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thinks of somebody. of old

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Police Seek Labatt Kidnap Suspect In Abduction Of Taco- ma Lad.

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 30—The mystifying activity of an army re- serve officer-e. likely intermediary in the Charles Mattson kidnap- ping-was coupled today with a report that police working on the case were on the lookout for a man

Jvanted in connection with the

Ont.

The t’s name was not re- vealed but the Los les sheriff's office notified authori ies at 'I‘a- coma the man was recognized from I photoirlph and was last seen on a train bound for the northwest.

838,000 Ransom

A spokesman for the Mattson, family. whore 10-year-old son was taken from his pretentious Tacoma i home by a. dark, bearded man Sunday night, reiterated his pre- diction a $20,000 ransom payment would be arranged shortly

First steps toward a “pay-off" were taken ,a rcliabie s urcc said, after the appearance of a classified advertisement in the Seattle Times. The source said an answer

John mom snatch ‘in London, '

i Relief Grants . Will Remain i U n ch anged

OTTAWA. Dec 30—(CP)— Rclicf nanie-in-aid to the provinces for the final quart- er of the fiscal year ended March 31 will remain unchang- ed. Hon. Norman Rogers, Min- ister of Labor. announced to- night. v

“To avoid future misunder- standings, however," the Min- ister declared, "it wll be the policy of the Dominion Gov- ernment to make progressive reductions in the grants-in- ald to the provinces during the coming year."

As in the past. revisions would be mad: after each quart- erly review of employment con- ditions throughout the Domin- ion, he said, with the grants being adjusted according to the varying degrees of business im- provement in the several prov- lncel.

Emergency Freight Surcharges Will Terminate Today

SAINT JOHN, N.B., Dec. 30—Of interest to Maritime shippers and

to zhe ad was expected- soon in the some newspaper.

Lt. Col. Gus B. Appleman, “clos- est friend" of the abducted boy's father, sped away from the Mutt- son home on an undisclosed mis-

with the family.

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"Skate to nlusic, Montague

sion after a. 40-minute conference |

rink New Year's nigh-t, 8 to 10. 13-1918.

"Geo. Lelghtiaer 00.. (next Queen Hotel) now buying all kinds oi’ dreled poul .

“l. [4-954-12-341.

I "Loading live hogs at Elmira and Baltic, Jan. 4th, and 5th. Harding Fraser. I..-1924.

"Hockey and skate at Marsh- ﬂeld. Friday night. January 1st. Dunstaffnage vs. Mill Cove.

L-1923.

"Poultry - Buying Poultry all kinds, daily. Paying highest market prices. Island Cold Storage 00.. Lid. 1|-1828-12—30~t1'.

"St. Mary's Afumnae Novelty Dance in Knights of Columbus Hall, 50MB. January 4th. Everybody

weicome. Iv-1905-l2-31-1i. "Notice to Farmers. I am not lllylng hogs again until Thursday, January ‘Ith a Albany and Friday, January 8th at Emerald until noon. G. O. Green. IrIOSI-IS-twt-tﬂ "Livestock Marketing Board g hogs. lambs and calves at

railway stock pens, Charlottetown, ‘yllwsdgtygcgm. s, until a p. m. Bell W? co-operatlvcly and get hilhest market returns. L-1Bl8-l3-31-1l

"Livestock Marketing Board Wishes all its members, occasional trons, yes and all livestock pro- ducers an abundant measure of happiness and prosperity during the year i087. one resolution we recommend is that of committing yourself to the practice of mar- keting your livestock co-operatlvefv throughout the yen- and help

maintain highest prices. L-lﬂld-li-Sl-li

"Limbo! Marketlnl BM"! leading during week of Jan. 4. M follows: Tuesday forenoon. Ken- Iinston, Charlottetown; afternoon. Murray River. U188. Elmira, souris. Cardigan, Mmtague; .. dnesday forenoon until ' train timed. "lﬁgk. Wlﬂlloe Hunter River, Bra B B 6; eftemodn, 12 to s. Borden Line It Albany. Markets are hisher W! week and promising for first of the year. Ship OO-Operetivelii in‘! make sure oi’ every increase in

the ports of Saint John and Hali-

rfax, emergency freight surcharges

covering traffic between points in the United States and Canada will terminate tomorrow, according to a memorandum issued by the Transportation Commission of the Maritime Board of '1‘rade.

