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V CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 192'

llltmcllls AIM ill CANADIAN B

son For Recent B Bank Stock.

onto Telegram carries the follow- ing on its front page today:

"What lies behind the recent hec- tic buying of Canadian chartered, bank stocks, which has carried these issues to record high figures lu the past six weeks, was indicat- ed today, when the news leaked out of the formation of a huge ‘in- vesllneltt trust’ in New York, for tho sole Durpol-lc of buying the stocks of our chartered banks. The buyillll. will evidently embrace tho French Canadian banks also for the new trust states that it will con- fine its operations to ten Canadian chartered banks. -

"The Canadian Bank Stocks ln- corporated in the title of the new ilnitcd States Trust Company. The identity of those behind its forma- tion is being closely concealed, as

France Asks _ United States For Reciprocity

(Special tn The Guardian) PARIS, Sept. 15.-—France asks the

Toronto Paper Says That Purpose Is Rea-

rononro, Sept. 1s. - The we;

AT BUNTRBl ANKS, IS Biiiilii

lging _ 0f Canadian

is also its proposed capitalization. l-‘ronl all absolutely authentic source ill New York, however, the Telegram learned, over the long distance telephone. lute this attor- nooll, that it was sponsored hyflul extremely powerful group ltcrol-ls the border and further that. a pub- lic offering of the units of the Call- adlan ilank Stocks incorporated. would be nlalle in New York with- iu tile next week or so.

“That. the (Ianadian BltnkStocko, incorporated, is thc nleans where- by an unnamed group oi’ influential United States financial men hope to secure control ui‘ certain (lan- allian banks, alld at the sanlc time keep their identity (rloscly conceal- ed until Canadian banking is lic- llvered lock, stock, nnll barrel into alien hands is the belief in ww-ll- informed lluartclu-l."

C. N. Railways Will Appeal To Supreme Court

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Sept. l5.- -Thc Canad-

llnlled States for reciprocity in the ian National Railways was today complete sense of the word as thc granted leave to appeal to thc Su- vnil’ 8000100010 b11518 I01‘ n tariff preme Court of Canada against thc treaty between thc two countries. Inforder of the board of railway com- a 110w replying t0 United Stabesylmlssioners ordering thc railway to "presentations concerning the newprovldc for alternative routing of Preach tariff schedule, the FrcnchVMN-hhhe grelghl», through 514L305“- foreign vfiiw today sol forth the ie and Saint. John, N. B. 'I‘ho_m0-

French conception of reciprocity BS tion for leave m appeal WM: ln-gnecr not lnll for

the condition for entering upon frult-‘beyore Chlef Justlce Ahghm fal negotiations of o. tariff treaty.

The case wasplaccd at the head of thc Supreme Court list and will be heard October fourth.

OTTAWA, Sept. 15.—Chicf Justice Anglln heard counsel zor thc Lan- adian National Railways, thc Can- adian Paciflc Railway, thc Govern-

Splendid out For

Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Leader of Party in Ottaw-afiousc, Com- ments on Coming

Jonservative Con- vention.

WINDSOR, Ont., Sept. l5, ——'l‘hc coming convention at Winnipeg was briefly referred to by llon.| llugh flulhric, present itliliitil‘ ot the Xlonservativc. _purty at thc Illi- llual picnic of thc illssnx (iounil/ Conservative Club here yesterday. Mr. Guthrie predicted that the con~ clavc would be thc greatest gather- ing in the history of (lanadiall 110i‘ itics. Outlining the system of con- stituency representation: at the convention Mr. (luthrio urged 0V- cry Conservative who could zlfford the trip to nlteiid the convention and make it liltrllilli0llftl success which it was expected to he.

"One or the rottenest political; deals in the history of (ianadal would have been perpetrated." Miti Guthrie asserted. “had not the Con“ servatlve party hacked by the lln- dlvltled support of the Ontario alld Quebec governments, blocked thn third reltdlng of the bill which would have given 1,200,000 electri-l cal horsepowci- to a private ground, headed by Sir Clifford Siftnn, fri- end of the lllackenzie King govern- meat.”

lion. Robert Rogers also addres- scd thc gathering.

