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to moat

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CANADA.

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POWERS coND GERMAN REARM ME

SEVE_

_ FEARED DEAD IN MINE

BLAS

ii|N>E?RS A.REIsla‘n_d Teachers.

iilnmlin

|NOpen Convention

is H A FT lsarge Attendance Marks

.

Rescue Crews W

Sessions. Mr. James MacCallum,

k 1? d_ s5'b

vamiyni Effort 'io 1'_¢Si ent U mifS~'ReP°1’f~_

_ 0

'Reach Spot Wh

6 Nwly B00 teachers trom Prince

¢l' _

Explosion ooourr ’i"£'i.`Z."11‘ .’.‘..“L‘§.‘.i “.r‘2“‘..‘.’23...“‘i’..‘i‘i

- slonoitheannualtoachefs con-

ire

B'1'l.LAl'll0N. N’ B April 16- Hall yesterday morning, '1'h¢_¢n.

lopehrthelivesolasven

eoal rollmeht of teachers yesterday was

greaterthanontherirstdaycl

N03- B! Gllrtlllvs Special W ) vention in Prince ot Wales College

revies

BIUII

mlnsrmrwaned with the

tenigh as rescue

;‘ls=.=;f fri ou.; s i Sic* isis r i'iri§'i‘§ “E 2 °= IL? riiii *§;.r§l*‘ i §.r§§f§=2' filter? i iileoii 2-F.-:lie itil? iii.

tlifvlll-

vcd

roaredoutthlsmo

DAYS HFORE DBIB CLEABED

o

not know until sometime tomo

rro

at the earliest. whether the se

were alive And it might take d for them to clear away a passage lhe men

was hold likely deadly "after da which follows an explosion ot "i damp" in the coal mines, would claimed their lives. Ventilatiop

It they survived the explosion; lt. mwgm--gpmmgmgmlm °~°n§Mt'.&-5'

k . V- - . . -

ha w

E

I I i 1 3' i sl § l

where the sev-

rising

the convention last year.

The following committees were appointed at the morning session yesterday: -

Nomination--A. P. Doiloetto, Gor-

don Rice. Alice uvle. '

Resolution-H. W. Yeo, chair-

men. Bessie Mclreod. James Me- Beth. Florence Mallee.

Finance-Louis Campbell, chair.

msn, Ethel Tanton, Margaret Mc- D°usl11. Lewis ciailent.

Press-Russell loaid, nogis

Youniter. i

“Mt lowest was shown ia tm

Red Cross exhibit to the left oi' the entrance andvalso in the display of ettfwtive portfolios. the work or different schools throughout the mrgnrgditi '

90 to the Red Cross ea-

hibit there are displays by- the Ry. arson Prcll in-charge-Q1 My V

c woraing when ure P. seary. ir. a., Halifax; sl' ra.

. Myer co.. and the Gregg pubuan-

Ui! O0., Toronto. in ehargeof Mr. ri. J. rr. Morrissey. 'rwo low ia-

ul l\ll‘\l’i°° iirml. Hyndman and Oo..

. display of advertising matter, gr.

cluding blotters and ‘note books which are boi!!! distributed to the

\° teachers. _

Alter the enrollment of teachers

' the President ur .1.w r Mao

9 V: vellum. Jr., saliva-as his report of

the year's activities which follows.

as

shut oi! by the lall of hundreds od tons of material and sutlocat fumes would have filled the 1,500 loot south-east level where the oiast occurred.

e o

lv

'I‘he expiosion's source remain d

andetermined tonight. spontane us combustion oi coal which ignited les or the ,'shooting" of an exploa e charge 'to loosen coal were held as possible causes. The presence oi a shot-firer among the missing group was held as indicating the probabil- ity of the "shot" theory.

None of the other 180 men in the

(Continued on Page 10)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS.

