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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. THURS

DAY, MAY 25, 1933

Conflicting Reports On Sine-Japanese Situation

OLD; AGE PENSIONS AUTHORIZED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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‘Final Preparations Being Made To Launch Old Age Pensions Programme In Accord With Stewart Governmenfs Election Promise — About 1,000 Applicants Will Qualify Under The Terms Of The Dominion Statute.

Mussolini Pact Not Officially A p p r o v e d

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 24- (A.P.)--lesguo of Nations quarters were iflftlrlrled today that the Mussolini four-power pact has not yet been accepted and that smaller powers are carrying on s. » fight to attenuate its revisionist featur- es. .~ oland has protested against the ' t and was rumored to have wen threatened to resign from the League if it is accepted. Poland has been joined in opposition by Jugoslsvla, Czechoslovakia and Rumanla.

PARIS, May 24—(A.P.)—F‘ormar Premier Her-riot , presiding at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of De- puties. criticized today the Musso- lini four-power pact as a difficult instrument to conciiiate with the principles of the Icagua of Nat- ions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS, ETC

lnlcrted ll par word

"Announcements are this column at I ldlltl "I40"! onyuble in advance.

"Sale of candy at concert in Holy Redeemer Hail on Thursday Wilt next.

"Reserve June 7th for Concert 9680-5-35-11.

> wad Dance in Lorne Valley Hall. l

"Notice - Pownall Ice Cream Parlor now open. Mrs. H. Acorn, Manager, 9680-5-25-11.

N"l~lcar tho Milton Players at orth River Hail, Friday, May 26th. 9653-ii-23-3i.

Mfisouris Tea-St. Mary's Parish

ammoth Tea. Party. Wednesday,-

llliy lilth. Particulars later. 9058-5-33-21.

"The Kingston Players will pre- lglii ihair lllay “The Blue Bag" in u "aloe. Friday, May 20th at o RM.

ilormy. sdturday. 9687-5-2il-ll.

I “Midway for the Defence." “int Winston's players, St. Point's. my 29th, pronounced "best yct" at Ubarlottetown. Don't miss it. s1

“The unexpected may happen. s: lmllared for it. Apply today for o’ than» protective policy. send u; laeand address to J. A. Moore, '8"- May 22-31.

“Mmlnt Helm-dramatic players gdcquittal

'1" vresent the comedy drama “The b ‘Iileaded Step Child," in Wheat- “! iver Hall, Thursday, May

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th ‘The: la s will be a muting of all h m! and aentlsmcnl interested u“ gxlivly Name Tennis club in h ° y Name Club Monday oven- I ht 7.30 sharp,

u "“*' Th! Hunter River Dramatic p," $1“ unseat their three set I

“mi-lain: no snd no. u not flue

inc evening following. BM-D-IQ-eod-iii

"lb- district-Edith!‘ of all awe?" losses on the Island will h, "will". Thursday. evening, hum.- é ‘l 3 bah. in the Odd-

ssiiiaméi°iiwdlm ma n; s deputy Msrshgfllgieglncids. A largest- !“ .6“ ‘ _ u I t‘

l at s. meeting this week of this ‘Executive Council the regulations under the Old Age I‘ nsions Act were approved and the issuing of a proclamation was authorized to bring the Act into effect.

During the last legislative ses- sTon it will be recalled that Hon. ‘Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan. ActinB Premier, announced that pensions under the Act would be paid after the lst of June. Up to the present there has- been delay in the pie‘ psratory work, occasioned by rea- son of amendments being made in the Ibderal statute, making it in- advisable for the authorities here to send out forms until such time as copies of the federal amend- ments were received. It was only a few days ego that this informs-

lllllls cllsl, r l T|TiE i l tilENT

Canadians May Be i Granted Titles By the King Without Approval of Parlia- ment, is Claim.

tion arrived mm Ottawa. The forms an now in the printer's hands and will be mailed to appli- cants for pensions as soon as pos- sible. It will probably take from a month to six weeks for the Com- mission to pass on these papers, and before the first Old Age Pen- sions cheques can be issued.

