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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1932

west wi

THE WEATHER

Moderate to fresh west. and south-

parstively mild with scattered snow flurriec.

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m1; half the children on The wmline list have been “adopt- ,d~ thus far by Santa-Pals. Al- “wugh donations to the Empty wring Fund will provide candy, W, and fruit for a. number more, “ppears that if citizens who are u comfort-able circumstances do . conic to the rescue a. consider- _ number of kiddies will spend gnwlesa, toylesa and ioyiess pnrlstmas. All the names of child- m listed have been approved by he clergyman of the congregations p which the children belong. only four days remain in which g, become a. Santa-Pal. During pros; days we are putting on our m drive to avert what is to the mus mind one of the greétest

Preferential

Wheat

Still Awaited

Case Not LikélT To Be Settled

Until Premier

turn 0 Canada.

ONDON, Doc. lik-(Cuilndlulnhlr. Bennett in tho course of his

as Cabin-The vexed question n whether wheat. shipped in bond i0 thc lirliish market; is cligiblc fol‘ i110 Drclcrencc of six ccnts a bushel icriticcl on at the Imperial Con- lcrenv“ will pmbnbly remain un-

wuled until near the end of lhc month. it was intimated today no dc-

iiviuu ml tho now famous inst lhipnlotit sent on the liner LflCOlllB. would be expected before Prime liinister R. B. Bennett returns to Csnndtt from his visit to England.

ANNOUNCEMENTS,

COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS, ETC "Postponed. Lyndalc Concert on lcccunt of sickness. 7232-12-20-21.

"Reserve Wednesday evening, "it. for Bonshaw School Concert. Nfllilrlli.

ilitrving chicken and fowl Wcd- Mdal". P, J. Noy s; Co. 1249112-20-21

"Buying chicken, fo\vl, livc and tftfisvd. Wednesday after three lclock. Cutcliffe Bros. 7247-12-20-2i

"Our store will be open evrry Evening until Christmas. P. J. Noy ‘l cv- 1241-12-20-21

“Wiurdm Line Club loading h0g5. hlllli-l. Albany, Wednesday, Dcccm- “Y 1i» 1252-12-20-21

k “Hiuuh-iu Rlnk-Stcuxirit; Bak- ‘Y rs. Highflcld Grmliics, Tucs- hl» D10. 19. Skating after tnaich.

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nwilllr Mile Creek Concert Wod- Mlil‘. Dec. 21st. Admission 10c. 7245-l2-20~2l

l» canal"? Annual Sunday School "cm l" in the Hall this Saturday "l. December 24th. 7226-l2-20-1t.

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“Water colors suitable for Xmas

,‘ NY Miss Helen Haszard. for

~ ut Tourist Office. Charlotte- ' 7180-12-17-31.

Mgzlfilntci- River Club loading k tniz/rdncsday forenoon, Dcccm- 5~ List with Secretary.

7239-l2-20-1i.

kgflnllllnz dressed chicken and was‘ W- H. Ford's, Emerald, “hater forenoon. December 22nd. W“! ma. 1241-12-20-21.

"cutie to He mpshire School “mimic Concert in Kingston

- wfdncsd v.3, By. December 21st. at lolloNirl 1' n not fine. first fine night K- 722042-2041.

., ___.._. 9M5‘ gramntic Cantata "The 5mm ciilverer" will be delivered lniithe yo“ 0f the United Church b . P. S. on Wednesday cv- snn; ,,§fember 21st. at mao p. m. ‘it ection request ’ for the - Fund. ‘1210-12-20-11.

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anted At Onrce NANTS BANANA

More Santa-Pals

Qnly Few nayEiaore, And The Need Is Urgent. Please For- ward Contributions At Once.

possible tragedies. After today no further names will be added to the list of children, so, Readers, it is up to you to reduce that list to the vanishing point. Each donation whether to a child or to the Empty Stocking Fund is a step toward our objective.

