‘House Settles Down to

Jenl. fiscal year) of $1,725,542.02.

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TETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

MERCHANT . °" --_ MERQl-IANT

11, 1928

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Committee Work After Disposing of the Del - bate on the Address—-] '*' Estimates Tabled. '

\ r (From Dur Own Correspondent) UZTAWA, Onto Feb. 10.—The debate on the address wound up late last evening with a bit of a nourish. the Hon. J. W. Edwards’ and the Hon. C. A. Dunning fur-1 nishing the fireworks. Both were in excellent form and at their best‘ and excited the keeneat interest for the galleries and the members. Mr. J. G. floss. Mooseiaw was the next. speaker. 'He devoted most of his time to the coal problem argu- ing that the shipping of Alberta produce to Ontario was not prac- ticable from a transportation or economic standpoint. That u, it could not be done on its own feet.‘ The people of the west. did not, want protection of any kind. I Mr. Price (Weetmoreiand) came last of all, and followed very clos- ely and well the lead of Maritime Conservatives. Immedia‘ ‘y after Mr. Ross sol. down the Hon. Mr. Robb submitt-

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ed the main estimates.

They total $373,79d,856.25, an in- crease over the previous year (cur- The “we” manages are 1n the Swedish crown prince. Gustavus lollowifls departments". Pensions, increase, $2,043,230.18. national de- fence, increagg. $2,794,134: national revenue, increase $1,003,073.34; pub-

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Princess Ingrid of Sweden is now reported engaged to Crow“.- Prince Frederick of Denmark. lshemls the only daughter or the y s granddaughter of the Dukc of Connaughl. many times that she was to wed the Prince of Wales. A e5" "h" l“ "We" T0" h" b60111)’. is seen in the court gown which

first wife and ls thus a It has been reported Tho Princ-

ball in Stockholm.

lie works chargeable to capital, ln-A crease $1,040,000: public works.’ chargeable to capital for Marine Department, $1,675,720. |

Some of the important items in the main estimates are as follows:

bower Lakes. terminal (on the st. Iawrence between Lake Ontario‘ and Prescott), $1,500,000, Montreal‘ Postal terminal building $850,000 new customs house. Toronto. $500.- 000, an increase of $250,000 for the empire settlement scheme of im- migration. and an increase of $110.- 000 for medical inspection of immi- grants.

Hudson Bay Railway further. amount required $1,370,000, air. mail service (Post Office Department) $425,000 increase of $137,550 for for- est protection; for tidal and cur- rent survey work under the Depart- ment of Marine and Fisheries in-

{Estimates For Prince

O'l"l‘.\\'i'.\, FI-h- lli- Tin- Min isicw oi‘ Finuuc» 1.1mm; yvsiorilil)‘ muiu oslimatus for liltlfi-illi, Lulu"- iug $1i7ii-7'Jfi,S:')li. This amount ex- ceeds by $7,725,542 the ioiul prov-

_ - 1111-1‘ ~ 1i - -uri'cni fiscal your. crease of ‘wmwo’ ‘m: esmbxxshiillltdrfiilgfgll ITT-ovision is Tnudc for ma“ of cumdmn “gum” M“ Tok-lmzriculiurc- immigration. (lroul

mfiopoo‘ AW - Puiskfis Yutiouxil Iicfniu-u. Large mcreases m outlay are ask‘ PuulTlic ‘Works-A Nhiiouzil licvcuule, ed for the Department of National Pa“ ("NCO m,“

Defence’ Under the heading of Interest u) Dlllllli‘ (TPTH is culi- militla services total increases ask-Hume‘, n, $135 533.1122, 11 (lI‘(€l'1‘il§i‘ of

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l cmmmkfl Social ul llnp." llivui‘. Tucsduy cvouing. l\‘\‘i)\'uury llllh Ciioivc musical 1iro1zram. ll 110i

fine on following night. _ 1 2-114-2-11-31.

“Valentine Tea. Zion Churciul Tuesday, Feb. ldth. 3334 .___....

