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Here Is 3 log of events at the Moose Riva: mine since April 12:

Sunday, April 12. mldnlfilxl. A.S.T.—CI.ve-irtropo Dr. D. E. Robertson, Hermon M1311! and Alfred Scaddlng, Toronto, at 141-foot level of old gold mine.

Monday. April » 13 — Wood smoke seeping from surface crevices spurs . sclle ' n 80 feet down old Archibald shaft find way blockcd——“life" and “deo.th" sun. started.

Tuesday, April 14-Second ezwe-in drivers rescuers from Meagher shut.

W¢.>iinesdc.y, April 15—Wives of Robertson and Mugill ‘arrive from Toronto and take up pit- heud vigii—-another Meagher cave-in, and miners attempt to drive new shalt Into Meaghcr at point not affected.

Thursday, April l6—Diamond drill begins boring toward 141- foot lcvel—biasting continues on new shaft.

Friday, April l7—Clogged pipeline to 141-foot level clears but rescuers‘ shouts unans- wertd—four experts arrive from South iorcupine. Ont.

Saturday, April l8—Dlamond drlll cuts into 141-foot level- noiscs heard.

Sunday, April 19, 1.25 p.m.— Trapped men speak with sur- face through two-inch diamond drill tube~—lood and medical supplies lowered.

Monday, April 20, 3.05 |.ru.— Prisoncrs say rising water leaves them only 10 hours.

Monday, 3.15 a.m.—Magill dead of privation—rescuers re- double efforts in cramped and dangerous quarters.

Monday. 10.00 a.m.—Robert- son says he and Si.-adding can hold out 10 or 12 hours—rescu- crs estimate only 10 feet of bar- riér It-ft.

Monday. 1 p.m.—Mlnlster of Mines Michael Dwyer enters pit to survey progress.

illondny. 5.20 p.m.—Entombcd pair hear miners hacking at barrier.

324,000,000 Policy Carried 0n Liner

I/ONDON. April 20—The liner Quncn !*.fc,r_v, when she sails for New Yori: on her mai<ien’voyugc on May 27, will be insured for the record sum of S‘34.0i)0,000, Lloyd's announced yesterday.

They circulated a small slip of paper inviting underwriters to par- ticipate in the undertaking. one of the.lnrgcst risks cvcn Llo_vo"‘s lm: ever accepted. at an nnual prem- ium of 3300.000. Lloyd's and marine insurance companies will under- write the major portion of the risk :*.nd.'thr~ Government will cover the rcinolndrr.

BIRTHS

§.vfi"‘Tf{iiii“ 19,1936. to Mr. and Mrs. Earle M. R. SmitL._a_ so!_LiI<;s l

MABRIAGES

Fifi‘ 1TtCDol~u\i.o—“ 0 1'1 Wédnesday, April 15th, 1936, at the home of Mr John Mcswain. High Bank. P E I , Rev. T. R. Goudge offlcuitlng. Cathci-inc Margaret Mc- Donald of Caledonia, P_ E. I , to Roderick Duncan Ferguson of Grand River. C. B

DEATHS

April 14, 1936. James G.. husband of Emily H. (Thorne) Mobbs_ P. E. Island papers please copy). CAIN—At Fsthetvilie, Iowa, April 19, .3936, Dr. Patrick Cain, aged '12. formerly of New Perth, Prince Ed- ward Island.

WIQBSTERP-At Marie on April 12th, Mrs. Alice Webster, relief. of the late Judson Webster of Midgell, P.E.I., aged 92 years.

MARTIN--At Glen Martin. April 18, 1936, Charles K. Martin, Aged 67. Funeral from hi: late residence Wednesday at 2 p. m. CAMP'BBLL—At Chnrlotteiown on Monday, April 20th, 1936. Mrs. Jane Campbell. age 83 years. Funernl from MacLcan's Funeral Ham/2. Wednesday, April 22nd. service starting at 1:0. niternient People's Ceniétery.

