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Boys Accused of Hold-g ups,_Were Fired By.

. ’ “Blood-and Thunder” Stories. They Say- ‘

oggpwa, Dec. 28-A1l98edly ad- mitting thst.' fired by hair-raising detective stories reﬁll-shed in the ‘United States, they had held up two all; store messendtr boys and burs- larized six homes in this city, three Qghawg boys O! high 5011001 5G0 W, mugged by the local police last night and this morning. In Police

gouge today they were remanded ‘for ..

one week.

One ofble trio, aged ls. was “light allegedly in the act of enter- Lng a house at 82 Gladstone Avenue. shortly after 0 o'clock last night bl! Dgiabtlvd sergeant Norman McGee. uls r. c. mo: Fawbert. billih ofii- m-g being in plain clothes.

Illa jwcmcfiiccrs were pal-romp: his western section of the city» where manycf the cases of house- breaking have been occurring. They reserved a lad walking ahead of them. Suddenly he disappeared, and the police traced his tootsie?! 0°‘ ward the residence of William Pen- wright at 92 Gladstone Avenue.

suspecting that he was attempt- in‘ (p enter the home. the policemen followed him, and P. C. Fawbert went around to the rear of the build- eg whiiebefectlve sergeant. McGee ' the front door.

‘Suddenly the (youth WPQIWII Ind auagedly commanded McGee to hold (lfhis-ilusds. while he pointed a revelver at him. m can»: nappies with him. and the lad nred the sill! oloaeto his ear. Fawbert raced s- round to the front of the house with drawn revolver. The youth, however. made no further resistance, and the constables then discovered that the weapon he had used was loaded with blank cartridges. police say-

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_ (Canadian Press) 1 THUR-O. N. 5., Dec. 23—'1‘i‘ul‘0 Bear-cats defeated Moncton Atlantlcs a to‘: ln‘nn exhibition game here

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ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. --MEETTNGS. ETC.

"Skating at Cornwall Rink Christ-

mes night. A180 Friday and Bltllfdlly- 720-12-24-6.

"iiilhybody come to the 099111118 c1 Ndbzlqlasgow Rink. Tuesday, Dec- ember 24th. Weather pennlttlnr.

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‘tidying Bogs at Emerald Thurs- day forerioon; December 36m Iver!“ i-mlam. _ ns-la-ai-ai.

"Buying Home, sheep and Lambs st Remington "every Thursday fore- nem. Alden Mouse.

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"Corlcert and Christmas Tree will be held irrPownal Hail, Dec. mil, at m) instead cf Dee. 23, as previously advertised, _ 649-12-19-23-24

_ “Come wLQIQ Christmas concert in lsrtsvliie Btil, Tuesday evening. Dee. 14th. Ifnot fine ‘Thursday evening. 2i.

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Squadron leader A. C. Jones-Wil- liams. who, with Flight-Heart. N. H.

l"!!! Ellllllid to South Africa. lones- Wiillamsls a Canadian. born in Ver- non, B. C. Pair have not been heard from for some time. Forced landing

Jenkins. is attempting non-stop flight

R I 0 T iii G IN BRITISH WEST '~ - . ! Ii- T'- R i B A" Forty-three‘ W o m e n Killed - Natives Put Women m Front of Them While Advanc-

inz 0n British Troops.

(Canadian Press)

IUNDON. Dec. ISJPhe-pumbsr of those killed in rioting in southeast Nigeria, Brltidi West Africa has now grown to at.‘ least 43 women and ‘one man. In explaining the large

‘lumber of casualties among the wo- ~ luau. Dr. D. lhisida under secretary ‘of Stats. for tbsCdoniei told the I-Icuss c! commons today.‘ "lat the‘ native men “armed with machete; bad put groups o! women in irentf of them while advancing on British troops in the specimen that the soldiers would not lire onjelnales.