Please, send in your contribution if pledged, at once, ea there is con- siderable detail work attending the preparation of the parcels for de- livery. If you have not yet become a Santa-Pal, phone 183 at once and indicate the name and num- ber of the child you intend to “adopt? and forward your contri- bution at once.

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Ruling

Bennett’s Re-

activities goday engaged in discus- sions with government leaders the wheat. preference tangle.

But while the British, customs authorities remain silent on the ruling that is to be made on the Laconin shipment-m. ruling that will be of far-reaching importance in its affect on the future channels of Canadian when’. shipment-it was learned the gcncrul impression in interested quarters here was the wheat would get the Pfflefeniw-

The Lsconia wheat was shipped from Fort William by the Reliance Grain Company. through Buffalo and New York go Liverpool, accom- panied by ocuments stating it had passed through the United. states in bond and was consigned to a Liverpool importing firm.

The belief ‘arising here that it. would get the imperial preference was directly counter to unofficial reports already received by grain trudc experts, who are said to have

not receive the preference because oi‘ inadequate documentary evidence accompanying it.

Smelt- Catches Reported Heavy

(Special to the Guardian)

PICTOU, N. 8., Dec. lib-Catches of smells during the first two weeks of December from the north shore of Nova Scctia. and the Meg- dalen Islands were heavy, but with signs of falling off in the price on the New York market it is expected that. the catch will drop. Tho fisii- ermen have been receiving six cents a pound for the smeits.

In the case of smells received from the Magdalen Islands they are rcpacked and reiced at Plctou. 12,000 pounds of smelt! were hand- led through Pictou, which is the clearing house for fishermen for the north shore of»Nova Sootia and tho Magdalen Islands during the month of November, according to the Natural Resources Department of the Canadian National Railways.

Empire Supplies Sought BygDept.

LONDON, Dec. l9.—(C. P. Cable) -Sir Kingsley Wood, Postmaster- General, said in the House of Oom- mons today his department had and would continue to seek to util- ise Empire sources for needed sup- plies of telegraph poles. Up to now

bccn advised the shipment would

IN PAYMENT iii NAR DEBTS

Anothermest Sug- gestion From Land Ot Hope And Glory.

. WASHINGTON, Dec. lit-Anoth- 91‘ Bllfiilestion for settlement cf war debts came to Senator Reed Bmoot, of Utah, today in a letter proposing that the United States take over part of Canada or some other Bri- tish territory near this country. Fred W. Gravenhorst, cf Brook- lyn, N. Y., wrote to chairman. of the Senate Finance Committee:

"Why, in all the discussion re- Burdlng Great Britain's debt to us, do we hear so little about making e. settlement in land?

“To the north of us lie Canada, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Is- land, while to the cast lie Bermuda and the British West; Indies. "EXlmnslon through purchase is a well tried American precedent. "Many of our hard’ pressed citiz- ens would probably flcck into such new territory."

urn can ants BEFililiE triangular

Defendant Must Prove Serious Charges Against Prominent Busi- ness Man.

(B! Frank I-‘laherty, Canadian Press Stat‘! Writer) MONTREAL, Dec. l9.—Faccd with the alternative of going to jail for criminal libel or proving one of Canada's leading financiers one of the two "world's greatest crooks", James J. Harpell, publisher of fin- ancial and trndc ilcwspapcrs went on trinl here today. The case in- vulvcs directly the reputation of Thomas B. Macaulay and indirectly the standing of the Sun Life. Assur- ancc Company of Canada. Selection of the jury, proof of publication oi‘ the offending pas- sages and the opening oi’ linvpclfs dcfcncc fiilcd the first day of the trial before Chief Justice R. A. E. Grccnsiiioids. Aime Geoffrion, K.C., Counsel for the complainant, Mr.

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Italy Budgets For Big Deficit

(Associated Prcsei ROME, Dec. l9—Italy's budget deficit. for the fiscal your l033-34 will be 2,900,000,000 lire, approxim- ately $l50,000,000, it was announced today. The council of ministers ap- proved the budget totals of $1,030,- 000,000 expenditures and $800,000,- 000 receipts.