The effect will he a reduction, proportionate to the emergency charges, in present rail rates from and to United States points, on export and import traﬂlc nowsub- ject to the charges.

The memorandum was in the form of a. special circular under the signatures of James D. Mc- Kenna and Rand H. Matheson, chairman and transportation man- ager for the Commission, respect- ively. .

It was pointed out that "from the Maritimes, ﬁsh is probably the most important traffic subject to these emergency charges. The re- moval of these chargesconsequent- ly will mean a reduction in the present rail rates to the United States."

Carriers in the United States had applied for extension of the pres- ent rates until the hearing of the petition for general revision of rate structures, set for Jan. 8, 1937.

New Year

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wc have reached the end of 1936, and stand at the portal of another new year.

During the past twelvcmonills our Province, in common with the rest 0f Canada, has enjoyed a. marked improvement in econ- omic conditions. \Vc approach the beginning of-1937 with the conﬁdent hope that these im- provements shall bc continued and progressive.

We must not bc iuuniudfui that iherc are many who have not been able to enjoy the rc- newai of prosperity, and many who have been recently called upon to undergo great sorrows. To those who moum, the Christmas season has brought the promise of a special bless- ing, that they shall be comfort- ed. May this blessing be fulﬁlled (luring the coming year.

Guardian the Government of

triolo-lz-al-lq

llfrincc Edward Island wishes all

To all tilc readers of thc.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936

Poll PIUSXI lllSE slultu

Relatives Of Pontiff Summoned To Be W ithin Close Call At All Times.

(s. r. by Guardian's Special Wire)

VATICAN CITY, Dec. (ill-Pope Plus weakened tonight in "slow but continual decline," Vatican prelat/e: said. Relatives were sum- moned to be within close call at all times.

Much concern was expressed‘ over disappearance of a blood clot from his paralyzed left leg, and physicians feared it might pass through the blood stream into the heart or brain-with probably fat- al consequences.

Absolute silence was ordered within the Papal apartments and the ztaff of nursing brothers in- creased its vigilance.

Railicd Slightly

The 79-year-old Pontlff, 111 of partial paralysis of the legs and circulatory disorders, rallied very slightly earlier in the day and dis- appearance of the bloodclot was said to have lessened somewhat the pain in his left lcg.

The Vatican newspaper Osser- vatore Romano, however, spoke of the Pope's “acute torment" and only Eugenio Cardinal Pecelll, Vatican Secretary of State, could visit him today-for a brief per- iod.

Dr. Amanti Milanl, his personal physician, remained in constant attendance.

Displays Fortitude

His Holiness desires, the Osscr- vatorc Romano said, to bear his suffering “like o. Pope, that is like the father, pa tor and universal teacher, to bow to the Lord with readiness and generosity which serves as an example for all. to the Lord who visits his most faith- ful sou with special pains, with trying immobili y, with momentary deprivation of his beloved aud- iences."

Prelates said the Pope hopes to live until he can see the procedure for canonization of Pius X begun. For this, he received Cardinal Laurentl, Prefect of the Congre- gation of Rights, yesterday.

The Pontiff is an enthusiastic admirer of Plus X and chose his name when elected to the Papacy.

Greetings

From Premier Campbell "Guardian”

Readers

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the coiuplimcuts of the season.

um] :1 vcry happy nmbprospcr-

ous New Year.

THANE A. CAMPBELL i Brenner

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stiny ofculu

Evidence o.’ the army's complete to the- presidency of Laredo Bru

dominance in Cuba is the succession (left), following impeachment of

President Miguel Gomez for refusal to support a taxation measure

sponsored by Colonel ‘Fulgendo virtual dictator. Bru is the ninth Machad was deposed.