"Buy your pastry from liic fnmous cooks in St. Peters Clllifilll, :11 Rogers. 2403-2-10-2l-

eonqpkpy ul Ail)uny——llunlcr ,fliye|~ 1101 Shula against the Aili-

-——-- 11-111}. $1. Pals ill. Albany llink. Mou-

"Bread. cakes and pastry f0l’Td“y_ lri-hruiiijv 121th.

salc Saturday m. 3 p. m. u-t ROS’ ers. 2403-2-10-21-

213i "ifvuno in Hi4» lluskoi Sol-nil. mid i-ouucr1 in More“ Villili-Zi! H11“ 0n ‘Yncsilny, Fvlirliury lllii. _ 21211-2-11-31.

“Rummage Sale, Market iluiini- Ins. this morning at niuo o'clock. 2394-2-10-2l- 1

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“Come 1 "Hncklly mulch. Victoria Rink. social in ion Hall, Thursdfl? 1118M Monday, Feliruury lflthflapo. Trai- Fen 16m- ' 2393‘2'1°‘2A eras vs- Victoria. lissf game oi‘ sca-

~ _ . l . “Buying iivc hogs m. Emerald. Sam qmmng an“ m“§1h111.g.11.g1 February 14th, Tuesday forenoon.

Everett llsslam.

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2389-2-10-21.

“The School Committee of Kin- kora School intend holdlnl; an 811c-

tion and dance in Kinkors Hall 2432-2-11-21 Monday, fileb. 18th. Como ond- . ____-

come all. We slsurc you a 80°" "Nolicc! The Agriculture mecl “m”- ' M09410” 3A lpg which was to be "hold in low

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omhoumallsm. diseases of blood Stomach and lutorual Organs cw m1 References rlven Plume 39 1f m. cim. n2 Prince st. cm) "yflgtufln; P.1d. island, Conan

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"The Annual Meeting of Ston- "7 Bridge Dairying will bo brill ir. the Masonic Hall, Stanley. 011 Tuesday, Ilhbruoiry 14th., at 1 ii- m. All shareholders and natmmi are requested to attend. ‘H. . Mo 3W0". Sec'y. _ . II.44'3'9'11‘13

"Notlcez-Come to tho concevl W! "PiayeiioW in Stanley llrkliv llali on Tuesday evqninif- "05"" "y 14th-]! not fine como Friday- Admisslon 35 cents.

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MAIN ESTIMATES TABLE IN THE HBTISETE CTJMMHNS

clude Public Works, $229,800, Subsidy 1 Allowance, $125,000. 1 _ -

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Edward Island In-

bitliibfmi) am nmupcii-cll wiih tho. umouul rcquii-l-ll fur 1927-28. Rmlciuplioii from surplus rov- ‘nues of maturity bnnclcrl dob! uuouuiing ll) $55,505,650 um‘, r11- "uuuiini: ut lnwor interest ruins \)i' lilliiiiuiiiil ilf‘l)l have l'(‘(T\l\'.(‘¢T (‘in fQtillllflflllfllllfl fol" inform-ii.

Till‘ zulrlltionzil subsidy grunis i-l he liiurltimc Provinces pending considcruiion of provincial subsid-

‘cs mo: Novu Svciiu. $875001); Now lirunsivick. $600,000; Prince "Ilium-ii lsiuul’, $125,000. ("Flies-lo

iw-ro ihc additional grants recom- mcmlcil by the Duncan Couunlss- ion.) Thcso arc iiio sumo amounts us provided for ilic cum-cut yoar. The sum of $75,001) is provided irwurll zlofruying expenses oi’ tho "isii to (lauuila 0i the Empire ilarliaiiioiilni")! Association. OTTAWA- Feb- lii- -- in the "fl- iimuics tabla-d last night 'l’riucf~ l-ldwaril island's appropriations for public works were $229,800 includ- "u: $110,000 for reconstruction of ‘he Ruilwny Wharf nl (ihurloiitc- ‘own. fill-IO $5,000 subsidy for tho Harland and $351100 subsidy ‘if 1k sioumci- from Cimriollclowii h) Piclou. '

Tlic ioiul allowances lm" iho prov- ‘ni-c is $381,931.80.