More Radium F o r On tario

(Canadian Press) TORONTO, Dec. IB-Another step in its war against cancer has been taken by the Ontario govern- msnt, which has purchased 500 milligrammee of radium for the emanation plant now being con- structcd here. The radium, made up of 300 milligrammes of bromide and 200 of suiphatc, is stored temporarily in a vault in a downtown bank. J. D. faith, provincial physicist

however, the Empire product had been found generally unsuitable or else too expensive. ha added

in charge of the plant, has the ap-

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v s - M9,, Queer, but they don't iel him louchi m: r; ' Stand and look—l guess that's all. .‘ None to give, nor none to loan them; \ .11 Looks as though he'll nevcr own them.

<5; Doesn't seem quite fair, at all.

home's the day of Christmas spirit. ‘- -,- , ‘ Cheer for all? ls that quite true? - -

"Brighten up a heart-or brea it;_ --i - i - L All depends on what we d_o h1g5) ' a

\_Lct’s remember all these - ~ Not forget that they are hcre.i _-_ j

Thatbefro lsatoyshop lace, .' . , ——'- There's an iniereN-liing study. p ' . h" NatlOllS That HQVG Sought TO e , _.v . e e- Njitwfiiilsilililfsfllfi’... " ‘l Meet U 3 Payments To Have - ..- Pr Tvyaylnd thingst a ioihriiihilt H eferred Treatment’ ‘Says; Hold him there the I - gut/y; oover In Lengthy Message 1 i

To Congress.

(Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. liléPresiticni licrhcrt Hoover today told the United States Congress thnt with or with- I out. its assistance he intends to cooperate with President- cicct Franklin D. Roosevelt in creating machinery in deal with the complex problems of war debts. (iiszirmnnlcnt and world economic affairs.

In his long-awaited special message, uhich was receiv- ed with general approbation on Capitol Hill. the President promised to review the debts of those "nations who have sought i0 maintain their obligations to us." Ho indicutcd that defaulting nations would not bc so treated.

Pointing out that Couirress zlircudy has rejected iris suggestion for a revival of the war debt commission, the chief executive said he would proceed at once. with thc hoped-for co-operat-ion 0f the President-viral. to numc (icic- ‘ gates to "exchange views upon the debt .i|l|t‘Sll0IlS with cur- tain nations and advise upon the course to be pursued us‘

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NEW YORK. Dec. 18—(H,v The

Canadian Preset-Ahoy six hardy Newfoundland scamciv-one of them lashed to the wheel—fought for their lives for six days aboard their floundering lilo-ton selling schoon- er in the storm-swept North At- lantic was told today when the res- cue ship Clan Alpine put into New York. Captain John Murphy, master of the two-masted Windjammer Bax- ter, and from Harbour Buffet, Newfoundland, like the five mem- bers oi’ his crew. said he was 40 days out of Cadiz, Spain, with a cargo of salt for the Nova Scotic. fisheries trade when they ran into westerly galcs and mountainous scas on December 6.

“We'd already been buttered and flung about quite n. bit," said the iwyear-old captain. eldest of the Baxter's complement. "but from then on things got worse.

“The sun disappeared. the sens rolled higher and scents started parting as our cargo began to shift. We lashed the steersmnn to his wheel and the rest: of us took to the pumps. The water was gain- ing on us and ‘our food was about gone when we sighted the Clan Alpine on December l2."

Storm-Swept For S x D a y s O n North Atlantic

Stirring Tale fiught Back By Newfoundland Seamen.

to the masthead. because the rat- lines were frozen and so the cap- tain said he climbed up and wig- wagged for aid. Captain Alfred Young, of the Clan Alpin, out. of Greenock, Scoiland,,in ballast for New York put about.

"Our hands were bleeding and one of the men was ill with fever," said Captain Murphy, "but we put our last yawl overboard and pul- icd for safety. It was a half mile to the Clan Alpin, but we made it Huh, why shouldn't; we make it. We wanted to live, didn't we?"