MEETINGS. ETC

"Borden Line Club loading I-legs.

ai

Lambs. Oalves Aib_sny_Wedriesday april mir \miu<as;iri§)4qs;s_m-4-is

*‘ nusl »

'nr an 'rar #tue

r. 1:. riuoapitoi will Saturday. L49 _ *MJ

“The Hospital Aid oder you tai'

Baturdaya.newTagtobrlngyou lood luck. L-5930-4-17-ii.

“Will be buying live hogs all

day Thursday, the 18th, at Emer- ald and Albany. Paying highest prices. G. C. Green. L-5865-4-lil-di

"Cid fashioned tea-party and

boat 1-acc. Murray Harbor, July 8rd, auspices the United Church. ` L-M21-4-11-ll.

“Cake sale Saturday by Zion

Church Ladies Aid at Mloore- and !lclA0d's at 2 crclook. _

L-B040-4-1'!-Il

"We will be receiving live hogs our plant _cn Thursday of this

. Signed

ld f PIM

afloat-a-1':-ii.

v

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.i _ . mmm. ur.

I -l",_, 'i

*I-440°".

£1* U

The miners estlmiited they w d and the Dominion Lilo have a nee

w Vol

- _ sys

. ins

_i_l-;--

l’REBlDBN'l"S ADDR!!!

llhilow Members: On behalf ot

the executive oi' the Prince Edward Island Teachers’ Federation I here- with submlt for your consideration

T0 PRUTEST T0 .GENEVA

DANZIG, April 16-Bean Lester,

League High Commissioner for Danzig, announced his intention today od protesting tc Geneva ag- ainst asserted Nazi violations of this,free clty's constitution.

Danzig Nazis, having failed to

obtain the twmthirds majority they sought in the April '1 elections plan to flaunt the constitution by 'rdrainiing from convoklng the new diet, it was reported. The oppos- ition' has 8 members in the diet.

;May Continue Relief Payments During 'May

0‘l'1‘AWA. Avril lo-Minister oi’

Labor W. A. Gordon today told the House ot Commons the |overn~_ ment had made no decision about neylns the provinces unemploy-

snsgt hrzliei gratis during May. He

. wever, grants bably

will be paid. nm ‘

Relief agreements between the

provinces and the pqmmlgn lapsed at the and of March but

were continued for “Agni on are same basis ss previo .

the report or me rorivirioa' for ure year ending April, 1930, _ The total membership of me

Federation for the' past year was

up members and el ru-st-year teach- ers. who are aamittedireo. Thu. enrolment shows an increase of 25 over that of tim previous years, but we should not _be setisned with lllyihilli less than 100 per _cent 111001-b°\‘5hlP. as. in my estimation, Wir! person. abtively engaged in the teaching profession of this province. owssltiohimseli sndtothepio- fession to be a member ot the P.E.I.T.I". DUYIHB the year six executive

meetings were held, at all of which we had a good attendance of mem- bers. despite dlillculty in travelling,

Local Conventions '

local conventions were held as usual at all the diderent centres and were attended by the great majority of the .teachers Our sec- retary. Miss Ethel Taylor, attend- ed all those conventions. assisting the local secretaries, and speaking in the interests of the P.E.I.Tll".

'I'he J. D. Seaman Memorial Prine, donated by the Federation each year. to the student of Grade Ten standing highest in English in the Matriculaticn Examinations, wa' presented last fall to Mr. Graham Crosby, of Summersidel-ligh school.

During the winter I was privileg-

Nstional Hotel. Dr. Thompson, Field Secretary of the Canadian Dental Hygiene council. was the guest speaker. The purpose oi' til meet- ill8 U YOu all know. was to inaug- urate a campaign of Preventive Dentistry.

It is with deep regret that I

' (Continued on Page 10)

FLASH

(Canadian Press) ANTIGONISH, N. S.,

April 17.--Engineer Roy Ma.cIntosh_ of Truro, and an unidentified man were_ killed early today when the Hallfapg bound Syd- ney Flyer was derailed on the C. N. R. lines near Heatherton. Chas. Mac- Donald of Mulgrave,'tire- man, was missing and the trainmen were searching for him in the wreckage. The locomo- tive dropped overa bank and dragged five cars with her. A number of passengers suffered .in- juries. th e extent of which could not be im- _modiately learned.