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ETTTEBEMTTEIEE BETWEEN PAPER N T E ll E s TS

(Canadian Press) TORONTO, Dec. 23.--"Fsw Cascad- lan publishers will be in another hurry to sign contracts for newsprint to bind them over a three year per- iod." today stsfed a member of the newsprint committee of the Canadian Dally Newspapers Association. who has been closely connected with the newsprint ccntroverw from the pub- lisher's point o! view for several years. Commenting on the nouncement of Saturday. that the International Paper Coolpany would offer the pres- ent rats, $55.00 per ton until July 1 next. he added: "It is quite evident the battle between International and the Canadian manufacturers is still

hesitate to commit themselves abso- lutely to a sixty dollars price. The fact that Lil/Ci stlonal has decided to continue its present prices for the first six months of 1830 and that the $011051"! viimilimles are offering a rebate of $5.00 Del‘ ton for the first six months of 1930, shows that both camps of the newsprint manufactur- ers are still doubtful as to the wise course lo pursue. "Canadian pub- lishers would be better satisfied if souls stability could be issued over a term of ysm regardless or a slight increase in price. ‘In fact, 1 do not believe the Canadian publishers have changed their attitude in the least in the last l2 months. They have al- ways becn willing to support a fail price for newsprint. Their only ob. jections to increases were that a poss- ible differential might be created, whereby aliens would buy Canadian paper cheaper than the Canadian publishers and that arbitrary com- binations might be formed that would interfere with free contractual rela- ticnshlp between publishers of news- Pﬂbeis and manufacturers of news-

“A Good Waiter’ "

(Canadian Press)

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont... Dee. lisp-The Canadian National ticket office here was held up and robb- ed of $911 this morning by a man who ‘bad been sitting in the wait- ing room for sometime. Be walk- ed into the ticket Nfiee and or- dered tbs clerk, ‘Fred Groat, to band over the money. Great re- fused and the’ robber panes i. gun and hooked Croat against the Welland tech-tbs Iiﬂlll.‘

TIVERBTTME BY F__liMES

(Canadian Presa) savanna‘. N. .i.. Dec. 23-When

the skipper cf a Standard Oil Com- pany barge. moored off Constable Hook, went aboard this morning, he found three members of the crew. one dead and two unconscious. lying ln bunks. where odors 9f yesterday's fumigation of this ship still lingered. Robert, Prohl, the sixty year old ship's cook, was found dead in his bunk below decks. Otto Lsrseniib. mate. and Simon Bterestand were uncon- scious. Police believe the men were overcome by the fumes as they slept.

Motkerwell Is

Ill In Hospital _

(Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 23.-'1'he 00n-

ditlon of W. R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, who is suffering from pneumonia in the Civic Hospital here, was described by the doctors follow- ing a consultation this as when an x-rly was taken o’! his lungs. One lung was found to be entirely free and the other had one

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Newspaper Merl ~Are Injured

(Canadian Press)

spot of congestion. The congestion has not increased sirlce last night. when the first indications cf pneu- ‘monia were observed. The fact that there is little or ilo change since last (night is looked upon as satisfactory : by Mr. Motherwell‘: medical advisers. The minister has a strong heart and rugged constitution. which the doctors hope will enable hiln to withstand

Georges 1a., m. Nsrciue u Gault; and Lucish Damien wen sent to the hospital: the last named. after hsvinsl no binaries umssam sbla to lam} the ilmim. but tbs nature of the hurts of tbs others made it necessary m elem to underso hbspitli trsst- .

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Tue photographs here show u-King Allsllnllsh of Afghanistan and his iilllﬂl. W50. if they forsake Mellon faith and embrace Roman Catholic- um. u _ rsiatcni reports indicate. will have burned their last bridge and will never be able to return to their native land. Queen Soarya, who It was urged her husband to the at. tempted innovation of western idea;

la Aigud-uial-lli, is said to have undo up her mind to forsake the Moham- medan faith and become a Catholic convert. Amanullah himself might follow suit. The ex-klng, in his pro-; gram of religions and civic reform in! his country that cost ialm his crown.

intended to create complete freedom ‘zed Government“.

of worship for all and detilrons Mo- hammedanism as a state religion.

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There still remains a. few children whom nobody has yet adopted. will you take one?

Following are the names of needy children with‘ those who have been already adopted omitted:

No._ Name Age 98 Ruby 7 mo.

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_ 262 Fr~eddie ‘Z33 Siephen ‘Z64 Mary I265 Loretta 266 Thomas 267Gussie

-2'ro Noi-lnsn 2'11 Marjorie Following are tho names of some Santa-Pals: Mr. A. A. Alley. Mr. B. Brcmner. Misses Doris and Elinor Tsnton, Mrs. Dr. Yeo, Mrs. H. S. Henderson. Mrs. Walter Hess. Mrs Crabbe. "Santa-Pal," Charlottetown. Swastika Group. Zion Church C. G. 1. 'r., Mrs. n. a. Hunt. Mrs. .1. M! McFadyen, Miss Mary Katherlnel Wright. Mrs. Geo. J. Rogers. Miss‘ Rosemary Rogers. Mr. Thomas Ro- gers. M; George Rogers, A Friend. Miss Burdens McLaine, Mrs. Chas Stewart, Mrs. Henry Aitken, Mrs. C. H Black, Mrs. G. ill. Hughes. Miss Doris l-iowattlMr. A. A. Polneroy, Mr. Chas . C. Tcombs. A Friend. Mr. '1'. E. Corrigan. Mr. Roland Jones, Mr . Dewar Jones.

