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Being Swept By _ Severest Cold In Sixty Years.-

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of Chine are being swept by the severest cold in sixty years with un- told suffering and considerable loss ei life rcsuiting- The tan-line areas particularly have been hard hit. The vernacular press today published de- spatches from Sulyuan district in northern Shansi estimatinB 15.000 aged, undernourished adults and children were dead due to exposure in the town or Fengchén; 2.500 were frozen to\death. In Sahsein 2,000 and in Paotowchen soc were

1110. The Han River was filled with

f iunks and hundreds o! persons - drowned ' The Rengo KIWI Mendy said 700

idiers were imam during the move. ~

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- ~ when soldier; and relatives ~ re summoned by beating of gcngs to come to the railroad yardaand

take the bodies. Pelllng ‘police re- ‘

9011s said 101 men and 41 women had been found dead here since Jan. 1. most of them frosen, the report said- Unusually cold weather gripped“ the entire northwest part oi Chitin will“!!! in widespread suiterirlg

~ ng tl-le populsoe- Upwards of 10o Wsous were reported to. have Imam to death irl two days in the districts of Hankow. Wuchsng and Yonyeng. 99ml? Chinese" coolies were round esd in the streets ot Hankow. ‘lem- Wltures were below zero in the three cities constituting the severest weather in that area in sixty years. Thousands o! the poor were said to be suffering, hundreds being homo- ass.

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(Canadian Press) POLSOM PRISON, cal. Jan. 1o- aitcr E. Burke Juries Gregg,‘ oithsringisulerso! the 3001-‘ Dﬂloll riot in which eleven ~ were killed on Thanksgiving " Y» 1937. were 11131896 here today. 1

- Ouncalulsurs. Comma EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC.

"The Annual Meeting of Southern lstrict Scarlet Chapter. will be held “Wheelbase Room, January mu H r. m. 1 l-ll-zl.

"The Union District 1.. o._ 1.. meet-l )'_ ‘Thistle Dodge Qcm, Illdon. at ‘f

-M-. on Tuesday. January 14th. '" ' 1081-1-11-31.

“ilmlivil at asunder»; may, lnusry 11m. pig. {q gag-m- lllinawi costumes not

PEIPING. China, Jan. 10-Parts .

killed by the cold. Honan Province r reported the coldest weather since '

blocks oi’ ice. destroying thousands‘

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Spanish Premier

Gen. Prima. _de Jllvel-a, Spanish premier. who has laidbefore his country plans providing for return to constitutional , ‘ and por- lisnenta y government by next Sep- tember, just seven years aince ans- penalon o! parliamentary government by Rivera's bloodless revolution.

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UITAWAVJo-n. 10—-A proposal that exporters of Canadian wheat using United States channels for their shipmen‘ be required to post a bond guaranteeing inspectibn by a Can- adian Customs officer before export. will be spouse ’ by J. G. Ross. M. P-, of Mocsejaw at the coming ses- sion oi Parliament. The band of l0, cents per bushel would be forfeited i! the wheat were not so inspected. Otherwise the bond avould be return- ed when the wheat had arrived at its destination bearing a certiﬁcate showing the actual grade oi the grain. The proposal is designed to guard against deterioration o! the

' - foot in override Mayor Thompson's

= for fully $4,000,000 more than pro-

‘ Mayor insists that the city cannot

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grade while the wheat is in transit.

Crime Syndicate Too Powerful For The Police Force - City Also In Bad Way Financially.

Special‘ to The Guardian) CHICAGO‘ ILL... Jan. iii-There was general rejoicing today when

I 2.000 city mlployegs l-etumei to l Limited. Two years ago. tailing health

work or were notiﬁed to report back at once. A majority oi these were

licemen, firemen and health and public works employees who had been dismissed because the budget for 1900 made no provision for their Ply and the city has no money. The City Council today made s. vain ef-

veto o! the mum Much ~ u. cally permits all departments to re- vert to the 1929 payrolls. This calls

vided in the 1930 budget, but the Iundiiorl with ‘the reduced forces. espooiaﬂrpoilce. ﬁre and health de-

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Natives Who Shouted “Long Live The Re- volution” Taken Into Custody. .

muons, India. Jan. l0—Tweiye Indians were arrested in the pre- cincts of'the High Court here to-' day alter an exciting scene. Two others had begun an appeal against dual-gas o! throwing mull» in an: attackin the! * nearly a year ago, and were leavln‘; the court when the 12 Indians com- menced to shout. “Long live the re- volution." The charges against the 12 arrested were not mule known.

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DELHI,- Indta, Jan. iii-Changes in the complexion of the Indian Leg islstive Assembly, as a result c! the action of the Indian National Con- gress. are becoming or the greatest concern in political circles. The Na- tional Congress called on all its . members. who were members or the

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‘Chamber of

lySabmits Important Nat.)

