking through the\nwindow at a happy family within. The icene pictured the longing\nin his soul for the home he did not have. .\nThe man slipped r.vay unseen, and one day wrote a song\u2014the\nsong ol his soul. And this long became immortal j the most\nbeautiful and pathetic heart-song that the world has ever known.\nThe man was John Howard Payne, and the song is \"Home,\nSweet Home.\"\nVou may Re-Criati In your own home thii immortal tong\nif you own\nT'ie NEW EDISON\n\"The Phonograph with a Soul\"\n\"Home, Sweet Home,\" \"Swanee River,\" \"Kathleen\nMavourneen,\" \"Silver Threads Among the Gold\" and hundrcdi\nof other heart-songi are at your command; waiting to be\nRe-Createo for you by the magic of this greatest ot al! instruments, with all the richness of melody and depth of fi-prcvion thit\nyou have longed for in the phonograph\u2014just like the living artist.\nIf you love real muiie, atk fir tt tepy ef the beautiful\nback \" Ediitnaiid Muiiti\" tnd \"What tie Critiei Say,\"\n11 the booklet that f revet Ediian lUpertlrity. 24?\ndJ\n(P G. A. Fletcher Music Co., Cumberland. ||\nFor Results Advertise in\nTHE ISLANDER\nNext Week\nILO-ILO THEATRE\nTONIGHT, SATURDAY\nCORINNE GRIFFITH\nin\n\"The Girl Problem\"\nMONDAY, December 22nd.\nCHARLES RAY\nin\n\"Greased Lightning\"\nand a Flagg Comedy\n\"WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER\"\nTUESDAY, December 23rd.\nALL STAR CAST\nin\n\"The Caillaux Case\"\nand a Flagg Gomedy\n\"LOVE'S FALSE FACES\"\nWEDNESDAY, December 24th.\nMARGARITA FISHER\nin\n\"Molly of the Follies\"\nCHRISTMAS DAY and FRIDAY\nJOHN BARRYMORE\nin a Paramount Picture\n\"The Test of Honor\"\nand a Fox Sunshine Comedy\n\"A MILK FED VAMP\"\nMatinees Wednesday and Saturday as usual Page Four\nTHE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B. 0.\nDecember 20, 1919.\nSilt? Hulatttor\nPublished eveery Saturday morning at Cumberland, B.C.\nW. H. YOUHILL,\nEditor.\nSATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919.\nOUR HOLIDAY EDITION.\nThe Islander this week is published in enlarged form and is the largest paper ever issued\nin Cumberland. We started out with the intention of devoting the extra pages to matters pertaining to Christmas, but the advertising public\nhave frustrated our designs. For this it is hard\nto say whether we are pleased or otherwise. At\nall events it is gratifyinig to know that the business people of this district appreciate The\nIslander as a means of reaching their clientele,\nand we wish to thank them for their generous\npatronage. The advertisements contained in tlii.\nis:;ue may not produce as many thrills as would\nsome gripping stories, but we can assure our\nreaders that they will be well repaid by perusing\nthem and taking advantage of the opportunities\npresented of securing seasonable merchandise al\nmost reasonable prices.\nThe Islander takes this opportunity of thanking the people of the Cumberland district for\ntheir generous support, and to wish them a\nMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year.\nPATRONIZING HOME INDUSTRY.\nThere are a great many people who seem to\nhave not yet realized their duty to their country\nand their city, and it is at this season of the yea)\nthat they come more prominently into notice\nThe people we refer to are those who ignore the\npresence in their home town of merchants and\nbusiness people and send abroad for their goods\nSuch people do not deserve to have the money to\nsend away to help support outsiders, because if\nthey were treated in the same way themselves\nit would be impossible for them to make purchases either of the necessities of life or gifts for\ntheir friends-\nIt has been brought to our notice that monthly\nlarge sums leave Cumberland for points in the\neast in payment for goods ordered through mailorder houses. Such practice is entirely wrong;\nor at least it is manifestly selfish. Those same\npeople would be the first to enter a protest if\ntheir existence in the community was ignored,\nyet they are content to treat others in a manner\ndifferent from that in which they wish to be\ntreated.