A man who llvoa only when he

mollllfll life by ita ‘lntenel y,,the one who ksape his aya on the crawl- [pg nande of the clock never finds

out the real secret of a hlppx: g contented Ilia. '

and

l Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

v OFA MERCHANT

Beauty la the origin of vanity:

vanity has her train of avlle; ahun that beauty who would use be-

wltchlng powers to bring the tinct- lng pleasures; much of tha world's crime can be traced to that shrine-

has}

, s heel-falls .‘ ‘finances-ea ead

IPIHISHEB iii n iN uuisini

ny Lives Lost '88 1 reatest F1005 in ._State’s _ H i s t o r y Moves Toward Gulf of Mexico.

(Canadian Press) NEW ORLEANG, La., May l8. — m, 7,000 square miles inundated d (he waters from breaks in the chaiaiaya river and Bayou Des at"; Leveoa constantly covering ore territbry residents of aoulh ntral Louisiana today helplessly lched the greatest flood in the mry of the States as it moved ward the Gulf of Mexico. An undetermined number of es have been lost and prospects . = that many more will perisiube- re the waters finally fall. t elviiio 130 miles northwest of-Ncw rieaus, on the Athchafalayu river. ll0l‘(‘ the most serious break oc- urred yesterday. ten negroes were nofficially reported to have been rowued. At Rosa plantation near Melville

aa neueena also u. s. a. use

Land Operations Halted by Rain And Snow

(Canadiarp Press)

WiNNlPhIG. iitait, .\lay HLQThe greater part of the grain belt of Western Canada is again in the grip of rain and snow today and land operations have bccn brought to an abrupt halt in the row dist- ricts where seeding had been re- sumed. iFreezing temperatures have accompanied thc latest storm wave. Tito aainfall was fairly general ov- er an area extending from Western Ontario to the foothills oi the rocky mountains, while light snow fell around Regina and Moosejaw.

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French Visitors are i Delighted With English Reception

(Special to the Guardian) llhtlRllS. May l8. —— President Doumergutf-s reception in England in the warmth of which Britain has greatly shared, has stirred in France a feeling of geciprocal ‘friendship for the island kingdom which has been perhaps latout but certainly never very manifest dur- ing the pas: eight years.

The French press today and cal!- ecially the cor respondents who have accompanied the president on

cnnatoqjrarown, CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1927

TH JBPS i IHE‘ IINJAPA E5 l [IE5 l_Il_l]Y-.

Foreign Office Missioni Proceeding to Han- kow Fired on While ofl’ Chinkiang-—Offi- cer Wounded.

- (Canadian Press)

SHANGHAI, Mny 18. -—'l'lic Jap- anese destroyer Momo proceeding‘ to‘ Huukow with a Jupaxlcsc fur-I clgn office mission tu investigate conditions iu the Yaugtse Valicy, was fired on by northern (‘hineuc troops while anchored oft‘ Chink-- lung last night. The destroyer‘ replied with its hcavy guns. ’l‘hc firing continued for two hours. A‘

wounded.

The northern cruisers HillClHlli nud Chacho, part oi tho uquatlronf oi General Chang Tsuug-Changn; engaged this morning in a bum-i bardmeut of tho Woohutig forts north of Shanghai, which arc hold by the southcrners. The forts re-

Five southern destroyers upon.

warrant officer on the bridge wascn"

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Retired Police Officer inds the Loot in the Railway Dump, "I hich WasRecontly~ Stolen From the »Vogue.

(‘itizena will receive with piess- inted. bcguu his fruitful investiga- urc and gratification tho uows that lion. llia activities resulted iu tho goods recently stolen from The tho obtaining of an important clue Vogue have been recovered and rc- which followed up. culminated i'u turned to their lawful owners. the discovering of the goods, in a

(ff-edit for the finding of the loot bag, covered with ashes, in the is eutirclyv duo to Sergeant Pater Railway dump. llc took lhe find Bradley, who having retired front to iho office of the Magistrate. nr-tlvn police work some four-oi‘ where they were identified by Miss five Yours ilgo. was recalled to the Dairou. irpartuer in The Vogue. fort-c ugaiu a mouth or more ago who was also agreeably surprised in tirdcr that his knowledge Olfnfiud flint there were also ilvo local criminals and their ways and coats which she had not known his perseverance in following up n were stolen. ' cnsc. might stem the tide oi the Therc was a rumor about. the robbery epidemic which has oi late city yesterday that the goods wero become a serious problem in, this found on u premises on Dorchester Street East. Sergeant Bradley wishes to report that such a rumor b" entirely incorrect.