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OTTAWA, Sept. 15. —— Gordon

Have Reslded At Lindsay, assistant counsel, laid be- fore theRoyal Customs Commis- Centlur slon today several submissions and . recommendations. Mr. Llndsayl i1 asked a finding that Andrew, I Mathew, of Halifax, "conspired to‘ smuggle into Canada and to de- fraud the ‘revenue in the duty pro- Kill 000011151" Callie!‘ 0T 70 Yefll-‘i perly payable thereon," He sug- with breakfast on Sunday morning. giested the following recommenda-lgelll-L iiéitl- tilfiqQnflvils i110“: Otll on; ron rec , ‘oron o, c use i s "That the relevant evidence and 00°15 @293- 0131" "EV" l0 b0 l‘i-"lli'>i'll‘ exhibits be referredto the Depart-led i0 l 9 llll 0» Tilt‘ 010 building ment of Ngflgngl Rgvgnue’ cohplwhich has been almost a home to missloner or (yusmms Branch Bndlmany ‘notables and has housed that the appfgprjgw action andlRoyalty as well, is to be torn down grogecutlg? he angel-ed flgahmi it?‘ mgkeuway igr the Canaldietml Pat'- n row athew in respect of the 0 ll W81! 0llll11lllY'S 100. lB offences dlsclqsedg- Rgzyal York, that is to be erected on t e site. The Queen's Hotel was one of the _ links connecting ‘thc present-day Council 1m- lho Commlsslon Sub‘, city with the Toronto of the early mitted that the fohowmg fmdlngydays, a link that had an important and recommehdmlons should belplace in the chain of events leading made in cohhecllon with captain El up ti)‘ the new‘ hotel era in this city. A. Dicks, Charlottetown, P. E. I. in‘ L e straw ‘if Years 5m“ the “The evmence discloses that EdgQueens was a new hostelry what ward A, Dlckg, conspired to Emu? changes have been witnessed in gle into Canada large quantifies of Toronto. The city has grown from

UlIEENS iiillEi

cnrzr. nick's ollsn

~———o TORONTO, Sept. l5.— Finishing

liquors and rams over a perlod of a comparatively small town to n

(‘hurlnttrtlnruu tiunrdlnn Two Cont: blnrnlnx (luurdlun Founded i887 .______,_-

or MANY

MEMORIES iJlllSES Willi VALEDICTURY BREAKFAST

Noted Toronto Hostelryj-Whcrc Royalty And Other Pronli neat. ‘P c r s o n a g; e s

Odd 'l‘nnes During; y, Makes Way For

at every lztcp o1 the way.

Patrons oi lllt‘ Queen's were at- tached to it by n :.clltill1L*.l1i. that few llotclr: m Canada have known, and it was with a gcnuine regret and sorrow tllal thc "old timers" learned that thc ancient building was to be razed to make way for an up-to-dotc sky-scraping hotel. With its shuttered windows and its wide vcrandah, it had an air of immacu- late cleanliness and refinement, if not senli-exclasivenclzs, indeed. The :Quecn'.-; for nlany ycms was shaded in trout by trees, but of late years thc trees were only n memory.

Ill i888 Captain Dick built thI four dwelling houses that forms. the nucleus of the Queen's Hot/e. Six years later there were he‘ there the classes of the first Kay College, and in 1856 the houses b) came a hotel under thc proprietc ship oi Ml". Sword. 1n the Winter fllllf‘. before the o‘.

D. l (in. a Marquis and Murchioness of Duf—| War and the Great War. The fam- ferin and Ava, who arrived on ihcdiy seat is at. Clandeboys. Ulster, and Canadian Pacific Steamship Mont- when the Northern Ireland parlia-

Tlle i ll-la-rvallve party not fail, lid Mr. ltogcrs, “it nlust lilo very good P9118011 that. (‘onscrvzltlvcrl everywhere in Canada fully appreciated now the value of that old fable of the bun- dle 0t‘ sticks; separated we are ln~ evltablyl broken up onc by onc, united, there is no force ill Canada thnt can prevent our party from creating that sound public. opinion

Presbyterian Church

MONTREAL. Sem- lii-Annvllnve- the Saint John Board oi‘ Trade. The ment of a. $10,000 gift to the church heal-high.“ in canlem, extension fund of the Presbyterian‘ The Canadian National Railways‘ Church in Canada by James Rodger. made application July 14 under thc! arvmlnent church layman. was made railway act for n. recession of the‘ ill tOdBlFB lnefilinfl 01' m0 MOIliYBBiorder of the board of railway com-l Presbytery. pnissioner directing thc publicationl

The gift was made on the occaslonhy the ghmmllnn- National Runways‘, of the golden weddins vi Mr- and and the Canadian Pacific, Railway' Mrs- Rodser- In a letter Mr- Rod- of joint tariffs naming points to sin-l i101‘ will that iiliS $10000 Cflllllliilied tions west of the Maritime Provlnc-l l» wml of $50000 which he had xiv-cs via Saint John and Ste. Rosalie on to the church at various timeslgunhllolh the Same as publishgd hem representing $1.000 for each year flfltweela the shine points via thc Can- ili-‘l Wedded ille- adian National Railways direct.

