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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1931

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AtDramaFestival [ElUDES UUEBEC

IMrs. Ruth 511155;. Best Feminine i P n I, I c E N E T

‘C 9! __._._ Perfonnen Play Nocturne Widespread S e a r c h

i, Downfall Of Soviet Writteli By Harry Foster, City, For Gunman. Six ' Government. other ((3. 1‘ by Guardian's S clul WlriT-ir-I l)ers0ns For Arrests Made- SAX-NT JOHN, N. BreJun. 2s - fiiufiilleyltlllie R805; QIJGStiOHiHg.

tCP1--"Noc1ur11c," a. premntatlon

‘mule performer. 11c nppcarcd lust by the Little Theatre Guild of‘

night in "The 11011.40 O11 The 11111," :1 presentation by L111: Cu111111u11ity Drama. Lcuziui- of Sninl, John.

The Churloltclcnvii plnycrs won a large silver cup 111011111011 recently b_1 the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island. It will be awarded annually to the winning cost.

A 5111.111 cup was given for the plny judged second bent, “The Jewel Merchant," directed by Ted Campbell. ~

"Nocturne" is anti-o'er propag-

anda. with u church doorway set- itlng. Mr. Foslcr took the part of o. Socristnn in l1is own pl.1_v. ' . He was congratwatcd by the Adjudlcator for 11 well written play- showing artistic appreciation and 11. mind above the average. When the author 11nd mustered "tricks of the trade" in play 1vrit- lng great things might be expected from him, Mr. Warinz 511111.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) QUEBEC, Jan. 20—An anony- mous tip tonight sent heavily 111111011 police on a. fruitless raid in- to the basement of a downtown theatre 111 search of Honorat Bor- :.d, youthful jellbreaker whose companion and a defective were killed in n. gunfight here last '.. ghL. Told hat the fugitive might be hiding in the thcutre, the police rushed into the basement and scurchcd a. series of dark rooms ‘lining the corridor without finding 111-ace of the holdup man who rhot hi; way out of a police cordon last Jligilih hrough the city, several other raids were mode without result ,<lurlng the evening. ‘ Officers of the provincial force were planning ‘a systematic search of s number o. questionable establishments in the ualals [and St. Roch district for the gunman. Meanwhile. they tumcd atten-

(A.l’. by Guardian's Special Wire)

MOSCOW, Jan. 26—One of the Bolshevist officials reputed to be responsible for the slaying of Czar Nicholas and his family in 1918 himself faced the prospector cicath today.

'I'he Soviet Government's net for those accused of plotting its down- fall, cast ever wider by the testi- mony of l7 men on trial here us traitorsenmesh -l Alexander Geor-

1 glvich Belsbordoff, former presid- tilt of the Orenburg Soviet.

i 1-1e wus arrested after M. S. Bog-

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Charlottetown, P. B. 1., was chosen to11igl1t to B1'u11s\vicl:-Pri11ce region in the Festival.

A1111ou11cc1nc11t of the selection was made by the Adjudicator. George do Warfnz, at the cud of the rcgiolml coiltest.

0111111" plays presented tonight were "The Maker of Dreams," Lit- tle Thczurc Guild of Moncton, and "The Jewel Merchant," Saint John Theutrc .G11ild. Casts of the other lhrce plflyi, glvcn lost night, werc from Saint John.

(Continued on page 8) The winning play, directed by , Chnrlcs L. Jenkins, wns wrltlen by ‘ WWW Harry Foster, Charlottetown school tcnchcr who is also in the cast. With him on the stuge were Ruth Simpson, Ivan Y. Reddcn, A. M. Douglas, Ester Rattenbury and

, _ Gcorigc Hart. "Dance at u. M. B. A. Ila-l. Mrs. Simpson received an award

represent the New Edward Island Dominion Dramu

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tedious repetition 11s evidenced in

. clay, 11 few hours sftcr being acci-

. “Albany Wednesday

vemon Biver on Wednesday, Jan- uary 27th. L-3041-1-2fi-21.

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"Dance at the Florida, Povmnl. ,

Wednesday, January 27. ‘ L-304B-1-26-2i.

"Buying live hogs Albany Thurs- day 28th, Emerald 29111 until 11oo11. G. C. Green. L-2022-l-w-t-t-w-t-u.

i "Klnkom Hall — Bingo, Lunch and Dance Friday night, Juinufry 29th. 14-4005-1-27-11.

"Ever-Ready Club Dance Tlnus- day, February 4th, 1. O. O. l". 11:111. invitations only. L-2918-1-23-2T-30.

