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tlst High Tea Tuesday. Feb- ,,,;,;',",Z., L-2049-l-25-3l.

"Borden Line Club loading hogs lambs. calves every ‘l‘ues_day. I-iours 12 m 3_ L-348-14i-M-2-5-tf.

nfluylng live hogs Albany Thurs- joy, 27th. Emerald. 28th until noon. L-2056-l-25-3l.

"card Party and Dance, Kelly's Cross linll. Wednesday. January pa“, L-2o43-l-25-21.

"Wlusloe Midgets vs. Highfield Juniors tonight, skate after. L-2075.

"Come to the Dance ln John- ston's River School. Wednesday, January 26th. L-1095-1-22-25.

"Hockey at New Glasgow. Rus- tioo Mane Leafs vs. New Glasgow Impeflfll], L-2042-1-25-li. ,

"Hear Tex Cochrane at Concert ma Dance. Mt. Alb on Hall. Thurs- m, January 27th. L-2052-1-25-1l.

"Kinkora Hail. Binzo and Dance, Friday evening. January 28th. L-2051-1-25-1i.

"Buying dressed chicken and fowl daily tintil March. Correct grading. Geo. Ielghtizer Co.

Ir-198-l2-2l-tf.

"Buyinz dressed chicken and fowl dailv. Correct zradlmz. Too nriccs. Island Cold Storage Com- nan. L-475-12-30-tf.

"W? shire All Sports vs. Hun- ter Ri er Maple Leafs, Wiltshire ltink tonight, League game.

L~2073.

"The annual cake sales in a’d of P. E. I. Hospital will beain on Feb- ruarv 5th and ocutitxtlc each suc- eeedlnl: Saturday for six weeks.

L-2044-l-25—1i.

‘flirt-Frey match ‘Victoria Rink tcnxrltt, Hampton vs. Tryon at 8 o'clock. Admission 20 cents.

D2070.

"Come to the big card party and dance in Hunter River Maronic i Hall Wednesday. the 26th. Mlslc bv "The Lumbcri" cks". Prizes awarded. Admission Z5 cents.

L-2085-l-25-2l.

"Shin vour twlftrv before Feb- ruarv lst to act rebate. That's Co- operation. Also a special on hard- whent flour at $3.50. Same price to ncnunemlters but no profits. Egg d: Pottnw Assoc, Weyntouth Street.

L-2060-1-25-4l.

"York Rink. Tuesday the 25th,

“most encountered stood mute and defiant while a plea of not lluilty was entered for him when he was arraigned before United States Commissioner Edwin K. Walker.

crowd of curious. squatting photographer in the face. The cuincra arched through the

Fussllt RUSHES

"Put On Spot" In Attempted Bombing Of Freighter, Claim

(By The Canadian Press)

SEATTLE, Wash" Jan, 24-. George Partridge, admitted u- soclnte ol a Canadian scholar adventurer who assertedly at- tempted to bomb the Japanese express freighter lliyq Mar-u here last Thursday, was quoted by an Immigration official n! saying he was “put on the spot" by three white men in Vancouver when he ttempted to withdraw from the plot.

J. E. Boyd, United States immigration " " , quoted Partridge as telling him:

“When l lclt my room in Yancouver. _B. _C.. _ and _started

mu nutuv PLEA ENTERED

Filll SEABillNil

Alleged Kidnap-Slay-

er Of Ross Mute A n d Defiant 0 n Arraignment.

(By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 24-—John Henry Seawurtd-kicking, snarling and tugging at. his chains—was held without ball today for the kidnap-

ping of Charles S. Ross.

The unruly prisoner, branded the cold-blooded killer" ever by Federal agents.

Although tho case was set for

Feb. 2. prosecutors planned topre- scnt his confession to the grand jury lr'riday as the next. step in a ,l)l‘D’_’l‘illll zlcsiuncd to speed him to ' the electric chair under the Lind- berz kikduap law.

Scadlund. mamwled to two Gov-

cmntcut oilcratives. was escorted from his cell in the Federal Bur- eau of Investigation quarters in a loop skyscraper" and hustled across Clark Street to the Federal build- n

l8‘. Suddenly. in the centre of a he kicked a

Charlottetown Heart r kcrs vs. “"- Ym-k R,mg9rs_ Thurgdegm ChnF ‘lie was rushed along corridors 101mg...“ Nomad. m Ydrk Rant“ intact with spectators to a jam- rrs. sntmdgw Mal-fled Mm vs_ packed room on the eighth floor. Junior Rutgers. 2hours skating. Quickly. llet kicked ‘ml? It l

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.______P 8 ."I killed Gray" (James Atwood “Lgndlmg 11W hogs Thursday‘ Gray, iris. nllcgcci accomplice).