NQEOEA? U. S. Air Stations

plication for leave to appeal to the: r

Supreme Court of Canada. chai- lenglng the jurisdiction of the board (Special to The Guardian) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—_8ecre-

of railway , commissioners to make tary of War Davis has extended an

ment 0t’ Nova Scotia,‘ 11.x.- Clty of

Justice of the Supreme Court for

lflalifax, Iialifax Board ni ‘rrnde nntii

anon which no inability in the gov- ,ernln<-||t ol‘ our country will he ns~ lsured." '

Trade Treaty With France May Save - =

The Situation;

(Special to the Guardian) l OTTAWA, 0nt., Sept. lfi. —~(‘-nn~. ndlfa trltdo treaty with France may save! the iillllflliOll so far as llonllnion is (loncerned, with

w," rose at Montreal September 10th. ment was created he was appointed lThc father oi’ the Marquis was u. Speaker of the Senate, Vice-Admiral

famous: dlplumatist, Viceroy of India. oi‘ Ulster and Deputy Lieutenant of and Governor-General of Canada. Cflllnfy Down. The Marquis was lThc present Lord Dufferin is hon- born in Ottawa when his father was ‘orary Colonel oi‘ the Dufferin Rifles in office there. lie is visiting at. 50f Canada. lie served in the Boer Rider“! "n". Oiillwlll f0!‘ I 39W dBY-‘l-

Slifliilfli liiliiEN’$ iiliiliKe ATTRABTS Mllfili ATEENTIIJN

l Women's Institutes Exemplify Activities 0f Various Provinces At the Canadian ' National Exhibition. H _ _ ‘ _ _

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that customs duties e ‘

payable thereon. Thetvlitiiegbgpfedp): ther discloses that Edward A. Dicks Y“ ellilfllled in the liquor business rom which substantial profits may have been earned. and has filed no income tax returns." "Tilat the relevant evidence be

tional Revenue, C

Customs Branch. angmtxitllpstslgllfirafif proprlate action and prosecution be fifigsgggdln lefilléct of the offences deuce be referred to the Depart-

ment of National Re missioner of venue’ Com- review,

lilfi Department may be

Soviet Government Wants More Horses

TORONTO, Ont. Sept. liar-One the fourfold programme of these or- 0i’ thc exhibits attracting Benelfli ganlzatioxls of which there are over,

iii" attention at the Canadian National l1 thousand branches in this pro- The Soviet govemm rvfi- Exhibition is that assembled in the vince, along the lines of educational Thomas P. McKe

(Special to The (‘an til; vmcouvan, B, 3', “Q5? ent. has written llzifl. Provincial

pct-t to the new tnrlft‘ increase rec! west wing of the Wonlcns Building. programmes. Drillers. 0410105895. 6%.; lcirazing Commissioner, go ascertain

ently pal. into offccl. by the iillltli‘ Seven provinces have contributed to governllleni; service-free lltel-atnreif it can get 1,2 cofnltry. The (ll)vtli‘llI‘fl8llt'fl tlu-llljthls and have arranged b00015 lie-and demonstration courses from British Columbia,

experts arc at present. nt n‘ loss t0 estimate the actual effect on Can-j adian exports to France, ill view n", tho lsonlplilzatcd nature of France's foreign trade arrangements. par-l

the order referred to. On August 3rd invitation to Sir Philip Sassoon,

a motion was made to the Chief Under Secretary of State for Air,

‘and member of the British Parlia-

ment ‘to visit the various army air

leave to appeal but decision was not made laending the decision of the board of "railway commissioners on the motion for recession. The mo- tion before the railway commission-

statlons in which he may he inter- ested during his contemplated visit to the United States. The use of such army aircraft as he may desire for flights while here will be placed at the disposal of Sir Philip. '

ers was dismissed.

Score 0f Deaths In Heat

4 040-0 04§§ 00-6-6 OO§OOO§O§QO Condensed Specials

CHICAGO. Sept.