_____..._.__.._ ,

WTNNIPEG, April 15-Business

is improving "all along the line.” said James H. Webb. President of the Canadian Manufacturers' As- sociation, .here today. Mr. Webb is

on an inspection trip of the West.

W W -'S-'¢"“"*'

Government.

is-Missiles

. gf iiiailii

Liquor _Policy Of Ontario

Is Criticized

___-aa;-a _

adjourned

an ali-

motion ct'

;i.;l.ii is

Col. W.

Dv

the

oleic-or unsmsrlcsment insurance Prwdkihplara introduced aa .annn;$aqiselins ocniiaaaoa inihspsessnt aominuu-stron to

so-oparatawiihthenemin and other pnnmah

nanmmnout

E

we § 5_5 iii if; ig ;§;l§ liar?

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dylan

52'! memberl._made up of 440 paid-‘

g £1-

HUUSIN

ad to represent tl: P.E.I.T,!'. sét 1; _ _ V _ I ~ `nlfi'iii,”ih °ui'.' "caaauifn R ` *

Comprehensive Plan ___-

at

Sir Wilfred Grenlell Returns To Labrador

"i-'sir Wim-ea me may cron

the missions in Labrador and

COMM|TTEE°"”"“’"”j"°"`m

.75 Beggars " Tf“d m ple H

3 lheir or-rival in New york. sir wri-

fred is famous as the founder of =i

To 'Death §,",,;.;,,",,“"’ ,HMWM

e

NATIUNA

__._i

Budget Acclaimed

Conference Sched ed For Thursday.

. Cab

ucoced

LONDON, April 16-(C. P -Parliament will adjourn lo

seiribling on April 29, the cl

the three-power conference Stress.

quietly retire after the 'Juibilee

eibrationsare over,tobe hes

ed by Stanley Baldwin, Oonse tive r, declare the governm nt

Kttllll

lost during the diem °v¢f the ._ 0 arises in un- °mP1°ym°-Ht N- Ile! some months . ac.. -rr.. teaser

_.ra pom. man.s :=:-..-i-~--'-'_,;:_=.__:

""‘ `-

argit govc - “§’»=}c

men 's popularity,

thou h t

a ure nclu rural workers in ._=f=i_

B ment insu I `° ..

scheme as had “

been freel _ - M- ’ r Eye 'rroubie _

,_.._.._._.---» "Ramsay

the unem :_

ter

` rear-med because other powers iallc

In Praha, Czechoslovakia, a sc0l'0 of

army officials, were reported under arrest

budriei/”-15 also =' " ` _ _J

d t'° & - Gei-ma.ny’s rearmamcnt and t

whole question of 'preventing fut

' rn

°’°P°°W *ll* <'_=‘1\-.~. 1 he rn _'_

W? ;___:_:__E ure

r' ' iz c no able °°°°°m§d liepudmu°l1hri?;t me 'ip

_ el, omlssmn was mm tional rea es was squarey iotmos on the s s ivialesuo on I u I w I .de gg’ the dogrs:;pN<:€ig;1; gglungileor

ploy-' T8-¥l@

' fore

,_

noon.

Clarifying the hitherto can used

V ian

Britain And Italy. [Strongly Support.

(°' P' B’ °'“"‘“““" 9"°°"“ WK?) ted yesterday to the council of the League of Nations at-

r ur. Geneva a resolution firmly condemning Germar\y’s viola--_

Euler iwlidays on Thursday. tion ol the Versailles Treaty by introduction of a conseript

not

e

has "°¢°‘“°d mm °f the d li nr norun a irish gov..-smear orrioiar rail

Gornnny never would return to the

ring.

By George llamhleton.

