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CHARLUTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER -28, 1932

THE WEATHER

Fresh vrcsterly winds; lair with stationary or a peraturc.

little luvs r 1111i-

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‘flung gumu-rlpiL-nl lbeliwred $3- lly Mull (‘unuflu Ind l‘_ B. A. ‘l-

Return Of Bennett

To i. Ma rk

Renewal

Of Wide Activities

First Task Of TEE? Board Will Be

_ Sift Of Quebec

Textile Wages—

Ottawa Certain Canada's Finani cial Solvency Will Be Maintained

HARPEii i8 SUBRED BY BHii-IFElllSTiCE

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Dec. 27——-Immetl- lately-appealed against sentence of ihrcei months imprisonment was given James J. Hurpeli, Garden- vale, Que, publisher, in court of King's Bench here today by Chief Juwticc R. A. L’. Greollsllielzls. Hur- pcll was charged with and found guilty by a jiuy of publishing n de- famatory libel about '1‘. B‘. Mac- nuay, President of the SlLll Life Asilrallce cOlllllillly of Canada in a magazine called “The Journal of

'- Commerce" and in a book.

Lawyers for Harpell went before Mr. Justice Bond directly after

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Mt’l. Gets Large Order From The -West Indies

(Canadian Press)

XIUNTIIEAL, Dec. 11?. -- Ever-ev- [lllllfiillg waves in iniril-kllilpire trade today had blnucht to Mon- trcll an older for 6,00'.l.000 orange puller wrappers to be si-lll. to Ja- nmu-n. British West Indies.

l". F. Holloway, splullziln; for thc Jamaica Citrus Producers‘ Associa- tion. drew a picture of British West lllliillS oranges, wrapped in Canad- ian-nlndc wrnplli-rs, packed in boxes: matic from Cnnadinnminnufzlciilrr-cl stocks. transported by Canadian str-amships and distributed here by Canadian railways.

lie knew of no other dollar spent on imports that "stayed rn much in Canada," Holloway CflmlllUliltltl.

~ ANNOUNCEMENTS.

COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC "Special Dance in Mt. Herbert

Consolidated School. Thursday, December 29th. ‘7344-12-28-21.

"llighfleld Versus Mt. Herbert nt Mt. llcrbcrt Rink, Wednesday. Dec- lifllfli‘ 28th. Skate after match.

7344-12-28-11.

"will be unloading car oi’ coal It Enrol-aid Wednesday and. Thurs- lav of this week. J. Douelas Mur- llhy. 7350-l2-28-2l.

"Come to the dance in Emerald llail, Wednesday night, December 28th Come one. come nll. H0011 music. 7318-12-24-31.

"Dance _- Kelly's Cross flail —- Wcducsdlvv. December 26th. If un-

favorable, first fine nilllll~~ vsaz-lz-na-fl.

‘iconic to the coilcert in Canoe ore lnll Thursday evening. DM- . lunches. candy. 600d llfofllilm- ldnlission 10c and 20c. 7358-l2-28~2i "Geese. Geese. Goes-c. A‘. the B- l. auction forty fives tonirzht followed by modern and old time dancing, the clty‘s sport centre- ‘KISS-ll

"Iii. ‘Home-Mrs. Noy Moase will

- at home to hcr friends o“ Thursday. Doe. 29th, from '7 (o fl l-m- ‘UGO-ll

"ilm-lzov enmo between Lillclvs

and Nnrill wiltshire at Wiltshirc mink tonight. Boar's skate after “"1- 7359-11

B;‘.1(l0i1t‘t'l‘i. and dance. iviltshlrc 5,1 Friday night. 30th. presented Swill" Armstrong and his w l)‘ 0f entertainers. Proceeds in ~ Rwkq an». veal-n

OTTAWA, Dec. LIT-Christmas and the few weeks preceding it having recorded the only period of quiet that the capital has known throughout the past your, Ottawa will resume its activities after Right Hon. R. B. Bennett the Prime Minister, returns next Wed- nesday. Problems oi’ Government these days are being steadily main- tained and constantly augmented by new concerns. They call for en- ormous courage and enormous re- sources.

Mr. Bennett, according to the statement of Right Hon. J, H. Thomas, Secretary for the Domin- ions, discussed two things in par- ticular when overseas. One was thc iuriff board. soon to be creat- ed ziftel- a lollg delay, and thc oth- er was thc coming meeting of the Enlpirc Committee on Economic co-opcratlon.