(Special to The Guardian) lo-Withering

Wave

licularly with the United States. Article V, of the Frnnco-Cuuad-l ian treaty says: "if France shalll at anytime grant to (he Unitcdl Staten of America as regards any‘ of thc products meniioncrl ill uchei llulcs, percctliages morc ftlvorabli‘,

than those mentioned in the snllhB. 0.; fourth, Hardisty, Alta; and exhibit consists of many attractive was Lhg ‘we

schedule of the ilenclit oi’ tho mini-l mnm tariffs, the sumo or similar products originating or (vomingl from Canada shall immediately and unconditionally enjoy tho benefit! of said concessions." '

Under the clause (Ynnada has en- joyed preferential trcainlent on

RATE.—4e. per word, lfet

heat which has caused more than a

score of deaths in the middle west entered the fourth day with no hope of respite until tomorrow. Temper- atures in the 90's continued through-

each insertion in this column. o++o+< ‘BILLIIEADS AND STATEMENTS

out the territory east of thc Rocky roceivtul the full details of the “an? Pnnwd- Guam“ Job Mountains and from thc Gulf of tariff and have worked out their Plillifify- a Mexico far north into Canada. effect on the United States they

Weather forecast could

assign no

certain columodltics and if the French lnriff has raised the rate on these to the United States theni (lanadu nlust suffer tho restrict-i loll also. Until tariff experts have

cannot tell Just how Canada will

‘I-‘ASHIONABLE WEDDING STA- tionery, fine selection. Guardian Job Prinlery. t!

‘SHIPPING woos EXPEDIT- lously supplied. Guardian Job Minter-y. . t!

harmonies: c/utns AND mourning cards at shortest. notices Guardian Job Printery. ti.

‘WRITING PAPIII AND ENVIL- cpes with address are aiwayl fashionable. Guardian Job Prinilery. t!

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' PECIAL HAMBURG STEAK. - Ithster quality beef. Ballade!!! Newsom and 60., East and un- met Building.

'40s JRINTING or. IVIIY description, cheaply and e196“ tioully executed. Guardian Cen- tral Job Printer, Phone 132.

‘CORRESPONDENCE CARDS AN]! envelopes with address printed. _.iust the thing for acknowl -

rnent, intimation. etc. Guar n

Job Printer-y. t!

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‘YOU WANT GOOD ENVILOPI. Prices B0 for 20c: 100 for BIO’ 250 for Bic; 500 for 81.00; 1. for $1.95. Postpaid. Guardian 0t- fice. Guardian Job Prlstery. N

reason for the unseasonal hot spell. lit was the hottest September weath- er on record. All Chicago schools were dismissed.

__-<o>————- Post Office Dept. . , . . Has Big Deflclt l" ' ' to The Guardian)

OTTAWA, Ont... Sept. l5.——Rcduc- tlon of postage laws provided by the budget oi 1928 has resulted in a de- ficit, to the post office deparnuent, but it is about a uuillion dollars less than was originally estimated. For the fiscal year mded March ill, last thereturus are helm; made up. and the deficit is placed about $1,600,000. The estimated shortage was about $2,500,000.

It would appear from these figures that the redaction in the letter post- age from three to two cents per ounce has increased the volume of letters passing through the mails. flllnultaneously. a marked increase lin the parcel post is remrded. A big business is being done. Despite the result of the falling off in revenue under tne new conditions the belief is held that in a rear or two. at gut, equilibrium will be established

ditnrea. I,

ho affected. No reason in known why France linked ili‘l‘ arrange- ment. with Canada with certain or- rungolnents willl thc United Staten, but the fact remains that. it was llono so. The treaty did not fix rates of duties. implies seldom do, but whlin certain rates are conting- ent on the rules with the United States there is an additional list tlmi is. purely n Franco-Cnnadlnll nrrllngclliellt. '

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Chinese Robbers In Battle With Police

(CanadiaiPress)

PEKING, Sept, for-The severed head of n robber was hung upon a polc in onc of Pekinrrs principal thoroughfares adjoining the lcgation quarter this afternoon as the result of a daring descent by four men up- on a Chinese banquet last night in an attempt to extort a large sum cf money from Mel Lang Fong, China's most famous actor. in n pistol bat- tle with 1B police the robber chit-ft.- sin was killed androf the ‘urn, the inlon executed today was captured,

lwhiie Chang IIan Chu, secretary in

W00" 000ml lelieilil" "d ii‘ "m" the Ministry of Fimnce, who was a. Ontario's

guest, was wounded and later died. _

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pictlrll; ll“? Various resources. 111-, two avceks to three months in foods’ dastries and community work. esnand cookery. There are also ex- pecinlly in relation to the rural hlbits of home nursing, first aid, won-ten, lmlllinery and sewing, community- The poster contest, in which W. building halls, and memorials. I's throughout. thc Dominion com-ffhere are demonstrations of wel- petcd, and for which prizes to the coming settfers, establishing librar- omount of $75.00 will be given byies and maintaining libraries. the Federated Women's Institutes Quebec's booth is divided into two of Canada resulted as follows-first.‘sentlons the French assembled by Kai-s W. I. Ont.; second Canning, the Caries dc Fermieres N. S.; third, Lake I-Iill at SaanlchHEnglish by the W. 1's.

