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Optimism Expressed As Danger Over. Spanish Civil War Lessens.

(CJE-Havas By Guardian's Special Wire)

BERLIN, March 8-—Chancel- Ior Hitler was reported tonight to have summoned the cabinet into session tomor- row to discuss action as a re- suit of the “armament pro- grums launched by Great Brit- ain. France and ltaly.

Nixofficial indication of what would be discussed was forthcoming. It was expected. however, that action by the Reich to meet rearmanient of Europe's three other major pow- ers would be discussed by the Fuehrer and his ministers.

By LOUIS P. LOCHNER Associated Press Foreign Staff BERLIN, March 8-(AP)—Ger- many's Foreign Office hinted con- fidently tonight of a forthcoming offer by the Reich to participate in a western European peace pact.

There was a marked spirit oi op- timistic belief that suoi a. pledge by Europe's power to keep the peace won would become an established tact.

While officials declined to state ihe purpose of a cabinet meeting

hcduled for tomorrow, intimation: In time highest political and official quarters indicated that .loa.ch'm Yon Ribbentrop, Ambassador to London, would be charged with re- sum"ng discussion oi’ a. new security pact.

Spanish Tension Lessens

Optimism by a number of leading men with whom this correspondent chatted informally was based first ol all on the conviction the Spznlsn situation was clearing ill such a manner as to lessen tension bc- tween Germany and her western neighbors.

Germany now Ls apparently sat- isfied to let the Spanbll decide their own fate. provided they don't "g0 Communist." High oiifclals hale emphasized that Spaniard are a proud people and will stand no foreign interference.

As long as th¢ Spanish situation was a point of contention. it was

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COMING fVfNll "Aflon (horn. iongllt. Rice Point vs. Rocky Point. L-341-3-9-1i.

"Pantry Sale aid of Bnscilicu Alta: Society, Saturday afternoon av. Hoimans. L-287-3-8-6t.

"Hockey at New Qlasgow to- night, Glasgow V8 v5. Cavendish. L-349.

"Buying live hogs Albany Thurs- day 11th. Emerald 12th until noon. G. C. Green. L-2022-l-W-t-t-w-t-tl.

"Regular meeting Alpha Rebekah Lodge tonight at 8 P. M. Dell"!!!- L-320-3-9-li.

"Hockey at Victoria Tuesday. March B, L P- U., Charlottetown. vs. Victoria Unions. See add else- where. L-29l-2-8-2i.

"Borden Line Club loading b086, lambs, calves every Wednesday at Albany Hours la-s.

Li-ODTZ-itl-M T W ti.

"Come to the Afternoon Tea at

Bonnehinlcy. Bt. Patrick's day, under the auspices of St. James Guild. L-319-3-9-1i.

"Monthly meeting Ladies Aid F. 1o. I. Hospital Wednesday. March 10th. no P. M. at uie Hospital.

L-aal-a-s-al.

“Loading live hogs at Kenring- ion all day ‘niursday, March 1i. Nicholson Bros. loading at Hunter River Friday until noon. Bgd. Mc- Bwen and Campbell. b-SM-S-I-Ii.

"Carpenters Union marina. 1n ll-‘Biflll Rooms. Wednesday. March 10th. at a P. M. A full attendance is requested to consider business oi Incoming season. zraao-a-v-zl.

“Janitors benefit night in ken- "Halon mo: Wednesday. March l0 ‘i 3 D- m. summeraide senior ‘hymn vs. Ill All Btar North shore League team. 1 l-2 hour's- lklte after match. Door prise. Ad- ‘ll-Mon ll and as cents.

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Howie Morenz llies Suddenly

MONTREAL. March 8—(CP)-- llowie Morenz died tonight of a heart attack.

The 34-year-old centre-player of Montreal Canadians had been in

hospital since he

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ion death was nearing for the idol of young French - Canad- ian hockey fans for more than a decade. »

Only little more than a month ago, the one-time “Strut-ford Streak", propped up on a. hospital bed pillow. advised an interviewer, "Don't count me out yet.” l-le was through for the season, he said then. but he was coming back next year.