Batista, whose victory makes him president of Cuba since Dictator

' Link Soviet

Russia With

US. Plane Shipping Firm

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

I WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—A story 1 linking Soviet Rusia with the Jersey City company which is pre- paring to ship airplanes and mot- ors to the embattled Spanish loy- alists was uncovered today in the ; files of United States congressional | investigators. The Vilmalert Company, Ltd, whose president ha: obtained a license to ship $2,777,000 worth of

planes and motors to Spain against '

President Roosevelt's wishes. was mentioned in the 1930 congression-

i al inquiry into alleged Communirt

1 activities in this country. Basil W. Delgass, former vice- P¥¢$1d°H§-°L!‘-*"F°¥=-JH? Rim“

Trading Corporation in America, testified in that inquiry that Vim- alert was an organization main- ,tained here to repair airplane en- {gines bought from the United States Government and shipped secretly to Soviet Rlrsia.

His testiminy was recalled as President Roosevelt arranged with congressional leaders to speed new leglsl|.tion which would give him discretionary power to forbid mun- itions shipments to nations, suf- fering internal strife.

A denial that Soviet Russia had anything to do with the proposed plane zhipment to Spain was made by Alexander Troyanovsky, Soviet Ambassador.

Executors Seek Will 0f

Eccentric Lady

ﬁllllll AGTRESS IS TIIREATEIIEII

BOSTON, Dec. 30—(AP)——Ja1le Withers, freckle-faced little star of the screen, has been threatened with death unless her parents pay $50,000, it was revealed here to- night.

"It was supposed to be kept a secret," asserted Jane's mother, Mrs. Ruth Withers, when question- ed about the extortion demands.

"I don't know how it leaked out. An armed bodyguard accompanies Jane everywhere she goes and sleeps in a bcdroorn next to bar's i" nur suite here."

Jane is making a; personal op- pcnrance in a. Boston theatre.

Mrs. Withers declared she receiv- ed two anonymous notes at her Hollywood home five weeks ago

napped unless 850,000 was forth- coming.

Marine Tragedy lleath Toll Placed At 32

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 30 - Government estimates placed the death wll in Kingston's Christmas disaster at 32, it was learned today when it was ancunced Governor Sir Edward Denham would attend a. ial service for the vlctms on

Sunday. Bodies of four , believed to

Houston

IDNDON, Dec. 30—(CP-Havas)- The eccentricity that marked the career of Lady Houston, continued tonight as her executors searched

for her will, and authorities dls- t

agreed about her legal residence.

‘Iihe Hampstead Ind Jersey homes cf the suffragist-philan- Lhropist who died last night at the age of 70, leaving a fortune esti- mated at about $35,000,000. fa 1rd to reveal the will.

Her brother-ln-law, A.H. “Wreath...

said funeral arrangements could not be made until the will was found, since Lady l-loustons wishes in the matter were unknown. Law- yers and relatives continued to ran- sack her papers.

Meanwhile a. dispute arose" be- tween authorities as to whether

Indy Houston had been legally do-

miciled in the Isle of Jersey, in which case death dues can not be levied by the British Government.

Channel Island legal authorities deny Lady Houston was legally res- ident in Jersey. since she was not a native and had lost her acquired right of domicile through prolong- ed residence elsewhere. The ques- tion will probably have t0 be settled in court.

Death of Lady Houston at her Hampstead home after a brief lil- ncss not only removed from Brltsh life one of its most determined im- perlalists, but also one of its most spectacular journalists.

Will Lecture 0n Ganada And ll. S.