Mr. Irivinc O. MacLaren, Super- intendent of Old Ase Pensions, ra- ports that upwards of 3,000 ap- plications have been received, of which number only about 1,000 show souls qualifications.

Qualifications

The qualifications cit the Dom-

Contlnued 0n Pate Ton

Lord Wemyss, Admiral Of The Fleet, Is Dead

(Canadian Press Cable) CANNES, France, May 24—-Ad- miral of the Fleet Lord Walter Wemyss, greet grandson of William rv, third cousin of King George. first and last Baron o! his nsmc. who signed the Armistice for Great Britain, died at his vllll here to- day at the age of 09.

Rosalyn Erskine Wamyss, made a baron in 1919, joined the navy in 1877 and gained fame as u ‘l-

Below are the names o! Prince of Wales College students who were successful in r ' their examina- tions. The certificate list includes -_ those who made 65 per cent or more, and the pas list those who made between 60 and 6h per cent.

The list is ss follows:

Third Year Certificates

Cameron Annesr, Lower Mou- tasue; Anna Bennett, Charlotte- town; Dorothy Bentley, Charlotte- town; Niall Burnett, Charlottetown; Lorne callback, Charlottetown; Ber- nice Cullen, Sherwood; Dorothy Cui- len, Sherwood; Owen Curtis, Char- lottetown; Marjorie Fraser, Char- lottetown; Harold H/ughes, Emerald; Alden Leard, Bedeque; Alfred Link- lctter, Northam; Horace MacEwen, Charlottetown; Jean- MacEwen, Morali; Anna MacLaren, George- town; Richard MucQual-rie, Vic- toria; Lois lvliller, Charlottetown; Maitland Owen. Charlottetown;

uel Prowse, Charlottetown; Allison, Rogers, Charlottetown; Shaw, Charlottetown; Evelyn Sim- mons, Charlottetown; Rosella Wil- liams, Charlottetown.

Third Year Pass List

Flora Gordon, St. Stephen, N.B.; Frederic Large, Charlottetown", John Matthews, Elmsdaie; ‘Helen Mac- ,Kie, Charlottetown; P0110101): Pray, ‘ Charlotte town.

Second Yesr- Certificates

Lorna Bell, Carleton SidlnB; Don- iald Boothroyd, Hunter River; Mil- dred Brown, New Glasgow; Mary Buote, Ch'town; lbec Callaghan, Charlottetown; John Carson, Char-

P.W.C1. slodohtslllfi wls Finish Courses m BEWRMAUY

List Of Stu dell-t?- Successful Ir. Passing Examinations Announc-N ed-Twenty-nine Will Graduate

lottetown; John Chalsson, Rollo Bay; Brendai Cosier, Montague; Joseph Cusack, New Wlitshire; Myr-

Oyster Bed Bridge; Angus Gilmore, Boston's Mills; Georgie Harper, East Royalty; John Ives, Montague; Stewart Ives, Montague; Keith Johnston, Charlottetown; Thomas Johnston, Klnkors; Enid Knight, Georgetown; Chroline Laird, How- lan; Edith Lea, Victoria; Mary Muc- Caull, North Bedeque; Helen Mac- Donald, Georgetown; Stewart Mac- Donald, Little Sands; Catherine MacGuigan, Charlottetown; Nora MacKinnon, Grand ‘Pracadie; Eva MacLeocl, Victoria; Marion. Mac-

Lcod, Central Royalty; Sybil Mac-~

Mlllan, Brackiey; Catherine Mac- Pherson, Cardigan; Annie Mandel‘- son, Central, Lot 18; Marjorie Marci-manic, Summerslde; Annie Ma.-

Doris Browse, Charlottetown; Ilem-‘theson, Kinross; Dorothy Mayne, fore their lost film‘- inw North

Springfield; Jessie Montgomery,

Marjorie ' Fort Hill; John Mooney, Peakers; that a neutral zone be established

Eugene Murray, North Wiltshire; Jerome O'Brien, Morel]; Charles Reilly, Travellers Rcst; Vesta Nunn, Winslow; Marlon Ross, Kinross; Edith Shaw, Charlottetown; William Sherren, Crapautl; florencc Sim- mons, Charlottetown.