Jontlnrv 27th. Sumrnerslde until i P. M. Kensinnton until 3 P. M. Nicholson Bros. and Mervyn Bul- mnn. Hunter River till noon Fri- dav. Januurv 28th. McEwcn dz Campbell. L-l09l-l-25-1i.

“Fbx Club members Attention. We w ll be ti-nloadlng second car fox meat at Railway dump. Charlotte- tvnn. Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Limited quantity not ll°°llfi t Come early and act your requirements at Co-operative ofl’ car llllm- -2o5o-1-25-2t.

"The annual meeting of Ultra and Grandview Shipping Club will Jc held in Uicrz llall on Thursday.

allllllfl’ 27th nt 8 o'clock P. M. Mr.

villi’. Dom. L. B. Representative will have hog carcasses for practical illlvllluz demcustrntlnn. All shippers Yefllltslctl to be present. W. D- 055. Secretary. L-20fw3-l-2fi-ll,

mrAnnual meeting Monti-latte c lllllnz Club will be held in the - w- L. Hall. Montague. Thurs- ‘v evenlmz. January 27th. at B Mimi» Officials interested in Ll"°fl°;"l< promotion work and fiarxcttno from Charlottetown w‘ll flainrrscnt- Full attendance of W" urged to be present. L-2063-1-25-1l.

R'°F'0X Club members attention! bu?" Day you to eta-operate when yo." m: fox meat. Importation of dulllglirst cm‘ proves this con- Bogklrlv. second car now enroute. m tour orders at once and list bol‘ requirements for later im- lt-s. Livestock Marltetlnc Board. L-2039-l-24-2i.

"Pllwnal Rink achcdul 2s ' ,5 OI‘ BTBQE mllhl’; “HIGH-y Girls its. Mar- bm men: Wednesday. Mt. Her- md lllz-cgovgial Cubs for the Kelly Alexandmn y,‘ Trophy‘

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Dllctfs Son Leads Squadron On Flight ARAB. HmchWeot Africa. .1 . m —An It lquldmn led YEP-Old Bruno miuolini awn he‘; Wllflbt after a 2,000- ~ - ammo “m ‘if. gigtmmm the lberimen

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but not to n. murder charge. think Ross was (lend before I shot him. ishmcitt for kidnapping, Zanyvvn

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Scndluttd told reporters in his first interview. "because we got into a fight and it was either me or Grny."

l-le announced he did not intend ng: “I'll plead uuilty to kidnapping

I'll get just as much pun.-

(Contiiutcd on page 7, C01. 4)

Will Test Validity _ Of Temperance Act

(By The Canadian Press)

TOR/ONTO, Jan. 24-4-1011. G. D. Conant. attorney-general of Onta- rio. announced tudfly U“? ¢°n5m“‘ tionnl validity nud application of the Canada Temperance Act will tested in the courts. Arsumml before the Ontario Court of A -

penis is expected to be heard

ay. The action. Mr. Conant said. in

being taken as the result of recent

d b the 0n- igintfsTrégpleci-Xiisiicxetxlaieteieraltlon. ‘This

h be kicked about for figiigntntii," lei: said in makins

to walk away in order to avoid meeting (Rolphe) Forsythe at the pier, three men approach- ed me. One held a revolver and said ‘You're going with Fllfiyih-xo and get your suit- case-or it will be too bad for Ylllh’

Partridge said this occurred the day he and Forsyth left Vancouver for Tacoma in or- der to bomb the Japanese ves- sel there. When the Tacoma effort failed they proceeded to Seattle where l-‘orsyth died while pushing a dynamite bomb through icy waters towards the I-Ilyo non-u. .

Excitement Enough For One Voyage

NEW YORK, Jain. z4._l Japanese typhoon. the wcr in China. and an Atlantic gale, striking while six ravenous black panthera nervouJy pae- ed their oareening cages on deck—the crew of the S. S. Steel Traveler has be". through all that in the past four month: and seemlto have enjoyed , ‘ "Exclllnz?" said C1110. 11......- u Flannery o! Greenwich, Conn.. who brought the 7.- GJJSG-ton freighter into port here today. "It wn the most consistent excitement I've had in 2'1 years at sea."