LONDON. Dec. 30—-(CP Cable)- Eric Newtomart critic of theMan-

have been aboard the overloaded

cheater Guardian. is sailing in the

excursion launch Zepher when she - Mﬂllhﬂiiﬂﬂ 901118!“ 1'01‘ 8 Berle! 0i

capsized 3-4 miles cff shore Christ- mas day, have not yet been recov-

Jared.

lectures in Canada and the United States. His initial lecture is scheduled for Ottawa Jen. 1L

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I1 Due? Advises Nazis "Dictator To Folilgw Lead

‘Francds Delay In Winning Civil War Said Motive. Hitler Ponders Next Move.

llhlfiuul Plus PASS lull-Luisa

Britain, France, Italy, ‘ Germany 3nd Ja- pan Plan Wide Fleet Expansions.

(A.P. By Guardian's Special Wire) LONDON, Dec. Zill-Grcat Britain on New 1'ear’s day will lay the kcols for two new battleships. Naval lim- itation treaties expire at midnight Jnmorrow and the next day iwo 35.000 tun craft will be begun.

The date was the earliest pos- sible after the end of the Wash- ington and London 1930 agreements denounced by Japan, Dec. 27. I934. and the early huildin, program was regarded as a. reflection of the Brilish view that the pacts gave other powers vital advantages in the past and that this now must be remedied quickly.

IBERLIN, Dec. 3ii——(.'\I’)-—I'I'€llli0l' Mussolini has drop- ped ihc Spanish Ifuscists fromhis friendship list becauso of their delay in winning the civil war, reliable sourced said tonight, and has advised Chancellor Hitler t0 do like- wise.

Confronted with a crisis over Franco-British domandd that enlistment of foreign volunteers i0 Spain be stopped.‘ German leaders gathered here tonight f0 confer with Hlb lcr 0n a charge of action without the support of the Ital- ian Premier.

Army leaders, recalling the German-Italian agreemcnﬂ i0 consult each other 0n European policy and that the two nations jointly recognized the Fascist Junta of General Francisco Franco, were openly bitter.

Mussolini, sources close to Rome said, had recognized Franco's Government when it appeared he was near vic- tory and could establish quickly a Spanish Fascist regime.

yLLI-LTJT-“éj” "3. H. . _ ;: i

ll-INCH GUNS

An admiralty spokesman empha- sized the new ships, the Prince of Wales. to be started at. Blrkenhead, and the King George V, to be built ion the ‘Tyne. would mount l4 inch l gulls “regardless of what other na- l‘ tions may do."

IRKED WITH DELAY

tine-Japanese Disputes Settled

TOKYO, Dec. 30 -—..‘lapan and Chum today settled their differen- ccs arising from tho klllulg of!

Now. with the xvar dragging along with little indication of acivaxlccs by either Franco or the Govern- lnlont, Mussolini was rcprcscntcdus I

m; referred to a prediction by iilaving decided to drop any lntcr- ' | Jane's fighting ships Gazeteer, that . est he may have had ill the Span- {two new United States battleships iish civil war. lwould carry 16 inch guns, despite l He had suggested that fiitlvrfol- the 1935 l/flndcn “Efeemgnii givilrég t low a simllur course, it was stated 1 0 ec c

Japan until April ‘hm-m (rpm-e “~35 m, 011mm C9111- Japanese subjects at Cllcllgtu and Whether t0 BBYBB i0 frimliﬂolli (if mum. in Rome, but pruvmug (‘X- Pukllol, remote Ciliuosc cities. in lmtﬂesmp armaments m 14 mchers‘ ‘prcssions have pointed out tl-lzlt AUEIll-“i 111"! $PPWIH1JP1K 155W?

zltely now views the Spanish war‘ ervujins out of the killine bod “om; “dqfgrcnijnl rpscrvey; strained relations between Tokyq t Cgnfgrggs Dunc-veg mum by H11- and Nrmkillg almost to the break-