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STAND LEADS |N~ iliiAllTY 0F BUTTER, 0H TE

Decrease Tn- Quantity Reported, But- High Quality Maintained.

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put up in prints for which no offl- cial grade can be given. This is a record which is hard to beat and re- flects great credit on our makers and also on the patrons for the way they take care of ‘their milk and cream on the farms.

French Delegates To Conference

(Canadian Preaa)

PARIS. Dec. n-The French dele- gation tn the five power disarmament conference in Landon next January. was appointed at s Cabinet meeting this afternoon It consists of Pre- mier Tardisu. Resign Minister Irisnd. Minister of Marine Misuse. Minister. ofooinnies Meta-i and Am-

Britain Urged To Make Strong Represents- tions to Soviet Govt. To Bring This Per- secution to An End.

ITNIJER PRIITEST

LONDON, Dec. 23-Nesrly 5,000 people. most of them women. eel-ll- ened in Albert Hall tOIIiZht 00 P70‘ we against “the persecution of reli- glcg; in Russia." ~

Tho meeting was arranged by the Christian Protest Committee‘ which has the Eli-ti of 618-98001 0nd Vl-i- count Brentford as joint Chairmen.

There were heated speeches de- nouncing WmiY-MWI-l described as Rus silln interference with religious lib- erty. The meeting then adopted a resolution, which said. in part:

"The persistent and cruel persecu- tion of our fellow-worshippers in Russia calls upon all believers in and and lovers of liberty through- out the world to Pr!!! and W011i ‘m’ ceasmgly for the religious freedom c1 the people in that country.

"The British Government is urged to malts the strongest possible re- presentations to the Soviet Govern- ment, to bring this persecution to an

“Copies of this resolution shall be forwarded to the heads of all civil-

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SUMMERSIDE, Dec. 23.-Jolm Murphy, who as reported in T110 Guardian on Saturday last was ar- rested by Chief of Police Birtwhlstle, OI Charlottetown. and Sheriff MacDon- aid, of Summerslde. and lodged in the Prince County Jail, came up be- fore Mr. Alexander Campbell, J. P.. on Monday in the Court House, at Summersida- charged with incest. The hearing of the case was held be- hllld closed doors. After hearing the evidence of the prisoner's two daugh- ters snd oi Sheriff MacDonald, His Honor committed the accused. who reserved his defense. for trial at the Supreme Court. '

Speech Will

i Be Broadcast

(Canadian Press)

LONDON. Dec. 28-vPlans are be- lng made to broadcast the Klllg‘s speech at the opening of the flvc power naval conference between 11.00 a. n1. and l p. m. on January 21. from the House of Lords. Immediate- ly after his address the King will surrender the chairmanship of the conference to Prime Minister Ram- say MacDonald.

Heaviest Mail In History Of Toronto ’s Gffice

(Special to The Guardian) TORONTO. Ont, Dec. 23.—-'I'he heavlest mail in the history of the Toronto Post Office is going throush the machines today and will approx- lmaie between 3.000.000 and 4,000,000

cels which are being mailed today by the inn.

A British mail arrived yesterday from the Cal-mania, comprising suf- ficient to fill three and a half mail cars. There were 46‘! bags of letters

parcels. This mail contains in round figures, about sconce lettem and these added ta the machine count of 1.600,- 000 collected from the bexsa in ‘ro-

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Li Tchuin, minister pienlpotentiary consul-general 0f Chim at Ottawa, who is in Toronto in an attempt to make peace between warring Chinese' tong; in the city. “

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Will Take Place To- night at Midnight Mass. The preacher Will Be Rev. Philip Quinn, C. S. S. R.