That wns just a day or so after he had slid into the boards at the end of one of the reckless bursts of speed that gained him the rep- utation as the fastest National Hockey Leaguer on skates. The tip

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of one of Howie's blades became

wedged in the boards as he fell un- derneath o. ilawk defenceman, and his leg snapped cleanly.

For the nnonball centre, that was the end — temporarily, he thought then-oi l4 years in the big time. And it was the end, too, of one of the finest comebacks the big league had ever witnessed.

Ship Abandoned Off Newfoundland

HALIFAX, March 8—(CP)——East coast. signal service reported to- night. the Halifax steamer Delia had been crushed by ice nine miles off Capo Rae: on the southern tip of Newfoundland. i

Captain John Renouf of Halifax and his crew oi 18 had abandoned ship and escaped to shore in saf- ely. the message said.

The Lzol-ton steamer was own- ed by the Della. Shipping Com- pony of Halifax. and under char- ter to the Show Shipping Com- pany, also of Halifax. Together with the Maid of Stirling and the Moira. she was well-known in the Great Lakes and the StJL-awrencc.

llominion Lumber Shortage Reported

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

OTTAWA, lvlurch B-Exports 0f Canadian lumber to United States have resulted in a shortage of lum- ber in many parts of the Dominion and an increase in price of from $5" to S10 per thousand feet in Ot- tawa. lumber merchants sold 118w today. v

It was said United States WON-d take a1. the surplus lumber Canada could sell m um country and that a large quantity had been sold re- cently.

vlll lvrnllcl civic TAX alumnus

Electrical Inspector D0ull’s Annual Re- port Received At Council Meeting. That a determined effort would be nladc to enforce civic tax col- lections was intimated by His Wor-

ship Mayor Turner at. last night's monthly meeting of the City Coun- cll.

Contrary to expectations there was no general discussion of the city's financial affairs.

His Worship expressed regret at the continued illness of Coun. Lap- thorne.

The minutes of the last monthly meeting were approved, and pay- ment of bills confirmed.

The question of heaath precau- tions against communicable disease was discussed by the Health Offi- cer in reply to questions by Coun. Hennessey.

Several communications dealing with property questions were refer- red to the Street Committee, to re- port to the Council at a special meeting.

The traffic danger at the railway crossing leading to Hillsboro Bridge was discussed. On motion of Coun. Chandler the Police Comnlltlc! chairman was authorised to prepare a. brief on this matter for presenq tation to the railway authorities.

Coun. Chandler referred to a let- ter in the press stating that the Council had "employed o. firm of valuators to appraise and place a vauation on the plant and property of the Maritime Electric Company." This statement he said was “abso- lutely false."

Coun: Hennessey: "1 was sur- prised myself to sce it. The amount was wrong too, wasn't it?"

Coun: Chandler: "As we didn't employ any valuators, the amount is not in question."

"We are getting so much criticism in tilc papcrs that we don't. know wllerc we are, really," Coun. Mc- Leod. chairman of the Finance

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Berry is Awarded Trans-Canada Trophy

(C.l‘. By Guardian's Special Wire)

CYITAWA. Mali-ch 8--'I"ne Trans- Ccnada trophy donated by the lute J. Da zcll McKee, an award cllcr- ishecl by Canadian airmen, was won today by ‘Matt’ Berry, a commer- | cial pilol. who has flown out of Ed- ‘ monton into the north wit-h freight and passengers for the past nine i years.

The trophy is presented annually to the Canadian pilot who is con- sidered to have made the most. out- standing contribution to the ad- vancement of aviation during the year.

The announcement of Lllc decis- lon by the Department of National Defence declared Berry's record during 1936 was "a brilliant climax w many years‘ arduous, efficient and skillful service in northern fly- m

iaui the laconic BclTY. when 1n- formed in Edmonton he had rc- oelved the trophy for 1936, offered little comment. He was merely "dc- lighted."

