MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

it is hi“!!! to think men freq] min the Tenth Commandment will be bound by the Seventh,

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The People's aper

Coverslrince Edward

Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931

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‘flugoaiulllthcmanwholnhls work obeys the fantasy that lies lat- ent within him.

MAXIMS

Ol-‘A.

MERE MAN

Annnnl Sublcriptinnn Delhi-red $3.00. By Mall Cunmln 5m] U. S. A. 11.50.

m q China Surrenders

80MB TTREiIHTDestructive Fire AGreatCanadiar

_ Ohinchow, last Chinese stronghold

l irary occupation is now virtually

5T0 Th6 Japanese

J ops In Complet-e-(‘lontrol Oi Last Chinese Stronghold--Army Qf Nippon Has Now A Free Hand

v T0 Wipe 0_u; All Banditry.

I ilpeehi to the Guardian) PEIPING, China, DEG. fill-China rurrenderedto the Japanese army lpnight. Marshall Chang Hgugh mung ordered his forces out of

all has ‘wide interests and to T1911. lfilll. had resulted in serious fight- ing at Tientsin where hundreds of Americans, British and other for. ‘$181191?! Were imperiled.

The possibility of fresh dangers in lb! dllllubed area, leaving the in the Tientsin and Peiping areas 5519mm“ 13 wmple“ Wm?“- 8-8 B result of the expected influx

The Jlpanese bombing planes and oi’ evacuated troops was not dis- infantry were striking southward counted. in this connection Japan

,. through the Liao River valley, bat-g has had warships in readiness along . tering down all resistance on thel the coast, particularly 1n the Shan. - road to Chinchow when the Chin- , kaikwan area to out off the retreat - ese soldiers began Withdrawing to-iof Chinese soldiers if such action

d Chlllfl PYOPBP- , proves advisable and to aid in pro-

acuation of Chinchow removediteoting Japanese inter» l, in china the inst vestige of Chinese control T proper if necessary. in the richest and most prosperous territory of the young far eastern republic centred ut Nanking. Al- though the Nanklng Government ivill continue to claim Sovereignty over Msmchurla the Japanese mil-

aomplete and the army of Nippon has a free hand to wipe. out so call- ed bandit forces alleged to bc a)‘ menace to Jiiioaucsc iiimxlsis ‘ill

THE TATE SIR

One Killed And Many Others Badly Injur. ed When Infernal Machine Explodes in Package.

(slwclal in the Guardian) 555W". Penn. Dec. so-Two men were seriously iflhlred and Elsht others were badly shaken when a bomb wrecked the. inside of the Post office. John House. 50, a clerk. suffered the loss of both arms and was blinded and Edward Werkbelser. 32, lost one arm and

511d bildy- Both men are at the Easton Hospital where physicians expressed little hope for their rc- covery.

Werkhelser died later in the hos- pital. '

The 50ml! eXDloded in a package

PUST TTFFIBE

was badly injured about the face?

Destroyed.

A serious fire last night which hNko out about 8 o'clock in the third floor of the wrixehouse md ofilce building occupied by Messrl DeBloil Brothers Limited, whole- sale grocers and agent!» Queen Street. complstuiy destroyed the firm’: stock of goods valued at about $40,000 and left tho main section of the building a gutted wreck from top to bottom.

At the time of writing the fire is still burning in the upper storey ,and thereof, as well as the lower

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bruugm l" seven“ minutes hem" floors and partitions, has been de- "Y l“ "m" and address“ l“ mwlstroyed. The building, which stands Yak‘ The me“ "hm n“ 5mm" He“ ' on the corner oi.‘ Queen and King m8 building EIHDTQYBES 58ml when Streets, is a huge four-storey brick Th” blast t°°k "law Tedifice, occupying about half the Bystanders were thrown t». thc'b1oCk_ A section of about one-third {floor end the entire neighborhood of me bunding on the King street immw“ m“) “ "Pm" by the sudJcorner, divided from DeBlois Broth- |

den detonation. Physicians sa,'d_ W5 by a brink partition running there arc no hopes for thu two most ‘n11 the ulay up, is occupied by the severely injured who were also bad- ' 501mm,, fggtpi-y of ltlessys T. B. and b’ mangled about the chest and ab- in J, Riley. ‘This section is still en- dmmn- I tact, though seriously mcnnced by

At DeBl0is Bros. Office 5f Warehouse

Building Badly-G-utted And Goods,‘ Valued At $40,000 Completely ‘

,ed the fourth floor. Itcontinued to gain headway and by 9.55 wasT breaking through the roof, pelt of which fell in about 10.10.