\nThe prosperity of a nation depends upon the\nloyalty of its citizens, and the same thing applies to towns and cities. How can it be expected\nthat a community can prosper and afford a means\nof support for its population if its citizens persist in sending to outside points the money that\nis required to keep the wheels of industry in\nthe community turning?. No doubt people in\nCumberland are able to purchase goods for less\nin the largo departmental stores in Winnipeg and\nVancouver, but we would suggest that if they\nwish to patronize these concerns they should\ngo to those cities to earn their living. They are\nsatisfied to remain here and reap the benefit ot\nthe higher wages and salaries which obtain here,\nbut they are not content to do their share in supporting the town. They may continually be heard\nto cry out against the high cost of everything in\ntown and at the same time demand that they be\npaid the highest price for their work that the industry in which they are engaged can afford, and\nthey even go beyond that and demand something\nwhich is beyond the power of the industry to\ncomply with and still keep in business.\nSelf preservation is the first law of nature,\nbut it is not the part of wisdom to carry the op-\noration of this law to the point where it will act\nas a boomerang; and that is exactly what it being done by those people who, when doing their\npurchasing, send to outsiders for their wares and\nneglest to do their duty to those who have as\nmuch right to enjoy life in Cumberland as have\nthey.\nwhat you are going to give life; to close your\nbook of complaints against the management of\nthe universe, and look around you for a place\nwhere you can sow a few seeds of happiness\u2014\nare you willing to do these things even for a day ?\nThen you can keep Christmas.\nAre you willing to believe that love is the\nstrongest thing in the world\u2014stronger than\nhate, stronger than evil, stronger than death\u2014\nand that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is in the image\nand brightness of the Eternal Love ? Then you\ncan keep Christmas.\nAnd if you keep it for a day, why not always ?\nBut you can never keep it alone.\nTHE SANTA CLAUS FICTION.\nWhen the child ceases to have faith in the existence of Santa Claus\u2014a real personage with\njolly countenance, flowing beard, sled, reindeers\nand the rest of it\u2014he ceases to enjoy Christmat.\nas best it is enjoyed, and we older ones to that\nextent lose our interest in Christmas. As we\n\u00bbvatch the child and observe the first evidence\nof skepticism we feel sorry for him. ' But he\ntreasures his earlier belief as long as he can, and\nfinally, when he makes bold to declare, \"There is\nno Santa Claus,\" we feel sorry for him, for we\nknow that for him Christmas has lost some if its\njoys.\nAPPRECIATE THEIR SERVICES.\nThe people of Cumberland are showing in a\npractical manner that they appreciate what the\nCanadian soldiers, and more especially those\nirom their home town, have done for the Empire and incidentally for them. And it is refreshing to realize that there is one community at\nleast that has not forgotten what is owes to the\nmen who voluntarily faced hardships and death\nin order that humanity might rest in peace and\nsafety. The City Council is tb be congratulated\nupon the splendid way in which it has recognized\nthe services of the returned soldier in its midst,\nand the Canadian Collieries has shown magnificent generosity towards the veterans. That the\nreturned men appreciate such recognition may be\njudged by a perusal of a letter from the secretary\nof the Great War Veterans' Association, which\nappears in another column.\nIn this respect the people of Cumberland have\nset a precedent that the rest of Canada would do\nwell to follow, and it is hoped that their example\nwill prove an inspiration to others.\nLET EVERYONE KEEP CHRISTMAS.\nIt is a good thing to observe Christmas Day.\nThe mere marking of times and seasons, when\nmen agree to stop work and make merry together, is a wise and wholesome custom. It helps\none to feel the supremacy of the common life\nover the individual life. It reminds a man to set\nhis own little watch, now and then, by the great\nclock of humanity which runs on sun time.\nBut there is a better thing than the observance of Christmas Day, and that is keeping\nChristmas.