Questions

(Canadian Press) I OTTAWA. 0m‘. Jan. lo-A de- iiuteuou 1mm we ollaaclm Cham- . . p“. . King and meth- bers of his Cabinet today. The views

national ‘questions were

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biliiy o! commuuorwng Thanks- givlqnsy apert mm Athletics Dsgendprefssabiy oaths second Monday-in Oowbw. "s-The callinl am cohierencewitilitls Dominion aovﬁlllmt ct representatives o! uioppeagueupal-uesmulemml lamina» ihallIasasuitcL- ‘swim Vithrew‘

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Death Yesterday of Mr. Bruce Stewart, President of Bruce Stewart & Co., Ltd.

A prolnineht and highly esteemed citizen passed away yesterday in the person oi Mr. Bruce Shswart. presi- dent oi’ Bruce Stewart 8s Company,

compelled him to retire trom the ac- tive management of his business and later the loss oi an eye was learned with deep regret by our people. De- spite his illness he was able at times to occasionally visit his place of business but for the past six months was practically conﬁned in his home, being in bed Ior six weeks. Last Sull- day he took a. turn for the worse end since then grew steadily weaker until the end came at halt past five ; yesterday morning

Mr. Stewart was born at Fullerton Hill. Dot 48 iXPMI-TCU, 185d..and was therefore in his 74th year when he passed away. His parents ;were Ghllilﬂ lisalev) ﬁiomrt. ‘soul natives or Hi?’ grandfather W8S\D0lllld Stewart or Aberfeldy, Scotland. and his great grandfather came from Scotland to Prince" Edward Island many years ago. settling a‘. Snuthport where he carried on formula, his son Donald remaining on the old homestead.

The late Mr. Bruce Stewart was the second in order oi birth ol a lomily 0t nine children. After at- tending the district school at Cross Roads he was apprenticed as a ma- chinist witlrsmallwcod 6s Bovyer of this city. He subsequently worked in the Prince Edward Island Railway shops tor several years and then took a position. as foreman in Mac- Kirlnon d: Maureen's foundry and machine shop. remaining with them

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MONTREAL. Que, Jan. lo-f Wholesale butter prices continue to; drop here following the arrival of large quantities of the New Zealand product. Quotations today for New Zealand or eastern townships best are 3B cents a pound, while some‘ dealers are asking but 37% cents.j Cllll- T- M- (“Pll-"i-Bleidnflilhl priggg to the retail trade are 30 to; commander of the expedition seek- 31 an“ m; sands and 41 w 42 gems 1 lug Bert Elelson and his mechanic. ml- prints. r-resl. specials and fresili lost in Siberia. who u believed forc- ed down by snowster . Fears arc held for his safety.

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Ottawa MayDrop

Snow Barrage Maifs Land”

(Special to the Guardian)

CHICAGO. Jan. 10.—Snow barrage had made a. “no man's land" oi the mldwest today leaving a. toil of death, sulicring and crippled trails- portation and communication facil- ities. A practically unbroken realm o! white stretched from upper Texas to the Arctic and from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians. it approached record depths at many points in the midwest. Galcsburg, Ill.,

Flepavy Snow-El?! Causes Death And ' Mach Sgffe ring

Makes A “N0 Of The Mid-

I west, Leaving Toll of Death ’ And Crippled TransportationQ

had recorded l8 inches o1 snow and more was expected. Six deaths at»- tributable to the storm were report- ed.

The disturbance was moving east- ward threatening anti climax touri- seasonably warm temperatures on the Atlantic seaboard. Floods added to the menace in Indiana, southern Illinois and neighboring states tcthg south.

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>all civil/servants. members oi the. svvernmnt and the Judiciary and In the pm four days there have

The first meeting of the executive o! the Prince Edward Island ‘iburlst Association o! the new year was held yesterday afternoon with Mr. Justice Arsenault in the chair.

3180 t0 mike fwd!!! 1989-“0115 and been 1.461 children inoculated in the Nﬁldcllws of repreieﬂi-Bi-lves 0f f0!“ clinics for the immunization against! cign governments exempt from Cwickdiphthgflg, being conducigd by the ‘mtion. will likely be mﬂdc when the ‘ Red Cross Society, which includes new aareement between the City of 111 pro-school aged children. This QWIWB- 811d the 134711131110“ Boverh- is quite an encouraging number and ment is drawn up, the Evening Jour- it is expected um when the doctors mil 583's iodﬂy- visit the schools for second inocula-i The agreement expires on June 30 ltlon ilhnt mlmy more will be added 1030. m the past five years tho g to this number. As the younger child- ‘ sunvol $100,000 has been paid to the i ren are more susceptible .i,o diph- city treasury by the government in] them. than their older brothers and lieu c! taxation and for water ser- 3 caters it is hoped that there will be vice, tire and police protection. a good turn out or these next Wed- ' m ‘nesdoy afternoon at the Red Crow Om great ditierencc between are lwhen another clinic will be open for

for about twenty years. On May 1. 1893. he became co-part- l

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lpeintinge at m; exhibitions alum‘

exhibitions and dances is that the ;first inoculations. . Yesterday 257 childme at Rochfcrd

dance. rSquare School filed in to Drs. ‘Mc- ﬂvlillan and lmdweli to be inoﬂllltell-