Canadian PICK Stal Writer

GENEVA, April 16.--(C.P. Cablg)

C

f

picture of just what procedure would be followed here, French Fore Minister Plcrre Laval submitted a draft resolution on behalf of the governments of Great Britain. France and Italy, and on his own behalf backed it up with a strongly- worded denunciation of German re- armament and abrupt repudiation of treaty obligations by her military decree of March 16.

Supported by-Great Britain and Italy, France submit-;

Presented to-Aid in S lu m Clearance -- Standard Set.

(C.P. By Gus.rdlan's Special Wire)

OTTAWA, April 16 - Establish-

ment 01 a Housing Authority to “iri- iiiate. direct, approve and control projects and policies and to ai- lcciite such monies as may be nec- essary" to assist a program of ur- ban and rural housing was re- commended today by the Ganons Housing Committee in its report to the House oi Commons. Buchan authority should have power to negotiate agreements with responsible organizations with a view to promoting construction of new buildings andiepair of exist- ing ones. '

The first consideration of this body should be that of rehabilita- ting residences at present in need of repair. _

COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME

The committee submitted no comprehensive scheme oi town lannln; or national housing such gs was indicated in the evidence taken before it; nor was any sum to be furnished by the Dominion

for that purpose mentioned in its r r

(C. P. by Gnardialfs Silwlal Wire)

BAGHDAD, April l6-Se'verity-

fivo bosom were trampled to death in scrambling for a rich merchants alms on one ot the minm' islands of the Bahrein K\’0\iP in the Persian Gulf, reports. reach- ing here today said. Alarmed when the JHbb€I'iY‘¢ horde crowded into a nam-ow WNN servants slammed one or the doors. righting to get out, the beggars preqed against the great. studded door in an in-fur-lated mass- When finally they were released, it was said; '15 lay trampled or sufiocatod to death. »

Increase In'

International 1 R a 1' l Rates

(C. P. by Gnardlarfs Special Wire)

0f!'I‘AWA, April 16-ltncreasod

rates on international rail traffic between Canadian and the United states will como into effect april 18, the Board of Railway Oom- miseionors annouced today. The

lib _

ln the re-sh

N

real driving 1 .Simon will rem forelsn

Much interest

the national attaches to its

whose “new

committee for

there is no q George being gi aibinet

PTB-Il. us in lstr ti 's ti

not accept l

J h Bim

Mr. Lloyd Ci to make public

I'

three tests: ‘

would it into

deal"

under study by

ns

a on na proboibly securln

00Ul'ltl‘Y. can w

rf

trade and indust

ofthe()

while Sir Jo It NB Poet of Great Britain and Italy supported wife’ md R_ H_ gnu, merchant,

in speculation vernment’s negotiations

e weeks. He

meet the committee on Thursday.

state

ion

0 . which he does not d°5i"°~ but SW the Btivefmrnent

GUN?

iiyiillg the adm

l complexion ' n ir the support of maintenance of peace in Euro ,

do call into play all the appropriate

Ship oi either Sir measures on the part of the mem-

0 11 on or Sir Herbert Bam th

TW

no

Prime Minis"

Maodona.ld’s eyes M.¢|)°,,,|,|

ti ng '

It

orco,

secretary.

80

plans have

som

» Will Enllst support

Well-llifoiiilned politician; . UCS

V

011.8.

'W

0i’1V[!‘

seek to attach him to its banner

8»d0i’JT»l€§ lfaiaical features of

many Liberals who at present

eader

11.88

details Of his

after the meeti H with the cab HG SWS his D Osram requires

er

it beneilt

ill

E11

e with ordi

YY-"

e afford it,

hat billet

new rates, increased as much as

the ITALY hu

the French spokesman in no

011 certain terms but Foreign Min

not calculated to prejudice rat than foster the peace of eos

The draft resolution of the t

d powers goes further than cond

will asks the Council to decide that

- relation to undertakings concerning

d the security oi the peoples and

llcl- bers of the League and within

framework of the covenant."