"Cornwall rink tonight. Wcst River vs. Cornwall C. C. Skating 111m. 1.4020.

"George Lelghtlzcr Co., Wutrr Street, buying diesscd chlckcu 111111 fowl. Top prices. Try us.

L-Dad-lfl-Llll.

"Borden Line Club loading hogs, lambs, calves every Wednesday 111

Albany. Hours 12-3. L-6972-10-M T W 1i

"Hockey and skute at him-s11- field tonight Central lwyully vs. York. 1.4015. .

"Hockey at Hlghficld 1o11l=h1, Milton Hornets vs. West Roy: 1y Bearcots. Skate nftcr. 1.4010.

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"Pantry sale old of Bilsicilicu! All!" Society Snturduy 30th at Picwse 1310s., Store. 1

b22044-l8-28-27-20-2ii-30. l

"Hf sville Mcplc Leafs vs. Kingston Crystals at North W111- ihir- tonight. League game. . L-40l0. !

"Borden Saturday evening, January 30. card puny at the home If Mr:. Charles E. MacDonald. ‘

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"Borden Rink, Wednesday 271.11, u league. Victoria Vs. Bor-

den. Skate alter. Dont‘ miss this WM- L-3025-l-26-2i. 1 "Afternoon Tea. Christian Church School room Thursday, iwuary filth-tea 25 cents. 1r3038-1-‘J6-3l. "Bedeuue Thursday cvcuiug,

"m1"? 28. card party at the “"116 o! Mr. and Mrs. John Con- "0111. 1.40111.

"Hiifikey. Pownal Thursday J1m- "lrv 28. Mt. Herbert. vs. Pownal. an“! lame for the Jenkins “WW. 1.4022.

..___... "Du-pee in O.M.B.A. Hall, Vernon . Friday, January 29th, under ‘ll-trim o1 the o. w. 1.. Admi-‘IBIOH 1'»- mnob free. L-4o14-1-27-11.

evening, m“ :1; csrd-dbeat the

. In . rt Oar- "lchfll 1.401s.

"HWRY in Graham's Rood rink will. Monarchs vs. Dairy Kings.

not fine Thursday night. L401’!-

“"5006: nun Attention. Corn meal "l0 cheapest stock food you can l! to-day. Booking orders’ for curs

l0 arrive within 10 days. Never mind P Price it's an attractive one. Just

for ffhr- belt feminine performcfqin

CHARGED WITH iiiiiiiiilifil-ITER iii MERTUN

J (irrcph Gallant Releas- ed O11 Bail Pending Preliminary Hear- ing.

Joseph Emanuel Gnllcnt, 22, of’ Lcovillc. ncar Tlgnish, was chart!- cd with 1111111s11111_.i1ter at Alberton, 1.,» ilugldrute w. n. Darby of Suunncrsidt‘, yesterday iil 00111160- tiou wilh the death of Loo Peters.

30, in 11 locui hospital Sunday. Ciullullt wcs released on bail of $5,000 on his own recognizance

111111 $2,500 for two suretlcs, to ap- p.:1r for preliminary ileurifl! 110 Albrrton. l~‘cb. 2.

Peters, a native of St. Louis, P. E. 1., 11nd known 111 Maine, died of 1, hcud lnjurle; 1111080111)’ T9’ ccivcd 111. the hands of Gal- lant clurlug 11 frnca" ot a. Palmer's Rraui, P. E‘. 1. dance last Jan. l9. PNUFS 11:11! been unconscious for 11w. (luvs lwfnn- hc was moved t0 hospital here Saturday.

Coroner D1". W. B. Howmt of Stumncrsldc ordsrcd 111011050

vmrlu; 111-gilt which 1vns ud- jcurltcd unt.l ‘Thursday nfior the jury 11.111 vicuwd the remains. Drs. J. C. Simpson and J. A. MBCPBEB pr ‘ormcd 1111 autopsy Monday night, 1t wo, fated

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UTICA, N. Y., Jun. 28-"11515," said florist Basil Brown when he observed what l111d happened to his window displny of curnntlonsw

11c w11s right. Pedestrians re- ported sccillg gmy rats scurry into the window, chew the siom 0f B car1111tl011 a few inches below the 1 bio .0111, 11nd scramble off carry-i 111g 111c flower.

pnrts of Nocturne.

fFlood Toll . At A Glance

The author was warned to nvold J I

, (A. P. by Guardian's Spcclul Wire) |' Homeless-Approximately 750,-

000.