Except for the fact that the dresses were wot. the remainder of the goods have suffered nodamnge.

Many remarks of just and dc- serving commendation have been hoard ou tho recovery of the articles by Sergeant Bradley.

Although tho entire police per- sonnel have been working with zeal, in the endeavor to locate the missing goods, yet their efforts were not productive of results. Scrgcant Bradley ufler careful coil- sitiovutiou of who the guilty part- ies might havc been and with whom they might have been assoc

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Federal Dept. Will Al- so Supply High- Powered Motorcars in Effort to Prevent Smuggling in Mari- times.

(Canadian Prose) orrnvv-A, Ont., Mny 1a.-.-\ lieot of mole thanltwcnty vessels. with a speed in some cases of about 30 knots an hour, hes been commisr cloned to patrol the coast lino along the Maritime Provinces in an effort tocombat smugglers. These ves- sels will be supplemonted by l-WBIP ty or twenty-live hlzh Pfmefeil automobiles operating dmm strate- gic points where roads meet in New Brunswick. Nova Swlln and P. d3. island.

Official announcement to this ef- fect was made shortly before noon today by the department of nation- al revenue . District chiefs of the

Charlottetown llornlng Guardian.

lilllltl i} ii ll. iSENIJS Nlilt ill BRITAIN

Asks if Anglo-Russian Relations Are to be

Oaardlan Two Founded

Oasta III

Business Magnate And Stenographer a Found Dead in Car

(Special to thg Guardian) ,‘ _ LOS ANGEIIFIS, may 1S. -llod-.‘ pea of (lcorgc T. Powcii. .lr., \i'icc gYPresidenz of the Discount (‘orpor-f ation of California. and Miss Marl ‘Rio Pike. 24 year old steuographer, were found in Poweils motor car 0n n road near hero today. Both had been shot nud a revolver was found in the girl's haud- Authorit- ies believed that the girl killed vlfoiwell and then committed sui- m c. z

Maintained or Op- . __,‘_ _ posed » Term Raid ). ' ' . I c 1o a Aeroplane Wreckage “ ‘v Wilm- Mmoscow, May 18.—The Soviet fpovernment, in a note to the Brit- N _ lish charge rfallairs, in protest ew against the recent raid on the 80v- ‘iet House ‘in London. declaredthat i BOSTON. Mny lS.-—i.‘0n."ig\|:ii'bu" comlnyance o’ commaml“ [and government patrol boat; unfit-Ir relalliglns w?” Gm“ Bmfl" w" rudlo orders were proceeding to- pfla ‘ca?’ ‘in :,h:h°°"dm'°'l' fl night to n point one hundred milcs“:a°h " "M" |° °‘ Pr“ ' M. east of Boston where discovery of? l: cammerc ‘I “n” of 1921' wreckage which was said to rc- Ir? m"; violiflu“ grmmng W: 9' sembic an aeroplane wing was s‘ '|"'p"' Y m""°°“‘”” “d m‘ m‘ made by Captain F. S. lug, of the aiguiermfl °f M’ mmm" °r United States Shipping Board ‘ . steamer Bollepllno. Captain lng re-‘C l,‘ _"°“1“"“°" "Om m” 8mm‘ ported his dmcovery o" m“ arrival muarnmtilt dcfluito reassurance of his vessel here from Rotterdam f?" mm fiimjefl‘ from which n “w” and radio orders were immediately. nui;§§.““"" °°'“‘°SM°"5 m“ b“ despatched to eight coastguard‘ . '_ _ , _ destroyers and picket boats on ruml _1'mme'n“flr“' mo! 5mm 0°" bum] to proceed to ‘ho Scene Dffilllillfifll dct arcd fiat it reserves Iihe right to make claim for viola-

his trip across the channel. Willi? hearing the bombardment was like? customs and excl“ prevenuvo 59,-. the find in the hope of making fur-

Volstead Act

ho into of forty persons was not

“Canada. Buying

nown here. They were thought huvo been trapped in the low nds where n 15 to 20 milc an hour urrcnt was flowing. W. T. Clark. a rescue wnrkcr of exaudriti who is credited with vlug 163 persons in the Bayou i1 (liaisos scctlon,. reported the fflWlllllK of a mun and his two our yesterday. Clark said he rc- ioved thc mother from the roof of i floating house and before ho could reach the others tho housu cureeuctl and they were swept away. The bodies were not found. Army engineers said that 20 par- ishes were covered iu whole or in I'll‘! 0y the flood waters and that

approximately ~5,1t00.000 “acres lied

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with allfprlSG and enthusiasm about the reception which they received from ‘tho reputedly 901621113110 Elli;- lish.