\nAre you willing to forget what you have done\nfor other people, and to remember what other\npeople have done for you, to ignore what the\nworld owes you, and to think what you owe the\nworld; to put your rights in the background, and\nyour duties in the middle distance, and your\nchances to do a little more than your duty in the\nforeground; to see that your fellow men are just\nas real as you are, and try to look behind their\nfaces to their hearts, hungry foj joy; to own that\nprobably the only good reason for your existence\nis not what you are going to get out of life, but\nRETIREMENT OF SIR ROBERT BORDEN.\nReports have been persistently coming from\nOttawa that the Canadian Premier, Sir Robert\nBorden, would soon retire from the leadership of\nthe government, and this week the definite statement was made that he would relinquish offlce\nimmediately after the new year. The cause given\nfor this step on the part of the Premier is given\nas ill-health, and it may be accepted as the real\nreason, because it has been well known that Sir\nRobert has been far from well for some time-\nThere will be few Canadians who will not regret\nto learn that the Premier has decided to retire,\nfor, although many of them may not agree with\nhis policies, all hold him in the highest personal\nesteem. No Canadian premier has had such\na gigantic task to perform as has Sir Robert\nBorden, and all will admit that on the whole he\nhas done well\u2014as well, propably, as could be expected under the circumstances. There are\nthings which his government has done which did\nnot meet with the hearty approval of even hi3\nown followers, and there were left undone many\nthings which a large number of people, including\nmany of his supporters, wished to have done;\nbut it must be admitted that the administration\nof Canadian airairs during the trying times of\nwar has been fairly wise and just.\nThe retirement of Sir Robert naturally brings\nup the question of his successor, and this is where\nthe present Government party will find its\ngreatest difficulty. There is no outstanding man\nat present in the House who would command the\nsupport of the whole Unionist party, either in\nthe House or (he country. Several names h,ave\nbeen mentioned for the position, but none of\nthem have been received with acclaim.. Of those\nmentioned, probably Mr. Meighan would be accepted by the greatest number of thc present\nsupporters of the government. But the financial\ninterests would not look with favor upon him as\npremier, and the jealousy regarding the West\nwhich exists in the East would take from him a\nconsiderable amount of support that should\nnaturally go to the government.\nOne other man has been mentioned for the\nposition who would satisfy the monied classes,\nbut who could not command the slightest support\nfrom the great niass^yHsadiaii workers; that\nman is Sir Thomas Whit|^.-While his presence in\nthe Dominion cabinet drew to the government\nthe support of influential capitalists and financiers, from the day he was made minister of\nfinance the government continued to grow in disfavor with the majority of the people of Canada,\nand it was only Sir Robert Borden's personality\nthat enabled it to weather the storm. It will be an\nill day for Canada when Sir Thomas White assumes the reins of power as premier.\nWhen on your Christmas\nShopping Expedition call\nat\nMumford's\nGrocery\nWe Haye a Varied Stock\nof Christmas Specialities\n\u00ab\nBullens Famous Home-Made Christmas Pudding\nRich and Fruity\nWe are Importing the Following Lines to Arrive\nin a Few Days\nImported Turkish Figs\nImported Malaga Layer Raisins\nImported Black Ford Dates\nChristmas Bon Bons\nCrystalized Fruits\nGlace Cherries\nCrystalized Cherries\nGlace Assorted Fruits\nChristmas Stockings\nThe above lines are difficult to obtain and the\nquantity being limited we advise you to\nSH\u00a9P EARLY\nNew Seasons Stock\nNuts\nWalnuts, Brazils, Hazels, Almonds,\nChestnuts, Shelled Nuts, Walnuts\n(halves), Walnuts (broken), Valencia\nAlmonds.\nFruits Fruits\nDRIED FRUITS\u2014We carry the well-\nknown brands Griffin Seedless and Gold\nBar Seeded Raisins.\nNothing finer for desert than a tin of\nGold Bar Fruit, for which we are sole\nagents and carry a full line.\nA suitable Christmas Present for your\nfriends would be a package\nof our Famous\nOld Drury or Supreme\nTea\nIf you get it at Mumford's it's good\nMUMFORD'S GROCERY\nMumford Walton\nmm\nxumwmam\nmm YlA\nDecember 20, 1919.\nTHE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B. C.