Dczzd-Keniucky 53, Arkan- sas 18, lliis ouri l-i, Ohio 13, Wcst Virginia 10, 'i‘cnnesscc three, Pc1111sylv1111iu three, Indiana seven, hlississippi one, 51111111 Carolina one. Total 132.

Damage-Estimated at more than $300,000,000 — lncludcd losses of’ many millions at Louisville, $1,000,000 at Frank- fort. Ky., $10,003,000 to 515.000, 00o at (‘inclnnaii and $1,000,- 000 at Pittsburgh.

Auto Workers Are Recalled To Jobs

(A. l’. by Guardian's Spcclal Wire) DETROIT, Jan. 26— Injury to five pcrso11s 111 n moving picket 1111c during 11 clnsh with police morkcd ilhe automobile strike front today -11s Gcncrnl Motors Corporation rc- icnllcd adcicd thousands of its 125,- 000 idle to 1.11011" Jobs.

No brcnk nppcnrcd in the dcnd-

lock blocking slcttlcmcut of i-hc dis-

ipute bctwccn the Comoratinn 11nd tho United Automobile Workers of America.

The brief picket-line clash oi the strike-closed Cadillac unit hcrc caused injury to one woman 111111 four mcn 11nd brought 11 Union prediction that "tomorrow we will have n rcnl picket line 111111 nobody will gct 1n." Police ordered u spe- cial guard at the plant.

Employees of l0 Chevrolet plants in Indiana and Mlchlgnn return to their jobs tomorrow. The Fisher Body Company today orclcrcd 5,900 workers in plants at Dctroit. Pon- tiac and Grand Rapids. Mlch., to report Thursday, "to build 11p ad- dltional mntorlal for inventory"

Flood - stricken Louisville

Appeals For

Federal Aid

LmusvILLE. Km. Jin- "- Mlyor Neville Miller 0171795!“ u‘ the mayors of oihorlcitiu t:- mm 11. send 50o nolcmwfl Y “rpm”, go Louisville to like ovcr the work of the exhausted pollcemcn-

11111111111111 mum- dwlvfll u,“ ma" federal law the Unit- ed qt“ groups which lITlVQtI mnfght st Bowman field, the munmpg] ulrport near hem mum not come into the city un- loss there were insurrection or

ri t.

‘iiflllcr 1m lrwlm" 1° P"°' ‘m1 marshal under Gov. A. B. (‘lisndlcfn mnri-ifli l!" Fwd” Irmiion. The govrmor and may- m. M11 npprsled to Presldn: [moss-volt to Pmchh" “d”

States regulars, but tonight the Mayor said martial law was not in effect here.

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EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 20- A typhoid epidemic threat Ill ldded tonight to Evunsvtllo’: flood danger when a leak was discovered in a reservoir con- taining the city's emergency supply of water. _

The city wster supply wu shut off curly today except for an emergency ration one-half hour in the morning mud an equal time It night.

Normally. the Slrlngtown hill reservoir five miles from Evansville holds from 18,000,000

msrtill law lflli "l". u‘ UM“.

k Your order surly. Livestock William-m. Ia-SNO-l-fl-fl-

l0 $0,000,000 gallons 0f Will‘,

tlc".1 to the possibility the Sunday

c; by a. confederate from the 11:10:; States.

’.i‘llc midcntlfled American sus- ipmt entered the case with the I 1 ove - that Arthur Fbntalne, :12,

had $37 in United States money on

this person when he was shot to death in u gun battle with police less than 24 hours after he and Bernard, staged an armed break from the Quebec City jail.

The revolver fight lost night, in the dork cellar of a west end room- i111; house, brought death also to Provincial Detective 1.8013011’! Cha- tcuuncuf, who died in hospital soon utter lwo buhets had struck him as

I the gunman pnls fought it out with ‘ 20 police who trapped them in their hideout.

Bernard slipped out of the house during the shooting and remained free tonight as armed officers prcsscd their futile 24 hour search. lie 11nd been seen only once, when he walked into 11 barber shop and dcmomicd u shave three hours after 1hr: gunfight.

That another associate, perhaps two. was s11ll at large was indicated nt the barber shop. Amedee Delis-ls, zhc barber, sold he had seen Her- unrd signs. to a. mun standing out- zidc thc shop with a woman com- . punlon.

r Today, as police pressed the

scorch for the escaped prisoner with , 11 series of raids, Col. Leon Lambert,

Quebec chief of the provincial po- = lice, promised anyone helping Ber- tunrd evade arrest would be "se- iverely dealt with." Yet no tlpoff i o11 his whereabouts turned up.