Rebels Launch Powerful DriveNortheastOfMadrid

MADRID, March o-msurTent General Francis? M3503?‘ 33:55 i, r u - totcséopthdfiyulhpewhat was beiieved i0 be mg opening phi-lb 0f ilitfllk fighting for possession of Madrid- After lengthy artille MVP!"- tlon, tanks and infa M11191‘! against the line stretchinl from 1A Tobn, west. of the Guadalajara- Aragon highway northeast of Ma- drid. to Abs-nodes, further east from t road. mgovernment. officers dad-Ind "N! attacks were 167111804 Wm! M"! l . ' $68‘ commander C ‘ JOBG Mlaja said the attacks smacked of trickery, and proceede‘ to bolster his defences 010M!‘ i0 110ml-

MADRID. March 8—A powerful insurgent attack Plflcad today w both sides of the Zaragoza high- way. northeast of Madrid, in what was believed the signal for a sus- tained atfempt to batter down re- sistance to ihe capital siege.

General Jose Minds, commander

of all Government forces in the vicinity of the beleaguered capital. said he believed the outbreak of fighting in Guadalajara Province was a prelude to at least 10 days of intents warfare on the Madrid

fronts.

Apparently striving to draw in their siege circle from a new dir- ection, General f-‘iancisoo Franco's ’ nt army opened its attack on the town of Almadrones, on the north ‘side of the Zaragolla highway, about 65 miles northeast of Madrid.

With the assault against Alma- drones still being waged, the tn- surgentl diverted part of their forces to attack Abanades. on the

opposite side of the road.

Late dispatches from the Guad- alajara salient said the insurgents- wele laying down a heavy barrage of artillery tire on both towns.

General Miaja declared his troops were l ‘ ‘ _, magnificently and were prepared to meet the attack even if if. should spread further

through Guadalajara Province.

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A Comedy Of Hats

‘lpurloiifbrnny silk hats. Md “v

A "departmental error" occurring in an Order in Council passed by the Provincial Governnleni, on l May l, fixing a. new schedule of motor truck t-xe" on the basis of 1 maximum gross weight of truck . and lorld, has occasioned a good deal of protest from lo;nl truck drivers

May 1st Order are as follows: “Gross Wei-wilt up to and not ex- ceeding 5.000 lb;., por 0\\'l.. 50 cents: over 5.000 1b= and not exceeding 7,000 lbs. per cwt. 80 cents. Over 'l,000 lbs. and not exceeding 10.000 lbs, per cwt. S1 20; over 10.000 lbs. the fr; payable shall be $2.00 per cwt. and a special permit shall be required from the Minister of Public Works."

Formerly the registration of trucks was based on carrying cop- j acity in certain cases. and in 0m- ‘ ers on the weight of empty truck. K Under the new rate. many delivery j tmcks would have to pay the 82-00 per cwt. tax which would mean up- wards of $200 per truck Del‘ Ye"- a tax which it is claimed would practically kill the motor truck

farmers as well as urban dwell"! using this service.

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When the Earl of Derby (president of the textile section of the British Industries Fair) met Quccn Elizabeth at the White City in London on February 15 to conduct hcr round the textile section, be found he had a bowler hat, while other male member; 9| the Rgyg] Parry “mm; silk top-hats. lle anlused the Queen by borrowing [m- ghe occasion a silk top-flat which was on exhibition on one of the stalls. A couple of days later Lord Derby received Kin; Gcorgc on his visit to tilc White City, lls llfajesty had a bowler hat and Slnilingly congratulated Lord

cllmvril. riEhll as he reminded lllc latter that he would not have to

Government In Council Based On WrongFiga res

New Order Tug-Be Issued To ‘Correct Errors In New Motor Truck Tax Schedule.

_'I‘llo rates as set forth in the “the wrony: Province"

traffic and seriously inconvenience motor trucks on the highways, to

Elédé?

Interviewed yesterday on the subject of the c colnplalilts. Hon. B. W. LnPagc. pro izlcllt of the ex- ecutive Council, said a department- nl crror had occurred in fixing the new rates. which would be remed- ied in the course of n few days. It was lnicndcd to follow pretty close- ly the Nova Scoiia regulations but lllld bcen taken as n btifiis of calculation, and the ratcs a,- set fOYlll in the May

1st Order in Coultul wove “all wrong."