Recommend Increase In Judges Salaries

(Canadian Itress) OTTAWA. Ont“ Feb. 10. — Sub- lantial increases in salaries of the iudges of ,thc > Supreme Court oi Ianuda. the Superior Courts of the provinces nnd o! the county and dis- trict courts throughout Canada were recommended to the cabinet today n which submitted o report of the u mmon 11111101111 5918'" lcs of the association in which it was recommended that iudses 01 the supreme Court of Canada should ‘eceivc $20,000 per annum and udgcs of the Exchequer Court one ‘he judges oiutlls Supreme Couris ll ihe nrovlrwee 915.000 with an ad- ditional allowance to the chief i118- tices in suchgwu -

With reference to the Judses v1 the countywind district courts the “eportdid not recommend a uni- form increase but suggested that in large centres ofpopuiaticn wherr the cost of living is higher and tin" volume of work great these should ‘ie increased to $0.000 per pnnum.

Nine Were R1119.) And 80 Injured

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‘Emil nino men were killed um! nmrn 1111111 210 injured by the 0X~

Royal Commission

nlcting the shone-it session of the The Uuivcu sumac, ~11 15 pglnted out.

Service Within _ Three Months

THE iiisui PAN-HANDLE

Scranton Co. t0 Supply Fuel for Ottawa Build- ings, is Report~0ffic- ials Deny it.

(Special to the Guardian)

vilrltmih, Feib- 10- _ The Bril- ish Columbia Legislature without ;dlvlsiou, mssed today a resolution urging the Dominion Government ' lc» open negotiations with Wash- ‘luuluxi for tho purchase oi’ the “Panhandle” oi‘ Alaska. the forty mile wide strip of northern British Columbia Coast, extending for some 000 miles in length and shutting . off thc rich Canadian interior from . harbors. '

With iho Amdrlcan interests in- lent 0n the opening of the Sf.

' ‘ Lawrence River, British Columb- In Monti-Gallons consider‘ the present. an oppor-

Il-llllll)’ T01‘ now ncgollallons- The. - Alaskan boundary dispute finally (Comedian Press) settled in i908 by six 11011111113810“. TORONTO, OnL, Feb. l0.— Com- ers. tlirue [or Canada 11m] 1111-90 for

(Special to the Guardian)

-WASHINGTON. Feb- 10- -— Requiar trans-Atlantic mall andpassenger service by dir- lgiblc airship: will be institut- ed within three months with the Co-operatlon and approval of the United States Gov- ernment. Secretary- Hoover said today, in announcing the conclusion of a conference with representatives of Brit- lsh intoresis who are respons- ible for the enterprises-

The diriglble R400. now un- der construction in England, designed to carry 100 passeng- ers, and tevrtons of mail. is tolnaugurato the new air ser- vice on a tentative schedule ‘that will consume 48 hours on her westward voyage and 38 hours on the eastward run-

orty-elght which have been held cannot ho roopoucd oxccpt by iho luring the course oi‘ its investigation Dominion (lovcvnqnent,

31E royal commission enquiring into In spite of lilo feeling that lim Jfaritlmc Province Fisheries od- "hired Slates would be unwilling {Curried “T110011 mdfly t0 meet again to sell this barren strip 0i‘ coast 1 Montreal. The next meeting will land on account ol the belief that uoi. be public but will be for the pur- it is rich in minerals tho nvwe- 9088 of presenting the comniis- nieut is growing stronger in Brit. ioners report.‘ Eh? wmmlsslml °P¢ned its session Government open negotiations 101 1T1 11101711118 in i110 city hall hear- eon-mi our. tho Government o1 the

ng three witnesses. Two of the $11.11;" Sl|q1ps_ l "mmsses ‘W10 1i=vresentatives of While officials at Ottawa sfotcl ‘tie local wholesale trade and theihm, 1m vcp1-egon1a11nng [o1- [110

‘him was 11 115T) b11310‘ f0!‘ 11 18-186 purchase of the panhandle imvcA Tepartment i‘! U19 CAW- been miuio hv Briiisl; ‘

mishandling by the shippers, wpd 11..., .1211.“ 11m m, nuqu1smmh_ iuotatioxis by fishermen due to over twill-l lll‘ u!’ ~llllfll’illillli'fl‘lile valvio is’ Tcductmn- 311d M811 express rates ‘n 1h... liinlilliltl rich uruin 111111 111111. "ere the mam factors operating .._.-.,,1 “H111, ,,,- me 11pm." my“. “m1 ‘Against me trad” both locally and ‘Vorlhoru ll. C. districts ' lb thc coast. _ __...¢.__;. The witnesses ivcre unanimous in

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Prince Of Wales Tn Hunting Accident

(Special lo the Guardian)

(Canadian Press) HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Feb. i0. ~ Calmly accepting failure of last minute efforts for commutation of the death sentence on a plea of in-

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The Temperance Alliance is gett- Q.-But tho others did? ng after the small man and woman A.-Ycs, everybody else that was llleged to be guilty of breach of the there did.