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water was rising in the pit.

communication line.

the cave-in, was dead.

encountered. LEAD nrzscur: Cs!-:w

Eleven Stcllartoin dracgcrmcn - ‘iraincd to enter coal mines after explosion.s—\vcre leading the rescue crews, assisted by 11 miners from Moose River, Caribou, Goldenville and Waverley, and three from Por- cupine, Ont.

A fourth cxpcricnccd miner from Porcupine. I-lannigau, was assigned to duty over the communication hole made by 3. diamond drill.

At the face of tunnel only one miner could work at once, digging out, l‘0CK and earth and passing it brick to (he others. Alter digging frantically for 15- minutes he was relieved by~anoi.hcr ma.n.

Returning to the surface after watchlng the work below tonight, I-Ion. Mjchuel Dwyer, Minister of Mines, declared he had never seen “anything in peace or war" to equal the courage of the Nova Scotia. miners.

The Minister added he had diffi- culty fn keeping volunteers out of the pit. Every miner on the scene was not only willing but eager to 80 into the dangerous tunnel at the risk of his lfle.

FEW FEET FROM MEN

A skilled draegermnn sent to the surface at 0:45 A.S.T. said he had been told by mine engineer H. 1". Gordon in charge of the tunnelling to inform Charles Ivey. bmther-in- low of Dr. Robertson, one of the en- tombed men, that they were only ii few feet from them.

signal to nttract the attention of Dr. Robertson uni Alfred Scadding, he said. because any such signal

spot in the mine: the spot the res-

were removing it in hnndfuis.

rections,” the distinguished Toronto doctor requested.

. But the drilling was on a vertical shaft that would re- quire several days to complete. Hopes of getting the two survivors out early tomorrow morning were pinned on the Stellarton draegermervburrowing through a barrier of rock and earth from another shaft.

Their work might be finished in an hour and it might take three hours. Because they had no plan of the old mine they were uncertain about how far they had to go. The engineers estimated from 20 to 30 feet.

RESCUERS DEFY DANGER

Warned out of the dangerous old shaft last week, the fearless Stellarton draegermen went down early this morn- ing afier the men below reported Magill was dead and

The water was not believed to be a menace tonight but the men below, in the opinion of doctors on the surface, were suffering from hallucination.

Talking too often for a man ordered to conserve his strength. Scadding was shouting wildly in his conversa- tions with the men stationed at the surface end of the

ENLARGING HOLE

MOOSE RIVER, N. S.. April 20—Weary rescue work- ers in the Moose River gold mine were enlarging the hole they had burrowed tonight before breaking through to the pit where three Toronto men had been entombed since ‘April 12. ‘ The three by three feet opening at the face threatened serious difficulties in hauling Dr. D. E. Robertson and Al- fred Scadding, weakened by their long imprisonment, out of the shaft. Herman Magill, the third man trapped by

JS GREATLY ENCOURAGED

“They tell me it is only a question of shearingndown and making the passage way they _cut perfectly safe, Mrs. Robertson said smilingly earlier In the night.

Greatly encouraged, she added: “It may be two hours yet. They want to be sure. Isn't it wonderful.”

The miners had been forced to dig around huge rocks and although they were burrowing fast their shaft in some places made it impossible to move a stretcher through. Dr. H. K. MacDonald, Halifax specialist waiting surface. said he had "no real idea of the condition of the men.” Dr. Robertson was believed to be suffering from a heavy cold, and Scadding was bothered by “trench feet.

Founders Day and the lhster dance.

The report of the Treasurer. Mr. W. J. Monaghan. showed that the Club was in good financial stand- ing.

The following committee chair- men submitted their annual re- ports: Messrs. F‘.A.S. Jones (Speak- ers); James Frlpps (Club Welfare); W. J. Monaghan (Membership); H. W. Pletch (Club Entertainment); J. Gordon MacDonald (Entertain- ment): 3'. C. Keeping (Sports); H. W. Pletch (Audit): R. C. chandler (Affiliations); w. A. Gaudet (Pub- lic Affairs); D. T. Waye (Juvenile work); P. A. Creelman (Trustees of the Tuberculosis Seal Bale Fund); C. R. Tlbert (Editorial): D. F. Bethune (club Historian).