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fifth, Granby Hill, Quebec. The hooked rugs, woven bedspreads, posters showed by photograph and home-spans, and linens made from other illustrations what these var- the Quebec flax-all work of the

00 mare horses in men oning that. it ggiiinfoilnd ‘HIE-C 011B British Cqlumbla

a s are of better type and pos- sess more stamina than these pur- chased in the Prairie Provinces. The

YER-rs; that such liquors and rums were smuggled into canada and has evolved from a municipality of parties

referred to the Department of Na-l

That the relevant evlJ

Income Tax Branch forf B I‘ 3. Z 1 l and that such _ action be’ ‘ giffllalls inrthe light of the evidence;

y urther investigation by-

warrantedfiFord has Dlllcilllsed 13100000 acres collapse of communication both by

l-l’ 0f 8000i 500.000 DODI-ilation. II Union Station W85 built, ice~b0at stopped immediately in limited outlook to a city with thc front of thc hotel and sought Fairs and ambitions of a great and warmth and refreshment inside. In rapidly growing metropolis aiming thnhc days tllcrc was so such thing at a lnlllion population and through as a room with both, but a tin bath it all the old Queen's Hotel has was provided. it is. said, when asked stood for the highest ideals in the for. On cold nights elrry jug in ‘conduct of 1m inn and has maln- BVL‘I'_\’ WitSllStQlld ill the house he‘. tamed an atmosphere of gentllity to be Olllptlvtl or they would freeze . and the jugs split.

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‘Ford Purchases

i Million Acres

‘Report Death Toll ' Enormous in West Coast Seaports

(Special to The Guardian) 15-——H@lll'l’ NOGALES, Ariz, Sept. 15¢ ‘The

(Special to The Guardian) ' NEW YORK, Sept.

of land in Para, Brazil from an Am- mlegmpl, and rallgvqy today still iericsn holding that concession for kept 5mm (he “rm-kl details of lhe

-'!$42.000.000 11nd int-ends l0 n59 U10 wholesale death and destination be-

‘land for a rubber plantation, accnrd- ligvc-d l0 hm-Q been genlt nut by a ins w =1 report reaching the clty- storm which for lhrec 0.1 s last

vi _ wctk lashed zt thousand miles c-ftht lycst r0 et oi Mcxlao seaboard. Officials of the Southern f-aciflc

, {of Mexico is thc nlost northern coast point on thc southern Pacific of ' Mexico. Below that point communi- JOHANNESBURUY Sum“ Afrhh-h cation villi; virtually impossible. SepL 15‘ __ Mun". numcl,le,__ “huh; Mexico (my or sotllllcrn coast points English l1lJl0l‘-lllf1ll3gtfl‘, died here Wllllili i)" niiltil" lfldilv- (lllllilflv 501l- mdny‘ ora, main seaport of the west coast Wm“, u student M Uxh,,~,l_ Mlh. of Mexico in the northernmost coast ur Bourchicl" became a leading Dilllll Oil U10 S0iilil9lll P501310 member ofdhe Windsor Strollers 0f M0XiC0~ 3910i)‘ iillli Willi 00m‘

‘and 0h] Sulgerg, “mule,” llranmtll- munlcation war virtually impossible.

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while m9 51191015! of such a number Wm be llllpflssibie at such short not- ice. Mr. McKenzie thinks he can 5,".

societies. With the co-operatltln of the then vice-chancellor, Benja- min Jowett, he founded the Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1s»

Meagrc repel - that thc death toll in Saline, (Irulse and Manzanillo. both important wcst coast seaports. was enormous, guvl‘ muse for spec-

and the‘

round about 400 head. The l

be paid will be a little nlmlhixfofff ably about $25 instead of $10 which FP-Re for the list ship! ment. Mr. McKenzie has also re-i ,celved word that: of the thousand lurid head in the first shipment only “m” died 0" tile VOZl/ege. thc balance