The $200 rate ill‘ 10.000 lb. truck: would be n-duced, he

thought. to about $80, with corres- ponding rcductlono in the other rates. This would still lcavc a very

considerable increase over the rates formerly 0011011511, which he said were altogether too low, as

compared with other provinces.

No fees, so far as llc was aware. had been paid under the May 1st order, and if any were paid there would bc a refund wllcn the cor- recf. schedule was approved.

A travelling rcalcs for weighing motor loads will be u=cd by the Mounted Police in checking up

insure that they arc properly reg- istered. Mr. LePage added.

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the Montague Women's Institute, llnder whose auspices the meeting

Hon. S. S. Hessian, M.L.A., Moll- tague; and Messrs. John A. Camp-

Hughes, M.L.A., Georgetown; and Montague Annear. M.L.A., lower

would a road from Charlottetown to Souris via road. sistent that King's County had not been fairly treated in connection

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PAVING 0r (eBay

Resolution Passed Un- animously By Public Meeting At Monta- gue Last Night.

A resolution requesting the Pro- vincial Government to proceed with the sub-grading and paving of the 49 Road, as part of the ChBTlOLIEi/OWII-SOUTLS highway, be- fore slmilar work is undertaken elscnrhcre was adopted unanimous- ly by a, public meeting at Moll- tague last night. The preamble pointed out that all paving up to the present had been done in Prince and Queen's Counties. Thc resolution was moved by Mr. W.A Mcllaggail, Montague. president of the King's County Board of Trade. and seconded by Rev. Mr. Hughes of Montague.

Mrs. H. L. Coffin. president of

was held, presided. Speakers on the platform were:

bell, M.L.A., Heatherdale; Wade

Molllague; Mr. C. K. Wightman, Montague, was secretary. Other speakers were: Mayor James Coll- don of Georgetown. and Mayor L. H. Coffin of Montague; Mr. W. L. McLaggan, president of the King's County Board of Trade; Rev. Father Rooney, Cardigan; Revs.

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Hughes, Payne and Armstrong, Montague; Mr. E. B. McLaren, Georgetown; W. H. Lane, Monta-

gllc; and tllc presidents of several Women's Institutes.

Speakers expressed tile opinion that there was no question but that via the 49 Road was the pro- per way for a paved road between

Derby (who has stuck to his vrlsiml choice) on suesslns right this Charlottetown and Souris as it time. This picture slicws King (ifflygg 5mm“; m Lord Derby (back t0 would serve a larger number of citizens and car owners than

the North Shore Several speakers were in-

wlth permanent road work.

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Blockade Saturday

LONDON. March iL-(CP-Havas) —Lalld and sea neutrality control of Spain will go into effect next Saturday. an official communique anuolulced tonight after a plenary session of the 27-natton "Hands Off Spain" committee.

Naval‘ control of the Spanish coasts, postponed from last Satur- day, will be carried out by French. British. German and Italian fleets The Soviet Union and three other countries as yet unnamed will join tllesc powers in general supervis- ion of neutrality agreements, ti. was decided at a second meeting of the committee. -

The committee will next deal with indirect intervention. includ- ing foruign volunteers already in Spain. foreign propagnndists there, and financial aid to the civil war

miiiRfRebel “Cruiser [gFires Craft In

Biscay

rew Of Freighter Mar Cantab- rica, Outbound From U.S.,

Believed Taken Aboard Insur-

gent Vessel.

LONDON, Illllrch S—(Ai’) ~-

freighter Ma r C

Thc Spanish Government

illlillbflfl). which raced out of New York

Jan. 6 just ahead of United Slates congressional action to

prevent her munitions cargo

from reaching the Spanish

civil war. met her (loom today with hcr goal almost in

sight. in the liliy of liiscuv shi-

encountered the Spanish In-

surgent cruiser Cllnarias, unit 0f the blockade attempting to prevent her from delivering he)" loud of Amcrigan-made planes and other war supplies t0 the Socialist Govern-

ment.