'I‘hc United Kingdom displays a. peculiar interest in a body so d0- mcstic as thc ‘Farlff Board, because it will be a tribunal clothed with wide powers. To it the‘ British manufacturer, or exporter, 15 m have access if he thinks that, at thc Canadian end, the new tariff is construed in any way repugnant; 1° the Shirlt of the preferential 21Ql‘f""lllvElli-.

WHY Open to Change

1'11?" "lily be ‘cases before the board from the Canadian manufac- turers, if ihcy too, are dissatisfied with any ruling, but, content with what they have, ii is thought that they are unlikely lo seek additional mcasilrcs of tariff protection. The low tariff ll.(‘i\'0(‘ait‘.~; will naturally llavc the sunle resources to the new board as t0 lhe old one.

A specific subject of investigation flvwrdlne to intimation in the lHouse last autumn. will he the wages paid ill the Quebec textile indltstlgv’ and their relation lo the protective advantages of the tariff on textile products.

Economic co-operation between all the parties to the Imperial Economic Conference agreemppis

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W’ B ' r (Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Dec. ZZ-Ken- ncih Gordon. “insists ‘ slgngl engineer of the Canadian Na.

tional Railways, is dead here, aged 48.

BERLIN. Dec. 21. _ (c. P. Calllcl-Tile touring Edmonton Superlors tonight defeated the Paris Canadians 3-0 in a. fact 1100M! “my played at the Sportpalest.

JOIIANNESBURG, South Af- rica, Dee. Zt-(O. P. Cable)- Tltlmfln R009. former member of thc Nationalist Government, indicated tonight he intended to tako the Premiership of South Africa himself if his plan for n Coalition Government succeeds.

NEW YORK, Dec. fl-Jobn Francis Sleeves, one of the old- at and but. known figures in the New York lumber trade, died today at St. fluke‘: Hos- pital. Mr. Sleeves was born In Bnlmoral, New Brunswick, in

- 1847.

AMHERST, N. S., Doc. 27—(By The Canadian Pnessb-Willlam

(Yiunpbcll. ot‘ Strathconn, died this aitcnloon throc hours after a bul- let from a light rifle had entered liis limo in his lodeinea 1w"?- Cumplx-li. who kept a small store here. lmd gone to his room a few minutes hcfolv- the shot was heard. He was found M118 W“!!! m9 59d

with the gun btddt him-

Successful

FORMS NEW CABINET A new French cabinet which hopes to succeed, when: its prede- ccsaor failed in theidelicate matter 0f war debts payments has been formed by Joseph llaul-Boncour. M. Paul-Boncour feels himself bound by the decision of the Chamber o‘!

Canad

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Dec. 2’l—Canldn

and Germany have made a

three months’ tunpora-ry trade

u: ngemcnt from Jlnuary l

next. For the first time in 85

years, Canadian goods, under

the agreement, will be accord- ed most favored nation treat- ment by Germany.

Convential rates granted to these Canadian products in marks (123.8 cents), with present general rates in brackets, are:

FFPSYA apples 7 marks per 220 lbs. (115 markc).

IlS. SAiES TAX

Deputies on December l5, by which it was decided that thc U.S. should not be paid the war debts install- ment of nearly $20.000.000, pending a conference on the debt situation or at least thc assurance that such will be conducted.

lHEEMPiRE Bnoloolsl

OTTAWA. Dec. 27—(C.P.)--Tlle British Empire radio hook-up on Christmas nlornng was the most successful trans~Atlantic broadcast ever carried out so far as reception and ccgerege 4a Canada; was 0on- cerned. ‘Ihis was the conclusion of Hector Cllarleswortll, chairlnnn of the Canadian Radio Colnnlisnion i/J- dny after hc llad read hundreds of cong r a t u 1 u. t o r y colnnlunicai ions from all parts of Canada.

‘The commission had. a» its share in the Elnprc effort, the co-ordin- ation of radio station and lnnd wir- cs in Canada to assure speedy and punctual progress or the globe en- chcling proglallnllc. "We had the most SllpCTi) cooperation from all lino companies and stations," Mil‘. Chnrlesworth said.