The Steel Traveler was the first foreign deep water vggsg] to enter Shanghai ‘than two months after the ‘bloody Saturday’ o! Aug. 14. She docked between Japan- ese gunboats on one side, Chin- Ble antPP-rl on the other.

cums stuns Luann

the announcement. "We want. fin-

ality on it."

Eden Confers

Grudgingly Accepts Advice Of Hospital Authorities.

MEMPHIS. Tenn" Jan. 24—Rev. Israel Harding Noe grudgingly re- turned to the "natural" plane to- niRht. iolnklu with doctors in their efforts to restore stronlth to his fast-ravaged body. but only for the purpose of hasteninz his return to "sbirltual” existence.

Concedinz h s fast had been broken bv "well-meaning" friends. the clergyman. removed as Dean of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral because of what Bishop James 1W. Maxon called his rellulous “vagar- les.“ drank the Juice of six oranges this afternoon. ate the mu: and swallowed several ounces of water.

is only for the purpose of hastening my recovery." the pale. thin 47 year old clergyman told his nurse. “It certainly is a. shame they to break mv fast. As soon as I act. well I'm zolmz to resume my program."

The former Dean. who saw on Sunday another man in the pillot he had occupied more than 17 years. fell into a. “deep sleep" after 22 days of absolute abstinence and was taken to a hospital last. nitzht.

"If his onzanic functioninsr is not too far Rene.” a. physician said. “I believe he will live. It will be a gradual xrocess. requiring threg- months to return hm to normal physically. If he dies. it will not be for several days."

Youth Drowned In Halifax Harbor

HALIFAX. Jan. 24 — Anthony Therlault. 15. drowned in Halifax Harbor today when he fell from a wharf on which he was pinyin!!-

ms body was recovered about seven minutes later bur, a fire de- partment emertzencv souad was un- able to revive him.

With Oabinet

Prior T0 "Leaving For Geneva

NDO . 24-(CP Oable)— Thlfcabirigt Jtgingm reviewed the international situation and will meet again Wednesday to consider business confrontinx Pfllllammt when it reopens Rb- 1- M

Foreign Secretary Fill-Ill. W leaves for Geneva tomorrow to at.- tcnd the council meetlnt 0f l!" league of Nations, saw_ Prime Minister automation prior w the cab et

in session.

It is understood Great. Britain would not welcome any "W" l‘ Geneva to nullity the Brill?" °I the covenant. under which sanc- tlons may be nnolled B81111" m aggressor mu.

Rumanla, Poland. Switlerltlllfi and the Netherlamhagnlgcc; i" ported ready to m ' move or tone down thfi “m”?

vision; o! til XVI. mil number o? Isa: Eastern issues dtneludinz the British position in Bong K... remain to be sell-led althowh a cabinet was able to ole on improvement in the situ- ation. reflected in the weekend

h to the Jo Diet ( - mot) by Fore Miniatu- E- u believed the Anglo-Irish of last and forthcom-

l5

"Xi-r, pmunmbty. outlined the p; eflorts the

to "325. wlthd n1 ofvnl- mitteo t‘ l‘! - untoen from th armies.

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$25,000 FIRE DAMAGE AT

Park Hotel And Ad- joining Establish- ments Suffer Heav- ily In Blaze.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

SAINT JOHN, N. B., Jan. 24- Damage roughly estimated tonight at upwards of $25,000 was cat-sod by fire, smoke and water this afternoon at the Park Hotel and adjoining establishments, all in a block owned by the T. Eaton Com- pany. Mast. of the block was un- danmged.

The front left part of the hotel and premises immediately adjoin- ing that section suffered the heav- iest loss. From a cause as yet un- determined the fire broke out in the hotel basement, where an oil bumer was in operation.

First reports said six occupants were carried out but later infor- mation revealed on‘v one man had to be canted to safety and this was because he suffered a broken ankle some days ago. Two firemen, affected by smoke ln the cellar, were nsslstrd to fresh air.

Mos tof the 26 permanent guests and 15 transients escaped via. the stairway. A few went down the fire escape and one descended a ladder in the rear. They were able to save onlv a fcw possessions but some of the belongings left be- hind escaped damage.