‘The Church of the Most Holy Re- deemer which has been under con- struction for the last seven months will be solemnly opened at midnight mass on Clulistmu Eve. tonight. A1- though only abatement church it has the appearance o! a well-finish- ed suucture. It is built of La Prairie Red Press brick. One might be de- ceived from its size without, but it is capable of sccomodatlng six hun- dred people. The interior is ﬁnished in specially proposed insul board' with a stained walnscoting of Brit- ish Columbia. ﬁr. The sanctuary is quite spacious with a hand made altar surmounted by the figure o! the Most Holy Redeemer. The walls of the sanctuary are finished in‘ panel effect. The floor is made of l highly polished hardwood. The pews are cl 0.1!: very comfortable for dc- votion. The church is lighted by beautiful chandeliers, the work be- ing done by Mr. L. Kelly. The heat- ing equipment of the structure was installed by ltfr. L. Doyle. The plumbing ls also completed, being ‘the. work of McGuigan and Devil-ls. iThe architects of the church were |Mcssrs. M. J. Hunter and M. J. Phillips lo whom great credit ls due.

The Midnight. Mas which will see the opening of the new Church will be celebrated by Very Rev. Mbnsig- llor McLean, V. (3., of Souris. ss- sisted by Rev. Father lVicQuald. and Rev. Charles MaCornlick. The preach er will be Rev. Philip Quinn, CBS. it, of New York City. The newly formed choir have prepared special music for the occasion.

The new church will be ln charge of the Rcdcmptorist. Fathers, and will be called Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, or Mission Church the latter name being applied to the; churches conducted by -the_ Redemp- torists. This order was formed in 1132 by St. Alphonsus Mary Do Ligouri, an Italian lawyer, and now. numbers more than 7,000 members- whroughout the world on foreign and home missions. The head house of the Canadian English-speaking Re-

lettera and cards. independent of par-l

and about 800 bags and hampers of V

demptorisis is in Toronto with Very lRev. G. Murray as provincial super- l lOT.

The order wishes to express its gratitude to the friends who so ma- iterlally aided in the building of ths church and made its construction"

' possible.

(Canadian Press) TORONTO. (Int, Dec. 23.—Pre- mler G. Howard Ferguson return- ed to Queen's Park today. follow-I in: a month's aoiouru n Atlantic City. “

BERKLBY. Caiifu Dec. ﬂ- Ileien Wills, queen of the world's tennis oonﬂl. m married hers

today to means: Moody n.

u.s.anvc ASKS HEUP oEsqv|Els

In The Search For. American Aviator Lost For Six Weeks off Coast of Siberia.

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(Canadian Press) . .' wsscmiorow. Dee. za-assasagcr of the United States Governsnetlt appealing unofficially to the Soviets

‘. for assistance in the search for Lieut

Ben Eielsen, American aviatofibat‘ forslxweeksontheiceofftheccsat of Siberia were flashed tonight d__i_- rectly to Moscow and to two script ships in the vicinity of where E101,- sen disappeared. ,~

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Empire Trade "If Development

(Canadian Press) . UITAWA. Ont. Dec. 21-421» crusade of Lord Beaverbrook for a policy of Empire trade development has stirred greater interest and active-

ity lrl England than that .- even in the time of Joseph Chamber- l

lairrs project of preferential imperial» ism, believes Hon. R. B. Bennett, just returned fronr lnndon. Th! Conservative leader in an interview

here stated that he found among tht l

British people. a feeling as to the nee»

essity of securing. developing and u? '

holding the stability of the Empire.

Will ‘Be Guest "evil-a

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(Special to The Guardian)

OTTAWA, Ont, Dee. Zia-TM Brit- r

ish Bench and Bar. the Scottish Bench and the Bar and the Irish Pies State Bench and Bar and other European legal dignitaries will soon be extended an invitation to be guests of the Canadian and American bar at the time of the association's In- nual meeting in August, 1980, The Star learned today. Detail remains to be worked out by the American. jurists before an invitation is sent. Another large and important dcle- _ gstlon to Canada will be that ofphs British Medical Association, which, plans to meet in Winnipeg early in the same month. Only once when Lord Lister was here and wisp the doctors met in Toronto, has-till Dominion been holler-ed r7 their, choice of a convention site. ~

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Halifax. cloudy .. St. John, clcx‘ .. Boston, snow .

Charlottetown. snoo ll-uli High tide this ffternoon at l“ and tomorrow morfkii st 033. 4- Bun rises this morning a 1.40 and. sets this afternoon at as. 13;; New moon Monday Dec. M“. Q’. p. m. ' sunlmeraide tide eighteen using» tls later than Obesimatown.

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