There were some Cfllllpiilllllcs‘ from cites that were not identified ill the broadcast. pnrticulnrl_v from Bt. John, N. 13., and Ottawa. All this, Mr. Cilarlcsworth said, was in the hands of the British Broadcast- ing Corporation which arranired tile programme. There was only room for a certain nunlbcr of participat- ing cit es, and they had to be chos- en from the viewpoint of the areas they would cover.

Vlillen the programme was being arranged and he had been furnished with a schedule he had at once urg- ed that the Capital of Canada should be a participating station. The difficulties had been ponted out- to him, and he had at once appreciated (he reason. 1t was the same in Australia where only three cities participated, Canberra. thc Australian Capital, being omitted.

N. B. Jurist Urider Knife

(Canadian Press) BATI-IURST, N. 13., Dec. 27.— Seized with an attack of acute ap- pendicitis while at his home here tonight, Mr. Justice J. P. Byrnc. of the Supreme Court of New Bruns- wick, was rushed to the James H. Dunn Memorial Hospital here, where an operation was performed. Shortly before midnight, his condi- tion was reported as favorable.

Pulp Now On Free EntryList

UITAWA, Dec. 27—~(CP.\—Pillp or fibre board imported and used by manufacturers in the making of tubes and cones for winding yams is now entitled to free entry into Olnada, under all three columns of

the customs tariff, according to an

Order-in-Council made public here today.

The item will he designated tariff Item N0. 0N.

oovouolon lvrllislvl

Pres-Elect Roosevelt Very Much Against The Measure-Fav- ors Beer Bill And Retrenchment As Means 0f Balancing Budget.

.WASH1NGTON, Dea-fi-llawt-Anttl —Tlle sales tax, recommended by President Herbert Hoover and again thrust forward in the United States Congress during the past few days. was virtually dismissed today as a possibility at the present session.

This WAS clearly indicated after President-Elect Franklin i Roosevelt at Albany was represented as being “horrif led" by published reports that he had endorsed the general manu- facturers sales tax.

This attitude on the part of the next President. said Speaker John Nance Garner, “kills the sales tax lii:\ vssion anyhow."

Even before this, Senator Harri- ll of lulssantsippi, ranking Demo- illlt on inc Senate Finance Com- mittee had expressed the opinion that ‘the sales tax could not pass

through his ilranch. This view was i generally held by Democratic lead- (‘l.\‘. I

In both branches. however, the Democrats pushed forward their at- tempt to balance 1934s budget, so as to avoid if at all possible a special session before next fall. The ways and means ccmmlitce of the House will begin on January 3 an exhaus- tive study of federal financing. This is the tax-raising committee und its chairman, James Collier. of Mississippi, only yesterday said he knew of no means of balancing the budget except by the sales tax.

However, the views of President- Elcct Roosevelt communicated to Congress have been directed largely at reduction of expenditures, and intensive work along that line is in progress.

As Democratic congressional lead- ers understand it, the President- Elect would like the present session to adopt a resolution for repeal of the 18th amendment. pass l. beer bill, cut expenditures to the bone and enact a Democratic farm relief measure.

If all this. could be clone, Senator Harrison said today "we could get along without an extra session un- til late summer." He saw no escape from an extra session if President Hoover should veto the beer and farm relief bills.

Beaver Skins Confiscated

DIGBY, N. 8., Dec. 27--(By The Canadian Presil-A box of beaver skins. cxplesseizil from Yarmouth to Montreal, was seized here to- day by Corporal J. Hcthcrlngton of the R. C. M. P., tile shipment yielding tvrcnty-eight well-filrrcd polls. Trapping of beaver in No- va Scotia has been illegal for many

a And

Germany Sign 3 Mon_t_l_1s Pact

Wood pulp crates vary depend» ing on mechanical, chemical and moisture contents 1.15 1,0 2.26 marks per 22o lbs. (a to 4 marks).

Pulp wallboard 2.25 marks per 220 lb. (14 marksl.

Butter 100 marks per (I100 marks).

Cheese (in small pkgs.) 80 marks per 220 lbs. (140 markfi).

Cheese (in large pkgs.) 2O marks per 220 lbs. (130 marks).

Eggs fresh 5 marks per 22o lbs. (125 marks). .

200 lbs.