During the six dnys the battered little craft tossed on the tall wnv- es Murphy and his men sighted passing vescsls. Ono night at: dusk it was n passing liner. lights ag- icom like a great hotci st son. Lat- er it was freighter. vsscl saw their signals.

an occasional cup of coffee. they tolled unremlttingly at the pumps while slowly the water rose and the ship sank lower. Male 'l‘houms Hayward. cook Lewis Upshall and seamen ‘Thomas Muirooncy. John Walsh and Patrick Whelen toiled with their captain sidc by side. Whclan developed fever. But with hands raw and bleeding, stomachs

They could not raise signal flags’

fainting, the others held grimly on.

MA Y ASK

(Associated Pres!) WASHINGTON, Dec. lb-Pree- ident. Hoover ls considering ‘a spe- cial message to the United States Congress requesting authority to declare ember-goes on arms chip- ments to all countries w actual or threatened hcstillti , The message was o It“;

paratus almost let up and is put- tins it t-hmvzh rinoos tests

CONGRESS

FOR EMBARGO ON ARMS SHIPMENTS

h“ identla desk late today.

While specific reference was not made to any particular countries, the message comes at a time when the administration is cooperating

But ncithcrl

Almost without food. with only '

to others.”

TEXT 0F MESSAGE

Fiollovvblg is the text of thci Hoover message: To the Senate and House of Rep- I resentatlvres: i I indicated in my message on the state of the Union of December, 6th that I should communicate further information t0 the Con-

Predict

tiiitiiimll RUSH BEGINS Al P081 IJFFIBE

Special Arran ge- lnents Mamie Re Airmail S e r v l c e This Week.

The Christmas rush is now in full swing 1n the Charlottetown Post l Olllcc. During the ilast; two months avrnngcmcnis have been made to cope with tho cxirn nlnolmt of mail to be handled during the present Avcck.

Starting on Suturdzrv last, a 60 foot; postal cur is bring used on the tittllito tho mainland. During this vvcck l'ilil\\'ii_\' mull clerks from Chariottctowti turf-rate through to

gross. Accordingly I wish now to‘

Annual sunset-mush. Dellvrred mo. u; sr-u Cflllldl and u, s. s, u.“

PLEDGES REVIEW OF WAR DEBT SITUA TION

Nil INTENTINN 0F ABNLISNINB DEPARiNIENT

H011. Dr. Manion Is?

sues Statement In Reply T0 Current Rumor.

(Canadian Prom»

OTTAWA, Dec. 19—"'.[‘he qufle tion of abolishing the Department of Railways arid Canals has never born consirlorcd by the govornmentl in any numrler, shape or form."

I This was the emphatic statement’

communicate certain questions

i which have arisen during- tho post

few days in connection with the war debts, lllcsc outshone, how-l over, can not be considered apart from the grave world economic situation as it affects the United States and thr- broader policies we should pursue in dealing with

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Joint

Examination A Of Debt Question

Statement Made In British Parlia- mentByRt.H0n.Stanley Baldwin

LONDON. Doc. l0~i'!\l"l—t Stanley Baldwin. siting Pritno Alin- isier in the absrnoc of Ramsay MacDonald. informed the House oi Commons. goday that 1hr‘ Un~'cd States has ng"f‘.(‘d to makc n j. examination with tho Brush Gov crnmen‘. of {ho cnitrc war cicbi» question.

It was not wholly clear from Mr.‘ Baldwin's statement whether he. was ‘referring to tho posriozi sch; forth by Wllshiilctrui in the first American deb‘. not.‘ or tvhctilcx‘ he. was talking pbout convrrsntions which reportedly moi; place on Flldaj: bctwvccn Nvv " Cixzunbor- lain, Chnticrllor oi‘ 1hr: Exvhoqucr. and Unltrd Stairs Ambassador An- drcw W. hlolloti.