Second Year Pass List

Kenneth Birtwistie. Charlotte- town; Samuel Boulter, Victoria; Ernest Bradley, Charlottetown: Margaret Corcoran, Baldwin's Road; Mary Corcorsn. Baldwin's Road;

Elizabeth Duffy, Charlottetown; Leo

Ennis, Summervllie; Margaret Gal-

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(Canadian Prs) OTTAWA, May 2t.—_-Premier R. B. Bennett declined today to say there

, Titles could be granted by the King,

would be no titles granted to Can- adians untll Parliament has consid- ered the broad question of the ac- ceptance of honors from the King.

Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King, leader of the Liberals was told, without the consent or approval of Parliaments or ministries. It vras the consid- ered view of the government the Nickle anthtltles resolution of 1918 no longer restrained Canadians from accepting titles.

only to withdraw them the follow-l ing winter. Military and naval ex-‘ perts were loud in their praise of his direction of the withdrawal, when, on twofiuccessivc nights, he

got 45,000 men aboard ship with-

out loss. In i903 Lord Wuter Wemyss

married Victoria, daughter oi’ the lato Sir Robert Molrer. They had one daughter. There is no heir to the title.

The short incident ended in s verbal clash between the two party leaders. “I do not wish," said Mr. Kins. "to deprive the Prime Minister

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"SlANllERS

ATMIAIIIA

Verdict Of

‘Mooney Trial

can m/moloco. my fli-M- PJ-A directed verdict of acquittal abruptly cased Thomas J. Mooney‘! new murder trial hers todly on the long dormant isle Preparedness DI! bombing indictment to which he has looked as s "spun in his fight for vindication.

Mooney, who previously had sn- nounced ha would immediately all Governor Jsmgs R019" Jr. W P5P“ don him, was whisked out oi the court room and bull o Ban Quen- tin prison, where he scrvtns s life

ed; Biology (lab) passed; mics 2 passed, lrnsilsh 4 s. F‘rcnch, passed; Philosophy 1 pass- ed: Psychology, 1 passed; mics, passed.

C.; Math B. passedh Physics 3 C; Physics t, C.; surveying 2 I.

literature l and 2. Education 1 C; Theology l, 3-! Biblical Ytcraturc s I: literature 4 C; how ‘restaurant l, C.

Engineering 3, A; Erlrinccrinfl. A:

JNIVERSITY

Included in the Pass lists of

Acadia. University are the following students:

Vernon McAuslsnd, Art 1, pass- Econo- passed Econo- Wm. Hunt, Chem. 3 13.; French 2

Biblical Relish“!

Roosevelt Winchester C a

Biblical

Cordon luthsrlsud: Chem s, B.

Four Nurses Receive

New Summerside High

Four nurses received their dip- lomas and Pins on Tuesday even- ing at the graduation exercises of

of the Summerside High school. Mr. H. T. Holman, President of

the Board of Directors, presided. The stage was very gay with the

lovely potted geraniums arranged along the front of the footllghis.

Besides the local doctors ciergymen Dr. Champion of O'l..eary shd Dr. Jsrdine of Kensington were on the platform.“

lln solo. Minuet in G. by little June Church, which was charming- ly rendered.

::..::. .::l:,:l'-.:~l~.l..r~;:::{ NURSES GRAD UA TE 11v P. c. _r_1osP1TAL

Diplomas - And Pins

In Graduation E x e r c i s e_s Held In The

School Hail Tuesday

The President's address followed: Ladies and Gentiemenz~ In celebrating the graduation of

the Prince County Hospital, which our nurses, I feel impelled to makc

were held in the fins auditorium a few remarks on the Dir-leni- Still" us of nursing in general and what

the future probably has in store for it

The number of registered nurses

nurses in their white uniforms and has increased to an aniirmolls BX- txnt during the last decode and it is being said by those who at least day in various ways. Cvrolnonics at and should know that there are even new far too many for the wonom- riotlc airs sully; markcd the cords- io advantage of the There is already a difficulty in emu, banquets the Elllpirc was ex- The DIOCPB-m opened with a vio- hiirlbl lei-till! fimpbymelll 5nd M [tolled by members of the Cabinet

imora enter the field each year the 4nd othoi- leaders in illc public lite

profession.