\nPage Five\nBOXING CONTEST\nIS GREAT EVENT\nRoss and Roberts Will Meet for the Second Time\nTonight and One of the Best Bouts\nSeen Here Is Expected.\nLocal Boxer Will Also Be Given Opportunity of\nShowing His Class in Speedy Company\nin a Six-Round Go.\nTHE boxing fraternity will get their money's\nworth tonight when Ross and Roberts tangle\nover a twelve-round route- Competent officials and a good system of ushering arc'some of\nthe improvements over the last contest.\nMany fans were not satisfied with the decision\nin the last bout, some claiming that if the contest had been longer that the hardy Welsh .boy\nfrom Merville would have been the winner, just\nas much argument was raised for Ross, Tonight\nthere are twelve rounds and with both boys in\ngood shape and trying, all these arguments will\nbe settled.\nRoss has been in town for a week -and has\nworked out at the Union Hall every night except\nThursday, when he travelled to Bevan to let the\nfans of the Siberian City have a peep at him.\nEverybody who has seen George work went away\nimpressed with his nice clean work, and his skill\nas a boxer. Several local boys worked out with\nhim this week and they are all great Ross boosters now.\nInterest is running high on this contest, and\nthe seats are going fast. There are seat plans at\nthe Waverley, Union and Vendome hotels.\nThere are two good preliminaries, Joe Farrel\nwill box six rounds with Ben Reese. Ross' sparring partner, Farrel, is a nice, clean, shifty boxer,\nUi HOOD SHOi'E FOR TONIGHT.\nGeorge Boss,\nwho will box twelve rounds with\nJackie Roberts of Merville In their\nattempt to settle the dispute as to\nwhich is the better man.\n1'\n1\n3\nbut he will have to travel to slip one over on\nBenny, as the latter is as hard as nails, always in\ngood condition. Six rounds will be a flee-bite for\nthe Welsh-Canadian. This go will be a semi-wind-\nup and should cause a lot of interest, as this is the\nfirst time a local boy has had the chance to show\nagainst a boxer of Farrel's class and ability.\nFarrel is matched'with Sid Wood on Dec. 26 in\nVancouver. Wood is a hard man, an Imperial veteran, but Farrel will make him step.\nThe main bout starts tonight at 10:15 to give\nthe afternoon shift a chance to see the contest.\nThe doors will open at 8:30.\nWig\nEZZY & HADDAD\nLadies' Wear Specialists\n1\n| All Ready for the Christmas Shoppers\njj! ^HRISTMAS is drawing near and there is no time like the present for selecting your\nSt ^Christmas Gifts, and our showing of suitable gifts is complete, :;tich as Dainty Camisoles,\nI Boudoir Caps, Silk Nightgowns, Kimonos, Blouses, Handbags, etc. Why not select your\nmi gift now?\n1\n&\nSilk and Lace Camisoles\ni\nWIBBLIES GO DOWN\nTO DEFEAT BY 27-21\nDallos' Wonders Spring Surprise on\nItowan's Heavyweight Contingent In Very Even Game.\nDallos' Wonders slipped one over on\nthe heavyweight Wobblles last Friday\nnight by the narrow margin ot six\noolnts. The game was one ot the cleanest that has been seen here lately;\n< there was no rough play, and the\n, referee, Mr. F. J. Dalby, had the play-\nlers well ln control at all times. His\nI work had more to do with the game\n} being clean than anything else.\nThis was the first appearance of the\nf'.Vobblles, and the first time the had\nJiplayed together, but with a little'prac-\nItice they will make all the teams travel\nI before the league schedule ends.\n\u25a0 Walker at fprward starred for the\nIWobblles, while DeConnlck on the defence was hard to beat. H. Farmer, F.\nloallos and Slaughter starred for the\n1\/Vonders. The teams were:\nWobblles\u2014Dr. Christie, Ben Reese,\n. Walker, Jack Williams, DeConnlck.\nI Vonders\u2014F. Dallos, H. Farmer, A.\nVirmer, Mark Coe, Frank Slaughter.\nCAMOUFLAGE BEATEN\nAGAIN BY BEVAN\njmberlnnd Basketballcrs Once More\n.fleet With Reverse at Hauls\nof Men ot the North.\nexhibition between the Wobblles and\nihe_Huskies and tho band gave a consort. Coupled with these were free refreshments and a fine dance, so that\naltogether a fine evening was spent\nAll the boys hope Bevan does It\nagain and they promise to take a\nbigger crowd next time.\nShort Jabs\nat Sport\nBy\nOLD\nSPORT\nBevan Huskies again demonstrated\n|ielr ability to trim the Fareks on\nIhursday night at Bevan. A large\nj'rowd was ln attendance and rooted\n|ir the home team. Several changes\neer made In the Bevan team, Lap- more and stopped the fancy work.