Pleasing features of these reports weie the amount o.‘ charitable work nccomplishcd,,the success of the Christmas seal Sale campaign, the giving or Christmas presents to the children of both orphanages, the splendid financial returns from the dances held at Beach Grove inn, and the excellent work done by the Affiliations and Public Affairs committees.

Votes of thanks were passed and will be sent to the Canadian Ne.- timml Hotel, Bench Grove Inn, The Guardian and The Patriot. Is- land Radio 00.. Miss Mono Wilson, Miss Ina Gillan and the head wait- er and staff of the Canadian Na.- tional Hotel.

lly to the tale of a fight for ex- stcnce against forces of nature-— a fight more desperate than any the city man thinks he is ever likely to know.

“Occasionally. from an emerg- cncy such as this, comes a. needed reminder that most of the race of men are brave, kind and helpful; that an appeal for aid does not go unheeded, nor a tale of heroic struggle fall to find a receptive hearing. The world will be gainer by the humanity and the fortitude displayed at Moose River."

Praise For Draegermen

HAl.iI.F'AX. April 20—(C. P.)-—"1 consider that the Stellarton dracger crew is the best-fitted of any crew on the North American continent to tackle a. job of this kind.” Col. G. S. Harrington, opposition leader, said while the Nova. Scatia Legis-

Shouiing up the 100-foot tube through which the men had been fed since early Sunday morning, when rescue uorkers learned for the first time the three were still alive, Dr. Robertson snid shortly after nine o'clock the miners should use steel rods to pry at rocks so the noise would assure him of their whereabouts.

The answer from the surface was that the men were ground and there was little chance of making‘ loud noise with steel on‘ the rock they

-__.__.:—:-———-—-——-—— LANDS NEAR ACCIDENT SCENE

MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 20 —iC. P.)—An Ontario government airplane, cairying long strips wool that two men trapped in the Moose River gold mine since last Sunday may use for they are not rescued in an hour or so, landed on a lake about miles from here carly tonight. Operators ofs. diamond drill will nttempt to send it‘ down to their underground prison.

Herman R. Maglll, one of the three men who went down in the shaft on an inspection tour seven days ago, died early this morning

STUNNED BY NEWS

ivaooss nrvm. N. s., April 20 —-Mrs. Herman R. Magill her sorrowful journey back to

panled by it friend, Mrs.

while her husband waited in the depths of the earth for rescuers to reach him, she said goodbye to her friends here with tears in her eyes after being informed of the man's

whose husband is still alive in the flooding mine, who gently broke the sac. news to her this morning. It was a stunning blow to the quiet. reserved womamcomingonly 36 hours after her buoyed by speaking for the first time sinm the cave- in. Before that she had given up hope of ever seeing her husband

Mr. Gordon could not make any

might draw them to the dangerous

Her two daughters,

cue workers were advancing over. and Joyce Arlene, 3, are waiting

so loose was the earth at the point the rescuers had reached that they knowing of the death of their

From the diamond drill Dr. Rob- ertson told listeners above of 9:45 that they could feel a current of air coming through which made them chilly. clinics Ivey and Por-

TIIIUTI T0 HIIUOBM

NEW YORK, April 21—('mes- doy)—(t7. P.)-'l.'he snvs the two men entombod in In abandoned acid mine Home the United Stet! today‘, so did mat, of the world, ‘ sndtvm folowed in minute detail.

Newspaper streainors _,en first ~)hisb:1‘:arninI_ Iold thst

It’ might be mntterqfrninutesorhoursbuth:

lature heaped praises on rescue at- tempts being made at the Moose

River gold mine to save the lives of two Toronto men.

Other members joined with Prem- ier Angus L. Macdonald nnd Col. Harrington, a. former minister of mines. in tribute to the Draegermen and it was decided medals would be given in acknowledgement of their heroic work.