A11 inquest held over the body of the slain I-‘ontaiue today found :1 verdict that the former P1611011

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;Ship’s Carpenter Awarded Damages

(C.l'. By Guardian's Special Wire) MONTREAL, Jan. 26 — Superior Court today awarded Alfred Watson ship's carpenter, $4.000 for injuries ‘suffered while at work aboard Can- iadlsn National Bteamhfpis Com- walls.

Watson claimed $30,000 for two years’ total disability and partial disability for one year after he was thrown against. the ship's side dur- ing a storm in November. 1935, while it was headed for Charlotte- town from Barbados.

Pontiff’s Condition Remains Unchanged

VATICAN CITY. Jan. 26—(AP)-— Pope Pius was wheeled into s. new glass-enclosed solarium today to enjoy the brilliant sunlight, rested by sleep and relieved of much of the pain that has affected his le .

ills devoted the day to work and received a number of dizfllibrifl with whom he discussed adminis- trative details.

Although the pain had decreased today, Vatican reports emphasized the Ponflfrs critics] condition bas-

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(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) NEW YORK. Jsn. Zti-Gulseppe Sterzinl, chorus master of thc Metropolitan Grand Opera Com- pany, died in a hospital here to- .

dcntally wounded in a mock battle ‘

with Lawrence Tlbbett during re- hearsal for the opera. "Capon- socchl."

Lawrence Evans, Tibbettfls mil-ll- ager, said the famous tenor told him of the death shortly bcfore leaving for Newark. N. J., where | he was singing tonight. 1

Tibbett, Evans said, told 111ml the mun received what 1211110111011 ‘ to be a. slight scratch on the left’ hand during one of the s.trcn-' uous moment; of the opera.

The singer, his manager 1v_>I;|Lcd_ l. ged Sterzinl to have the wound 1' ‘esscd, but the chorus muster. h1- said, brushed the suggestion aside

Wiiill la remark that the 1vo1111d was 1 a.

He’ died after being taken to a '

hospital.

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Answers Charge Dockyard Dismiss- ais “Contrary To Principles Of Bri h’ sh Justice.”

LONDON, Jun. 211-(0? Cabin-- A "concentrated ntzcmpt to spm dissotLsfn/ctlon 111 the dockyards even. mutiny among naval ruling ' about 10 years ago was the pre- cursor of 11 series of “very disturb- ing" cases of mbotnge at Admiral- ty dockyards, Sir Samuel Honrv told the House of Commons today.

Replying to s. Labor motion o1‘. censure over the dismissal of flvei dookyard employees Jan. 12. 111a First Lord of the Admiralty de- clared the sabotage was “premed-

itotcd and malicious," done at the "mitigation of some superior org- anization and not the work of :1 practical joker or isolated malcon- tent.”

The censure motion was defect» ed tonight 330 to 145.

The attempt to spread disaffec- tlon 11nd nmtiny among naval workers and ratings, Sir Samuel said, had resulted in special direc- tions to the dockyards whereby the conduct and types of the men thcro employed had been most carefully checked. Tampering with modern naval vessels, he declared. might jeopardize the lives of the naval personnel and result even in a lass of control during manoeuv- res.

Arthur Greenwood. one of the

_11ccd $i0('.{10,(.\0() 101" 11s relief work.

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In Mock Batthnc

Estimated A b 0 v e $300,000,000.

By The Associated Press Dzmgcrscss sircss was thrown 1m , flir- grcat lcvce system of the lower ‘ 311s ssippi rivcr today twgdnog- ‘dun, with u vastly glcutcr threat , to comc. as the United states’ ivvorst flood rnllcd down the Ohio Valley leaving more than 125 dead. 550.000 homeiess and estimated damage above $300,000,000. With the crest of the Ohio's waters s11ll to some, two Missis- sippi lcvccs fur to the south were ircpuricd weakened. One near Ile- lenn, Ark, snid an engineer. "might lgo ouf wlthn 24 to 30 hours." 1 The Chlo river w... mostly sta-i

Cflllarl’. rear ifs greatest all tlmcl height. Below Cairo, 111., the Mls- t slssippl began to feel the upward ; surge of- thc oncoming wzters, re- ‘ licved in part hy the opening of n Mammoth Spillway at New Madrid, .10.

| I moss WATER SHORTAGE

i Louisville, under two to six feet of water .'11 most sections, was with. out lights or transportation and faced o. wnicr shortage. 111111 was o. vast lake, except for its

seven hills. it". power curtailed and ifllofl-Pfovinci-"ll

it: industry paralyzed.