Three streams of water pliyed steadily through the win- dows at the rear of the building from the roofs of the neighboring sheds and dwelling house. About 10.30 a; hose was brought into use! from the roof of Sidney Greens store adjoining the burning buildj lng from the Water Street side, but‘ was shortly removed and used to direct a stream through the front, windows from a telephone pole. ‘

By eleven o'clock the fire was rat! ing in the rear of the building on the south side. A line of hose ivus put, in use from the roof of the adjoining building formerly occup- led by the Imperial -Oli Co.

Alarnfng Sight

The lurid light of the fldmcfi

soaring through the roof of the

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‘Firemen Are Standing By

. (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 30.-Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster died at his resi. dence here shortly after five o'clock this evening. The veteran states- man had been seriously ill for two weeks and sank into unconscious- ness yesierday from which he did l" 5 "9511 lilllbreflk- not rally. He was 84 years old.

For several days little hope was entertained for Sir George's recov- ery. Until six months ago his health

was remarkable for a. man of his

T H E B U A lnyears. His mind was clear and Tkeen. His speeches in the Senate l mor-rhnge. icrcd a second and more serious HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 30—(By apoplectic seizure. He rallied, how- tlie Canadian Prcssl-Rcpresclit- ever and with his strong constitu-

ntlves of ‘i; flovu Svtia Govcrn- W?" T10 ffllfllll fl llfclll- but 1053118 ;~,;,._,¢_' Chrlstmris Day found his

At 2.30 this morning the fire wits still smoldering, with fire- ml-‘n standing by. Wafer is be- ing kept continually on the ruins to prevent any recurrence

showed all his old time vigor. Then lie was stricken with a ccrcbdl hem-

Mil

A fortnight ago he suf- '

Passes Away

Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster, Vete l". an Statesman Died At His Home In Ottawa Yesterday Evening.

§ ,REFERENDUM m FINLAND

Eleven Out of Fifty. two Precincts Shows That 90 Per Cent. of Votes fast Were In Favor of Abolition 0f Dry Law.

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ipoiiiameiit o; either a concillr-tzon board or n r- "n1 commission to in- Vcsligutn all iliascs of the cczi; in-

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I into 11.5 home hele from all parts of the wozid as to the health of this ,

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Dog 3(]_ —(A.P.)—Rcturns from 11 out of 52 x liiili; hope that he ‘jfxrecmcis m Hdsmgfms ‘Dllillht lsliotvsd that 90 per cent. of the votes T113 illness inquiries poured fast m the prohibmm Yeierclldum lin those precincts were for abolition ~of Finland's dry law. Nine per cent of the votes cast in

‘ .n ii-ry critical and a bulle- r-zi Sunday night by hisl

' Ellffut‘.

doomed building could be soon Io. miles in the vicinity of Charlotte-

(i\lSi.i‘_\'. Posiliic. extension of pres-

l great Canadian. travelled much

Sir George had and from the mo-

the three north eastern provinces.

GEDRBE TESTER?

.Mfli'shall Chung declared lie or-T dercd withdrawal of his troops to gliminflte any pretext of the Japan- ese for invasion of northern China, but there was considerable anxiety in Tlentsin and Pcipilig as to the eventual outcome of the evacuation.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 30. (By the Canadian Pressl-Even at Sir George Fosters very advanced age, the tidings of his death comes as a distinct sllcck," said Sir Robert

a w“ pomted m“, “m, prevmus Borden, war time Premier of‘ Can- mhdmwals of Chmwc soldlcrsj-L-TH, ill paying tribute to Rt. Hon. m. lvfianchuria through Siiiinhai-TS“ G°f>1l§° Fvfilel‘. vetcrin Pei-lla- so» a ‘mill‘?‘i2i.“i‘°.§.ii§.-§T5"i..‘°;‘§.f;..- ucd, “he gave unstlnted and dis- tinguished service to Canada. From