'l"hc mnitcr was bmugrh‘ up as B result of :\ surrgostion by one of lb" mcmhcrs oi ill.» lirlsc that u invo- pgwpi‘ Euvppcuii coilfortillct» h" snimnoitcd to discus the rxlsslilzl- iiy of "conmrou ac“.<ill" l" Obiflln n more favorable frolic bulonrc pith iii» United Strut-s to facilit- atc dub‘. ])2l_\'llll“.ll:'_ ‘Tho ntvntbci’? proposcd that. Grunt lirrniu. Franco. Belgium. Italy and (‘tor many participate in tho f‘-"l'it‘l'<"llv‘f

Monrton. 'l‘hc_v nrrivc thcrc about 2 p. m. and immediately go to work sorting the mnil on hand at that time and when t-hc Occan Limited and tho train from St. John with the United States mail nrrlvcs, it is also sorted. This work nbovc cm- ploys the clcrks till nftcr midnight. Aficr tho arrival of ihc Maritittnc Express the following morning and the mnil from that. train transfor- rcd to the island train, the sixty- foot car is full and it is generally necessary to obtain another car for the overflow. By the time the train rcachcs the Island this mail is all assorted and ready to be dispatched to the different post offices. Yesterday in the Charlottetown Post Ofilcc the clcrks were vcry busy handling tho outgoing mail. l-‘tvc or six additional liclpcm have bccn t-akcn on thcrc, and two assistant railway mnil clerks on the road. ‘This is tho first year tltnt on air

with Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and

mail service has bccn in operation

"New? in efforts to verify Pm- during tilc Christmas rush. Owing WW i714 391ml 5nd l" "W" "Y" to heavy pnsscngcr, mnil and ex-

‘ declared war over territorial claims‘ . ,, y " in the Obsse laud.

1311355 traffic. tlu- trains on the main- land cannot maintain their sched-

Mr. Baldwin dt-vlincd tin‘ uvccs- tion. "The tfirttod Hlnics (lo-mu l mcni." hc said, "hats urn-vi to outcr limo joint. examination uiih its o"

lthc whole question and ll.. .\i:\-

jtjcsty‘; Gnvrmlncnt llupcs tho dis." ‘cushion may be inrlutvd oi an .m"._v_

idatc. Ir. thou‘ (‘ll‘(‘lllll.\‘.\l‘.\‘i‘.\ I (in lilot. think ihz‘ (‘\".l'.'t»i" mcmsHwi would bo npprruiziaiv ul tlw tvrscn‘. time."

Since tho flrv Mutt-tutti do)‘. nnic was rocfiiuti spoke-nun for

huvo riiwsiisszoll rm ‘

(luvs: lmlcuf new: nl

thr- British sumcd that a with a vlctv to d'l\\‘ll\\‘lll'(l

has born promisrd by \\‘;\.<htllu1o‘.l.

of lion. R. J. hfanion, Minister d Railways and Canals, when. ap- proached today in connection with u. ruport, that the department would disappear.

One of the biggest department! of the Dominion Government, vest cntcrpriscs come under the ad- minislratloil oi’ Hon. R. J. Manion.

The department probably has thA largest number of employees in tin government services. Some thous- ands are on the pay roll. _

If the Duff report is carried ou and trustees put: in full charge o the Canadian National Railways this would eliminate a. great. ded of the railway work of the ‘depart

tncnt and a re-errangement poo tnlrly nlight; be considered. “But,' Mr. Manlon declared, "I repeat

there has been no consideration q the matter and until that timq there is not likely to be any con< sidcration."

The Canada-United States Si’; Lawrence waterway-an enterprisq which will take 10 years to eons- plete-would ordinarily come undd the Department of Railways and Canals on ratification of the treatyv

"If this treaty’ is approved, build- mg of the St. Lawrence oeswap, would likcly add tremendously to the vvovk of the Department o]

Riill\\'rl_‘»'.'i and Canals," Dr. Manic‘ romnrkcci.

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