\nDallos' Camouflagers travelled to\nBevan In a league fixture and came\nout on the short end of a cricket score\nof 42 to 30.\n* . *\nJoe Lapsansky's work as referee was\nrotten. Bevan had nineteen foul goals;\nbrother Joey scored them. I don't like\nto knock referees, I would rather\nboost them: but when they deliberately go out to beat a team, pan them.\n...\nThe Bevan Huskies don't need any\nreferee's help to win games, and I am\nquite sure that all they want ls an\neven break. They are too good sports\nto ask for any more.\na a a\nLee turned out at guard for Bevan\nand played a good game with West-\nHeld.\n. \u2022 \u2022 '\nJoe Lapsansky starred at the basket\nunder the best conditions, but Nunns\nshould have used his weight a little\nbnsky playing forward and Lee at\nj^fence with Westfield. Armstrong\nfas brilliant on the forward line while\nle Bevan defence was hard to beat,\n[.lckson played forward for the\ntikers and his work was a great deal\nLiter than his last two games. Cam-\nf.on Is getting Into better.shape, and\nnt the referee's Ire when he checked\ntie Lapsansky too hard. Nunns and\n(alios both played well, but Nunns ls\nI little toto clean for some of the forwards In the league.\nI The boys were not satisfied with the\nferee and the number of fouls given\n\u25a0gainst Dallos' boys would seem to\nlive them some cause. Nineteen fouls\nI ere awarded Bevan to six for the\nlakers. The teams were:\n| Bevan\u2014Lee, Westfield, Armstrong,\nlapsansky, Miller.\n] Camouflage\u2014Robertson, Cameron,\n[\u2022alios, Rickson, Nunns.\nI' Referee\u2014Geo. Lapsansky.\nJTY\nBAND TRAVELS\nTO HUSTLING CITY\nly Musical Organinntlun Entertains\nBevan People at Interesting\nAthletic Exhibition.\nThe Cumberland City Band travelled\nBevan Thursday night to tntertoin\nie residents of that hustling town.\nspecial train with a large crowd\nft Cumberland at 7 O'olocy to lake In\nconcert, boxing, basketball and\nce.\nBevan Is some hustling town to be\nole to pull off a night like thoy did\nhursday night. Oeorge Ross and\njirrell showed their wares to the box-\n\u2022K fans.\nThen there was a little basketball\nRickson and Cameron showed big Improvement on their past few games.\nRobertson wants to wake up. Some\nday he will be playing where there Is\nno grand stand. \"Come on, Rab.\"\n. * 9\nBevan has won two in a row. They\nare the league leaders. But when their\nfancy shots start bouncing off Decon-\nnick and Jack Williams things will be\ndifferent. Look out for the Wobblles.\n...\nCourtenay and Comox have not filled\nany of their league dates. They will\nfind themselves hard pressed to get a\ngame before tbe winter ls over. Two\nteams hare travelled there and played,\nnot league fixtures, but the valley\nteams might have shown a little bit of\nsportsmanship by playing their league\ngames. Wat's the mater, Dixon?\n...\nThe air has been full of gloves this\nweek, four ounce, six ounce, two\npounds und everything but fists ln\nthem. There has been more knockouts,\nknockdowns, Carpentler-Beckett and\nWllde-Sharkey arguments than would\nfill a book.\n...\nLocal Interest Is running high on the\nRoss and Roberts bout tonight. Oeorge\nhas been working out every night ln\nthe Union Hall, taking all-comers, and\nit shape has anything to do with victory, he will win tonight. Ross ls a\nclean-living, hard-training boxer, and\nif lots of young fellows looked after\ntheir physical well-being as closely as\ndoes Ross we would have athletes In\nCumberland to be proud of.\n...\nRoberts Is also ln the pink and the\nreturned men are bringing a lot of\ndough to bet on their favorite. Jackie\nhas never trained harder for a contest\nthan this one.\n...\nI would like to see Benny Reese\nmake a good showing In the semt-\nwind-up with Farrel. Farrel Is a pretty\nboxer, but when you get a hard clout\nln the right place you lose an awful\nlot of speed and science. Reese Is a\nhard hitter and Is always in good\nshape. His biggest opponent will be\nFarrel's experience.\nFRESH FISH\nEVERY DAY\nTODAY TODAY\n200 lbs. of Halibut\nRowan's Fish Market\nOppoiite the Poit Office\nAre always welcome. They never fall to draw expressions of delight from those who are fortunate to receive them, and the best point of all Is the fact that\nyou can buy charming ones at prices from $1.95. 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