Prohibition Law, and has sdvertisg Q.-The accountant?) name 1,11 in its Bulletin for "Snoopers" to mentioned this morning; ‘eport secretly lo Mr. W. E. Bentley there at the time? incl such breach and the Alliance‘ A.--Well. after will do the. rest. Lhe court case heard this last term, the accountant in come over to wit- 'n which the Guardian has usrfliness the signature of the papers. iubstitutes for The real names of. Q-Did he. come over? witnesses. Mr. W. E. Bentley, K. C.) A.—He did.

President of the "rcmperahce Alli-' Q-Dld he have some beer? ince was one oi thu counsel actingT A.-1 think he did, yes.

"or the plaintiff. l Mr. Bentley had the opportunity,

John Doe, called as witness forvof cross examining witnesses for the1 the defendants, on his oath statedlxDefendant and of addressing

"Then Plaintiff snid. "Gentlemen, jury at the close of the case. iet us have a drink lo celebrate this avoided all reference ettlement." And he produced sev- illegal “celebrationfl iral bottles of beer and they were ming up vpened by him and passed around. high value

Q.—Did Plaintiff huvc one’?

A.l-Yes.

Q.—I don't know what your re- iutaiion is on the Island, but-—did the latest issue of the Temperance; you have one? Bulletin:

A.-—I think I did. The Temperance Alliance again

Q.-What about Mr. Blank? expresses its appreciation of the , A.--Oh, Mr. Blank had one. many men and women in the Pro-

Q-Wliat about your local agent? vincc who have been furnishing in-

A.--I think so. ‘formation to the Alliance regarding

Q.-—What about Plaintiffs part- illegal transactions in liquor. All fer? He said he does not drink. of thc information sent in has been

Q.—I wouldn't swear that the placed at the disposal of the Pro- iartner did; I didn't notice. As we hibiiion Commission and has been vent to drink 1ilaintlfl struck the of considerable benefit in the en-

ible and he said: "Now we'll shovfforcctnent of the law.

.hese others where they fit.“ _ There are no doubt throughout ihc

A. H. Blank, ivitness for defend- Province many persons who have ‘his, stated on oath: knowledge that violations are taking

"Then plaintiff said: “Boys, 1 place and who have it within their "guess wed better have a drink on power to be regarded as public benc- :his settlement." And he 1iroduced factors by making prompt commun- zome bottled ole. ication of such facts to the Alliance“

Q.-Yes. We regret .the assurance hereto-

A.~1 think almost everyone there fore given, that the names of cor-T participated, as far as I know. lrespondenis will not. under any cir-i,

Q.-Yho were there’! cumslonces be disclosed. All such

A-Defendentfs local agent and letters and information arc treated lohn Doe. and Plaintiff and Piain- as strictly confidential, the facts 'iff's partner and myself: that's all. alone being forwarded to the proper

Q.~Did you notice whether the authorities. Address, W. E. Bent- oartncr took a drink or not? ley. KC, rs ldent. Temperance Al-i

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the settlement‘

respected witnesses should

Oil Company hero this afternoon.

A-l am inclined m think he iiance, 9.0. 8011200, Charlottetown]

d" "°'°'° “mm” stills a1 11w 111M"- "1 1'11’ "11"" didn't, but. f wouldn't swear to u; P. s. r.

I £10111. believe he did.