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oral obedience is the key to re-

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‘Immffmnn, To‘ Solve Vexed

Problem

jHouse Acclaims Suggestion Of ‘Constitutional "Convention Re-

Parties. Premier

1 King “Unprepared”.

(C. P. by Guardians Special Wire)

OTTAWA, Jan. 26-Wur11i11g1hst democracy can be saved only if ‘it is mode efficient. Conservative 11-1111- i er Bennett today suggcvtcd ncom- , plete overhauling of Cunoduls gov- 1

rrnmental and consfitutloinil inn-l v _ ' 111011110 :1 broad basis for meaflurefl

chinery.

. Taking advantage of a members prlvilcgc to speak on any subject as the House of Commons goes into supply, Mr. Bennett proposed repre- sentative, not only of all govern- mentn but of all parties and all shades of political opinion to draft amendments to the 70-year-old British North America Act.

Party lines were forgotlen as the House discussed the opposition leaders suggestion and it drew support from members of the Gov- ernment as well as from Hon. H.H. Stevens, former Conservative 11nd now Rcconstructionist.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King! said Canada must find a way soon- er or later to revise the constitu- tion. Mr. Bennett's proposal might be the bent but there were diffi- culties in the way of nny method. The greatest difficulty was to get

"j the provinces to enter the scheme

From his experiences with Don1-

101101.11 Parliament, Lzbcral, Con» scrvntivc, C.C.F., and Social Cre- (lit. should likewise take part l! 1hr" llltPtlllg, Succcss could not bt liiiillllPfi by uppr-nlnig merely M 1111- p11r11>u11.~. 111 cifhcr prnvircc 011 iJolrnnion. The conference would

of rcfornl which were essential to the prcs111-111iio11 of democracy.

Stevens Approves

A union bnscd on a. new affirm- ation of the (lcsirc 1o unite would react to thc best interests of thl prnvincvs. Mr. Stcvcus declared. Ho lcncw .11. 1111111 three sccfinns where there was u move 1o break up the

- union 11nd i1. was n "tragedy" be-

cause thcrc were good reasons for such 11 n1ovc‘—rcasons that couldbfi removed.

The clause in the B.N.A. Aol which aulhorlzcd the Federal Gov- cmmcnt to make laws for “peace, order and good govcr1nnc11t" was c111 important basic feature of tho constitution which had fallen into dlsrcpuio because of partisanstrlfel

Powcr was given the Dominion by the B.N.A. Act to lcgislale in nmttcrs 01 trade and commerce bu] on mnny occasions in the past sin

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the national finance committee

Evans ‘lie, 1nd,, and pork-mouth’ Finance hiinistcr Dunning conclud-

O., “"510 bang amounted. sections o‘ Puducoh, K52. water stcod s ; ffct deep. i Sccr of other citlcs faced sim- - 21:11" tryung condtions. 'I'he Rod Cross estimated it would i

Up 11' s of 1,000,000 ocrcs 1n the his‘ p; brcsiu were under water l 11nd uholcsulc evacuations of be- lcngucrcri to1v11s in Tennessee, west.- ern Kentucky, southern Missouri,‘

"Arkansas 111111 Alisslssippi burdened,

refugee centres while the river felt out the strcngh of its confining dikes.

Under Martial Law

lvfnrtiul law was declared in the east Arkansas flood zone when gov- crmncnt engineers advised Tuesday 11111’. the muin Misslssip ‘ver

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Search Continues For Missing Man

(C.I’. by Guardian's Special Wire)

DIGBY, N. 8., Jun. 26-812mm- crs grappled in the Joggins and boat once more through wooded Acncio. volley today 1n a. vain ef-

most able debaters on the Labor front bench, moved the motion of . censure. Tho opposition; he said, i hoped to obtain redress for the uc- 1 cused rather than emburm-xsment 1 for the Government. The question , was not whcther the mcn were guilty or not, but why no reasons for their dismissal were given. ‘rho motion of censure declared the dismissals were "contrary to

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Hard Times Blamed For Illegal Fishing

(C. l’. by Guardian's Special Wire)

RICHIBUCPO, N. 13., Jan. 26- Hsrry Baird, mancger of the A. and R. toggle Co., Ltd. branch hora 1nd Alfred Shsddlck. lobster guardian in the Rlchlbucto area. testified today as a Royal Com- miuion -d inquiry into illegal lobster fishing.