An explosion occurred a few mkllrttutes after the fire was noticed. bv e§capinlg ens or pent up smoke. The Hotel Friwarrl. next door to the Pork. was undnmn-zed. except- ing a small amount of smoke. G. J. Mann. proprietor of the Park. mtlmated that $5.000 would cover the damace to his equipment and furnishlncs.

The old, lOUT-SIOPCY wooden building is on King square in central Saint John.

Establishirventt" united or dwm- aged by smdke and water were occupied bv C. V. Corie. tewefer:

H’. V. MacGillivTnv. watrhmaker: R. Gilahs. encravcr: Johnvrfs taxi service: ‘Hayes barber shop:

the Solo and Sivan rcst-attrant and an order offer! of the Eaton Com- pany.

Honjfiyr u s Macmillan Receives A pp o in t m e n t;

MONTREAL, Jan. 24-—H0n Cy- rus Macmillan, MA" Ph.D., head of the department of. English at McGill University, has been ap- pointed ns representative of the university upon the Teachers’ ‘Draining Committee. which deals with the training of students in the School for Teachers at Moc- doneld College, Ste. Anne de Bel- levue.

Announcement of Professor Mac- mlllarfs appointment was made at McGill following a meeting of the imiversity senate, the first tn be held under the chalmtanshlp of Principal L. W. Douglas.

Storm Warnings Are

BOSTON. Jan. 24 -—(AP)—Rcti lanterns bilrncd along tho cons-t to- night. Wanting of an approaching wilt-beast storm which local weather bureau officials expected would wlhfatle over this region before morning. off the coast. they said, the wind probably would reach gale orce.

Heavy rain was expected to oc- oompany the storm

As lthe storm drew nearer. this

section of the Unlttvd Sta/tog count- ed the loss in life and pro erty oa/used by freak weather cond tlons of the previous 24 hour-a dense fog which congealed when it came in contact with pavements. tuzning ltiglhways into icy thoroughfares. Air and water transportation were seriously din-tinted. Ixmnzmbsrable automobile wel- dents were . At Lexington Aimed O. Ooughlln, 54. of Lincoln. was killed a: 13 automobiles and wlrllclwjlllffl _"l>-_ ..

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Alberta To llave New Fur Industry

(By The Canadian Press)

CALGARY, Jan. 24—Alberta is to have a new industry. lt is a chinchilla fur farm, the first of its kind in Canada.

Four pairs of the little French-grey colored animals. natives of the Andes In South America, will be brought w southern Alberta in the spring, to start the farm in the foot- hills west of Cnrflston, Alta.

Fourteen farms are operated in the United States and the breeding stock for the Alberto venture will be purchased from the world's largest chinchilla ranch at Inglewood, (Jnliii. where there are some 1,400 of the rare animals.

Mrs. Irene Williams of Card- ston heads n. syndicate which hopes to raise the rarest. and most costly of fur-bearing ani- mals. She will travel to Ingle- wood soon to purchase the breeding stock.

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Chiang Regime Moves T0 Strengthen Both Economic And Mil- itary Fronts.

HANKO/W. Jan. 25 ——’Tu-csday) —(CP-Hava.si—China gixdezi itself

war on both the military and econo- mic fronts.

Execution of General Han Fu- Chu. Shantung Province Governor, and the long range plans of the rec- entlv orgnnioid ministry of national economy were described as move"- toward a common goal.

Gen-ens] Han, convict/dd by a wurt martial after confessing to dereliction in defence of his north- fim province, was put to death as an example and an luceittlve greater resistance against Japmrs. invading armies.

The Cenhal Govemnzcnifs dc- terminattion to continue the fight indefinitely was further illustrated by the plans of the National Econ- omv Minister. W. H. Wong.

Central (Chinese) News Aqcncy revealed today the National E.'0n- omy lVlliitstry has planned estab-

dtistrlal centre as it‘; major task. This project. involving a virtual trans- fer of the country's entfirc economic life from the coastal regions to t-hc distant. tnWtd roaches. was s¢xlcl tn be underway.

More than 30 plants zilreaciyltnve been moved. it :nitl. with the pm- grnm calling for the transfer of :11! remaining important fnclnncs. The Ministry also plans erection of pow- er plants in the ltintterland. now without. electric power.