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Bowen Is g Re ma nde d’

PICTOU, N. S., Dee. 27—(By The Canadian Press)—Jolm Alfred B0- wen, Pictou youth who is being held hcreifor Quincy, Mass, au- thorities who are seeking his ex- tradition in connection with ellc killing of a baker, was remanded for another week today when he faced Magistrate Peter Fraser on a technical charge of vag-rancy. He has been in Jail here for three wccks, pending the bginning of ex- tradition proceedings.

General lid;

So viet Prisoner

MOSCOW, Dec. 27—(A.P.)-—'I‘lle ‘lass (Russian) News Agency today announced receipt or a report from Tomsk that one of the men in General Su Ping-Wells army ln- temed there has confessed he is

General Mb. Chan -Shan.

This revelation came during an inspection of the internment camp Dee. 23 when a man who had first presented documents identifying him as Ma. Su-Fang when the rem- nants of General Sills army first

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crossed into Siberia, said. accord- ing to Tess, that he really was Ma Chan-Shun.

The dispatch added that because he had deceived the Soviet author- ities regarding his identity Gener- al Ma had been placed .ll\ solitary confinement by the. Soviet com- mand. Theme were no further de- tails. .

General Ma. who became Chinafls national hero when he held off thc Japanese at the Nonnl River in Manehurla in November, 1931, has been reported killed several times in the last few months.

Creek Court Frees Insull

ATHENS. Dec. 27-—(Assoclatcd Fresco-Samuel Insull ate dinner with friends tonight, a free man after a Greek court had refused to sanction his extradition to the United States to answer Cook County, Ill, charge of mismanage- ment of the funds of his utilities companies.

The court, after having peremp- torily cut short the presentation of the defence case. found that dc- posltions brought to Athens from Chicago did not support the char- ges against the former utilities op- erator. and let him go flee.

There were cxtraordnary scenes among the large crowd which had gathered at Athens today for the verdict and shouts of “long live Greek justice!" echoed through the building from which Insull emer- ged something of a. hero.

"I Owe thanks to Greek justice for the sympathy expressed," the Crlcagoan said.

The charges against Mr. Insull in Chicago are grand larceny and embezzlement. They involve ner- ments of $66,000 nnd $14000 which, according to a deposition made by Oliver McCormick, treasurer of the utilities companies, were made to brokers for Martin Insull.

NEW IlAVf-IN. Conn" nce. 27-—D|rcctors of the Southern New England Telephone (‘om- pony today declared the regular

qllrtlrfy livldcul of ll-

‘Canadian Cattle

For Russian Oil

Plan To Aid Farmers Well Under Way — Proposal Will Be Finally Settled S0011 After Return Of Prime Minister.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Dec. 2".~»Plan.~ to sup- ply Russian farms with Canadian dairy cattle are well under way, ac- cording to information available hcre. The Soviet could (like 100.000 llcild and pny for them \\‘.iil oil.

SKATER IS IMPROVING Injections of a Chinese drill; lliwci brought improvement in thc condl-i tion of Miss Jean Wilson. (‘amid-l ian speed skater, who lies in St- Micilacfs hospital, Toronto, fight-E ing a mysterious disease, hitherto unknown in this country.

wlllofol nullj|ov

(Associated Press)

rams, Dec. 27~Thc war debt question for the moment has en- tered a (liplolnzltic lull. but it doubtless will be raised again to- morrow and Thursday when the Chamber of Deputies will debate the issue of French participation in a 1'(‘L‘\')l'lS'l‘ll(.‘ilO1i loan to Austria.

At the Lnusallne Conference last July the powers decided to lend Austria 300,000,000 schilllngs (abouti $43,000,000), one thild of which, or‘ more than $1-i.0€)0,000 would colnc from France.

There has been some crztlclsm of the Government lending money to Austria when it has Just refused to pay the December war debt inter- cst of about $l0,000.000 to the United States. 1n the opinion of the Radical Socialist newspaper L'Ocuvre" it is hardly logical, hav- ing refused to pay the debt, to con- scnt to the loan."

Because of this opposiiion ani- mated debate is expected in the

Chamber. The fnlanee committee of the Chambi ~ voted 10 m B in favor of the l; n, with liulzlerous abstcntions.

All Is Well.‘ That Ends l/Vell

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.-(A.P.) -“I've swallowed my false teeth," gasped Ferguson. as he ran into a police hospital. Nulscs ruisllcd him to the operating room. Then the telephone rang.

“I'm Mrs. Ferguson." said the voice. "Don't cut, I Just found his false teeth in his other pants."