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In vitation Is A cc ep te d ‘crater of the United Church, is at

United Church

(Canadian Press) TORONTO, May iklnvitstion to become affiliated with the Fed-i eral Council of the Churches of Christ in Aural-ice was accepted by the United Church of Canada and

fcrence will attend sometime dur- ing the coming autumn, it was said hem. Rev. T. Albert Moore, Mod-

prcsent in England and other of-

ficers of the, church declined to comment on tho announcement.

Held For Theft

AIEHIIIIT, N. 8., May 2L—(C.P.)

announced last slctlth. it was lilt-

sentoncc on a conv tiou of a lilo

charge. "I sm very hspp_," said Mooney applies to his

ss hsndcufls

wrists, “in spits‘ x the rm that

Engineering l A: lmgineerinc B A:

Ihigllsh t s; Mathematics s: Phys- ios s B; Physics 4 A: Survsyinl ll A.

%HIUIQPIRIII—

ed tonight by authorities of the Dominion body. The invitation Ill extended last December st a I'll"- lsr biennial meeting of the coimcil.

First Canadian delegates to join the United ltstcs Council in con-

-Policc officers of Moncton, N. 3., arrived here today for Ralph sud- bury sud Joseph Wood. Weill-ed in the NII Brunswick city for theit. They were arrested hero when Am- herst police recognized them as they applied for shelter.

cfapznlese War Oftlce = Announces Settle- ment Reached-

Chinese Rush ltcnin-

ling this week of

tie Dingwell, Fortune Bridge; Betty

Doyle, Charlottetown; Helen Ebers, forcemenlso ,

Cilarlottetown; Robert Farquharson, i ‘Charlottetown; Doris Ferguson. , TOKYO’ May 2_,__,A ,, . The

Charlottetown, Clarissa Gallant, Fdreign 0mm, announced today

that a truce in the Sine-Japanese

hostilities will be formally signed . tonlorrow at Miyun, 35 miles north- lfléi5ii of Peiping.

i It sets a new northern lim't for activities of Chinese soldiers, even gist-per in North China territory ilflil formerly demanded by the

Japanese, the Foreign Office an- iuouncement said.

The Japanese War Office prev- iously anncurced that Peiping would not b: occupied and opera- ticns in that region were practic- ‘olly finished.

The new lino extends from Yen- king, to within 15 miles of Peip-

Ing and 30 miles of ‘Ficntsin. Bc-

China, the Japanese demanded

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Al»

Marks For

‘C. To Status

Annual Subscrlpllun Dcllvuoq By Inii Cnnnda and U. ti. A. it

rgved New Era

Education In P. E.

_AdditionalYea-1-;I3ringing P. W.

iifiliEli TRAY.

$5.00 .50

Island

Of Full Junior

College, Will Be Inaugurated

At The Next

A fourth year course in Prince

or wdlos College will be establish-l l-d ht the opening of the next Col- lege term, it was decided at a meet- the Provincial Board of Educaton. The addition of a fourth year will bring the in- stitution up to the requirements of a full Junior College and will en- able students completing this course to obtain their B. A. degree by taking only two years at the mainland universities, or, if they do not wish to qualify for this de- gree they may proceed directly to take up the professional courses in medicine, dentistry and law at these universities. The fees charged for the fourth year course will be $i00 for stud- ents from outside of Charlotte- town and $150 for city students.

Crmfnucd oh Page Seven

north of the Llvan River, about 90 miles northeast of Tientsinfnrrd in a. l0-m‘lc strip bciow the wall to the westward of the Lwan River. This could be more than 50 miles north of Pcping.

PEiPING, China, Mzly £Z~i~(A.P.) —Dcsplte reports of a Sinowlap- anese truce. missionaries reported today that Chinese reinforcements were arr-lung o. TiillgCllCWV, l3 miles cast of hero, and further fighting appeared inllnlncnt thclc.