Invrstmcnt of foreicn capital will be wcl-cnmcti by tho Central Gov- emmcnt in realization of Ilwsc pain", the news nsvency added.

"Peace Prolrrilm"

TOKYO. Jilll. 25-—('I‘ucsciayl—- (CP-liuvash-Pcsslbility that Jupan may 50011 offer 3, "peace prsglunl" for SfPbililIIIClll~ of hostilities to the rczlme it ha (‘s- tailoiishcd in North Chum arose to- day following a. xveekqruzl 10111.11 D0110!’ . . of Representatives by Foreign M-llj

(Continued bn page 7. Col. 4)

British Columbia Justice Passes

VICTORIA, Jan. 24-(CP)-Ml'. Justice A. E. McPhlllips of the British Columbia Court. of Appeal and former provincial attorney- general. died today. aged 77'. He had been in hospital since lIlS col- lapse at the Court House two weeks aao.

The death of Mr. Justice Mc- Phillips ends a distinutilshcd car- eer which began in 1822 when he was called to the Manitoba bar at the age of 21.

For 10 years the future British Columbia appeal court judge and attorney-general practised law in Wlnninos. where he was active in iiilitagy as well as leglijlafli.

today for a, long and detcnninccl.

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NEW All AND NAVAL BASES cnttsttucttn

Coast Facing Japan Placed On Wartime Footing Is Claim.

(AP. Ilv Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, Jun. 25--(Tucsday)— The Iluily Mail (Independent) to- day says that Russia's far eastern coast facing Japan has been placed

siruvtiun of new air and naval buses.

In addition the paper asserts ‘that Leningrad, the Baltic port whit-h is the Soviet gateway to Pump", is helm: converted into a t; til; secret natal dot-inward and u i. 'l'tte Daily Mull gin-s rhutflus the hull reason for iht- recent buvict ticv-siun to close tor-cunt consulates in Le-itinzuud-tt tIIJUISIOII attains!- which Grout Brit-uni has. protested.

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‘llbliilitlll quotes a "monument toroigl \\'.ll(l has Just rctlullcd from n tuur 0i fur eusecru RUSSM.

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Vlad.- vustoc; and more ur _ _ by wuv of ‘the trails-Siberian rail- wav. to be assembled. 4 He says that an ull-nulltary town is bciirg built on the coast where 500 warp ones are stationed 843d that complete blackouts and gas- mnsk drills are belna held several timesyrt week in printout fur cast-

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i . . Muss Service Is Held i For School Victims.

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s1". HYACINTHE, Que, Jan. 24 -—A small, stucco building in the ’ rambling cemetery on the outskirts of St. llyuclnthe held the bodies tonight, of l7 of the i6 victims of last Tuesday's Sacred Heart Col- lcgrelloloca .

The bozlirs. only four of them identified. were brought there t0- dny in eight hcarscs after a. pon- tlticoi requiem service in St. Hya- cintltc Cathedral.

Within a few hours of the lune- ml. tittcuzlcd by tnorc than 5,000 from St. llvaciutlte and neighbor- ine, prtrlslti... inquest into the fire tilt-l trapped more than 100 men and boy's- in the upper storeys of the 37-year-old college, was rc- stmml. but adournmcnt until litumtny was granted when Loo- poltl Clioqtlctte, lawyer for the at- tornc.V-F1bi1ct'al's department, said lllVCSllHuilOll had not been com- plctrd.

In 1i cell above the court room

the big gray stone building‘ was hLlrCci Quesnel, 68-year-old flight watchman nt. the college. hclrl as an “important witness". Ho nus (itttnlncd Saturday on 0r- (lrm from Coroner Dr. Paul Morin.

The small court room held 300 spectators. lnuny of tltcm women. Juntmozl into corners and standing on high window sills, they stood tor lll0l'l! than one hour waiting iut- lCbilHlDiiUll of the inquest.

‘Jamaica To Hold Boy Scout Jamboree

KINGSTON. Jamaica. Jan. 24 _. Definite decision to hold the new worlds Bov Scout Jamboree in Kinrlston next vcar was announced toniizltt bv Jantaica Boy Scout of- fiClnlS.

Ahnut- 3.000 Scouts. two thirds of thrim from South Central and North America nrc extracted. Of- ficials also snld thcv expected Chef Scout Lord Baden-Powell to attend.

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Anti - aircraft Batteries Ordered To Open Fire On Aircraft