Average Value Of The Pound

OTTAWA, Dec. 2'l—(C.P.‘——'I‘lie “average value" of the pound stor- ling, for specal duty pillposes, has been fixed by i-ho government at $3.80. this: rate to apply between Jan. 1 and Jan. 15 next, both dates inclusive.

The "fixcd vnlilc“ of‘ Pile pound continues until Iifarch 3i, 1933, to be $4.40.

The government collects as Spoc- ial duty or. as it is known a "cur- rency dump" the difference between the '*avernge" and the "fixed" values

r92 FWiII Retire OnC.P.R.Pension

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL. Dec. ZI-Ninetv- iwo officers and employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway will rc- tire on pension on Jan. l, accord- ing to an announcclncnt today.

The rctlrclucnls occur ill practic- nliy eve ' brunch of the Conlpanys activiin-s, allcrtill]; OIiiCPS in Llrcnt “Film-ill._('lll,.i'l.l, Unilcd stairs and the Ur "ll ‘ii ]7(‘ll5l()lll‘l‘S repre-

sent A inlal service with the oom-

Tilt“ proposal will probably be fill- ally decided upon soon uftl-r Rt. Hon. R. B. Bcnllelt returns from Britain this wcck.

In ille meantime, although offic-

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MINE DISASTER iiilll EST

inl confirmation of the progress al-'

ready made is being wiillllirld, lion. Robert Weir. hilnistcr of Agricul- ture, admitted induv that he had been working for si-vi weeks on the project and ilzlii ho s. it would be of bcntlit to the farnu-rs of Call- ada.

Meanwhile the Minister of Agri- culture has been behind the more, the actual llt‘L‘,(l' stood from tllll S4llli'\"(", arc being conducted hclwecll a comp 1;: which is in course of organization in Win-

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Nolnullll .lrllllliss llltolll NS

The Guardian is officially informed that rumors publish- ed in yestcrdaykaiPatriot, nf the occurrence of alleged incendiary fires in Queen's County Jail are absolutely without founda- tion. Prlsoncrs do not have nc- cess to gasoline, as alleged. nor ls the burning of mallresscs or other articles permitted. On nn occasion were newspapers and magalincs "saturated with gasoline and ignited." Gasoline is not given to prisoners for the purpose of cleaning clothes bc- fore leaving the institution or at any time. In fact, the whole report published in yesterday's Patriot is characterized by (be authorities as a tissue oi‘ mal- icious misstatements.

Discipllne ln the jail is being very strictly maintained, and the public is assured that it is the intention to cimiinuc (his discipline without fear or fav- or.

Must Face [fian- slaughter Trial

DIGBY. N. of Concussion. luust

decision today’. Charles Holmes

LliiOIIS. it ls ilnder-i

Dec. QL-(By 'I‘lie Canadian Pl'L‘>-'~"~Piliiip Conn-nu, stand trial for mansaluglltcl‘ at tile next scs-i sion of the Supreme Court, as the result of Magistrate James Taylor's Some weeks ago of lfnrshalltown

was killed when n car driven by Comeau collided with his ox-cnrt. A coroner's jury returned a ver- dict of nccidcninl death. but the case was rc-opcnccil by the niior- ncy-gencrnlls department.

N. B. S e n a t o r Pa s s e s A w a y.

MflJ/IOWN, N. 13.. Dcc. 27-(0. PJ-Hon. Irving R. Todd. Senator since i918. prominent illdllsifihiiit in fornlcr years and member of ml old New Ilrlnlsvvlz-k fnnlilv. died at ‘it"s home llcre today at tllr nee oi 71. Death came after a lingering illness.

with thc do ulntm- Todd. who was illllllhll. ll bv lLilfPl‘ Pre- mier Sir Robert Laird Bllliffi on March 7. i918 the [warty (Mlfltlillfl ill 'll" l'pj:l r f‘ nlllillrr i; as filllows:

Conservatives 49; Liberals 42;

ponynfillll years 7‘

Inmndcofiilbtaliili

i I\IO\VI:I.~KQUA, Ill., Dec '.IT.—-I.'\ f P I-Fricnds flllcil the slTPPlS today, ‘as many of tile filrtv victims u! ‘Saturday's (‘XPiOSiUIl ln the Shale! L mine were buried, whilc the search 1 for the bodies of l4 others contin-