Under bombardment of the cl-uiscfs guns the Mar Cantabl-ico wcnt down in flames in the Bay of Biscay

about 90 miles oil‘ the Spanish coast.

A bfltl, muLtcr-of-hlci. report‘ from the British destroyer Echo reached the Admiralty toillgllt lo

.s0lve a mystery which had Europe .

holding its breath for more tllal.

slx hours. First reports indicated the vessel that had gone down was a British liner honlebounrl

from Africa.

Tile Echo's skipper rcporlc :

“I have been in communication with the Spanish cruiser Canaries, which states that the Spanish ship Mar Cantabrico was sullk. Her crew was aboard the Canarias."

The message was taken l0 mean all the crew/ had been saved. but their fate aboard the enemy cruiser was unpredictable.

Carried (‘row of 40

(The Mar Canlabrico, 6632 tons, carried a crew of 40 nlcn under Captain Joe Santa. Maria when she soiled from New York Jan. 6 for Veracruz, Mexico. Her cargo at that time was estimated w bc worth $2,700,000. She picked up more munitions at Veracruz). The mystery ship, which carried from New York war supplies shipped by Robert Ollse, obscure New Jersey arms broker. provided one more mystery before plunging into tilc Bay of Biscay.

It. still was ullkilmvll u-llotllcr any part of llel‘ cargo was unload- ed for the Spanish Leftist forces before her destruction.

When she sailed from Veracruz Feb. l9 llcr announced zlcst-illation was Barcelona. lvilirililnc circles here. houvavcl‘. said later she had been instructed to land her cargo at Bilbao, on Spain's northern. Bay of Bison)‘. coast.

l~ZS(.'.-\l'l~ID EMBARGO

NEW YORK, March B——(AP)—-

The squat freighter Mill‘ Canta- brico. rvportcd bonlbarclcd and sunk today. sped fronl the New

York llnrbor two months and two days ago with a war cargo that the Unitcd States Govcrllnlvlllllad

Quake Spreads Minor Damage

BULLETIN

(AP. By Guardian's Special Wire)

DETROIT, March 9—-(Tues- day) — Earth shocks jarred soullicastorn Dliclligan at 1.45 a. m. AST today. shaking buildings and ivaking many residents of cities within a 50-miic radius of Detroit.

Police and newspaper switch- boards lvcre swamped with calla just aftcr the shock was felt.

At Mlrinn operators said they felt the telephoni- building vi- brato. Residents of several Dc- trolt suburbs roported feeling the trcnlor. It was reported at Ann Arbor also.

. N l-‘K.~\N(‘la‘(‘(). Dian-h 8 (A i-An earthquake about half as strong as the devastat- ing 1906 shock jarred San Francisco early today, lcft a trail of minor slamage in East Bay cities and sent inspectors scurrying (I\'('.l" the two great hay bridges. which were nn- srathed.

There were no injuries. and no estimates were announced of thc damage. which included household dishes knocked from shelves.

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been unable to keep on this side of tilc water.

She sailed with 52.700000 con- signment of airplanes and other war material ill the face of tilc expressed displeasure of President Roosevelt and while Congress was

rality statutes in time to keep her from taking out her cargo. Hardly an ilouruaftcrfslle

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belligerents.

Fisheries Inquiry Will Open Here On Wednesday

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) PORT ELGIN. N.B.. March 8- After hearing 12 witnesses today and recalling three the RoyalCom- mission conducting a lengthy in- quiry info illegal fishing of lob- sters and smelts planned to sum- lllon five or six more tomorrow and b11911 proceed to Prince Edward Is- land for the first island session Wednesday at. Charlottetown. Fol- lowlnc hearings at Charlottetown. Tignidh. Alberton, Summ side and Probably Oileary the Commission will return to New Brunswick for a brief session at Trscadie. Snowball Allen and Oscar Allen admitted having fished lobsters il- legally for three years. Foster Al- len, former fisheries guardian, said he and another official had gonc to Pugwash. NB. in 1035 andselz-