' PLANE CRASHES HALIFAX, April 20-—(C. P.)- Rushing to Halifax to obtain pic- tures of the Moose River gold mine where rescue of two Toronto men was bring pushed frantically. two Boston slrmcn crashed late tcnight while attempting to land at the Halifax airport without floodllghts. Both escaped injury. Charles Sutherland and his co- pilot. Arthur Tappen took off from Bangor, Maine. tonight and arrived over the field here short- ly af‘*r midnight.

The first attempt to land was unsuccessful but the fliers man- aged to lift the plane again. The second time the pilot did not see a. ditch at the northwest end of the field and the plane crashed.

Sutherland suffered only a slight cut .on his forehead and his co- pilot escaped altogether. The up- per wings of the cabin plane were smashed and the propeller broken.

Fourth Drama Festival Opens

(By My Brown, Ciumdion Press Staff Writer) (C. 1'. By Guardian’: Special wire)

OTTAWA. April 2o—The first Canadian play in the Dominion Drama Festival found favor with Harley Graxllie-Barker here to- night.

"flxcellently done, full of admir-

able jokes. brisk. economical and noteworthy." were some of the ap- preciative nhrnses used by the fes- tival iirijudicstor in discussing "Nel- lie McNabb" by Lois Reynolds, the offcrlng of the playwright‘; studio group of Toronto. The man who will determine this year's Bcssborougri Trophy winner from the 22 aspirants for chief dra- matic honors in Canada. sat on the stage of the Little Theatre and discussed tonight's three offerings before an audience which nlicd ev- Irv seat, sat on window-sills and st in every Available space in th auditorium. -

The fourth festival opened under favorable auspices. Before Mr. Grenville-Barker discussed the rim. sir Robert Borden. president of the festival committee read mes. sages from Lord Bessborough, faun- der of the movement. and Hon. Vin. 00M Massey, Cnnndlon High com-~ missioner to London and o . man nrthe committee, wishing festival ah success.

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SEl}0N|l‘llTl|.E TH E H RE Sllllllll NIGHT

Three One-act Plays Presented To Large Audience.

Little Theatre Guild patrons ut- tending the second studio night last evening saw new talent in ex- cellent puiiurmances. with one ex- ception all the actors and actresses appeared for the first time on the Little Theatre stage. Three one-act plays were presented all skilfully acted and each one different so that the audience did not for one moment tire of the evening's enter- tainment.

The plays in order of presenta- tion. were: “The Legend”. “The Reading 0.’ the Will", and "The Old Trouper."

The Little Theatre Orchestra un- der the direction of Mr. Bury Clo- mez rendered beautiful music which added much to the enjoyment of the audience.

other members of the orchestra were: first violin, the Misses Min- nie Ieavitt and Helen Wood and Mm. N. D. McLean; second violin, Mr. Judson Logan and the Misses Helen Lawson. Mary McKay and Jean McKay; cello, Miss Norma Gomez and Mrs. Harry Gomez; pinno. Miss Rena Wood; clarinet, Mr. John Denny; comet, Mr. Ai- frcd Burrlll.

In order of presentation the plays were:

“The Legend", the plot of which was wovcn around the story of a woman whose husband had been lost at sea but before he left, told her that he would return without fail. Each 14th of January, the an- niversary of his drowning, she set the evening meal and prepared the house for his return. The p‘uy had 11 dramatic ending when instead of the husband. a. son. long since given up (Is lost at sea. returned to his wailing mother. The scenery and costumes in this play were true to the period and the situation.

The part of Mrs. need, the moth- er, was very skilfully taken by Mrs. R. P. Simpson. Mrs. Simpson in speech and manner played the role in 21 way which held the audience (cnse with suspense.

Mrs. G. D. Fitzgerald took the part of Mrs. Walters. a neighbour who called to see if Mrs. Reed was preparing as usual for her .ihus- ‘band's return. It was another excel- lent part and her sharp observa- tions of the “senselessness of some people" gave 8. touch of comedy to the production.