{Hudson Essex.

i To Manufacture In Canada

TmBURY, Ont, December Announcement of the formation of

the very first his preeminent abil- ity placed him in the forefront oil ‘parliamentary debaters and with

Former Bank President Gets ‘ iltle dcluy advanced him to cabinet. Twelve Yea r8 .‘filsmtfiiiiii$12235; s .

lccnlury I was closely nssociated Tivith liim in active pubVc life and

Hudson Essex of Canada Limited to manufacture Hudson and Essex cars in Canada was made here to- day by officials of the new com- pany. The plant. which is located in Tllbury, will be operated by Can- adian labour and production activ- ities are now under way.

(Cilnadfim Press) l . . . .

_ a Clljflyfid the privlege of his intimate

BXNGHAMPTON‘ h’ Y" DAL 30:. friendship. His splendid qualitlcs

“Andrew ‘T’ Rowan’ firm? 1;“? i need not be enumerated or recall-I ildfllb to! tn; itatc blflcll! Li)“ ‘n2 ' ed: they nrc known to all Canad- ‘mp ‘m w c n35‘ ‘ itns Above and beyond all other

1930* Wm‘ a 1°55 of "l5‘?°'°°’ considerations he stood for the “menced w Auburn pmon tom unity of the Briitsh Empire. This

T2 w ‘a yams ‘m “wee mdictlncntgi ulas his constint ideal; and in him’

m’ ma"? to which he pzeadedl it had a most forceful, ardent and “my bemre Supreme Court Jug-I valiant protagonist.

lice Daniel V. McNamee this aftel"| "His wcnderful gift of expres- “Wn i“ the Brwme County Court sion, his powers of keen analysis

house. and the over-mastering force of his convictions were illustrated both in ANNOUNCEMENTS. parliament and on the public phi;-

| form in his commanding eloquence. "There were those who in his

COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC

"Catholic women's League Lot-i a complete misinterpretation of his lei-y will be drawn on frhursdflllmaturc. He was extremely sensitive: eveninz. 8 O'clock. Rcildllfs Drug? and in critical or solemn moments "m- 1‘23B'12'3°'2 . he was stirred to the depths of his being by such emotion as few men are privileged to feel. This wis in some measure the secret of his re- markable power. “ . ‘ ii it 1- ll ‘lchvf "Unltlldl!!! w? sprmghm Cum forcljlzafdwcailz Tiliidnftfryhislemhmor- It Milton Wednesday and Thurs-l _ d lmougl‘ the uy. selling for cash only. u. enable rm"- “ll - ll r Webster. ll22tl-l2-30-2l.‘ycars had told upon him. She l5 "i the poorer for his loss. we who Murray River Club loading Jan- _ n t ury 5th. 1r stormy. first fine day- "’-“°“ “'-“‘ H“ ‘“°‘“"“ “m m” li223-12-30-2imdeeply: but I feel that rll Canada 'joins in mourning him ns u great Canadian."

"Leap year skate New Year's night at Highfleld- Jimmy's Heart- Tlllgkefg versus Grunltes Saturday night 11261

"Hunter River Club loading

Officers of‘ Hudson Essex of Cun-

,ade. Limited will be as follows: A.

E. Bel-it, president; Max F‘. Weller- ing, vice president; Chester G. Ab- bott, vicc president; A. Hood, sec- rotary and treasurer.

These officers together with Wm. J. McCaneeny, Roy D. Chopin and C. DjSterling will form the direct-

‘ orate with Mr. McAheeny as choir-

man of the board.

N. B. Government

reason ol‘ the flames hzving brok- en through the roof. The whole force and equipment of the Fire Department were called into play.