D In its third part it requests

cial measures which might be

, is

future Joseph Beck ot Poland promptly

f°mm mare: aww uw. a.."§§` §§‘.2i‘.§‘.“.‘i§;‘i....§“.§’. .§'“§f$Z..Z’°§3§§“

. c - ..

been ant, and with a. scarcely-veiled “ms and almost me mme pow

it Special cabinet ference to the Franco-Russian

will cord said Poland wondered whether

certain suggested agreements were

tem

Europe. .

by unilateral repudietlon of obligations

Elia should, in the event of its having s

lan inet. appointment of a committee to pro-' UHIY pose measures to render the coven-

d collective security “and to define in

Mr! particular the economic and finan-

plled should, in future, a state. whether a, member oi’ the League oi

I'

Te- M3.

her

8

res It the i

the P9

e

the

the ant more effective in organization of

ap-

by

tions the committee added a di

ford one third of' their income I rental' but semi-skilled fact

not pay more than one-fifth

(Continued on Page 10)

¢l>° . Beyond the general recommenda-

B05

of evidence it had taken. and com ments, It =emphasisod "white col lar wage earners with incomes a about $1.250 could in general af-

- or

fy

seven percent but limited by ma

t mum rates per 100 l>°\md»5

grain, flour, mill product-S. h

, O

Wdfufl Mid tihdkilkd 15531115 With th ghgn hgrggsy milk, pulpw incomes rronr sam ro also some §,,.§f\,m ,md me 1.,mb.r_ .,111 win deliver an .across aero eager

°1 be owoiuaee from ure me

_ rates.

, will

conform with emergency increases

' granted by the interstate commerce ¢ oommissiori or the United stares.

Ao:-ne commodities, principally MONTREAL April 16- miss

strc/w, 1-rult, vegetables, livestock

ood.

reased

In Montreal

, Pre

ay, W. J. P. MacMillan of Prince Ed-

ward Islalii, who graduated from McGill's faculty of medicine in 1908,

the auspices of the Graduates o- oiety or McGill University on M

Xi- P Eeniier To Nations or not,"endanger peace

unilateral repudlatiorr of its inter- national obligations.”

STRONGLY W0""\ED DENUNCI- .A.T-...l

M. Laval minced no words as he

submitted the joint. resolution. "The German initiative of March 16 must be condemned," he declared. “Meas- ures must be considered with a vi

-l1-

on-

day. AS-il 20, it was announced at

'J-r

. the U versity today.

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The. Finishing Touch

fs f ’l"»:f' 1*”

Aki

I"`\ Li!

with Salman, of mm, the irish-rude. 0°-elm

` 0 Complete your Easter preparations by balding a

special also with Easter decorations. Maize It »

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_GOV'[_ REGAINS F'rance_ At Cenevag; P0Pl|lliiR|TYS*f<.mg1Y W<`>75°d Den.“1.\°i§*?i

ation Of Treaty Repudiationii

D b_ t 0 St -_ Is_ Submitted-Polish Foreign ° “ ° “ "‘_*_fl“f Minister Expresses Oppositlon. '

(C. P. By Guardiar\’s Special Wire) ` ‘

5 army system The resolution will be considered today

day' in be devcmd W " dm” '22 Pierre Laval, French Foreign Minister, presented the

ut comme W resolution while Sir John_ Simon, British Frrclgn Secret-

P° *°‘°'“’» nt ° “im” ary and Baron Pompeo di Aloisi Italian elegatos, sup- Mmm" R“m°°y M“°d°“°1d 52:1 ported it. Poland expressed strong opposition

YV

- It is also suggested the council consider establish- '1 ment of penalties for future treaty violators

‘i ... it is ii

League.

dtodkarna ~

Mu iimniils

(A. P. by Gaa.rdlan's Special Wire)

D, Tenn., April 16-

Beven persons were injured. ap- proximately '15 rnadt homeless and 50 homes and biiildings destroyed or damaged when 250 kegs od blsstlm powder and 20 .cases cl dnamite exploded today in the centre of this small vil1B¢° IW” the Kentucky-Tennessee lines.