The part of Rev. Mr. Fallows, s clergyman, who called to see Mrs. Reed was . taken by Mr. Frank Story, who was a success in the role.

The stranger. who later turned out to be Mrs. Reed's long lost son. was played by Mr. William Fitz- gerald. The port was played in a. realistic manner.

snatches of old sea. songs from the tavem in the distance added to the atmosphere which the costumes and stage setting pmvided. '

Mr. C. l... Jenkins was the direc- tor. Assisting were Miss Jean Grant. script; Mr. Rendle urter. electric- ian; Messrs. J. Taylor and L. Man- uel, stage; and Mrs. J. Austin Tralnor, make up.

"The Reading of the will." WI-5 s comedy with a wierdness which gave the audience many thrills.

The story concerned the will of Mr. John Cameron, which provid- cd that the heirs. several nieces and nephews, which ‘showed the most courage would inherit his wealth. They were required to stay all night in a. house which they were led to believe was haunted. The play was swift moving and de- lighted the audience throughout.

The cast was composed of Judson the butler played by Mr. Arthur Vesey, who acting the part of one who was not quite an ordinary per- son was an outstanding success.

Miss Norma Currie and Angus Gilmore, took the ports of Alice Cameron and Robert Cameron. u. niece and nephew of Mr. Cameron and the two who were selected as the two showing the most bravery.

The roles of Dorothy Keane and Paul Keene, another niece and ne- phew, were taken by Miss Annn Christie and ND‘. Roy Kelzer and the third pair of niece and nephew, Phyllis Duvsl and Walter Duval was played by Miss Mary Vessey and Mr. Louis Vessey. All rix parts were well taken rind the players gave I realistic performance o”. people who were terrified and afraid to admit it

Mr. Harold Ve.-soy had a dual role, first as-Andrew Mason. the lawyer who read the will and sec- ondly as John Cameron. the uncle. who was testing the heirs. He gave 3 fine performance in both charac- tor parts but was especially good u the lonely old man who craved the presence of young people in the

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OLYDESDALE S’l‘iA!.lil0N All- li'.!VEB_-Tlio throeyeu old Clydes- rinle stallion "Perfect" sn-ived yes- terday at the Charlottetown Ex- perimental Station, where he has been Dllced by_tbe Doiiiinlon De- Dortment of Agriculture to assist in the production of a supply of bmedlns stock in Prince Edward Island and for the general im- provement of the horse industry.

CAB. STRUCK BY SHUNTIN mGlNE—A woman was in- jured last night when the motor in which she was 9, passenger was struck by a shunting engine at the Davis and Fraser crossing. The car, turned over on its side and pushed for a short distance by the engine, was badly damaged.

NEW YORK, April 20-Frankie Klick, veteran San Francisco lightweight. tonight shattered the hopes of Ralph "Indian" Hurtado for a. crack at Tony Oa.mioneri's lightweight crown, when he belt- ed out 9. l0-round decision over the Indian at st. Nicholas Palace. Both weighed 134 1-2.

I-Iurtodo wiu no match for the cagy and clever Califomisn who bored in and forced the fighting throughout.

SEN’) MONEY To HELP RES- CUE WORl(—Chsrlottetown’s Lab- orers Protectlve Union yesterday sent 825 to Nova scotia Depart- ment. of Mines to help defray ex- penses of rescue work which is be- ing conducted at Moose River gold mine where two Toronto men have been trapped for eight. days on I 1ln40—foot level blocked by a cave-

FISHERMEN PREPARE FOR LOBSTER SEASON—l‘.iobster fish- ermen along Prince Edward Is- land's North Shore are in read- iness for the opening of the "early 1936 season" which starts May 1 and ends June 30. Mr. B. T. Gal- lant, provincial fisheries inspector, said last night more lobster fish- ermen than last year were prepar- ing gear because a better" season than 1936': is expected. Markets for the crustaceans are better at Dre-Sent than they were at the some time 12 months ago. [1 the cotch is not so large that markets will be glutted. fishermen will benefit the inspector thought.