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Iish Columbia ‘to have the Dominion; _

Columbia H‘ The trend of evidence showed that; H) 111p Dillllllllflll Government yoi, \EIT

‘committee. but the cmuvuweo '~‘~-1 clincil to publish ihein- Tho total

ihc $S0li,0l)li.000 ‘milled and it Wllii indicated

ABA iilliililil cuw

ve complic

1 engineering , Admiralty expe _ the deman

was‘ 81111- was he, 1y resemble

cnce. . A stationary target is boo easy a, Here is part ofiwas arranged someone telephoned m target towed at a fast speed by a ‘destroyer has not much practical .value, because the course and speed ‘of the tarfret are quickly discovered -by the ‘ 'thus reduced to a simple msthem ical problem.

thefired boilers- Hei in action they are capable of looking ‘° “i” ““““°“"l‘.§°‘ f.‘.‘°“ii“"€.l..‘°£ €f.¥.i"‘.‘.‘.‘€.l§." an insum- us esip ch e -

to the Jury hefstressed the onwards st- any desired s which the evidence of steered by means of wireless control his own well-known. honorable and which receive. ,distance. . In this connection read this frcnfstcersman can see what course his crewless vessel is making.

the provisions of ‘Treaty, the Centurion is now dis- armed and cannot be used again as an effective warship.

Miss Margaret Beaven,

lord mayor of Uverpool, who wel- comed the party of seventy- Canadian farmers now touring England. Min Beaven, who ls 50 years old. has been called “Little Mother of Liverpool.” She has taken an active inter- est in children's welfare and hospital work. When elected lord mayor lain October she was the first woman ever to be so honored In England. She was able to create another preced- ent. by combining the offices of lord mayor and mayogess, Her civic salary is £3,000 a year.

Declined To

Publish Neva)

United States -

ITHATUHIIIM

The List of Entries Keeps

iereil for tho Orfulorlcul Contest:

Estimates.

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AProposal Urged in Reso- lution Passed by Brit- . .ish Columbia House. .

Caliadflfs Best , C u s t 0 m

(Special to the Guardian)

OTTAWA, Feb- 10-—-0fflcili figures dealing with the trade of Canada for the year i927 show that more than $70 per head of the population c1 Can- ada was spent In the United Staten Canada bought goods from the United States in 1927 to the value of 37012704344, or $486384.61l more than the total purchases by Canada in tho whole of the British Em- plre.

The United States was Can- ada's beet customer in 1927 as an industrial country, with $474»58B.125 spent on Canadian 0W4‘- Ml the countries in the British Empire spent $600,019,- 346 in the year under review. Great Britain heading the lint with a total of MNJMJBL

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OTTAWA, Feb. l0.— "1 know ob- solutely nothing about it." This was the comment of Hon. C. A. Dunning. Canadian Minister of Railways. heretoday. when asked to confirm or deny the report from Scranton. Pa" to the effect that. the. Canadian Government had con- tracted with the Hudson Coal Com- pany to purchase 1.000.000 tons of anthracite coal for delivery float year.

HORANTON. Penn. Feb. l0. -

Officlals of the Hudson Cool Com- pany here deny to newspaper-men that they have closed a contract with the Canadian Government call- Ving for the delivery of 1,000,000 00m; 10f anthracite coal within the next year. It is reported however that the same officials have admitted the consummation o1‘ the deal to close friends. J

One newspaper succeeded in get- ting a confirmation from a minor employee of the company, who also stated that his department has been swamped with orders that would indicate unusual activity.

JITNTEST

Growing L o n g e r ~ Many Candidates from the Eastern Part of the

Province. . Chfllltm Made

i. It is said that several of the larger breakers of the company are being made over to turn out large sized ‘cal, which the Canadian order 1a reported to call for. These same

Tho iollfnviug students have ou-

Jeunic Cook, IMui-nay River High chool.

~- __,__ Melda iFei-guson. Dunstnffuagc breaker‘; were tom up n d (Special u» o» Guardian) Sviwfl- bu,“ i " . a ‘m '°' _ v ‘ _ _. _ ‘ __ __ Benn,“ I... w“ “w, K m o manufacture only small

WAJT“ UN“ ‘ a“ " S" Schocy O ‘ q 9 Aslzes some time ago when the mar-

inry of Navy Wilbur has submit- complcic cost cuiimulcs for no proposed naval building pro- ramme in tho house navnl affairs

iguro was many times lliii-KLI‘ lulu originally Sill)-

TTEESTTIPS

conversion into a wireless directed ' target ship.

Her equipment. and the engineer-

This latest development of naval

ark for naval marksman. Even a

gun-layers, whose task 1s at-

The Centurion is fitted with oli- Once these are set

can be operated from any so long as the distanq