Origin Not Known

The fire, which broke out about eight o’clook, is of unknown origin. Messrs George and. Noel DeBlfll-‘i lcft the building a rew minutes be- fore six o'clock, locking the door for the night. At that time there were no signs of smoke or fire. The blaze seems i0 have started on the! third floor, two floors above the, foillcc, where 1t descended to the Tsccond floor and couldbc seen blaz-

ing with great fury through the windows fronting on Queen Smel- The lirgg part, 0i th€ fiflWS supply of light groceries for lhc Winter W" stored in these two floors, and is a total loss.

‘Though access to the bumlflg sec~ tlon was practically impossible, the ‘thanks and office eqllllllllent 9" the l lower floor were salvaged and stor- ed in the rooms formerly occupied by the Telephone Companv- In an‘ ticlpgtlfln of the fire spreadins throughout the buildlnB. the W“ and office equipment and some stock from the Riley "WWW were also removed for saieireeplns-

The building, which is owned by Messrs '1'. B. and n. J. Riley. l»! valued at about $40,991 1T W55 m‘

town, and must have caused great anxiety after the catastrophe which occurred on Doc. l4. when Falcon- wood Hospital was burned to the Elpund. In the city the fire caused much excitement, and it was nec- essary to rope of! the adjoining street section in order t0 Dcrmlt the firemen to do their work un- deterred by the crowds of spectat- ors.

By 12 o'clock the fire was und"r control. At _12.l5 no blaze was vis~ ibie from the outside of the build- ing. At that time seven lines of hose were still in operation. ,

The interior of the building ex- cept the north end is completely destroyed, the upper floors andl

roof having caved in. The lower; floor remained but goods there and‘, in the btsemerit were ruined byl, the flood of water.

Police protection was placed on the building for the remainder of‘ the night to deter looters.

Early in the evening one of the firemen, Charles Connelly, h1d his right arm cut in entering a win- dow. He was taken to the Charlotte- town Hospital where the wound was dressed.

CHURCHILL

ficlals. 'I'hi5 followed a non-pro- ductive closed parley between the

out uxlgc contracts for a staterlithcrlnnd’ from Europe, from the lciliporai-y period, until machlneryiunited Shams’ in met from almost of conciliation or investigation ‘every pa“ o! the gm“ came may ‘mum be put T“ m°u°ni w” dls"sages expressing the sincere hope cussed as the conference ended its that he would recover_ wherever he

second day's endeavour to compose ‘went he made (fiends who Awaited

differences existing between the I anxiously for word of n15 condition.

miners and the company. The Lady Foster was in almost. con- stand taken by both in open meet- ‘ stunt attendance upon her destin- ing today differed little from pre- Tguished husband during his illness.

vious positions. H. J. Kelley. gen-l Regarded by POHllW-l friend»? and eral manager of the corporation re- foes flllke 95 the “Glam! 01d Mm" iterating the points of his contern‘ of Canadian public life, Rt. Hon. tlon that a wage out averaging 12.3 Sir George Bulbs FOBl-B!‘ 1W1 1184 percent was necessary to operation; I his "exits and entrances" 119W the

the u. M. w. leaders‘ under district _' stage or Canadian polities for hell

president p. w. Morrison insisting‘; a century- Through him ml a Ill‘ that a reduction would be disas- tle of the history of this Dominion trous to the livelihoods of the men’ was written and with him had lain they represent. a close link between the Canada

Decision to continue the confer»: of today and the scattered prov- cnce was announced by Acting Pre- lnces 0f Pflkcml-‘edemtwn “m” mier Percy C. Black after the gov-T Sir George was 20 years of afle ei-nment, its sponsors. had held,‘ when Si: John A. Macdonald separate closed meetings with the; brought into being the first govern- U. M. W. and with corporation of-' merit of s. United Canada in i867. ‘The strenuous days when Canada ‘was an embryo, the colorful years of his country's birth and develop- ment from colony to nation, were all part of his lifetime. In ‘that de- velopment Sir George Foster play- ed a notable and useful Pim-

A ‘parliamentarian 0f llllll-‘flllfl ability, an orator of the old school which delighted to express itself in the polished period an: the round- ed phrase, an administrator upon

company and the union executive.

All Dace T/Vill ‘ Test Power

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ROME, Dec. 31. (Aral-Premier

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early days spoke of him as cold- I

built about twenty-five veers 88° and is one 0f the 18mm 0! its kind in the city. Insurance does not cov-

Consider Financest

FREDERICTON, N. B., Dec. 30.