Esteemed Citizen Passes

.1111: included 16 boys from Qllﬁﬂﬂ Square who had been absent when ihe doc-tors visited their school. At I "m. Model School in the afternoonbo ~hool children were inoculated by ‘r. Tidmarsh and one smell boy 940d ‘our was brought to school for the wngginn by his cousin aged eight.

All the clinics have been very wccustul and have gone with clock- m‘ smoothness. This was largely due to the splendid assistance given by the principals and teachers of all schools, whoa-e interest in the cam- paign has been most conunendable.

SYDNEY, New South wales. Jan-

‘ up on the amounts given in past years.

Arrangements were made to con- duct the drive in Charlottetown for funds to carry on the work of the Tourist Association on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Citizens will be called upon by teams as here- tofore and it is felt, by reason o! the great impetus given in the tourist business of the Province, in the con- struction cf the Canadian National Railway hotel here, that the response will be even more sensuous the“ ever before and that contributors generally and business men Pall-litu- iarly will be inclined to try to double

The oiiicers o1 the Tourist Associa- tion and also Sir Henry Thornton and his oificials will see in this a

"in all probability," the people of. Australia. will be asked to volepn proposals o! the Commonwealth Government to abolish the Six State Parliament and grant lull and com plete power m the Commonwealthl Parliament. Denial that the Com- monwealth Government had fully discussed the subject or had reach- ed any decision is made by Hon. James H. Sculln. Labor Prime Min- Aster.

Federal control o! the National Railways and waterways would re- sult from endorsement of the pro-

lii-Considerable interest was mani- fqsud wday in the statement made last night by Hon. Art-hill‘ Blakely. Minister o1 Home Aflairs irl the c Commonwealth Government, that

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(Canadian Press)

MANOHISIW. 13113.. Jan. 10- The British Labor Government has -_ sponsored a. concerted eﬂort for the " rehabilitation oi British economic Ills and for the soluiion of the un- employment problem. Rilht Hon. J. H. Thomas. Lord Privy Seal and llinhter o! Enlpiovmelrt declared I thlt. "for the first umduul whole

. forces of Sritish-linance are prepar- Cl N f“!!! behind British indus- try.“ in aa important speech before the ﬂaecbestcr Cbambn of Com- - miss it anemon-

‘Labor Government Will Try To Solve The UnemploymentSituation

posels but the division of land and local hallways and local waterways would be administered by the peo- ple within their respective counties, provinces or municipalities.

The Labor Government has been spurred on to action by an increace in the ﬁgures of the unemployed, which have risen nearly half a mil- lion since the MacDonald minstry came into omce. After describing the salient points o! the present pos ition of when indlaery and its needmMrHrbonla-sssidihatitwss necessary for: industry and ﬁnance tooosnetosotilslnﬂaminaposi- coats-eats thattiheoit! (them- anolal district p! lmdcn) is deeply

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real appreciation of what has bee! accomplished to date and a. desire t cooperate in still Iuz-ther stimulatinl the summer of the whole Province. Those m‘ rested who arc not called upon, should send thel subscriptions direct to the Touris Association ofiice.

Preliminary work has been com» menced on the preparation of a ncj illustrated folder descriptive of th Province and it is hoped to make a‘ larger and more attractive than any thing heretofore issued by the A: sociation. Citiuns who have snap shots which they think might be llsl ful in the preparation of this told! should send them to Mrs. Mendy: the SCCNtI-ly. at once and persor all over the Province who are plar nirlg on having new or increased a; comodation rcr tourists in the coir- ing season should also send in ps1 ticuiara Mthout delay so that the; i1‘ formation may be available beio the advertising literature Wee to ti. printers-

The Weather, out;

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tonight at 6.57. Sun rises this morning at ‘l3’! a sets this afternoon at 4.40. p. m, .. Slnnmerside tide eighteen Milli]... later than Charlottetown. . a to, 10-8. cloudy. Montreal. 14-6. cloudy. Quebec. 14-4, snow. - Charlottetown. Iii-ll. snow. _ _ $1110! IO-ﬂ, snow. Seine John, 88-46; snow. lF-U. ewes ~ ~

aqua. . rookies-anab-

High tide this morning at u: s; 1

r-ull moon Tuesday, Jan. 14.”: .-