,hgeéaggliﬁvPgaﬁgltggelégarcsyfnféggé ler, after the funeral of General int‘? 170ml- IOI‘ WPCk-i-

iwm ﬁnd no naQM limitations of Hulls Voll Sccckt. organizer of the . [any kind-because lBfltiilih ‘ﬂing army ofdtlle r0plllbillf',lgillt‘ilfidbd viii: | lFrmlce who joined Wth e Un c ‘Cﬁmllﬂll 1118 RP ""1 0 i? P1" s lStntes in the 1936 treaty have not . Gcrnlan zlrlny corps—l2 ill all. ' _ yet ratified it. All were llcrc to pay tribute to i Unless Japan 00056136 by $011101" Von Scccl-zt, and it vcas believed i Pﬁfﬂvt? Oi-‘Inﬁlnuﬂgllzn Qfvwgllfilxfgtg: they planned a scrics oi‘ urmy-pol-

o e now yng

N0 NAVAL LIMITATIONS

LS ‘i

Treaty. there will be no remaining restrictions to prevent a race to build up fortifications in the Pa- ciflc. In addition t0 the two battleships to be begun Friday Britain early in 1937 will start construction cl ‘ seven cruisers, two aircraft carriers, v25 destroyers and eight submar- ines. And for the new fiscal year be- ‘ ginning April 1. Britain already has nskccl bids on two additional battle- ships. She is considering, also. the desirability of constructing l0 more cruisers.

(Continued on “gig-JIM "

L eut. Govern

For The

Another year has rolled by and oucc again it is my pleasure to extend greetings of good-um’

this province.

As we look back over ihc mouths of the past ycnr we unto. with satisfaction improvcmcnt in tllc CCOIIOIHI’ situation throughout this Dom

while conditions zlrc flu" from uorulal. ncvrcrtllclcss, wc hclicw that the progress nuldc lmsbu-u built on a snlitl foundation null that with the rising tidc in nil branches of commerce and in- dustry we may wcii inkc cour

age and go fnrxvnnl into lb.

New Ycar with fortitude um‘. with renewed faith in our Pro

vincc, Dominion and Iinapirc. This your tho Province of Prince Edward Island has bccu singu- larly blcsscd with good crops and, with thc increased mark-ct value in live stock and all kinds of farm produce, the outlook is particularly encouraging. Recent.

and friendliness to the people of '

the nlnrkcd y

iuiﬂn and tho \\'0rid at largo and i

‘ ltlcal conferences.

‘ A deﬁnite stand on the question of volunteer cnlistments to Spain would be forthcoming shortly, re- liable informants predicted.

QUESTION UNANﬁﬂlERED

The question of regaining the cargo and a Spanish passenger of the Gcrlnan irclghtel‘ P420.» still was unanswered. Aiilmusil freighter was released _\'L‘..§I‘l'(i.’l)', the German Governmz-flt um. tcrmlllcd nlsﬁ to fun-f- rrturll 0f

(Continued on p020 10>

0r DeBioés

Extends Cheery Greetings

Coming Year

reports in d i r at c SZIIISIJICRlIY prices for fox pelts and, with sonlcihing over sc\'cl1iy' thous- | Ami [wits to market bv _l_~gt\g§l--r_~_

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'1. UltONTO, Doc. lid” tUPr-lvlln- lmulu and maximzuu temperatures:

Dawson 2i) 2 Victoria lit; 40 Montreal e 36 Qucbvc 6 20 541ml. John 6 30 Halifax 2 2g Charlottetown -8 20

Furl-casts hlalrltilnc East: Full" and cckl at ﬁrst, followed by increasing south (nslcrly winds and becoming mild or Wliil some snow or rain. High tide this afternoon nt 1. = rind tonlorrmv luorning nt 1.09. Sun sets this afternoon at 4. : and rises tomorrow morning a 7.38. Last quarter moon Monday. Jan, 4. 9.22 a.n1. Summerslde tide eighteen min- lttcs lnior than Charlottetown. run can rlcmn

lmnn-n llnrdon ilJ-‘l n. m. Imlnml Turmenllne ll l. m. Lil

s p. Imllr excl-us ﬂumlny.

Friday being ' NEW YEAR'S DAY and a public holiday

ihe ncxi issue of I THE GUARDIAN will be Saturday.

January