Urges Toleration In J ubiloe Year

(Canadian Press) SUlllililtY, Out., May 18. — Ad- dressing a gathering of Sudbury Liberals last evening. lion. Peter illeenan, federal minister of labor.

of concord among iho various ruc-

advauced a strong plon for n spirlt'

ly. withdrew rapidly from thc vicin- ity of the forts, proceeding up lhci Whzunpot) river to safety. Tilt-y arc now opposite IAmgaIlti. u little. beyond Shanghai.

ln the course of two hours firing the cruisers scored ihrcc direct‘ hits doing nmisitltarablt‘ tiulnagc, Whilc iho ‘forts rcplicd constantly they failed to hit tho cruistars, who subsequently atoamod uwuy to tho‘ north. (loncrul (Jhiaug Kai-Slick,‘ commaudei--in-cliief of tho Naukiugi nationalist armies arrived hcrc to-j day from Nanking. (

HANKOW, China, May iii. -iti--, ports were circulated licrc todayf of unlmmiuent attack on tho city‘

cs and creods i.u.l.ho tiominion.

"One thought 1 would like to leave with you." said Mr. ilcennu. "ls that in the year in which we are celebrating ‘the aixtlcth annivers- ury of confederation, we ought lo understand cach other's viewpoint and put into [irnclico tho spirit 01' luinratiou."

United States

JSpeciaI to the Guardian) TITTWWIA. May l8. -—iCauadu is uying more frnnl iho United tall-s. llurlui-i the twelve mob-tbs uding March. imports from the nited States wore $888,000,000. gainst $610,000,000, in the previous ear. Exports were $486,000,000, u cline of eight million. \

taly Replies to Coolidge Note

(Special to the Guardian) -.lb(li.\'lii¢l, Mny l8. — Tho ltullnn flvrruiucu-t has sent to the United stun mnbussildol" at llomo u ro- y in President Coolldgefis second t. in which ltuiy was invited to - prcsoutetl "ln some manner" ‘ iho coming tllroo power naval lli0l'i'll('(l a (lonova- The Italian verii-uimrt reserves the right to lid uuvui observers to this con- rouw iii-pending upgu iho devol- limen’; nud TGBllllg of the (louuvu ur parlors.

uoulfilled In ‘ Battle With Bandits

(sneciai to the Guardian) ILSA. May 18—~A gang of "° bflillllls looted the Farmers "Uflnfll lipuk and ‘tho First Nat- nal Dunk at Beige, Okla" south {wie- verlv today and 'n- the en- ieuu: battle shot and. killed Mar- ~ all W.J. modulations wounded‘ Wvnlnn. osca 3 with several ousand in ca! . ' Uondensed Specials

Q‘A-

l was presented by aliases Do

“Any luau," ho continued, "that .Hhould try to spread tho spirit of

{dissatisfaction and discontent or]

creulo a feeling of enmity ls u men- ace to tho young country and therc ought to bc some means to doal" with men of this description. fortunately lmust state that we have a few of both crceds and na- tionalities that arc doing this sort

oi thing." --_{-CQ-O>

Papal Delegate to _ Canada Appointed

(Canadian Press)

‘JbO-IWE. May l8..—i'l‘ho appoint- ment of Motisignor A. Andrea Cus- aulo. as apostolic delegate to (lan- ada was announced at tho Vatican tctlay. llc succeeds the Right. Rev. Pialroe lli Maria- now Papal Nun cio in Borne. Switzerland.

C. G. I. T. Enter- tainment in Baptist Church

A vcry plouslug entertainment was given iu the Baptist Church School Room Tuesday evening by the C. (i. l. T. who fircsentod a miscellaneous programme. Mrs. J. A. Clark very capabiy presided.

The first item on the programme was a (Jump Scene with Camp Songs hy the C. (l. l. 'i‘. Readings by Misses Einu Clark. Peggy Camb- beli and Violet McCuuncll were well received. while a vocal solo by Pearl Burns and piano solo by Margaret Stentlford were pleas- ingly rendered.

.A Tableau “Follow the (‘llcamfl rothyi and, Elinor Harris, Violet McCau- nell and Helen Duffy. .