'Ilhe explosives, stored in s. small mine sllPP1y house, were set od! by

Um a

evlll Chamberlain, the Exchequer' Wm Chancellor of BUPPOBJTED BY BRITAIN AND ,_ bummg residence nearby,

ein

Sensing the denser od the flames.

J. O. O'0onne1l, railroad 586015. hi!

“tg” spread the alarm, firing pistol!

and shouting for the 350 residents of the town to flee. Screemlm mothers gathered children to their

rape nod ro shelter- in the wooded mountains surrounding the vill- ages.

Cecil tool: about 40 persons into

a storm house a few moments he- fore the ten-iitic explosion tore the supply house and the two-worey Masonic Hail, nearby to shattered

hre _

f. _ Llqy emu, . en a seo/t in the ation.- It contemplates mcasu W5 and °°"°d 1" sides °f

really against future treaty violations.

oirilsed

houses several hundred yards

B.W8Y.

Weather Etc.-

ffiie weafuia liao ~A Woeuws mmo _ Asc. Soelcci’ fo CHANGE ‘mfr-lou Noficc Y

\_ \.ii"f92_ _ _ -»\\-.

_ ~ VV 1

\

_f

I Stabilization

(A. P. ly Gas.nl|al'a Special Wire)

LONDON, April 16-Stabilisation

of .world currencies was intro- duced into the budget debate in the House of Commons today by Bir Herbert Samuel, leader of the Liberal opposition, and other speakers.

"1 wish the Chancellor in his

report had expressed a desire to secure a measure of stabilization of currency and could have told us some fcrra of a conference con- templated with the United states mon which, fully as much as up- on ourselves and Hence. the de- cision rests." said ltr Herbert.

"Japan depreoiatee the yen, Am-

gxa the dollar, Belgium the beige. _ tain the pound," Sir Herbert continued. “Depreciation is one ct __oheprilnsreasonsfcrihelowleval

, f *'“»"“'»"-» ml .~~~L~1 .bfi "HL K 5 _

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Into British Budget Debat

Introduced

e

1 at which the state of the world

continues.

“I regret that the Chancellor has

made no survey of this important factor."

1"un1ey Braithwaite, Conserv-

ative, echoed B11' Herbertfs senti- ments.

"President Roosevelt torpedoed

the World Economic Conference (at London in 1938) because he wasanxloustotlnkerwithhiscwrl currency and introduce his new deal," lraitliwalte said.

George Lansbury, Labor leader.

twittod the Chancellor for not

mention of the non

mekins - -pn- mant of any sum for war debts to the United States. "The Ohancel- _ lu was able to balance his ac- counts only by refusing Britain?

(Canadian Press)

Fresh to strong winds with oc-

casional rah and some fog.

BlE'I‘l@Il0I.0Gl(_`AL 0FFlCE_ Thir- onto, April 10-Minimum and mrixi-_ mum temperatures :T- Dawson . . . . . . .._ .... ..... 20 H .ilrlrvix ... 1..... im '.'B Edmonton . . ... ... 'M W Regina ... ... ... .as as.. 30 50 Winnipeg ... -... .. .. ... .. 20 if’ Toronto ... . . ... area- '-34 :W oreawa ... .. M 40 Montreal ... . . ... ... ss... 32 -I'-3 Quebec ... ... ... ... -. 30 44 Bali-it Julia ._ ... ... ... ... 34 #2

32 01

40

Halifax ... ... ... ... ...

Charlottetown ... ... 30

FOIIICABT

Maritime Provinces:--Fresh ta

strong winds with occasional rain

and some fog.

High tide this morning at 0.46 and tonight at 10.24.

sun aaia rms evening at 0.46 and rims, tomorrow morning at 5.12.

Pull moon Thursday. April ll, 4.10

p. m.

Bnmmersida this eight;-on ailantaa

ister than Charlottetown.

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rift. .

heave Iaraieotine (lain) 1.; A. ll.

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