There were clashes tilol-e again last night after Chinese had repel- led a Mhnclnlkucln force Monday. Ouc section of tile Chinese press today maintained that war opera- tions were coutlnung. \\‘illiC an- other prccliilzlcd peace oll all fronts.

Pciplllg itsrli‘ presenter! a peace- flll aspect and iilc exodus 0i Chill- ese fraln ills oily slowed down ap- plccnbly. ‘There was apparent rc- lief from nssurlnzccs tilnt Pciping itself would not be a bnttfcground.

EMPIRE iii IN THE llllll KI ll l ll

LONDON, May 2-1-10 P. Cubic) — Elnpire Day was rPIClJYfllCd throughout the UllitPii Klullrionl to-

which the flag was saluted and pat-

lon in many schools willie hi, num-

of the country.

Outstanding in tho day's proceed- ings was a novci luncheon nt the Junior Carlton (Tins at which a massage from tin- Klllg, tho various speeches and the invoking oi a blessing on the Elnnirc by Most Rov. Cosmo Gordon lung, Arch- bishop oi (l;lllii‘l'i)lll_\' wore blund- cast virtually all nvcr the world. Rt. lion. J. H. 'l‘ilomus, Secretary for the Dominlons, delivered the address at the luncheon the lncnu for which was composed of 200 in~ gradients from the 45 dominlons and colonies.

Later in the day Prlnlc hiiulstor Ramsay MacDonald gave another Empire message which was broad- cast from the Premier's home in Inssicmouih, Scotland whore he is

Pii lllllllr. MAY Plololul T0-DAY

Redistribution Debate Nears Close — Like- ly Prorogation To- day or Friday.

OTIWWA, May 24—(C.P.)-—Vifhile the redistribution debate droned on in the House of Commons today, Liberals and Conservatives got ion gether behind the scenes, emerging. with an agreement on the re- map-

ping of Ontario and leaving only

one disputed point in Quebec. Ai-

though there was no apparent pro-

gress in Saskatchewan conferences. was thought Parliament would prorogue Friday, if not tomorrow. All other provinces were in agree- nlent.

After a series of give and take conferences, Quebec members io- nlgllt arrived at the point where only the county of Levis was in dLsputc. The Island of Montreal, including all City ridings was in agreement and all but one rural sent. The riding of Levis heretofore has consisted of the town of Levis and several adjacent rural parish- cs. 1t had been suggested by the Conservatives to limit the seat to the town of Levis but Liberals claim

Continued On Page Seven

Ch an di Unable

Five Days Remain

(Associated Press)

POONA, India, May 24- Dcvidas Gandhi, son oi’ tho Mahatma, ill a cable to his brother in South Africa. said today that their father was unable to sit up by himself or cvcn to turn in bed.

'I‘he vitality of Gandhi, who began a fast in protest against the status of India's "untouch- ables" on Msy 8, was said by

To‘ Sit Up As:

College Term.

Roosevelt Favors

Extension Of Import Taxes

WASHINGTON, May 24--(A.P.. —-'I‘he Roosevelt administration favors the extension for

taxes on coal, copper, lumber also.

oil as a part of the pending revenue public works legislation.

O’I'I‘AWA,_ May 24-(C.P.)—'I‘hs

United States import tax affects Canada chiefly in regard to lumber. The U. S. tariff on unmanufactur- ed lumber is t1 a thousand reet and the import tax $3 additional. This $4 tax has largely stopped Canad- ian lumber export across the bor- der. One of the objects of a ‘recir. procal trade

agreement between Canada and the United States from the Canadian standpoint would bg’ the reduction in the imposts on lumber.

Labor L eade rs A t Logger/reads

IDNDON, May 24.—(A.P.)—-Vis~ count Snowden of Ickornshaw made‘ u scathing attack on Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, his former Na-r tional Government colleague, in the House of Lords today.

"I would suggest timt the Gov- ernment should look into the case of the Primer Minister not only in his own interests but in the inter- csts of the country.” Lord Snowdcn said, "for it is a llOSitiVC danger w tile country that its nil-airs should be in the hands of u milll who, cv- erytimc he speaks. exposes ilis ig- norance and incapacity,"

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his son to bc slowly ebbing