RATEAJo. '70‘: word, not each inaertioninthila column. _

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- "The Runaways" a playette with Bo elo Campbell and Grace Yeo as g principals assisted by a Fairy. can, Miss Evelyn Simmons and ilet- lattendsnt fairies lfliltlc touch to the programme. The Kitchen Orchestra proved In‘ ‘ilnllllhs v feature. a Little Mia-

The Plity-"Juat Mhvirareeentau-lay the girls of lllfiifieltlorsflroupe on the mu- lhii ‘item vat-aha‘ programme. ntrweiii sn-intoills- in! me nor by the

misrepresents-him- "' W I "I -i"p.lr|‘ BIT“! he case hflhouagwikte _ o “a Ball's can»; . T Helen‘. tin-Y ‘ratta- . mu “B. l “filial; ‘hi.’ ‘ ' niry-iibe hi:

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by former llunkowcae‘ who have -gnne over to General (‘hiang Kzil~ Slick, the moderate national load- |er who broke with Hnnkow nation- (alists and set up ll. govcrulncnt at iNankiug. lt was said that tho ioruicr llanktiwltoa wcro lwculy miles smith of lluukow, having cui tho llankow-Canton railway iimrtv. The Llhincso pupulutrii in linukow is restless, muny arc louviug ihc city by ship. Eugene (Jhun, illlllllll’ of tlic ‘llun- ow nationalists. (lucinrod iho rc-. ports of onemy troop movements‘ (near the Wuhan cities (llankolv, Wuchung and llnnyang) wcrc cn-‘

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tircly false, and that the only basis for them appeared to be an unau- thorized movement of a miumg force near the l-luuuit-llupch bor-‘ der, which was undcr investiga- tion. Ample troops were near tho border. and the Wuhan cities, hc. said. to doal with any situation.

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Willingdons And, Prime Minister to

Visit Toronto

(Special to the Guardian)

TORONTO, 0111-, May lii.—— Lord und Lady Wlilingdou and Prciuioi- King will arrive in Toronto on. Fri- day mornlni: frorn Ottawa nud will "in ‘shoals at government house.

he Prime minister‘ will remain m until after Victoria day, while Their iExceileucieg will stay for nearly a week.

A large number oi.’ engagements have been made for ’l‘lioir Excel- lencieis during their stay in Tor- onto. and fess include the opening of the Onario Jockey Club mcct at the Woodbine, the Military Tournament and tho Garrison iOhurch parades. Premier King will attend the m-liitary tournament and the rauIB ‘and the Garrison Church parade.

lPremier King and Lieu-L-Govern- orpRoss are closepersonal friends and this will ‘be the formers first visit to government house since- the present incumbent took office! Official Liberals spoken to last;

ti MUIIHENJIJYEU.

_whon all who

HE Doomed, 1s Belief ‘IZONIIPON, ihlay l-E. --'l‘hc lntosl “low-duivn" on tho progress of Alll9l'll38|l'.'~i auti~tlry wavo llns been given out in London. Qiwcnlthy visitors from the

United Sintcs have bot-tune so con- fidcu-t that Voistofid-isiu in doomed

'l‘hcrc was n largo nud

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night hud not heard of the coming oi tho Prime Minister to Toronto. They did not expect the Premier to. make any political engagements! while in the city for the weekend and Victoria Day.

Improvement In Flood Situation

Canadian Press)

WlNNl‘ EG, Mon. May 18. —~ Reportslrom, rural districts of Miultoba; which for. more than u

eels-bare been menaced by flood waterapebowed a decided improve- mautaione n some, nee and. fllalltlhslua crtilv - , Practically

- -' sorted the rivers

Present an Enjoy-h u i u L m I _ n- |o scrap map ru ey ac u- able Change of Pro- London. gramme- 'l"fif‘le0n well lcnowu Auicricuus astonished Londoners by atteuditig draw largo houses in ihc Prince Christie's auction rooms. Ono of Edward Theatre by presenting cn- 129111 llllivlidfleglo 300' bottlgsh oi loyablc and gloom dispelling prcs- C flllllliillllt‘. ill i1 w" 9- l 9"‘. Last night's t-hnugc of prognun- VAs such [IIIPClIXIHGS for trousnmp- "m on“. New“, w..(|_.,-- was my. Lilolultmherc Xlyrllllfllli-lliflxlfi Inok igieliul hztps ovt-n bcilci‘ than lhc ()|>i.‘ll|ll)Z_ ' s" “it Fl ""9 ""3 9 "B mm"! Nuwly weds.- “ “mm Sm,“ rglcrovmzulo, and it was found that. py rovuc illfilil! musical conuuly“ ‘l limo ‘"15 helm! "lkcll 4W"? l‘) liucs was. as ‘lppfircut by the up- h“ “med m‘ “hi” cellars‘ iiy iho largo audlouizu, Snappy flaunt-cs, bright and spark- ling comedy. wcll rcndcrod songs; which nonc should miss tho oppor- k tunity of enjoying. Attractive coir. (Canadian Press) tumca and entirely new scenery all-l Qliddlnac, Mny 13,-. iQbylqugly uuco of the different members of from Montreal to Quebec, and be- tho show, ,you-d. Commander Francesco ‘Dc "Tho Newly Weds" Wlll DB P0- Pinodo was resting hero this oven- Wlflll l0 "m" Uliilrifour continent flight some time to- ironbies and worries folr awhilo1at..n,o.-rmv' should condition; be fav- iczwi, should lnkr t-his c lunch of i nyorelhlc. l -_---<se>-——.——— Montrotil at 12.15 today and after ' circling the harbor straightened away down iho river to the Provin- At lion to ifiy over Quebec and (wnllllll- - uc his routo to Shippogan island. tmihuu- in tho Bale ilics Chaicurs, Now lnstlc nudiouru lust. nighl. (plane the ‘iSanta Marla. till" was 0v~ Fuiiiu. spunk in tiilllliiill. "T Uilyiiili‘ cr the St, ‘bawrcnce above the Que» mcnt Control-l MF- Ccllhii“ Milli“ bet; citadel. iPinodo did not stolh but ucicd an c Ill rnmn.