Mussolini will test his power New Year's morning by determining whether even he can keep noisy

DPTIMISTIC

(By the Caniidiin Pressi-No def- inite announcements as to the bus- iness done were forthcoming from Premier C. D. Richards, at the end of a meeting here last night of the provincial government, although it is understood T that dls* onssion of the province's financial nfTairs took up the greater part of

the session. The meeting continues.

here today. A l0 year province of New Brunswick bond issue of $1. 800.000 matures at New York on January 15 next, but nothing rc- garding arrangements for meeting Tthis has yet been announced.

Thursday forenoon, Jail. ‘l, Russel

Nicholson. Secretary.

1i229-12-30-2i _ "Cardigan Club loading hogan, W January eth- ilziv-lz-sl-sm i l,

____,__. I "Notice-Believing it to be in tliel best interests of my customers as, ellas myself after December 31.; 3!. credit will be discontinued.‘ d J. E. Mclllachczn. (merry "Iv. 11249-l2-3l-1i.

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"Dance in East Suffolk New , Year-g night, Admission 35 cents. _ Ills llonor the Llcut. G its with cake free! l1254-12-3l-2i : flic Mover l"!

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"Eastern Kings Shipping Club , llll load Hogs and Lambs at Souris." "l Monday, January 4P1 up till i Mn. 11233-12-31-11. '

Mrs. L. T. lmwthrr Mm. W. A. ltlacLilfrll

‘xfilsrvclaeatlsdfllubilgadlng Dancing, 9.30 to 2.00 C 0 . - . I It. “e “y I TTzHe-iz-al-zii. _- Refreshments

l“ Ladies. 75 Cents-

"git-zeal

"flicker Match at Milton Rink.

Years night. North ‘Rlirerl randy" "W! Milton Hornets. fiknte ‘U’ match. HZSMII-SI-li.

er more than about 4° U" “em °t the valuation.

About one-half the wholesale stock of DeBlois Brothers, consist- ing of heavier lines 0f Klwems- are stored in the flrm's warehouse on Full's Wharf, and thus assailed damage. Unfortunately for the firm most of the insurance W“ 0mm‘ on this stock and comparatively little on the lighter lines 0i evade which were stored in the burned building and were completely de- stroyed. The value._of the latter is estimated at $65,000 or $10000 and the insurance carried amounts t0 $43,000.

(Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 30—- Puffing and intermittently toying with his inevitable cigar, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill granted his first interview today since an automo- blle struck him down in Fifth Av- enue three weeks ago.

The noted British statesman still showed the effects of his injuries as he gave his views on current questions.

“It was a terrific slmck to a man of my weight," he said of the accident. "I am not through it yet. I get about and do some work." He was gaining strength daily, he said.

Rome quiet from 12.30 a. m. to 6 n. m.

He has instructed the city gov~ ernment to issuc an ordinance for- bidding the blowing of automobile horns within that time. A commis- sion long has tried unsuccessfully to cope with the problem of keeping Home, with o. reputation of being one oi’ the noislest cities in the world, quiet during those hours, so Ii Duce decided to try his hand. may be taken as settled, he con- tinued. that Great Britain will be- come a definite protective tariff country, and it is quite possible that its new programme may en-

THE CANADIAN LEGION, B. E. S. L. WILL HOLD THEIR AUNNAL

NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE ‘-' IN PRINCE Oil‘ WALES COLLEGE HALL

Under the Distinguished Patronage of overnor and Mrs. Dalton and Ills Worshlll ,

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At 9 o'clock the fire lll the Yell’ o1 the building was subdued. At that time the firemen were flghtinfl to use a hose amid dense cloud-s 01 smoke pouring from a third story central window on the front of The building. The fire here was nwlv controlled when it broke out in the

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and. planned to begin his delayed lecture four after he returns with Mrs. Churchill and their daughter, Diana, from 9, two weeks trip to Nassau. Bahamas. They expect to sail tomorrow and will return Jan. 12.

"I am an optimist," he said of