_ ,of Otleaus in the general direction dresses “We ilellvmd "Y Mf- Llllli. would take him to ms New Ilclilnw- whoa A" McDonald “ml ‘ r‘ Brunswick.destiiial.loil.

. drone of his piano was once more Arf]ll’;?l$j.g%?,t(’;.€: huurtl towards 4.00 p. m. and Piu- a M‘. J1 A_ McDonald mov. cdo wus seen making hlsway back mm, which WM; Seconded by Mfgjsald. afterwards. he had ruu luto a Archibald Benton. thick fog and flocidod to return.

The hypocrisy and inconsistency of those, officially opposing Government Control were never better illustrated than 1n Tuesdays Patriot when expressed, one editorially the otherby Mrs. Wright "m: PATRIOT. Mae. wafer-iv. This ILlbsral government has; What about ‘Quebec? vquehec a splendid adminiatrs- Deapltsythe statements of Ilia tion, and the remarkable pro- Prime Minister. that ‘it ha agrees that it has made in its de- ablato build a numberlof‘ good tlyitipa of public m. are beyond inc from the yvernment question an -object linen not ' of "#00110. 000N490 mtofy VII, t9 o'er, country, ‘but, to no tragic“ it‘ ean__ scarcely

The Tip 375p Revue ully have begun storing wines in Tlic .’l‘ip Tori-phi... continues do nWYiig wisp and Aclgnr sale ex|luliol|s_ did likewise. mmflgnlllellh now would be impossible, inquiries plausr rcccivcrl. highly npprocizliod """ " _ ‘Italian Flier W91" to provido an entertainment ed greatly to enhance the pcrform- fatigued by an arduous flying trip peatod this afternoon and evcninlzflng preparatory to resuming his lug so. Tho tltallnn aviator tuck off from clal capital. lt had been his inten- in ill" Brunswick. At 1.50 p. m. his mono Winsioo Hall, lo hour Mrs. Howard wont on his way towards the island Excellent and well reccivcd ud- A vole of lhmms moved by M“ To the surprise of Quebccors the od a vuto of thanks to tho chaii" V‘ nil" 6"?’- Bmmml Quaimm he ._, . .\ ' - t-r . W FACING BCTIillIiYS Pliillil these two diametrically opposite WW3 were given to the great province of\ Quebec's atoryda a_ tragedy. valopmant ‘along the various ac- roads through. the profits accru- peyand Gahadian bor- be ‘unfolded ln- the pnblic

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lhc ugracmcul for the insult ofler- ed ihcrchy and for material losses

~polioo nl, Sydney. N. S, llc will hnvc

the lllarltimes.

L, A. tlugnon. Fredericton. N. IL. will be district chief for New Brunswick with hcmltllifllltlfi at. .81. John. N. ll. Mr. Gannon was fmmerly chief of the game nud‘ fisheries protection service for N- [Llle will huvo a stuff oi around’ matcly fifty men tinder him in ad- dition lo a number oi‘ small i051 _patrol boats in tho Buy m‘ Chaleur. Mon; the N. B. coast and iu North- umborland iStrults and the nay of Fundy, and high powcrcil luotor ' s. i _ . . "Joseph Ii. hlcCormick. .wlll he district chief for N. 5-. with headquarters at Halifax. .Mr. Magcormlck wrap formerly chief of